Linten Birgen
@lintenbirgen.bsky.social
Creative and admirer of the visual arts and written word.
“A blank sheet of paper equals endless possibilities.”
Michael Scott, The Office
“A blank sheet of paper equals endless possibilities.”
Michael Scott, The Office
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Teachers & librarians! Our list of authors volunteers to Zoom into schools for World Read Aloud Day will be ready in early December so you can start planning.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Teachers & librarians! Our list of authors volunteers to Zoom into schools for World Read Aloud Day will be ready in early December so you can start planning.
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The music and bumbling curtain call really enhances this spectacle. 🎬 #Robots #Humor #TotalLackofPreparation
A Russian company presented the country's first (per TASS) humanoid robot equipped with AI today; it didn't go very well. (The soundtrack is spot-on though)
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The music and bumbling curtain call really enhances this spectacle. 🎬 #Robots #Humor #TotalLackofPreparation
😂
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Excellent tools, tips and resources for essential critical thinking skills in a digital age. Students need to be able to identify AI "slop." #literacy #education #criticalthinking
1/ “Not only do we know that there’s a need, we also know that there’s a want,” NLP's @erinolson.bsky.social says of of teens interested in #MediaLiteracy education. “For our students to recognize that this is important, I think, speaks to exactly how important it is.”
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Teaching media literacy in a digital world
Teachers are becoming the first line of defense to ensure the next generation can decipher between fact and fiction online. Learn strategies for teaching media literacy and find free classroom resourc...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Excellent tools, tips and resources for essential critical thinking skills in a digital age. Students need to be able to identify AI "slop." #literacy #education #criticalthinking
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After living through the Nazi & atomic bomb eras, Tove Jansson writings would often encompass fearful ideas about loss of a familiar world. However she would balance this with characters who encompassed #kindness & #community, even in the darkest times #WomensArt #WorldKindnessDay
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
After living through the Nazi & atomic bomb eras, Tove Jansson writings would often encompass fearful ideas about loss of a familiar world. However she would balance this with characters who encompassed #kindness & #community, even in the darkest times #WomensArt #WorldKindnessDay
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Up The Creek...
From Airmail
From Airmail
November 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Up The Creek...
From Airmail
From Airmail
Ditto!
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Ditto!
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Busy, cold night at Stonehenge as we move the stones backwards an hour...
November 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Busy, cold night at Stonehenge as we move the stones backwards an hour...
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SPOOKY SPACE PICTURES FOR HALLOWEEN 🎃🌌
November 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
SPOOKY SPACE PICTURES FOR HALLOWEEN 🎃🌌
This is a true statement. Children also make up 40% of SNAP recipients. This message needs to be amplified.
#NoChildHungry #SNAPMatters #FundSNAPNow
#NoChildHungry #SNAPMatters #FundSNAPNow
November 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
This is a true statement. Children also make up 40% of SNAP recipients. This message needs to be amplified.
#NoChildHungry #SNAPMatters #FundSNAPNow
#NoChildHungry #SNAPMatters #FundSNAPNow
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Defending the right to free speech and democracy is one of the most pro-American things you can do. #PeacefulProtest #NoKings #WeThePeople #EqualUnderTheLaw
October 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Defending the right to free speech and democracy is one of the most pro-American things you can do. #PeacefulProtest #NoKings #WeThePeople #EqualUnderTheLaw
Very cool combo of public art meets public service. 📚
Don’t know where this Banned Books staircase is, but it’s super cool!
October 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Very cool combo of public art meets public service. 📚
World History Encyclopedia suggests Indigenous people may have arrived 40,000 years ago in North America. Our history books need updating. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #NativeAmericans
Your daily reminder that Indigenous people predated Columbus in the “new world” by — wait for it — 23,000 years. #IndigenousPeoplesDay 🪶🪶
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
World History Encyclopedia suggests Indigenous people may have arrived 40,000 years ago in North America. Our history books need updating. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #NativeAmericans
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It’s #BannedBooksWeek and yes, they banned To Kill a Mockingbird because it “makes people uncomfortable.”
That’s the point!
Books that expose racism and injustice should make you squirm.
Silencing truth is cowardice.
Read what they fear.📚
That’s the point!
Books that expose racism and injustice should make you squirm.
Silencing truth is cowardice.
Read what they fear.📚
October 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It’s #BannedBooksWeek and yes, they banned To Kill a Mockingbird because it “makes people uncomfortable.”
That’s the point!
Books that expose racism and injustice should make you squirm.
Silencing truth is cowardice.
Read what they fear.📚
That’s the point!
Books that expose racism and injustice should make you squirm.
Silencing truth is cowardice.
Read what they fear.📚
That hat is everything. 😍
“I look ridiculous.”
“I think you look adorable.”
“I won’t be made a fool, Steve.”
“Just one more picture.”
“Fine, but after this...”
“I know, I know. Nevermore.”
“I think you look adorable.”
“I won’t be made a fool, Steve.”
“Just one more picture.”
“Fine, but after this...”
“I know, I know. Nevermore.”
October 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
That hat is everything. 😍
Incredible capture by Ashlee Rezin. Much respect to the journalists and photographers who also put themselves in harm's way to document the facts.
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Incredible capture by Ashlee Rezin. Much respect to the journalists and photographers who also put themselves in harm's way to document the facts.
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Behold, there came a great frog who brought forth humor during these dark times.... #frogpower #PortlandFrog
Portland, why are your protests looking more like parties??
Whoever is in the "frog suit" deserves the Nobel Peace Prize because instead of protests turning violent like in Chicago, this seemed to have turned out better.
#PORTLANDFROG
#FROGGIEPOWER
#frogvsice
Whoever is in the "frog suit" deserves the Nobel Peace Prize because instead of protests turning violent like in Chicago, this seemed to have turned out better.
#PORTLANDFROG
#FROGGIEPOWER
#frogvsice
October 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Behold, there came a great frog who brought forth humor during these dark times.... #frogpower #PortlandFrog
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They tried to silence these stories, but they live on. Banned Books Week is almost here! Join us October 5-11 to celebrate the freedom to read and discover books that sparked debate and change. Stay tuned for events and reading lists! #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead #aasl https://bit.ly/3XXdrFi
September 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
They tried to silence these stories, but they live on. Banned Books Week is almost here! Join us October 5-11 to celebrate the freedom to read and discover books that sparked debate and change. Stay tuned for events and reading lists! #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead #aasl https://bit.ly/3XXdrFi