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Rachel Besharat Mann

@rbmann.bsky.social

I study the intersection of identity development + social media + #literacies at a university. Big fan of critical thinking, civil discourse, silliness, and dismantling injustice. I also like my dog and paranormal stuff.

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Looks snakey to me!

03.12.2025 13:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nerds unite (great minds!). Hegseth even sounds like a PT word.

03.12.2025 13:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is absolutely correct. Discovering these gems alongside my 12 year old has been magical.

03.12.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I believe this is a golden age of children's literature. There are books being published today that will shape the minds of generations; life-changing books whose readers will change the world. There really is a book for EVERYONE now - if we can just help every reader find those books!

03.12.2025 12:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Besides the SS reference, as a millennial nerd I immediately thought it was like parseltoungue and that heโ€™s a stupid death eater.

03.12.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To the employees at JFK that I encountered this morning, I wish you warm socks, 8 hours of sleep a night, and a winning lottery ticket.

03.12.2025 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just looked at this in a session!

21.11.2025 23:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ridgefield Tiger Talk 133: Preparing Students for The Digital World Article Podcast Episode ยท Ridgefield Tiger Talk ยท 11/21/2025 ยท 16m

I recently published a paper with an elementary teacher about supporting young kids in their understanding of digital concepts off screen. ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We talked about it on this local pod:

21.11.2025 14:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m at #NCTE2025 and it feels like home! Come see me at 3:15 in Room 710/12

20.11.2025 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

30.10.2025 08:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10754    ๐Ÿ” 1505    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 137    ๐Ÿ“Œ 120

Super exciting paper showing that high schools vary in their impacts on civic engagement. Schools that are better at improving academic outcomes are also better at creating voters.

Kirsten was a @wheelockpolicybu.bsky.social postdoc when she began this work, so it's thrilling to see the result.

19.08.2025 13:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ms. Nelson is Missing! Plot twist got me every time.

09.08.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Alt text: Bold black text reads โ€œReading aloud is the lesson plan and it is enoughโ€ with three illustrated people below holding open books, including a woman in a patterned top, a person with short hair and a yellow book, and a woman with curly hair and glasses.

Alt text: Bold black text reads โ€œReading aloud is the lesson plan and it is enoughโ€ with three illustrated people below holding open books, including a woman in a patterned top, a person with short hair and a yellow book, and a woman with curly hair and glasses.

Amen Book Wrangler! #TLSky #EduSky #Skybrarians #Booksky #Schoollibrarians #Educators #Books

What a book you remember being read to you? That book you could not wait until the next day to hear more?

08.08.2025 14:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

More than sufficient, especially when you are actively fighting them into a car seat daily. โ™ฅ๏ธ

09.08.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m sorry, but I will never ever ever call the Tappan Zee bridge anything other than the Tappan Zee bridge. Every time I see a Mario C*omo sign I want to scream and itโ€™s been so many years.

09.08.2025 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Tweet from Republican Rep. Don Bacon, saying "Exciting news to announce! All frozen education funding for the upcoming school year have been released, following my letter to the OMB! It helps centers like KidsCanOmaha and our schools!"

Tweet from Republican Rep. Don Bacon, saying "Exciting news to announce! All frozen education funding for the upcoming school year have been released, following my letter to the OMB! It helps centers like KidsCanOmaha and our schools!"

"Exciting news to announce! The robbers I let into the house have agreed to give back the money they stole!"

25.07.2025 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 219    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Coming up empty?! That is a fully grown dinosaur, and Iโ€™d like to see the lizard hunterโ€™s credentials.

24.07.2025 23:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

People can have differing politics. You can oppose immigration, have views on limited taxes, be tough on crime, support an Israeli state - you can believe all of these things, but you also MUST have empathy and realize that your political views are not an excuse for intolerable cruelty.

23.07.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good news Wednesday! I have never submitted to #LRA, but I did this year, I was accepted to present my paper- โ€œNavigating Digital Realities: Understanding Young People's Engagement with Social Media for News, Political Information, and Identity Formationโ€ ๐ŸŽ‰

23.07.2025 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Where Congressโ€™s Cuts Threaten Access to PBS and NPR The loss of federal funding threatens scores of public TV and radio stations across the United States.

The problem, of course, isnโ€™t that NPR has a liberal bias, itโ€™s that facts have a liberal bias and todayโ€™s GOP is almost unanimous in its opposition to facts.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

18.07.2025 10:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

She had me a prostitution wh*re- Iโ€™m not proud of myself, but I have to be true

13.07.2025 16:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Roosevelt understood that boredom, frustration, and social isolation could easily turn people (and especially young men*) toward violence, hate, and conspiracies.

13.07.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 419    ๐Ÿ” 122    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Vicki, Tamra, and Ramona are three housewives that just make me rage. However, I hate myself because I am also a Teresa apologist.

13.07.2025 13:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

YESSSSS!!! let me live!

11.07.2025 15:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sooo bad. Tech developers are basically like, what will annoy the people the most, letโ€™s create it! ๐Ÿซ 

11.07.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh Clippy, I want to say I miss you, but you were kind of annoying and jumpy and my brain canโ€™t take that kind of writing distraction.

11.07.2025 11:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

This made me smile! Congrats Elizabeth! โ™ฅ๏ธ

11.07.2025 11:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire and saying everything is fine . ALT: elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a fire and saying everything is fine .

Ummmm excuse me, what?!

11.07.2025 11:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Maโ€™am. I feel like she should have been a little more frightened, but Iโ€™m glad she wasnโ€™t. When I passed, she was still hanging.

11.07.2025 00:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Book cover of wild dark shore by Charlotte McCarty

Book cover of wild dark shore by Charlotte McCarty

Woah. If you need me, Iโ€™ll be contemplating my existence for the foreseeable future.

11.07.2025 00:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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