Penny P
@mstmompj.bsky.social
College writing professor, wife, mom to 4 kids; loves reading, watching MST3K, listening to RUSH and PT/SW, and other nerdy stuff.
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Call your elected officials. Donate. Get ready for when it happens to you — because any big blue city could be next. bit.ly/3YTKtWx
January 25, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Call your elected officials. Donate. Get ready for when it happens to you — because any big blue city could be next. bit.ly/3YTKtWx
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photographer is Jeff Wheeler at the Star Tribune. guy with the flag is Curtis Evans, a Marine veteran.
January 25, 2026 at 12:18 AM
photographer is Jeff Wheeler at the Star Tribune. guy with the flag is Curtis Evans, a Marine veteran.
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All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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The gun was removed by agents from his waistband - he was never pointing it at them. He was already disarmed when they fired "defensive shots," killing the man. They then fired several shots at his lifeless body.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The gun was removed by agents from his waistband - he was never pointing it at them. He was already disarmed when they fired "defensive shots," killing the man. They then fired several shots at his lifeless body.
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"Our goal in education is human development, not efficiency. This requires relationship building. It is messy by design, expensive, time-consuming, and inefficient."
What We Give Up When We Let AI Decide
Automation Is Easy. Judgment Is Not.
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"Our goal in education is human development, not efficiency. This requires relationship building. It is messy by design, expensive, time-consuming, and inefficient."
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Plese repost & share: "The risks of using generative artificial intelligence to educate children and teens currently overshadow the benefits, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education."
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Plese repost & share: "The risks of using generative artificial intelligence to educate children and teens currently overshadow the benefits, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education."
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
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“The TX Higher Ed Coord Board officially launched its Office of the Ombudsman website Fri, providing a portal where students + members of the public can file complaints against the state’s public colleges and universities… [Ombud] Simmons is a former tech co executive [+] venture capitalist.” 😬
Texas Launches Portal for Public Complaints Against Colleges
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board officially launched its Office of the Ombudsman website Friday, providing a portal where students and members of the public can file complaints against th...
www.insidehighered.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
“The TX Higher Ed Coord Board officially launched its Office of the Ombudsman website Fri, providing a portal where students + members of the public can file complaints against the state’s public colleges and universities… [Ombud] Simmons is a former tech co executive [+] venture capitalist.” 😬
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It's a far cry from the world we thought we'd inherit
It's a far cry from the way we thought we'd share it
You can almost feel the current flowing
You can almost see the circuits blowing
One day I feel I'm on top of the world
And the next it's falling in on me…
Happy Dirxst Day #RushFamily 🐍💘
It's a far cry from the way we thought we'd share it
You can almost feel the current flowing
You can almost see the circuits blowing
One day I feel I'm on top of the world
And the next it's falling in on me…
Happy Dirxst Day #RushFamily 🐍💘
January 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM
It's a far cry from the world we thought we'd inherit
It's a far cry from the way we thought we'd share it
You can almost feel the current flowing
You can almost see the circuits blowing
One day I feel I'm on top of the world
And the next it's falling in on me…
Happy Dirxst Day #RushFamily 🐍💘
It's a far cry from the way we thought we'd share it
You can almost feel the current flowing
You can almost see the circuits blowing
One day I feel I'm on top of the world
And the next it's falling in on me…
Happy Dirxst Day #RushFamily 🐍💘
ICE kidnap a minor child from his job because of the color of his skin, terrorize him, physically abuse him, then abandon him miles away from either his job or his home. Listening to him brings tears to my eyes. If someone were to do such a thing to my 18yo...hell hath no fury...
ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬
January 13, 2026 at 2:29 AM
ICE kidnap a minor child from his job because of the color of his skin, terrorize him, physically abuse him, then abandon him miles away from either his job or his home. Listening to him brings tears to my eyes. If someone were to do such a thing to my 18yo...hell hath no fury...
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In remembrance of Neil in the month anniversary of his passing,
check out Neil Peart's fundraising page for Cedars-Sinai - support.cedars-sinai.edu/fundraiser/5...
#RIPNeilPeart
#RushFamily
#YYNot
#BubbaBash
check out Neil Peart's fundraising page for Cedars-Sinai - support.cedars-sinai.edu/fundraiser/5...
#RIPNeilPeart
#RushFamily
#YYNot
#BubbaBash
January 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
In remembrance of Neil in the month anniversary of his passing,
check out Neil Peart's fundraising page for Cedars-Sinai - support.cedars-sinai.edu/fundraiser/5...
#RIPNeilPeart
#RushFamily
#YYNot
#BubbaBash
check out Neil Peart's fundraising page for Cedars-Sinai - support.cedars-sinai.edu/fundraiser/5...
#RIPNeilPeart
#RushFamily
#YYNot
#BubbaBash
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“This would make excellent material for a Monty Python sketch. One can imagine the official censorship list: these dialogues you are permitted to teach; those you must pretend do not exist — and if you ever cross the line, you will be fired.”
January 11, 2026 at 4:05 PM
“This would make excellent material for a Monty Python sketch. One can imagine the official censorship list: these dialogues you are permitted to teach; those you must pretend do not exist — and if you ever cross the line, you will be fired.”
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Mental note -- when mentioning the Washington Post's past reporting in lecture, be sure to add as an aside that it was once an outlet with a good reputation, otherwise students will be confused.
In which the English editors that Jeff Bezos hired from Rupert Murdoch to run WaPo demonstrate (1) that they don't understand the First Amendment and how it works and (2) that they're also basically illiterate.
January 10, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Mental note -- when mentioning the Washington Post's past reporting in lecture, be sure to add as an aside that it was once an outlet with a good reputation, otherwise students will be confused.
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An associate dean told English faculty “literature with major plot lines that concern gay, lesbian or transgender identities should not be taught in core-curriculum classes…faculty may assign textbooks with chapters that cover transgender identity, so long as they do not talk about the material.”🙃
Plato Censored as Texas A&M Carries Out Course Review
A&M officials have also instructed English faculty not to teach books in core classes that have major plotlines concerning gay, lesbian or transgender identities.
www.insidehighered.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
An associate dean told English faculty “literature with major plot lines that concern gay, lesbian or transgender identities should not be taught in core-curriculum classes…faculty may assign textbooks with chapters that cover transgender identity, so long as they do not talk about the material.”🙃
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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
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In honour of the 6 year anniversary of Neil’s passing, let’s enjoy The Garden. It’s the most beautiful song #Rush had ever done, and it’s the best lyrics Neil has ever written. My favourite song of all time ❤️ #NeilPeart #RushFamily #Canada 🇨🇦
Rush - Clockwork Angels Tour - The Garden
YouTube video by Rush
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January 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
In honour of the 6 year anniversary of Neil’s passing, let’s enjoy The Garden. It’s the most beautiful song #Rush had ever done, and it’s the best lyrics Neil has ever written. My favourite song of all time ❤️ #NeilPeart #RushFamily #Canada 🇨🇦
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what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me"
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
January 7, 2026 at 8:54 PM
what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me"
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
The 8:00 am class start time is a particularly petty touch.
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 10:10 PM
The 8:00 am class start time is a particularly petty touch.
Since ETS only keeps GRE scores for five years, good luck dredging up my scores from 1987. Evidently it would be possible to get my 1982 ACT scores, though it's ludicrous to think that scores on a test I took at age 15 are more relevant than my graduate studies or intervening work experience.
January 4, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Since ETS only keeps GRE scores for five years, good luck dredging up my scores from 1987. Evidently it would be possible to get my 1982 ACT scores, though it's ludicrous to think that scores on a test I took at age 15 are more relevant than my graduate studies or intervening work experience.
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Your teacher in 2005: don't use Wikipedia as a source! People can change it! Use dot gov sites!
Teacher in 2025: don't use dot gov sites, they say Tylenol causes autism. Wikipedia is curated by honest and trustworthy nerds who require real citations. 1
Teacher in 2025: don't use dot gov sites, they say Tylenol causes autism. Wikipedia is curated by honest and trustworthy nerds who require real citations. 1
December 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Your teacher in 2005: don't use Wikipedia as a source! People can change it! Use dot gov sites!
Teacher in 2025: don't use dot gov sites, they say Tylenol causes autism. Wikipedia is curated by honest and trustworthy nerds who require real citations. 1
Teacher in 2025: don't use dot gov sites, they say Tylenol causes autism. Wikipedia is curated by honest and trustworthy nerds who require real citations. 1
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🗣️ LET’S MAKE CURIOSITY COOL IN 2026
December 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
🗣️ LET’S MAKE CURIOSITY COOL IN 2026
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Even at research intensive (R1) universities in the US, "tenure density" is already below 50%.
December 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Even at research intensive (R1) universities in the US, "tenure density" is already below 50%.
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❤️ Start your day off with a smile.
These dogs get to adopt their humans, not the other way around. #MondayMotivation 💞
These dogs get to adopt their humans, not the other way around. #MondayMotivation 💞
December 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
❤️ Start your day off with a smile.
These dogs get to adopt their humans, not the other way around. #MondayMotivation 💞
These dogs get to adopt their humans, not the other way around. #MondayMotivation 💞