Alex Shevrin Venet
@asv.bsky.social
Educator & author. Books: Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education & Becoming an Everyday Changemaker. Vermont explorer in the #251club. Working on a memoir!
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Alex Shevrin Venet
@asv.bsky.social
· Jul 28
Did you know that I wrote some books for teachers and you should read them? I wrote them as a call to take action and transform schools with mental health and wellbeing in mind. I'd love if you checked them out.
www.unconditionallearning.org/books
www.unconditionallearning.org/books
I will never spell guarantee correctly on the first try
January 29, 2026 at 8:05 PM
I will never spell guarantee correctly on the first try
the drama of the day: the little town in upstate NY where my MIL lives has a facebook group that used to be named "what's happening in [town name]" but just changed its name to "in and around [town name]." people are crashing out!!
January 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM
the drama of the day: the little town in upstate NY where my MIL lives has a facebook group that used to be named "what's happening in [town name]" but just changed its name to "in and around [town name]." people are crashing out!!
I was looking up photos of a plastic model of a spine so I could describe it in my book. Now I'm getting so many creepy ads for the creepily named "the Anatomy Warehouse" 😭
January 29, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I was looking up photos of a plastic model of a spine so I could describe it in my book. Now I'm getting so many creepy ads for the creepily named "the Anatomy Warehouse" 😭
This is on track to fill by the end of the week but there are still spots left!
Offering what I can for any teacher who needs it! Please spread the word #EduSky
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
January 29, 2026 at 1:19 PM
This is on track to fill by the end of the week but there are still spots left!
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It’s meeeeeeeee!
Let me know what you think.
Let me know what you think.
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes. n.pr/4c3cdzs
To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.
n.pr
January 28, 2026 at 11:58 AM
It’s meeeeeeeee!
Let me know what you think.
Let me know what you think.
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After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
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Offering what I can for any teacher who needs it! Please spread the word #EduSky
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
January 27, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Offering what I can for any teacher who needs it! Please spread the word #EduSky
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
Offering what I can for any teacher who needs it! Please spread the word #EduSky
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
January 27, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Offering what I can for any teacher who needs it! Please spread the word #EduSky
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...
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you should not share a post that's a screenshot without a link to a news item. you should not share a post that's a video or picture without some kind of sourcing. we're in a new bad era and these are now basic practices.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
you should not share a post that's a screenshot without a link to a news item. you should not share a post that's a video or picture without some kind of sourcing. we're in a new bad era and these are now basic practices.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
... also photogs and journos gotta eat so share their work.
The snow has begun here in northern VT.
January 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The snow has begun here in northern VT.
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
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a non comprehensive list of things MN are doing right now
legal observing in a rapid response group
legal observing because they happened to be in their community and came across ICE
participating in or supporting rapid response groups
safety patroling their schools, businesses, daycares
1/5
legal observing in a rapid response group
legal observing because they happened to be in their community and came across ICE
participating in or supporting rapid response groups
safety patroling their schools, businesses, daycares
1/5
January 25, 2026 at 1:17 PM
a non comprehensive list of things MN are doing right now
legal observing in a rapid response group
legal observing because they happened to be in their community and came across ICE
participating in or supporting rapid response groups
safety patroling their schools, businesses, daycares
1/5
legal observing in a rapid response group
legal observing because they happened to be in their community and came across ICE
participating in or supporting rapid response groups
safety patroling their schools, businesses, daycares
1/5
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Trauma-informed as in fuck ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Trauma-informed as in fuck ICE.
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Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE. Abolish ICE.
There is a cat bed just out of frame but Charlie's favorite spot is an overturned scratcher that our cleaner propped here one time. She is currently supervising Nate building a fire in the woodstove.
January 24, 2026 at 3:51 PM
There is a cat bed just out of frame but Charlie's favorite spot is an overturned scratcher that our cleaner propped here one time. She is currently supervising Nate building a fire in the woodstove.
So does the NYT think we just won't notice they ripped off Scrabble????
January 24, 2026 at 2:51 PM
So does the NYT think we just won't notice they ripped off Scrabble????
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My spring graduate class for teachers starts in a couple of weeks: Radically Rethinking Classroom Management. Fully online, open to any educator, and you don't need to be in a particular program to take it. #EduSky
www.castleton.edu/academics/pr...
www.castleton.edu/academics/pr...
January 21, 2026 at 6:39 PM
My spring graduate class for teachers starts in a couple of weeks: Radically Rethinking Classroom Management. Fully online, open to any educator, and you don't need to be in a particular program to take it. #EduSky
www.castleton.edu/academics/pr...
www.castleton.edu/academics/pr...
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Turns out, two decades of working with teachers on assessment design makes one freakishly good at designing #HeatedRivalry trivia questions. I'm putting my powers to good use.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Turns out, two decades of working with teachers on assessment design makes one freakishly good at designing #HeatedRivalry trivia questions. I'm putting my powers to good use.
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it's so upsetting to get emotionally attached to a trader joe's product only for it to disappear from the shelves (decided to be upset about this today instead of .... everything else)
January 22, 2026 at 11:25 PM
it's so upsetting to get emotionally attached to a trader joe's product only for it to disappear from the shelves (decided to be upset about this today instead of .... everything else)
Can I say that I understand why it's important to witness that photo of the 5-year-old and also I feel really gross about us collectively reposting a kid's face without their consent that will likely follow them the rest of their life? 🫣
January 22, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Can I say that I understand why it's important to witness that photo of the 5-year-old and also I feel really gross about us collectively reposting a kid's face without their consent that will likely follow them the rest of their life? 🫣
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Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
January 22, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Deporting children with cancer.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Using a 5-year-old as bait.
Shooting moms.
ICE is beyond reform. And today the House is voting to bankroll more terror. Hell no.
Gmail settings --> Turn off Smart Features = no more AI summary at the top of your emails
January 21, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Gmail settings --> Turn off Smart Features = no more AI summary at the top of your emails