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Monica Parker

@monicacparker.bsky.social

Author, speaker, researcher, Wonderbringer. Studying if altered states of wonder make better leaders. Follow for wonderbased research & rocket fuel πŸš€

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Me too!!

01.09.2025 22:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Invention of β€œSesame Street” Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.

β€œSesame Street” and its sequel, β€œThe Electric Company,” were, β€œwith lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

03.08.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 9094    πŸ” 1844    πŸ’¬ 177    πŸ“Œ 102

Loves me some Yayoi!

02.08.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Stockholm Syndrome?

17.07.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nope. That honour belongs to Cameron. He put it to a vote. Farage just took the foreign money and rode the wave of Cambridge Analytica misinfo. He’s a pig but Brexit would’ve been a pipe dream if Cameron didn’t try to save his hide by putting it to referendum.

28.06.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can parents opt out of their children learning about Christianity or heterosexuality? Seems an absurd slippery slope and one that is sure to make LGBTQ kids and families feel otherised and less safe.

27.06.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When I was younger, I was a homicide investigator working for the defense teams representing Florida’s Death Row inmates. I visited these men and women and knew them as humans. Some were innocent. Many were not, but neither were they animals deserving of extermination. It is a barbaric practice.

26.06.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow. Pass the Pigs is taking me back!! And I didn’t realise it was found on both sides of the Atlantic. Love it!!

22.06.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The public transport is so clean. I hear some people complain about it and I think they have never seen public transport in other places!

16.06.2025 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In limbo: families hoping for change to UK income rules for spousal visas Photographer Frankie Mills documents the lives of nine families whose stories illustrate the human cost of this policy threshold

Stunning photo essay which powerfully demonstrates the pain families separated by huge visa fees experience. With a govt review due photographer Frankie Mills & @rfuk.bsky.social tell the stories of those whose lives are turned upside down by this hostile policy

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

10.06.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I went to uni in Miami in the 90s. What a walk down memory lane this was!!!

03.06.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It is also the 150th anniversary of the birth of Norwegian psychologist Helga Eng, who in the 1920s was noted for her studies of the development of children's artistic capacities and sense of visualization. She passed away in 1966.

#WomenInSTEM #PsychSky #ChildrensDevelopment #BookSky

31.05.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not even gonna read this. With a headline like this it deserves an instant repost.

29.05.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reverse rainbow!
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28.05.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Any breakdown of the funding going to men vs women owned businesses?

27.05.2025 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We pay ours Β£20/hr through the WeCasa app. His name is Carlton and he is the most calming presence in our home. Lovely guy.

18.05.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sorry. I have immigrant family in the US and understand.

17.05.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think we can do both. I feel your concern that by criticising Starmer we set ourselves up for a worse option. The same was said in the US. But the Dems didn’t listen & that’s why they lost. And that’s why Labour will lose. Not because we criticise them but because they won’t listen to us. ✌️

15.05.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m also fond of oik and numpty πŸ˜‚

15.05.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Me too! He’s a dream. 😍

15.05.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just a big mouth lol!

15.05.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Three cheers for the middle-aged American to Nordy student immigration pipeline! πŸ˜‚

15.05.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That made me giggle. Thank you πŸ˜‚. I may also have to tut loudly and make a cuppa in protest!

15.05.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β˜•οΈ πŸ«– πŸͺ 😊

15.05.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I needed a lawyer b/c as a consultant I travelled out of the UK so much I had to prove each trip was for a specific client etc. 🫠 I hear ya on the dreams! Mine was panicked calls to my US banks asking for EACH PAGE of my ENTIRE BANKING HISTORY to be notarised & sent overnight to make a deadline.

15.05.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Just my immediate family has members from Brazil, China, Mexico, UK and US. What a gift!!

15.05.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Respectfully, β€˜she’ was saying the exact opposite of what you’re suggesting & no good faith reading would imply that. IMO this kind of retort is why liberal politics fail in the face of fascism: contrarian purity tests that lead to balkanisation. But you do you.✌️

15.05.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks ☺️

15.05.2025 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Throwing a dog-whistle handgranade to β€˜start a rational discussion’ are contrary acts. He’s a lawyer & knows the power of words. The risks of poor immigration policy could be expressed in terms of infrastructure, economics, labour mkt, etc. But he went straight for white supremacist culture war BS.

15.05.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I used to pull out the study app at parties & ask Brits in the room to take the practice test. Not a single time did they pass. I understand the relevancy of some of the questions but why I need to know the UK’s tallest rollercoaster or how to petition the Welsh Parliament for a visit is beyond me.

15.05.2025 09:25 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

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