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@mandyzerillo.bsky.social

Instructional Design Technology Master’s student and lifelong learner of stuff. Exploring history, journalism, education, and how bias and objectivity is reflected in each. Queer lady. 3 kids. Twin mom. Send help. #EduSky #EdTechSky

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I thought the Raptured folks were to ascend directly upstairs. Wouldn’t the left overs be more comfortable in Hell, MI than in New Haven?

08.05.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Connecticut Department of Education refuses to sign Trump administration’s DEI order In a statement, Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker said the state β€œalready does and will continue to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”

I’m proud of my state! connecticut.news12.com/connecticut-...

17.04.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I can’t stop thinking about tariffs.

05.04.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alcohol drinking makes male fruit flies more attractive Alcohol increases the release of chemical sex signals and makes males more attractive to females.

What the hell are the drunk scientists doing to the fruit flies? www.bbc.com/news/article...

02.04.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Camera set up to catch Loch Ness Monster unearthed No sign of the famous monster was found on the camera that had been in Loch Ness for 55 years.

We were so close to a headline reading β€œBoaty McBoatface discovers footage of the Loch Ness Monster” for April 1st. www.bbc.com/news/article...

31.03.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Do you doomscroll the news while watching movies with your kids? It’s not healthy.

26.03.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Signal war plans chat: Five takeaways from leaked US top military meeting What was discussed in the top-secret group that a journalist was accidentally added to?

I legitimately texted the wrong person a drawing of a cat butt without context last week. I feel a little better about the few days.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

25.03.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The fearless lionfish huntresses of the Caribbean Two women are working to save the coral reef from the invasive lionfish, using it as a sustainable teaching tool and cooking it into everything from tacos to fish and chips.

When people tell you you can’t just eat away your problems, show them this article about eating invasive species. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

17.02.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This year, respond to the Trump admin by burying my head in #education policy and technology. Just to ACT.
As exec orders passed that 1st week freezing funding for accessibility, my son was diagnosed with #autism. Politics is so personal.
It is strange to be so motivated and so, so tired.

03.02.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Concerns at Bridgeport schools prompt CT officials to intervene The state’s concerns include a $38M budget deficit, inadequate special education services and conflict among the local board of education.

Some state oversight coming to the rescue in Bridgeport. Good stuff!
ctmirror.org/2025/01/22/c...

23.01.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for sharing this uplifting bit of news!

23.01.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Connecticut is a little chilly today.

20.01.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Design idea: an ouroboros (snake devouring its tail) with the caption β€œdon’t tread on me for I am also you”. Printed on a gigantic flag and flown from the back of a really shitty truck.

16.01.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a penguin wearing a hat and a plaid shirt welcomes the family ALT: a penguin wearing a hat and a plaid shirt welcomes the family
13.01.2025 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for sharing this. I have heard of this only because of historians I follow online, and never once in a textbook.

11.01.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is a problem of focus. Think of what is happening like a magic trick on stage. A skilled illusionist knows how to distract. If you’re in a seat where you can see the sleight of hand, it’s very frustrating to watch an audience fooled over and over again

09.01.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Adding this to my resources!!!

09.01.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Again, I encourage you to examine why you are analyzing a random woman who upset you in the context of her being a married woman and how she might talk to her husband. I don’t mean to obsess but it looks like you have a following, and I think this examination would benefit the conversation

09.01.2025 06:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would like to encourage you to sit with the discomfort that you seem very rocked by some woman who called you sexist.

09.01.2025 05:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a fantastic statistics lesson in this

08.01.2025 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Changes in K-12 Schooling Hampered the Preparation of College Students Accountability and test-based reforms, pandemic-era disruptions, and larger social and economic pressures have fostered ineffective habits.

The rise of accountability testing, the teacher shortage, the ubiquity of smartphones and social-media platforms β€” all contributed to Gen Z's academic habits. Then the pandemic arrived, adding new challenges and worsening existing ones. chroni.cl/426IMb4

08.01.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Hello and welcome!

08.01.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Obviously I wrote the poem myself

08.01.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Photo by @pixabay

08.01.2025 14:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A morbid thought as LA burns and half the country was just buried in snow:
Some say the world will end in fire
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to parish twice
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice

08.01.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The most satisfying part of a story, for me, is the change in perception of reality. Horror puts that at the front and center of the plot and I am here for it!

07.01.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meta to replace 'biased' fact-checkers with moderation by users Meta says its platforms will instead rely on "community notes" from its users, an approach pioneered by X.

www.bbc.com/news/article... I saw this article and thought-oh it is high time I deactivate this account, and then thought about opportunity to absolutely FLOOD Facebook with liberal content and document whether or not it lands people in β€œFacebook Jail”. #socialmedia #censorship

07.01.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is there a word for this? Like, I know what a haiku is and what a limerick is, and I feel like thee should be a word for this

06.01.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I miss him.
And news.

06.01.2025 07:08 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If this is any indication of what parenthood does to your peace, β€œplease don’t throw Cheerios in my wine” was a sentence I said today.

04.01.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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