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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 1d

I can sympathize there - and I actually need to schedule a hay delivery sometime soon.

I'm glad our laundry room is right off the mud room, so I don't walk through the house leaving a trail of barn glitter.

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 2d

It's a lot of effort to bury a horse. We compost deadstock, although that's not an option when euthanasia is involved, due to the chemicals used.

Being a farmer teaches you weird things.

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, Shetlands are particularly goaty sheep. For good and ill! :)

They put a lot of ware and tear on the rooves of these shelters.

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 2d

Lambs do love their mobile shelter.

A large green arched shelter, about 5 feet wide and 8 wide.

It's a sunny day, and most of the sheep are packed in under to enjoy the shade, except for two. Robin is a pale adult sheep happily chewing cud just outside the shelter, and Willow, a little black happily standing on top of the shelter.

Foreground is a collection of hungry ewes happily munching on a bale of hay we've plopped in their pasture. We generally don't put hay on the ground, but were in a bit of a rush and didn't have time to move one of our portable hay feeders over.

In the background is one of our green arched sheep shelters, about 5 feet wide and 8 wide.

Deegan, a brown wether lamb, is playing on top. He's had his full of dinner and headed to his favorite spot.

A large green arched shelter, about 5 feet wide and 8 wide.

A large green arched shelter, about 5 feet wide and 8 wide.

Three lambs are up on top!

Splash, a black lamb with a large white spot on her forehead. Willow a dark brown lamb
Deegan, a brown wether - currently facing away from the camera.

Down below, two adult ewes look up at the antics.

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 3d

With the noted exception of, "I wish to eat this in peace."

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 4d

Without hyperbole, this may be the best pregnancy announcement I've seen online. Mazel tov!

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 7d

I have a vague tickle in my mind that reinforcement (we learned this in class, now do it at home) is worse than new material (read this book, we discuss tomorrow) as reinforcement suffers when you struggle and can't get help.

But I can't cite that, and no longer have most of my Education texts.

Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 7d

I'm pretty rusty here, but I vaguely recall several studies which demonstrated homework exacerbated learning divergence between students in a classroom.

But you're right, this is generalizing a ton of factors regarding the class, assignment, student, and more. And I can't remember specifics.

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 9d

If I still taught, I'd love to provide a list of YT videos with every unit for kids interested in learning more.

But not as homework or even extra credit, just a place to start for kids who want more.

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 9d

Oh yeah, I could definitely see this working well in a boarding school.

On paper, having kids all watch a video at home and then discussing it in the classroom sounds great. But one doesn't have to think to hard to start spotting problems.

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 9d

I get annoyed by the folks who bash our education system for "just prepping you for factor work." They aren't all wrong, mind you, but this criticism is rarely meaningful.

But it's the flip side of this, folks who want to double down on this aspect, who I find truly wild.

Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 9d

When I was working on my Education degree (15 years ago) there was a lot of talk of having /no/ required work outside of the classroom.

Unfortunately, overstuffed curriculums make this super difficult, and many adults start gnashing their teeth at any discussion of getting rid of homework.

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 14d

All this discussion of the butcher Lazar Wolf, and no mention of his ghost wife?

♬ Have you no consideration for a woman's feelings? ♫ ♪

The ghost of Fruma Sarah rises from her grave to chastise Tevye and Golde, as they're planning to marry their daughter Tzeitel to her husband, Lazar Wolf.

This is presented as a dream sequence, or perhaps more accurately a figment of Tevye's imagination, to try and convince Golde that they should let Tzeitel marry her sweetheart, the tailor Motel Kamzoil instead.

Granted, the whole situation with Lazar Wolf was partially Tevye's fault to begin with.

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 14d

This was clearly produced by an AI, and anyone can ask an AI to spit something out. You're involved because we want your thoughts and your opinions. Authenticity is important, it brings a critical value on top of the details themselves. We can always edit your text if it isn't perfect.

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 15d

Marylander.

As I'm from New Hampshire, and my wife is from upstate New York, it's weird for both of us living where there's such a long growing season.

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 15d

I'm a lousy gardener, but my wife indulges my love of super-specific garlic varieties.

We also have a lot of fruit trees, which are more my speed when it comes to care. Got our first persimmons this year, and we'll hopefully have paw paws in another few years. Neither are easy to get in the store.

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 16d

It's like Apollo Creed singing Rocky to bed.

Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 16d

The French don't have it much better (I actually quite enjoy this version, but I also like weird covers).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbY4...

Chiara Mastroianni - The Eye Of The Tiger

YouTube video by Spiros Papadatos

www.youtube.com

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 17d

Pie Jesu domine
/thwak/
Dona eis quinque et quarta pars disci flexibilis
/thwak/

More seriously, some crypto folks acted like MLM cults, and I wonder if this prepped them to "find religion" with LLM AI.

Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 17d

I have draft characters going for both Star Trek Adventures and Triangle Agency, depending on what our next campaign is. (And our current one has a year+ left.)

Every now and then I open one of the docs and jot some ideas.

Fair chance I play at least one of them. If not, I've had fun writing.

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 17d

I always have disparate fragments bouncing around my head, and eventually a few of them click and I start drafting a character.

This alone tends to result in characters who are super interesting, but not super useful. So now I leave room for a few such considerations.

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 20d

Alex has said there's only one contestant he didn't enjoy, and it's about time he got a second! 💀

Seriously though, I think Matt's brand of crazy has so much potential for the format. And, I'm sure the two can bond over eating weird things.

(Maybe some James Acaster level sass for Greg, too.)

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Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 20d

Been a long time since I've been in Boston, but if you've never been to an Omni Dome IMAX it's worth swinging by the Boston Museum of Science for the experience.

Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · 26d

The ghost of Robert L. Forward is seeing this and kicking himself for not writing a story about it.

Cartogriffi @cartogriffi.bsky.social · Sep 23

First time I played Half-Life I set my screen dimensions incorrectly and accidently cut off the bottom of the UI: health, suit strength, ammo.

I assumed it simply had an ultra-minimal UI, and hid these stats as a point of realism.

Here too, my second playthrough was very different. :)

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