Jessie Carty

Think Twice Before Doing Another Historical Simulation offers good advice on why you shouldn't. www.cultofpedagogy.com/classroom-si... The choices teachers make about their favorite simulations (slavery, Jim Crow, Trail of Tears) and all those they avoid are highly revealing.

Hi friends,

As many of you know, ICE is operating in ways that tear families apart, enter homes without warrants, and traumatize innocent people. This is not law enforcement — this is terror and an abuse of power.

Hoke County Traveling and thinking about books and things

My last county visit of the current trek into Eastern, NC was to Hoke County. And, with that, I have 7 counties left! They present a bit more of a challenge, but I'll get there! (Eventually)

#100counties #nc #hokecounty #raeford

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The worst had happened. What else could hurt me then?

Fry cook chatting with customer after first bumping compliments

Ya know what makes my evening? When a guy asks to fist bump the fry cook for a superb job

Cumberland County Traveling and thinking about books and things

Enjoy a little of my random debate and speech wandering in this brief look at Cumberland County (where I attended a lot of debate and speech tournaments in HS)

#100counties #nc #nfl #notthatnfl #forensics #notthatforensics #debateandspeech #fayettenam

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If you ever seen anything at SNHU, drop me a message, and I can tell you more about working there!

Duplin County Traveling and thinking about books and things

My second county visit yesterday, while driving towards Elizabeth City was to Duplin County.

Ya know, sometimes, you just don't spend a ton of time on one of the visits LOL

Sorry Duplin #100counties #nc #duplincounty

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Sampson County Traveling and thinking about books and things

Blogging the same day as you travel? That's what happens when you aren't super interested in the Super Bowl LOL

Stopped by Sampson County which included the town of Turkey? And some cows chasing a deer?

#blog #sampsoncounty #nc #100counties

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Thank you @bookgaga.bsky.social for resharing with the quote! I realize that I didn't also include a link to the book that gave me some inspiration for that portion.

#poetry #poems #inspiration

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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

YouTube video by Psychology Simplified Psychology of Gen X

I'm not one for putting too much stock into labeling "generations" but some of this is interesting www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Ym...

Really appreciate the shout out for my travels around NC from @markdanowsky.bsky.social in his thought provoking blog about Travel in the Time of Trump.

I am hoping to visit a few more counties soon - once this cold weather abates.

#travel #blog #travelblogging #100counties #nc

Thank you so much, Clare! It has been difficult to get back into writing (and submitting my work), but I'm trying to find some joy there again.

Johnston County Traveling and thinking about books and things

Slow start to finishing up my remaining 12 counties to visit in NC (out of 100), but I did get one done this month. Just posting it a little late after going as well LOL

#100counties #nc #johnstoncounty #smithfield #avagardner #cobbler #grabtown #travel

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Two Poems by Jessie Carty The Wave How do you define a ghost? One poet wrote “she sees ghosts before breakfast”. And I wrote that my mother was a ghost librarian. How would she catalog a ghost? Under Parapsychology? Haunted…

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Look it is me! In @oneart.bsky.social which I found through hanging out on bluesky :)

#poetry #poems #publications #writing #amwriting #litmag #literarymagazine

If someone calls you high maintenance, remind them you didn’t ask to be maintained.

I got too excited and didn't actually write in the post that this book of poems "Wolfcraft" by Narya Rose Deckard is a great read

#poems #poetry #amreading

Cover of the poetry collection Wolfcraft by Narya Rose Deckard. Black background with white lettering. It is a stark cover with what looks to me like a blurred wooden fence like a curved rainbow across the cover.

I have taken a picture of the poem "Let's talk specifics on sprouting fur". It is too long for alt text. You can read some of the poems online such as those a available in a PDF download from Lenoir Rhyne University: https://lair.lr.edu/bitstreams/6401b11b-7a8a-482e-82f7-a71859a7ed1c/download

BREAKING: Danish fund AkademikerPension to exit U.S. Treasuries by end of the month, due to "rising credit risk under Trump."

Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95 ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

Being a writer is the most embarrassing thing in the world! I write down the entire contents of my soul for validation! And then some editor will just be like no thanks!

Going to war because you didn’t get a Nobel peace prize is a solid indicator that you probably shouldn’t have gotten the prize

The Fight of Our Lives Reflections on Martin Luther King, Jr. and the continuing struggle for a better America

“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it,” MLK wrote. “He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.”

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Hear me out: a writing residency where I get to write anywhere else but the hell immediately surrounding me

Giving Trump the Nobel peace prize medal is ‘absurd’, say Norwegian politicians US president criticised for accepting medal awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado Political leaders in Norway have condemned the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado’s “absurd” decision to present her Nobel peace prize medal to Donald Trump, accusing the US president of being a “classic showoff” who takes credit for other people’s work. The Nobel laureate gave her medal to Trump at the White House on Thursday “in recognition [of] his unique commitment [to’] our freedom”. Several hours later, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Machado “presented me with her Nobel peace prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect.” Continue reading...

Giving Trump the Nobel peace prize medal is ‘absurd’, say Norwegian politicians

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"Like a _______ I will not move"

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