DrAnnD
@drannd.bsky.social
Educator, intellectual freedom advocate, scholar, reader, writer, and lyricist. I knit, garden, and cook for instant gratification. Professor in title. Michigan expat in Texas. Typos make it bespoke. (Skeets my own.)
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@drannd.bsky.social
· Jun 18
All Position Statements
NCTE position statements aims to support its members as they navigate changes that bring the latest thinking and research for best practices.
ncte.org
Beginning in 1970, @ncte.org has worked with members to pass position statements and resolutions about students' right to read and the ways teachers can oppose censorship. A little summer project is going to be reading through these statements and following the paths they open up.
#winning at Thanksgiving by having teen grandchild help grandmother to update all the settings in the updated iPhone.
Purposeful social interaction, better battery life, and less stress and anxiety for the sandwich generation.
Purposeful social interaction, better battery life, and less stress and anxiety for the sandwich generation.
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
#winning at Thanksgiving by having teen grandchild help grandmother to update all the settings in the updated iPhone.
Purposeful social interaction, better battery life, and less stress and anxiety for the sandwich generation.
Purposeful social interaction, better battery life, and less stress and anxiety for the sandwich generation.
The dumbest timeline.
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The dumbest timeline.
Oooohhhhh!!! Cool!!!
And, yeah, reading isn’t dead, just different.
And, yeah, reading isn’t dead, just different.
Available in print and Open Access mitpress.mit.edu/978026255091...
A book about how digital social reading apps are changing and nurturing the way we read. I talk about Wattpad, Goodreads, AO3 and more.
A book about how digital social reading apps are changing and nurturing the way we read. I talk about Wattpad, Goodreads, AO3 and more.
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Oooohhhhh!!! Cool!!!
And, yeah, reading isn’t dead, just different.
And, yeah, reading isn’t dead, just different.
So proud of this. Anna’s been gone 2ish years and I still can’t hardly believe it most weeks, but we made this with our brilliant author-friends, and it is good.
We wanted to title it: Wicked Writing but were told the SEO want great.
Great gift for secondary writing teachers.
We wanted to title it: Wicked Writing but were told the SEO want great.
Great gift for secondary writing teachers.
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
So proud of this. Anna’s been gone 2ish years and I still can’t hardly believe it most weeks, but we made this with our brilliant author-friends, and it is good.
We wanted to title it: Wicked Writing but were told the SEO want great.
Great gift for secondary writing teachers.
We wanted to title it: Wicked Writing but were told the SEO want great.
Great gift for secondary writing teachers.
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Hey guys! I'm having a sale on all my silk #sciart scarves and ties 😊 🐡🧪🧠
Banish the Boring and Beige
This year, give gorgeous, geeky gifts
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hey guys! I'm having a sale on all my silk #sciart scarves and ties 😊 🐡🧪🧠
As an English teacher by training, I bring close reading to my teacher education spaces with future teacher from 10 majors, including English. While the texts we're reading are very different, the idea of paying careful attention and building an argument is the same and so very necessary.
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As an English teacher by training, I bring close reading to my teacher education spaces with future teacher from 10 majors, including English. While the texts we're reading are very different, the idea of paying careful attention and building an argument is the same and so very necessary.
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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We’ll know in 14 Days.
Will Texas Democrats Have A Full Ticket?
We’ll know in 14 Days.
www.lonestarleft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
We’ll know in 14 Days.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Uuuugggghhhhhh
Nonononononono
This could be a NYTimes Pitch Bot headline.
Thinking, being with others, gaining discipline knowledge, being a citizen, so many other “ultimate tests.” Though that framing is bs to start.
Nonononononono
This could be a NYTimes Pitch Bot headline.
Thinking, being with others, gaining discipline knowledge, being a citizen, so many other “ultimate tests.” Though that framing is bs to start.
How One Educator Is Prepping Students for the Ultimate Test: The Job Interview: Helping students learn how to perform well in job interviews is a critical skill schools can teach.
How One Educator Is Prepping Students for the Ultimate Test: The Job Interview
Helping students learn how to perform well in job interviews is a critical skill schools can teach.
www.edweek.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Uuuugggghhhhhh
Nonononononono
This could be a NYTimes Pitch Bot headline.
Thinking, being with others, gaining discipline knowledge, being a citizen, so many other “ultimate tests.” Though that framing is bs to start.
Nonononononono
This could be a NYTimes Pitch Bot headline.
Thinking, being with others, gaining discipline knowledge, being a citizen, so many other “ultimate tests.” Though that framing is bs to start.
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AABB has joined Read Freely Alabama, EveryLibrary, PEN America and other organizations in expressing alarm at a new ban on youth access to trans books by the Alabama Public Library Service. Read the full statement
Statement on Discriminatory APLS Code Change
Supporting the Right to Read in All Alabama Libraries
www.readfreelyalabama.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
AABB has joined Read Freely Alabama, EveryLibrary, PEN America and other organizations in expressing alarm at a new ban on youth access to trans books by the Alabama Public Library Service. Read the full statement
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stop letting people fail up it is ruining everything everywhere 😭
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
stop letting people fail up it is ruining everything everywhere 😭
I’m getting weepy on a plane. In public. Uuuggghhhhhh…
Also *chefskiss*
Also *chefskiss*
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I’m getting weepy on a plane. In public. Uuuggghhhhhh…
Also *chefskiss*
Also *chefskiss*
Why is one person talking on the phone in the airport lounge SO MUCH MORE ANNOYING than even boisterous conversations?
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Why is one person talking on the phone in the airport lounge SO MUCH MORE ANNOYING than even boisterous conversations?
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Mondays are rough, so please take a break and enjoy this delightful thread of Jeff Goldblum as various neutron stars:
Nobody:
Absolutely nobody:
Utterly, like not a single soul:
Me: here comes a 🔭🧪 thread on Jeff Goldblum as neutron stars in pulsar evolution models 🧵👇🏽
(all 📸 credits to Jeff’s Insta account)
1. Jeff Goldblum as the millisecond pulsar. Rapidly rotating, highly magnetised, matured.
Absolutely nobody:
Utterly, like not a single soul:
Me: here comes a 🔭🧪 thread on Jeff Goldblum as neutron stars in pulsar evolution models 🧵👇🏽
(all 📸 credits to Jeff’s Insta account)
1. Jeff Goldblum as the millisecond pulsar. Rapidly rotating, highly magnetised, matured.
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Mondays are rough, so please take a break and enjoy this delightful thread of Jeff Goldblum as various neutron stars:
So much of my teaching philosophy. That’s why my different talk substantively to one another every class.
We are embodied creatures with mammal brains
We don’t do well when we ignore the soft animals of our nature!
We don’t do well when we ignore the soft animals of our nature!
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
So much of my teaching philosophy. That’s why my different talk substantively to one another every class.
“At no point does the model ever give you friction,” he added. “It never pushes back. It’ll just yes and yes and yes. It’s just forever engaging.”
This is what we have unleashed in k12 schools.
This is what we have unleashed in k12 schools.
NEW: A Discord community with nearly 200 members serves as a support group for people whose minds and lives have been upended by episodes of AI delusion and psychosis.
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Meet the Group Breaking People Out of AI Delusions
In this Discord server, people impacted by AI delusions and psychosis share their experiences — and even help users out of delusional spells.
futurism.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“At no point does the model ever give you friction,” he added. “It never pushes back. It’ll just yes and yes and yes. It’s just forever engaging.”
This is what we have unleashed in k12 schools.
This is what we have unleashed in k12 schools.
The cozy vibes everyone needs this Monday.
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The cozy vibes everyone needs this Monday.
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I yelled “ohmygod” so loud after opening the mail, my husband had to come investigate. The new @mcsweeneys.net quarterly is unbelievable. Their design team is *chef’s kiss*
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I yelled “ohmygod” so loud after opening the mail, my husband had to come investigate. The new @mcsweeneys.net quarterly is unbelievable. Their design team is *chef’s kiss*
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UT Regents move forward with 'ultimate' power to oversee hiring, curriculum www.statesman.com/news/educati...
UT Regents will have 'ultimate' power over college hiring, curriculum
Moving forward, UT Regents will have greater authority over what degrees are offered and who fills key leadership roles at the system's Texas public institutions.
www.statesman.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
UT Regents move forward with 'ultimate' power to oversee hiring, curriculum www.statesman.com/news/educati...
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There are more people organizing and pushing back against the regime today than there were in the first term. There are more people in more places (rural towns and big cities across the country). I think it's really strange how resistant some people are to these facts. I wonder what's going on.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
There are more people organizing and pushing back against the regime today than there were in the first term. There are more people in more places (rural towns and big cities across the country). I think it's really strange how resistant some people are to these facts. I wonder what's going on.
So honored to have Nic Stone talk to teachers about language, her books, and fighting censorship.
Thanks to the Committee Against Censorship for all their work this conference.
We’re heading home inspired. And ready to work #NCTE2025
Thanks to the Committee Against Censorship for all their work this conference.
We’re heading home inspired. And ready to work #NCTE2025
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So honored to have Nic Stone talk to teachers about language, her books, and fighting censorship.
Thanks to the Committee Against Censorship for all their work this conference.
We’re heading home inspired. And ready to work #NCTE2025
Thanks to the Committee Against Censorship for all their work this conference.
We’re heading home inspired. And ready to work #NCTE2025
Presenting at #NCTE2025 this morning with @uabookbans.bsky.social—Betsy Gomez—members of @ncte.org’s Cmtte Against Censorship, authors from Impacts of Censorship Vol 2, and Jim Burke.
Teaching and Talking in Troubled Times.
Buy the book here: publicationsncte.org/content/book...
Teaching and Talking in Troubled Times.
Buy the book here: publicationsncte.org/content/book...
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Presenting at #NCTE2025 this morning with @uabookbans.bsky.social—Betsy Gomez—members of @ncte.org’s Cmtte Against Censorship, authors from Impacts of Censorship Vol 2, and Jim Burke.
Teaching and Talking in Troubled Times.
Buy the book here: publicationsncte.org/content/book...
Teaching and Talking in Troubled Times.
Buy the book here: publicationsncte.org/content/book...