abbey (they/them)

got to hear limon read this out loud and it was truly gorgeous

literally my favorite part of my first unit is teaching water names by lan samantha chang- the last line always gets me

happy second week of school i already have a cold

is it even the first day of school if i didn't make enough copies

DJ GEMINI GILLY spins beats and spreads Black joy “GEMS ONLY is intentionally at places where Blackness may not be centered. It’s about exposing people to different gems in the city.”

“GEMS ONLY is intentionally at places where Blackness may not be centered. It's about exposing people to different gems in the city."

thinking of these lines from philip larkin's the mower today:

we should be careful

Of each other, we should be kind
While there is still time.

reposting @folkbum.bsky.social's words re the world we live in

frightening to think mass shootings are becoming a hallmark of the return to school

i like tapping it and watching the color change lol

anyone else fear that they have forgotten how to teach over the summer??

sometimes i think i would like emailing better if there were read receipts

Reskeet with a tweet you still think about

going to nyc for the first time saturday-tuesday!! drop your recs :)

not to brag but I can walk to my public library

YouTube video by Baby Olivia, Get Some Sleep CHICAGO 4K TOUR AND JAZZ MUSIC 4K JAZZ | ジャズ | work jazz

big fan of this channel (linking the chicago one for obvious reasons)

youtu.be/vSK3KmqwYjY?...

you would think I would be used to it by now

teachers who assign things on paper how do you not lose said papers (asking bc google gemini and i are not on speaking terms)

there are 39 students on one of my rosters. there are not 39 desks in my classroom.

listening to my own voice is going to be the death of my journalism career.

fair :)

oh I couldn't do it. never living across from a corn field again

one day I am going to get rid of all my earthly belongings

((I am moving and I have more stuff than I realized))

congrats!!!

once upon a time I moved to a small town. I immediately moved back to a city the next year.

Atlanta seems reasonable, I went once when I was younger

cannot believe chicago is after dc but I agree with the premise

houston is a good one! I haven't been since I was little all I remember is it being hot

inclined to agree although would love to say milwaukee instead of dc

bringing the tik tok debate to bluesky- what are the 4 major cities in the US?

just asked my partner if he wanted to recombobulate for a second

who have I become??