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Dr. JPB Gerald
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Black/ADHD author and educator. Race, neurodivergence, language, et al. He/him Buy recent book here: https://bitly.cx/sy0E54 Website here: https://jpbgerald.com/ Substack here: https://pursuingmaglev.substack.com/
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · 20d
Woohoo! My next book is available for pre-order!
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The Public Pedagogy of the Master Narrative
Through a wide range of interviews with experts in areas ranging from US states generally perceived as being progressive to countries including Finland, Algeria and Japan, the author explores how a ce...
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · 12m
I’ve spent 20 years in education and social services. At the same time, I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until age 35. Now I’m taking everything I’ve learned and starting Galivants Ferry Education.

Now, I help organizations ensure their ND staff can thrive.

Let’s talk: [email protected]
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · 6h
Absolutely nothing important happened on November 5th, 2024, compared to the fact that Idris Ray Gerald was born. Happy 1st birthday to my littlest boy! We want the very best for you!
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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 4d
As a linguist, this is bullshit. McWhorter’s deal is to bend over backwards to excuse racism.
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In Opinion

Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Opinion | I Now Mispronounce You the Likely Next Mayor of New York City
A lot of people seem to trip over Zohran Mamdani’s name. The reason may not be as simple as it seems.
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · 5d
Time to accept my fate.
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #58
Part One: Stop Fighting It, Dummy
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · 7d
Hey, my podcast is back!
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · 8d
New essay on how neurodivergence and the social difficulties I have will simply always be there and needing to come to terms with it.
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #57
Part One: It will always be there
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · 17d
On masculinity and Adolescence (the show)
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #56
Part One: Emmys
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · 20d
Woohoo! My next book is available for pre-order!
multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
The Public Pedagogy of the Master Narrative
Through a wide range of interviews with experts in areas ranging from US states generally perceived as being progressive to countries including Finland, Algeria and Japan, the author explores how a ce...
multilingual-matters.com
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · 24d
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #55
Part One: This matters, for better or worse
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · 25d
Alright. I started my own little shingle. You'll hear about it soon. We need it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25d
“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 25d
This is the way

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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
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Ana Rodrigues @ohhelloana.blog · 26d
Yes! This is it. Don’t over engineer it. Don’t overthink it. Just publish it!

Thanks @strange.website

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Henry at the stage of WDC in front of a slide that says “reduce friction to publishing, storytelling, connection”
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CounsellorNYC @counsellornyc.bsky.social · 25d
It’s beyond time for us to become far more discerning and disciplined as to who “we” choose or select to invite to the cookout !!! Listen and learn !!! 😃😃😃
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Black Unity Over Disagreement (he/him) @audubonballroom.bsky.social · 25d
@MarveIFacts wrote:

Marvel wanted #BlackPanther's accent to be British or American, but #ChadwickBoseman battled with them for it to be African

'What else are we gonna throw away for the sake of making people comfortable? ... if we did that, that

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#movie #blackpeople #blacksky #addtoblacksky
America: Civil War, in which Boseman was seen as Black Panther for the first time, he had a lot of prep to do. He worked with a trainer, a strength and conditioning coach - and a dialect coach. The idea of the character having an African accent - Xhosa, specifically was briefly a point of contention between him and Marvel. "They felt that it was maybe too much for an audience to take," Boseman acknowledges. "I felt the exact opposite - like, if I speak with a British accent, what's gonna happen when I go home?" He continues, "It felt to me like a deal-breaker," adding, "I was like, 'No, this is such an important factor that if we lose this right now, what else are we gonna throw away for the sake of making people feel comfortable?" This time, unlike 15 years earlier with All My Children, Boseman spoke up for what was important to him
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · Oct 5
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #51
Part One: “I want to write books, plural”
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · Oct 1
Teaching is my best self
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #54
Part One: My very best
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · Sep 25
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #53
Part One: Emerging Leaders test
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · Sep 18
On books!
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #51
Part One: “I want to write books, plural”
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · Sep 9
@screendrafts.bsky.social you guys, Mona Lisa Smile was literally the first episode of THOB
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · Sep 9
What actually counts as training?
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #50 (wow)
Part One: Emerging Leaders
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · Sep 1
What actually has an impact on learning?
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #49
What makes the difference?
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · Aug 25
On being pulled over
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #49
Pulled over
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · Aug 24
Starting some stuff!

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Quick updates for the free tier
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Dr. JPB Gerald @drjpb.bsky.social · Aug 18
On Sinners
Pursuing Magnetic Levitation #48
Sinners
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