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We had something similar—lake front, about an acre of land bought for $50 in the 50s, cottage built by hand, but then grandparents died and passed it on to my aunt and uncle for everybody’s use, and after some time they sold it for an RV instead :(

Summarise this document into bullet points. Now tell me how to understand bullet points. Translate bullet points into simple pictograms, now describe the pictograms in words of one syllable.

Now convert the inchoate noises I make in response to the pictograms into a masters thesis, honours level.

Dropping a line— I’m a contributor :D

Thank you @kenyonreview.bsky.social for publishing my small, strange non-fiction piece. It’s about being a teenage girl contending with the world of men.

In a world of endless heartbreak, we bring you work that's full of heart. Welcome to Split Lip’s February issue. Thank you so much for spending time with our contributors' beautiful art & words.

It’s almost as if we shouldn’t use an educational model that perpetually rewards thoughtless obedience.

Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.

Last night, we broke the news that the top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. https://wrd.cm/3QkfGh3

Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge The internal government watchdogs were believed to have been dismissed at several major agencies, though the Justice Department’s was not said to have been among them.

Breaking News: President Trump fired 17 inspectors general in a late-night purge of the internal government watchdogs, people with knowledge of the move said.

Hello! Past and future contributor here :D

Assessing the size and uncertainty of remaining carbon budgets - Nature Climate Change The remaining carbon budget (RCB) is a critical estimate of the carbon that can be emitted while staying within a particular temperature threshold. This study provides an updated assessment of the RCB...

A study in Nature Climate Change suggests that the amount of carbon that humans can still emit, while also limiting warming to 1.5°C relative to pre-industrial levels, may be exhausted within the next 6 years. 🧪

‘There is no safe place’: Some Gazans have been forced to flee again and again.

“By Wednesday, Sondos Badawi’s family members had fled for their lives four times in eight days …
‘There is no safe place,’ she said.”

It’s about not wanting vandalism and toilet parties and skipping out of class, I think. But the instinct is so far removed from my approach that I find the rationale hard to understand. Like, just talk to the folks who cause problems rather than proactively penalise and monitor every kid?

To be clear: my school absolutely lets kids go when they want. I don’t even want kids to ask me. I’d prefer they just go. Do we end up with stuff like vandalism and little parties in the toilets? Yes. Policing bodily functions is worse.

I’m a middle school teacher and I can’t fathom this policing of kids’ bodies. Even if kids do misapply the right (not privilege) to go to the bathroom, mostly it’s just to sit there and get a break or chat. Sometimes everyone needs that. And what about diarrhea? And periods? And disabilities?

Wow. What a loss.