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The Puzzling Gap Between How Old You Are and How Old You Think You Are There are good reasons you always feel 20 percent younger than your actual age.

“I’m 53 in real life but suspended at 36 in my head.” Jennifer Senior on the puzzling gap between how old you are and how old you feel: (From 2023)

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US agriculture officials mandate testing of milk supply for bird flu USDA will test raw milk in attempt to stop spread of virus as more than 700 dairy herds infected since March America’s national milk supply must be tested for the bird flu virus under a new federal order by the US Department of Agriculture announced on…

US agriculture officials mandate testing of milk supply for bird flu

I’m going to Ditch Summit, a FREE online conference for educators from Dec 16 to Jan 10. #DitchSummit

Topics include 🤔student curiosity, 🤖AI, 💬student voice, 🔨PBL, 💡practical teaching ideas, and much more!

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🚨Settings->Siri->Apps->(pick an app)->UNCHECK LEARN FROM THIS APP🚫.🚨

Congratulations, now A.I. won't be learning from your apps without your permission on your iPhone. Took me a bit with a gazillion apps, but easy to do.

The thing I find most fascinating about this is that the change was announced in November and only gained attention online yesterday because the CEO of UnitedHealth was killed.

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was facing DOJ probe for insider trading when he was killed in targeted NYC shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was one of several senior executives at the company under investigation earlier this year for allegedly dumping over $100 million in company stock months before …

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was one of several executives under investigation by the DOJ for insider trading when he was killed.

Thompson, plus the UnitedHealth chairman, Chief People Officer, and Chief Accounting Officer had sold a combined $101.5 million in shares.

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The Yule Goat in Scandinavian traditions predates modern Christmas icons like Santa. Originally a symbol of harvest spirits, the goat evolved into a festive figure demanding gifts and later delivering them, embodying the connection between winter and fertility. #FolkyFriday

Artwork: Robert Seymour

Photograph of a wolf leaping over a fence

The 14th-century Swedish author Olaus Magnus said that in Prussia, Livonia, and Lithuania, werewolves gathered on Christmas Night to participate in athletic games. Those too fat to leap over a wall were eaten by their fitter comrades. Then they would besiege isolated human houses.
#FolkyFriday

The yule goat art by John Bauer

The Yule Goat is one of the oldest Scandinavian and Northern European Yule (pre Christian) symbols. Unlike Krampus, it brings gifts Ornaments are made of straw and red ribbon. Julebukkers also go door to door in disguise singing carols.
Illustration "Julbocken" by John Bauer (1917) #folkyfriday

screenshot of interaction with Amazon Rufus in which Rufus does not answer a direct question (as posed in the song "(They Long to Be) Close to You", but instead provides incorrect information saying the lyrics is from "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head."

Amazon has this AI thing called Rufus, and apparently Rufus is a moron.

Photos of the 14 victims of the Montreal massacre: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault and Annie Turcotte.

35 years ago today a gunman walked into an engineering classroom at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, separated the women from the men and killed 14 of them. It was the ultimate manifestation of the gender-based bias and violence we still face in STEM today. We must never forget. 👩🏻‍🔬 🧪

We are excited to share that we are presenting Kami and Eduprotocols: A Dynamic Duo! These amazing tools have transformed our teaching, and we want to help others do the same. @Kellyzakteach @eduprotocols

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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.

If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

Sonia López-Serrano - Research PUBLICATIONS Click on the publications to access their postprints or open-access versions: López Serrano, S. (2024). Gamifying out-of-class EFL learning: Design and implementation of self-access onlin...

Hi! I'm an #appliedlinguist and my research focuses on technology-enhanced language learning & teaching, L2 pragmatics & learning contexts in HigherEd, such as EMI settings.

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Why use choice boards with MLs?
➡️ entry point for all proficiency levels, ensuring Ss are challenged but not overwhelmed
➡️ giving Ss the power to choose fosters a sense of ownership over their learning
➡️ encourages collaboration which promotes language development
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Native American Heritage Month. Engage grades 3-8 in Native American Heritage Month with activities on Indigenous languages, art, and storytelling, fostering cultural understanding and creativity through hands-on exploration.

🌟 How are you honoring Native American Heritage Month in your classroom #EduSky?

This month, let’s celebrate and amplify Indigenous voices by incorporating meaningful stories, perspectives, and resources into our teaching. 🪶🌎

✨ Share your ideas below!

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Did you know almost every culture has a version of Cinderella?

The story of “Tam and Cam” comes from Vietnam. #RepresentationMatters

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More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century

36% of all children in the UK now reportedly live in poverty! Whilst we've got more billionaires than ever before! Horrific failure of so called "Leaders". We need to reverse the catastrophic damage of Brexit, #RejoinEu & #TaxTheRich

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LGBTQ families rush to protect themselves The Washington Post19 Nov 2024Petula Dvorak ALLISON ROBBERT/THE WASHINGTON POST Advocates on both sides of the reproductive rights spectrum gather on the two-year anniversary of the Dobbs decision in January. Members of the LGBTQ community — some who’ve been married for years, who’ve adopted children and become grandparents, who are serving in elected offices across the nation — are rushing to law firms to help reinforce their legal status after what happened Nov. 5. And this feels like such a calamitous step back for America. “They’re terrified,” said attorney Stephanie Sauer, who has had a lot of new business since the election. When I began hearing about the rush to scramble for legal protections — seeing the pleas over social media for lawyers who can do this — I remembered Easter in 2006 outside the White House. More than 100 gay and lesbian parents camped overnight outside the Bush White House — which was how you’d get tickets to the

LGBTQ families rush to protect themselves [Washington Post]