M Bachand
@mbachand.bsky.social
Ed Policy nerd, bumbling outdoorsperson, dad, husband, toaster oven enthusiast. Thoughts and views are my own, AFAIK.
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I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
If this sandwich beef case was any juicer I’d put it on weck
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If this sandwich beef case was any juicer I’d put it on weck
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you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
Explore How Different New Yorkers Voted for Mayor
See how voters turned out for Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in every neighborhood in the city — and by income, housing and transit preference.
www.thecity.nyc
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
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i've been spiraling about "what is the point of learning" lately so i wrote a blog about it defector.com/learning-is-...
Learning Is More Than Just Collecting Facts | Defector
Earlier this week, I read Horace Walpole’s Castle Of Otronto for the first time. Published in 1764, it’s widely considered the first gothic novel, the cornerstone of a genre that would include future ...
defector.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
i've been spiraling about "what is the point of learning" lately so i wrote a blog about it defector.com/learning-is-...
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Using “-ai” in my searches is my new super power for eliminating that drek.
October 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Using “-ai” in my searches is my new super power for eliminating that drek.
Deltron 3030 at the last minute?!
a cartoon character is standing in front of a door and says everything 's coming up milhouse .
Alt: Millhouse from the Simpson’s is standing in front of a door and says everything 's coming up milhouse .
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October 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Deltron 3030 at the last minute?!
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The nonstop helicopters over DC is getting really old
September 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The nonstop helicopters over DC is getting really old
My local jazz night has a late 70s ish dude killing it on the recorder. I look forward to it every Tuesday.
September 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
My local jazz night has a late 70s ish dude killing it on the recorder. I look forward to it every Tuesday.
I saw Howard University Security blocking cars from entering campus and that feels like the one LEO action I’ve seen in the city this week that might help people feel safer.
August 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I saw Howard University Security blocking cars from entering campus and that feels like the one LEO action I’ve seen in the city this week that might help people feel safer.
Just watched the season finale of The Bear and now I am going to watch the Oldboy hallway scene to come down gradually
July 10, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Just watched the season finale of The Bear and now I am going to watch the Oldboy hallway scene to come down gradually
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Thursday! My workshop "Why Points, Prizes, and Tigerbux Don't Work (And What To Do Instead)" - for PBIS skeptics, PBIS haters, and teachers who want to support kids without complicated rewards systems! Plus other summer learning, all the details here: bit.ly/ASVsummer
ASV summer PD 2025
Summer learning with Alex 2025 About Alex: I’m a professional development facilitator, educator and writer living in Vermont. My work focuses on the intersection of trauma-informed education, equity,...
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July 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Thursday! My workshop "Why Points, Prizes, and Tigerbux Don't Work (And What To Do Instead)" - for PBIS skeptics, PBIS haters, and teachers who want to support kids without complicated rewards systems! Plus other summer learning, all the details here: bit.ly/ASVsummer
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Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can spread the word?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can spread the word?
June 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can spread the word?
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can spread the word?
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The establishment is never unbeatable; only unchallenged.
Take 'em on. @runforsomething.net will help. runforwhat.net
Take 'em on. @runforsomething.net will help. runforwhat.net
June 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The establishment is never unbeatable; only unchallenged.
Take 'em on. @runforsomething.net will help. runforwhat.net
Take 'em on. @runforsomething.net will help. runforwhat.net
Sad that I didn’t see a single headline that read “Trump Ante’s Up with MOP strike on Iranian nuclear facilities
June 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Sad that I didn’t see a single headline that read “Trump Ante’s Up with MOP strike on Iranian nuclear facilities
Durden Kruger effect is when you think you are both (a) real and (b) a great fighter
dunning kroger effect is when yuo think youre a better grocery store than you are
June 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Durden Kruger effect is when you think you are both (a) real and (b) a great fighter
I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say this is the emptiest I have ever seen the Mall for a widely publicized event. The Smithsonian Folk Life Festival is much more packed than this
T-minus 48 minutes. Great parade views still to be had on Constitution between 21st St. NW and 22nd St. NW.
June 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say this is the emptiest I have ever seen the Mall for a widely publicized event. The Smithsonian Folk Life Festival is much more packed than this
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Learn who Melissa Hortman was, and what was taken from us.
Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
June 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Learn who Melissa Hortman was, and what was taken from us.
Boris Kodjoe accidentally stepped on my foot in Times Square and we were both surprised. Nicole Arí Parker nicely said “apologize!” and we both awoke from our momentary stupor, he apologized, and I said something like “no worries, Boris Kodjoe”
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Boris Kodjoe accidentally stepped on my foot in Times Square and we were both surprised. Nicole Arí Parker nicely said “apologize!” and we both awoke from our momentary stupor, he apologized, and I said something like “no worries, Boris Kodjoe”
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I deeply hope Sly Stone and Brian Wilson rest well. They gave us whole worlds. 💚
June 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I deeply hope Sly Stone and Brian Wilson rest well. They gave us whole worlds. 💚
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I cannot stop wheezing
June 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I cannot stop wheezing
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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I think most of us value growth mindset and the idea of revision in our classrooms.
I also know that making a culture of revision a reality is really hard/overwhelming to do.
(But when it works? It can do so much good.)
thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/a-culture-...
I also know that making a culture of revision a reality is really hard/overwhelming to do.
(But when it works? It can do so much good.)
thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/a-culture-...
A Culture of Revision
Different ways we lean into revision in our classroom
thebrokencopier.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I think most of us value growth mindset and the idea of revision in our classrooms.
I also know that making a culture of revision a reality is really hard/overwhelming to do.
(But when it works? It can do so much good.)
thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/a-culture-...
I also know that making a culture of revision a reality is really hard/overwhelming to do.
(But when it works? It can do so much good.)
thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/a-culture-...