Susan Louchen, Language Therapist

here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘

“The findings…. have not yet been peer-reviewed.” So this article is just a fluff piece.

'Torture you until you quit': Pro-Trump federal workers say they 'didn’t vote for this' Many of the federal employees who voted for President Donald Trump in 2024 are now saying they feel duped after he's deputized Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to carry out mass firings of workers acros...

"Yes, the government can be more efficient. But we didn’t vote for this."

Of course they lie.

@foilarmsandhog.bsky.social FOIL ARMS & HOG is the BEST FUN! Thrilled to see them again tomorrow in the DC area as they sweep through the East Coast.

Traci if you are not using Substack, I suggest giving it a try. Lots of cozy topics & pics, kindness. Click on the tabs “Art & Illustration”, and “Culture” first. Posting is optional. HUGS

YOU DON’T GET IT. When you open with the LIES, you leave THAT LIE as the circulating sound bite, online and in people’s minds. The puppeteer lies, and you repeat the lie… your counter statement does NOT linger in anyone’s mind, sarcasm, irony, & counter points DON'T outweigh the lie you open with.

“... the madness gripping leadership in Congress and the White House is mobilizing the silent majority to get loud. The hapless demolition of government institutions, that serve vital public interests from national security to food safety and environmental protections, has real-life ramifications."

So missing the point. Our leaders have literally sold their souls and our nation to the devil. Tragic. Shameful. Sadly, popular opinion and facts are dust in the wind - the devils just don't care. World destruction is their delight.

And NEVER repeat the lies, that just strengthens them. Sarcasm and irony do not weaken lies. Make the truth the soundbite that opens and closes your statements, keep them short and focused.

DYSCALCULIA AWARENESS:

<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library Background Dyslexia is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders. There have been many definitions over the past century, and debate continues as to how dyslexia should be defined. This de.....

CURRENT DISCUSSION: defining dyslexia…. acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...?

YEP.

Don’t repeat the negative trash talk, that empowers the radical extremists. DON’T REPEAT THEIR WORDS, that gives them control of the messaging. JUST STATE YOUR MESSAGE so that is what remains in people’s minds.

Garbage in, garbage out: web based AI is a mindless echo chamber.

Loving this BLUE (#8) troll-free zone, real science, uplifting art of all kinds, real news, decent people.

I’ve been looking for you here!!! WELCOME!!!!

WELCOME the fabulous Irish comedy masters @foilarmsandhog.bsky.social to 💙Blue Sky!

Most people don’t realize the value of the services they rely on until they’re gone.

The Republican war against women: take away our votes, phase 1.

First: stop repeating all the lies. Quoting lies IS lying and the media are guilty. It is weaponized language, attacking the nation.

EVERY TIME YOU REPEAT THE LIES YOU STRENGTHEN THEM. Opening with the lie is the soundbite that lives. Sarcasm, satire, or old-fashioned framing of "both sides" always undermines truth. There is no debate. Just state what is happening.

Silence is surrender of all you hold dear.

Most university professors of "education" HAVE NO IDEA how the structure of English works, nor the pace of instruction needed for mastery. It is a top down problem. Teaching reading effectively to all is a SKILL and takes TIME. THE PROBLEM is incompetent university education departments.

Brain Cells Use Muscle-Like Signals to Strengthen Learning and Memory - Neuroscience News New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

“In science, structure is function...This is an unusual, beautiful structure that we are seeing throughout the whole dendrite...the only other area of the body known to have similar, ladder-like ER structures: muscle tissue." neurosciencenews.com/dendrite-mem...

Suspended the rules to make it happen.

W̱SÁNEĆ Hereditary Chiefs ‘deeply frustrated’ with DFO | The Narwhal Fisheries agency ignored call for a moratorium on B.C. herring harvest in November from chiefs, who are concerned over declining spawns

In November, W̱SÁNEĆ Hereditary Chiefs called for a moratorium on commercial fishing of Pacific herring after noticing a decline in their territories. Instead, the federal fisheries department has upped the allowable harvest for 2025. @sevawood.bsky.social reports 🎣 thenarwhal.ca/wsanec-chief...

The horizontally orientated image has been taken at ground level. In the background is a beautiful blue sky with white puffy clouds, and snow capped, treed mountains. In the foreground a Palomino horse lays flat on the ground, his four feet pointing towards the camera. Behind the Palomino, three additional horses can be seen: peeking out from behind the palomino’s shoulder can be seen the top of the head of a white horse, also laying down; a dark brown horse lays in sternal recumbency; a chestnut horse stands guard over the sleeping horses. The horses appear to be in a sandy paddock, and a wooden fence is in the distance behind the horses. The image conjure up feelings of comfortable and natural living for horses.

🧪A field study looking at health issues of managed 🐴 found those housed in open barn groups showed fewer incidences of colic & lameness than stalled, solo🐴. While open barn 🐴 had ⬆️ incidence of open wounds, they were minor enough to not interfere with the 🐴’s work. scholar.google.ca/scholar?star...

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