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a man is laying on his stomach on the ground with the words `` almost ... there '' written on the ground . Alt: Leonardo DiCaprio is laying on his stomach on the ground with the words `` almost ... there '' written on the ground .

Hosting 150 colleges (and the others that show up) for our annual college fair tonight before taking a few days off. This year has been so uniquely hard, I can't remember the last time I needed a break this much.

A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

me every single day

A worksheet labeled Beyond the Big10 and Ivies: Who Went Where? with the images of 8 celebrities and CEOs and a list of colleges for students to match them with.

Tomorrow's workshop on exploring colleges outside of the Ivy League/ Big-10 is at least in part a round of bar trivia.

An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre: “I was trafficked to a lot of types of different men — billionaires, royalty… he used me as a form of blackmail so these people would owe him favors.”

Toured a union training facility as part of this trip and at noon they announced our tour had to pause for half an hour for their apprentices to have their contractually guaranteed lunch. A first for a field trip, and honestly a selling point for joining a union (we went back to school).

Not sure the GOP wants to make activists of 30-40 year old White dudes... That just fucks everything for them forever.

This is a 100% elite manufactured craze.

So, the message here is: Moms, if you want your kids to have a good life, you have to quit your job and become your kids' teacher full-time.

Field trip #2 of 2026 tomorrow: After hosting a smaller skilled trade fair at our school yesterday, we're taking about 30 students to a trade fair being hosted by CISCO.

I have an independent HS senior with a -1500 SAI and her FAFSA is showing she doesn't get a PELL grant... anyone have an idea why that'd be?

Jesus Christ.

A Stanford Experiment to Pair 5,000 Singles Has Taken Over Campus A student built a matchmaking algorithm that has consumed the school—and highlighted the challenges of finding love for high achievers.

“Some say Date Drop is a very Stanford solution to a very Stanford problem.”

Does it hurt my application if I don’t give a college a Virtual Star? We don’t think so. We don’t highlight it if you don’t give a Virtual Star, and the Virtual Stars show up at various times throughout the winter/spring. Even apart from the Virtual Stars, we see that our materials themselves tend to improve applicants’ chances. Remember, admissions officers are looking for multiple things: They are trying to assess your interest, sure, but they are also trying to assess your ability, maturity, “compellingness”, etc. Our materials are optional, and in the minds of many admissions officers, this is by design—they want to see what you do. We know from some admissions offices that our materials play a large role in merit aid, which is one of the most powerful tools colleges have to get you to matriculate, regardless of where their school might have been on your own personal college list in September. Regardless, above all else, make sure you use your Virtual Stars!

We need to stop adding things for teens to try to game (and worry about the implications of).
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Just got an email from a service that allows students to request recommendation videos from school staff to send to colleges on their behalf. Really wondering who has time to record/ watch those.

aldokt Winter Olympics 2026 10h I’m sorry, the shooting/skiing relay has just finished and the I think the commentator said that the woman that crossed the line for gold had been shunned for years by her team mates as she STOLE ONE OF THEIR CREDIT CARDS AND SPENT THEIR MONEY. Come on- there’s a Netflix in that surely?? Do I need to make the calls myself??

booooouuuuuuuuuuuuuh 4h Julia Simon was accused last year by her teammate Justine Braisaz Bouchet (and other staff members) of stealing their credit card During pre-season, there was the trial and Simon confessed Because of that, she was suspended for the first few races of the biathlon season Also, another athlete was taken out of the season for tampering with a team mate rifle So yeah, I can't imagine the atmosphere in the french team right now 😬

*Runs in *

There is genuine French biathlon drama!

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THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE

Curling is truly keeping me sane these days.. like I need to be on TV until it's summer-y again.

When I was in my mid-twenties, an older, very wealthy/ beyond connected co-worker asked if he could crash at my place instead of paying for a Chicago Marathon weekend hotel room... I said no and got a call SO fast from HR after I mentioned it to a coworker... he's mentioned in the files. 😮

Leave it like this! Fall of empire! Wabi sabi! Don't fix a damn thing.

An intimidating law school classroom

PowerPoint slide stating: Your College Degree • Select a college where you will thrive! • No specific major is required • Your major should be one you enjoy! • What if you don't go to law school? • Select courses that wil develop your critical reading and writing skills. • Your GPA will be very important in vour lav school application.

PowerPoint slide stating: Adding to Your Credentials Participate in extracurricular activites and /or volunteer Be a leader on campus! Participate in Internships Build Relationships with Professors Consider taking a "gap year" or two RSITY

Pre-law day at Northwestern Law ✅ primarily struck by how much they talked about how Watergate changed legal training and I’m curious to see what changes, if any, this era brings. Also, I really thought their tips on how to prep for law school were great suggestions for all college-bound students.

a curling player named mike mcewen is playing in the continental cup ALT: a curling player named mike mcewen is playing in the continental cup

Learned the students in one of my first gen groups had never heard of curling before. We took a break from talking about defining what they want in a college to learn about the winter Olympics’ greatest sport.

a woman wearing glasses and a tie is asking what , like it 's hard . ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a tie is asking what , like it 's hard .

Field trip #1 of 2026 tomorrow: taking a crew of high school seniors to tour/ meet with a law school.

Judge Reyes starts with a comparison: George Washington versus Kristi Noem.

Black text on white background reading: All my mornings are Mondays stuck in an endless February.

A reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”

I thought 7 Days Out included an award show, but it was the Westminster Dog Show.

in retrospect in the wake of the epstein files being released, no wonder ‘me too’ was met with such anger and ultimately those in power it meant to target never face many consequences