The Introverted English Teacher

Lindsay Lab - Postdoc Position Artificial neural networks applied to psychology, neuroscience, and climate change

Spread the word: I'm looking to hire a postdoc to explore the concept of attention (as studied in psych/neuro, not the transformer mechanism) in large Vision-Language Models. More details here: lindsay-lab.github.io/2025/12/08/p...
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YouTube video by kanashiipanda Friendship is Manly

I shall now post my very favorite piece of fan media from the Brony Era

youtu.be/-Z7UnO66q9w?...

first time I've been sad bsky doesn't have an algorithm because how did it take a month for this to show up on my timeline

Love my middle school Esports team-they are supportive and fun to be around.

Hey all,

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Kids Can Press company logo and logo and image of Franklin character with statement text,”Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy, and inclusivity. We strongly condemn any denigrating, violent, or unauthorized use of Franklin’s name or image, which directly contradicts these values.”

This is a terrible story--both because of the trap that was set (either in advance or ret-conned to seize a moment) for this graduate student but also because the student's department failed her. The 1st problem is easy to see, but I want to explain the 2nd one. 1/x

I hope you are delayed or closed W/o any e-learning.

They closed everything here in SW OH.

Everyone from college on down has a snow day here, to!

This game is so fun!

My kid kept telling me about the devs working around the war in Ukraine, and then I had to play it.

Still irks me the sidequests that bugged out—I never did get credit for the last collar in the car junk yard.

LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:

It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.

I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x

Soon to be fab thread; can’t wait to read it after work

And in k-12, we’re telling them no cell phones or earbuds.

Definitely no adult is thinking smart fking glasses. 😭

Here's a fun one I haven't seen talked about: If you don't have a meta glasses et al. policy in your syllabus, you might want to think about adding one for the spring. Also whether you're okay with them being worn during exams.

This is a horrifying thought for the Monday after break—good warning, though.

This is a wonderful, even spectacular, thread.

And now for some of my very favourite Smol Paul moments in no particular order, starting with the first ever yeet

My husband and I both teach in the Midwest US—I hope the dart trend doesn’t spread.

Seems to mostly be a middle grade thing?

A. Secondary. B. Not banned C. We adults strive to add it all over the place, so it is lame and therefore not cool.

Now if you wanted to ban something, paper darts with metal tips thrown into the ceiling would be right up there.

Thread

I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie

reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony

With alt text

collage of ocellated turkeys which have blue skin and bright red and yellow dots on their heads and brilliant red rimmed eyes. they have a fit on top of their head and their foliage is an iridescent delight

statistically a lot of you won’t know about ocellated turkeys, so, here you go

#iteachenglish

I deleted Roblox off the iPad because it is a safety nightmare.

Great thread; time to learn during Thanksgiving break!

yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore

I feel like we need this

Currently loving all 8 teens who showed to up esports practice on our first day of break—

Lets them geek out and play video games / make friends w/other teens.

🥰

To clarify, students got an 8 day break; we still got 7.

I’ll take it!

This year, we have the whole week off; only 2nd time ever in 25 yrs.

And then the super added last Friday as a PD day. Flabber my gasts my friend!