For some students, giving the right answer can be easy. But expressing how you got there? Much more challenging.

Get kids to map out their thinking process with these activities! 🗺️

#teachers #EduSky #metacognition

BREAKING: The FBI, run by two podcasters, is actively investigating the murder of a third podcaster, while the vice president cosplays a fourth podcaster to host the show run by the third podcaster. The USA: brought to you by Squarespace, Betterhelp & Express VPN.

It's podcast turtles all the way down

You forgot the following: THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

MAGA 3 days ago: Chicago is about to find out the meaning of WAR

MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

Saw a post on BlueSky the other day that said every vote for a republican is a vote for another school shooting.

Can’t get that out of my head.

Opinion | I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students.

Anyone thinking about AI and writing — or what may soon be at stake with much of human creativity — should read this essay by @meghanor.bsky.social. It is… genuinely thought-provoking and insightful. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...

This is actual recorded footage of me eating popcorn at the movies.

#BookSky

Syllabus Category: Writing with Data

The DRC Writing with Data Syllabus Repository is LIVE: www.digitalrhetoriccollaborative.org/syllabus/wri...

Check out and share this incredible collection of teaching materials on writing with data in composition, digital rhetoric, and technical and professional communication classes!

We Hold These Truths

More than ever, Americans must remain grounded in the founding principles of our republic. I'm proud to be among those from across the political spectrum supporting the @weholdtruths.bsky.social to remind us of the values we hold in common, and to help make the Constitution accessible to everyone.

I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.

In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.

And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.

Short Poem of the Day 📝

This Is Just To Say

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

William Carlos Williams

If you want to stop funding everything Amazon does and stands for, you’ve come to the right place.

We’re Bookshop.org, an ethical alternative for buying books online. Every single purchase financially supports independent bookstores, allowing them to continue serving their communities.

The Conservative Attack on Empathy Sometimes emotions are the voice of one’s conscience, and shouldn’t be ignored.

“The toxic-empathy rhetorical framework, built for producing peace of mind for conservative debaters, threatens to render Christians insensitive to moral demands of Christianity that run contrary to conservative preferences,” Elizabeth Bruenig writes:

Against AI: An Open Letter From Writers to Publishers To Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan, and all other publishers of America: We are standing on a precipice. At its simplest level, our job as …

As a rule I'm violently allergic to open letters, but I finally signed one.

Former President Joe Biden visited with MN Senator John Hoffman and his family in the hospital today. The photo shared with me by the Hoffman family is the first picture of the Senator seen publicly since the assassination attempt.

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.

Why, this is very midsummer madness.

I am in my mattress with my cash because this global crypto crime ring will break democratic institutions, steal whatever isn’t nailed down and buy all the water we will be working in the mines to buy after the company Apple Store takes its credits for the air we breathe.

Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!

They’ll add first-degree murder later. They need a grand jury indictment before they can charge him with that.

PSA: Fully fleshed out stories with confirmed details do not appear instantaneously. Reporters must get information, confirm it and then write it up in an article that then needs to be edited prior to publication. Everyone is working as fast as possible I assure you.

If you are in a low risk group please try to find a way to get out there. #NoKings

Thank you for your service

Rep. Melissa Hortman DoD 6/14/2025

Live Updates: Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Targeted Attack, Governor Says

Minnesota lawmaker shootings:
• State Rep. Melissa Hortman (D), has been assassinated. Her husband was also killed.
• State Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife were also shot. They underwent surgery.
• Police exchanged gunfire with gunman, who then escaped.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Brooklyn Park police searching for suspect in ‘multiple targeted shootings’ Gov. Tim Walz said there targeted shootings in both Brooklyn Park and Champlin on Saturday.

The shootings involved multiple legislators. Although no names have been released, a large law enforcement presence, which included the FBI, surrounded the Brooklyn Park home of DFL House leader Melissa Hortman.

law enforcement officials say they made a proactive check at Rep. Hortman's home after a lawmaker who lived nearby was shot and found a "police vehicle in the driveway with emergency lights and what appeared to be a police officer at the door coming out of the house." He was actually the gunman.