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My America does NOT include abusing children

My America is a welcoming beacon of light and freedom and hope for a better future

FIX immigration quit abusing immigrants

‘I hope this becomes a lasting tradition.’ Dodgers fans ease Blue Jays’ World Series loss with $30,000 in donations to SickKids Many fans donated $51 as a tribute to the Blue Jays relievers who put the number 51 on their caps to pay respects to L.A. pitcher Alex Vesia.

Cool. www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...

Thread about the horrors in Chicago:

Truly grasp what Typhoon Halong did to western Alaska - High Country News This is not only a climate emergency. It is a cultural one.

This is not only a climate emergency. It is a cultural one.

He Survived the Invasion. What He Really Wanted Was a Friend. During the war, a Ukrainian boy lost his home, his father and his friends. Could he find new buddies at a camp in the mountains?

“These are simply children whose childhood has been stolen.” A nonprofit in Ukraine created a 10-day camp for kids who have endured nightly barrages of drones and missiles and often much worse during the war with Russia.

The U.S. experiment with profit-driven health care has failed “The market competition, managed care, and ‘corporate efficiency’ that economists prescribed as the cure for health care inflation instead accelerated it.”

This seems so obvious but is said so seldom. Good to see these experts put it out there in plain English.

www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/h...

The case for national monuments - High Country News National monuments across the West face unprecedented threats, making public voices and vigilance more crucial than ever.

National monuments across the West face unprecedented threats, making public voices and vigilance more crucial than ever.

Opinion | The Era of the American Lawn Is Over

🌱 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

Red merle Aussie with ball in mouth

Muppet face of Bernadoodle with smile & tongue hanging out

Doggie & Granddoggie

Golden yellow single dahlia with orange accents and a bumble bee

Bright pink singles, look like a wild daisy with yellow center

Orange dahlias that look like a powder puff

Bright pink symmetrical dahlia ball (I'm sure that's the scientific term)

Just a few of the beautiful dahlias in Golden Gate Park. Amazing. 🌱

Don't Bring Me Down - ELO

Saw it and what a beautiful exhibit!

Me too.

“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

How humans are losing water supply thanks to fossil fuel’s climate pollution.

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

The CBO estimates that Trump's Big Ugly Bill, which is stuffed with tax cuts skewed to the wealthy, will explode the deficit by $3.4 trillion and kick 10 million people off their health insurance.

It's reverse Robin Hood.

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🌱 First green bee of the year (a Peridot Sweat Bee?).

Common Sense Education Common Sense Education provides educators and students with the resources they need to harness the power of technology for learning and life. Find our free K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum, reviews...

I am now a retired teacher, but still receive Common Sense Education's newsletter and I learn something every time (for myself!) I suggest it for anyone.
#digitalliteracy
#education
#edtech
#AI
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'S—t is hitting the fan': Disaster unfolding at Yosemite's most iconic hotel A scathing report details rodent infestation at Yosemite National Park's iconic Ahwahnee Hotel.

Terrible. It used to be a beautiful hotel.
#YosemiteNationalPark
www.sfgate.com/california-p...

How I Lost My Daughter to Measles Measles has a terrible side effect most people don’t know about.

Measles can cause a condition called subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Everyone should know about it, because it may well reappear in the US.

www.voicesforvaccines.org/how-i-lost-m...

VFAUOSIT, HGN, Kicimpro and Qomolangma kitchen faucets; NICTIE bathroom faucet

#WARNING: CPSC is warning consumers to immediately stop using VFAUOSIT, HGN, Kicimpro and Qomolangma kitchen faucets and NICTIE bathroom faucet, all sold on Amazon.com

New teacher advice #esl #teacher #teachersoftiktok #teachertok TikTok video by larry.ferlazzo

New Teacher Advice www.tiktok.com/@larry.ferla...

Fighting Louisiana Floodwaters With Patches of Green (Gift Article) Simple, affordable initiatives like rain gardens are helping to soak up water in New Orleans.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/c...
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A close up of a CA sage blossom from above. The symmetry is beautiful.

6 ladybugs eating black aphids on nasturtiums.

The beautiful symmetry of a sage blossom + a ladybug army arriving to gorge themselves on aphids. 🌱

#EduSky #HGSE As a former elementary/higher ed teacher, and a graduate of @harvardeducation.bsky.social in '85, I am still so impressed with the amazing education tools coming out of the Ed School. Check out www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/usable...
Check out the link: "Open Canopy," makes me miss tchg.

Seaside daisy. Purple with yellow center. Petals are superfine

🌱 Hello Seaside daisy!
#CANatives

Iris with white petals, yellow in the center

🌱First iris of the season… Pacific Coast Iris.

Blue eyed grass, blue petals, yellow center

Close up of blue eyed grass flowers.

🌱Happy Spring from my blue eyed grass!

Such a teaching moment-I’d almost want to go through those AI samples in class & have students find the problems & see where the AI solutions fall apart.