Stephanie MacDonald

Today is my mom’s birthday. Sending appreciation for her existence because without her, there is no me. However, she is awful, and I am grateful that I no longer speak to her.

As Dr Nelson said "AI is not inevitable."

Please refuse the slop whenever you can. Save the environment. Hire a creative instead.

I know I'm spoiled with small class sizes, and we have other tech tools to help monitor student computer use, so this is all more manageable. But I am excited to see the final results of this process and switch.

My English dept is moving to blue book essays written in class only. I am LOVING the switch. I have been able to have one on one conversations with students and check in on their writing and see them take my feedback and rely on their skills, not AI or tech.

I think we are in terrible times and have been, but I think that things are rapidly shifting into even more terrible times. Genuinely scared for the near future.

Whiteness only demands civility and grace in response to calls for accountability and responsibility for whiteness and white supremacism.

The Great Lakes are incredible. This is from Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. I can't take credit for the photo...just sharing.

Fresh Peach Crumb Bars Fresh Peach Crumb Bars ~ there's nothing like juicy, sweet peaches baked in a simple crust! Adapt to any of your favorite summer fruits.

I made this peach bar recipe for book club, and they were a hit. Thought I would share.

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The past three walks I've been on (all this week), I've seen the brightest red of cardinals that have fled the scene as soon as I've seen them. Super weird. Feels like a thing. Idk what that thing is, though.

ChatGPT is for morons and lazy people and nothing I’ve seen so far has convinced me otherwise.

I need 30 year old friends without kids, so we can go for drinks at the last minute. Or other adventures. I am bored.

If women submitting to men was a natural way of being, they would not have needed laws, religion & violence to get them to do it.

The people who build your houses, grow your food, and care for your family aren’t the problem. The ones hoarding billions while doing nothing to give back are.

A feature, not a bug.

There can be no ruling class without an underclass, after all. 😒

It's the brain drain. I'm currently at a private school, and so many people are fleeing public to go private. The only people who will be getting educated are those with wealth.

This! Making permanent haves and have nots. Think Hunger Games.

That's what's wild to me. Red states are the ones who are going to be harmed the most by this.

When I explain to people that I think our public school days are limited, this is what I mean. Loss of funding mixed with shortages will lead to more teachers burning out and fleeing the profession. This is working as intended, and this was the long game.

One of my favorite things of being back is the people telling me I look happier and seem to be having the best adventure in MA.

Because it's a concentration camp. Hope that helps.

Niemöller was never the moral guide.

He got the memo too late.

Our job is to to understand that

EVERY

SINGLE

HUMAN

BEING

IS

PRECIOUS

and to act accordingly

NOW

It is wild to be back home after a year. There are so many things that I knew I missed, but there are so many others that are absolutely surprising to me. It is nice to be in a familiar place.

👇🏻

We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.

FYI: All the AI data centers that produces all that AI slop is a major cause of the extreme heat right now.

That is who these people are. We need to stay clear about that cause it's not gonna stop with Immigrants, or Latinos, or *insert whoever they seem a threat*. It's repulsive and it's reality.

Aside from the whole “make poor people sicker” obvious bit, it’ll very likely:

- shutter hospitals, especially ones in rural areas and dense metros that serve the urban poor

- kick around a million vulnerable elders off of their insurance with no alternative

“When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money.”

― Alanis Obomsawin

I got on Medicaid when my kids were little. I was working when I got on it. My wage was terrible and I had a sick kid. Medicaid literally saved her life. The work requirements literally trapped me in a s***** job where I had to refuse raises. A 25 cent raise would have kicked us off of Medicaid. 1/

No Congress. No approval.

Y’all let a convicted felon take the wheel and thought you could control him, thought you could trust a con man who is obsessed with power and being accepted by other men he sees as powerful… now he has created monsters that your grandchildren will have to contend with.