Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder
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Elementary music teacher, Ph.D. candidate at CMER at University of South Florida. Public schools (& teachers’ unions) forever & ever. Eldest millennial raising & teaching Gen Alpha.
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Guide to Teachable Features in Popular Music | F-flat Books
Guide to Teachable Features in Popular Music is a resource that includes decade’s worth of compiled songs with teachable features.
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Last year, I wrote a book about teaching musical concepts through popular music in the K–20 classrooms. If that is your kind of thing, you can purchase it as a downloadable here through the fabulous publisher F-Flat Books.
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This is my fave verse to play for kids when discussing early hip-hop. Their faces!
The Wonder Mike verse of Rapper's Delight where he just suddenly starts going off about how much the food at his friend's house just completely fucking sucks is a Thanksgiving song.
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is my fave verse to play for kids when discussing early hip-hop. Their faces!
Not surprising but it sure is disappointing!!
the Ipsos Pride survey is genuinely an awesome product, but jesus the difference in the UK/US on trans issues is nuts
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Not surprising but it sure is disappointing!!
I will be making my last minute run for green beans, Durkee French fried onions, gf mac, extra sharp cheddar, and gf rolls tomorrow. Wish me luck.
I make side dishes. My in-laws do the turkey, stuffing, potatoes, etc. I only last week made my first homemade mac & cheese.
I make side dishes. My in-laws do the turkey, stuffing, potatoes, etc. I only last week made my first homemade mac & cheese.
Let’s run this again, was fun last year, what new adversities are we about to create for ourselves on the field, drop your menus below
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I will be making my last minute run for green beans, Durkee French fried onions, gf mac, extra sharp cheddar, and gf rolls tomorrow. Wish me luck.
I make side dishes. My in-laws do the turkey, stuffing, potatoes, etc. I only last week made my first homemade mac & cheese.
I make side dishes. My in-laws do the turkey, stuffing, potatoes, etc. I only last week made my first homemade mac & cheese.
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those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
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I had a colleague once who mentioned offhand that he played jazz in clubs. I looked him up and found he had won a Grammy. When asked WTF he was still working as a computer consultant, he replied "Do you have any idea what jazz pays?"
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I had a colleague once who mentioned offhand that he played jazz in clubs. I looked him up and found he had won a Grammy. When asked WTF he was still working as a computer consultant, he replied "Do you have any idea what jazz pays?"
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almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
Watched it this morning with my kid, it is very funny.
New Homestar Runner, everyone.
Strong Bad Email #210 - Robots
YouTube video by homestarrunnerdotcom
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Watched it this morning with my kid, it is very funny.
The things they say about white women are true. 🙄🙄🙄
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The things they say about white women are true. 🙄🙄🙄
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I’ve been lucky by publishing standards: Over the last 8yrs made $11,000 from my 2 books. That’s $1,375 a year.
I work in a kitchen & I support 2 kids.
Most authors are working class people, same as you. Stealing from us don’t making you a working class hero. It makes you a scab.
I work in a kitchen & I support 2 kids.
Most authors are working class people, same as you. Stealing from us don’t making you a working class hero. It makes you a scab.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I’ve been lucky by publishing standards: Over the last 8yrs made $11,000 from my 2 books. That’s $1,375 a year.
I work in a kitchen & I support 2 kids.
Most authors are working class people, same as you. Stealing from us don’t making you a working class hero. It makes you a scab.
I work in a kitchen & I support 2 kids.
Most authors are working class people, same as you. Stealing from us don’t making you a working class hero. It makes you a scab.
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Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
Mother Viola Fletcher passes away at 111 years old
TULSA, Okla. — Mayor Monroe Nichols announced the passing of one of the two last remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Mother Viola Fletcher.
www.fox23.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
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OK but we need to ask Pritzker what his ranking of Muppet movies is.
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
OK but we need to ask Pritzker what his ranking of Muppet movies is.
Former FRL kid, child of single parent, now married to a partner who makes slightly more than I do, we both have professional & master’s degrees, and we are indeed stretched thin. But nowhere near poor.
It feels like everyone is deliberately conflating the poverty rate with the amount you need to earn to feel secure and comfortable. You might feel stretched if you make 132k in DC with two kids but you are objectively not poor.
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Former FRL kid, child of single parent, now married to a partner who makes slightly more than I do, we both have professional & master’s degrees, and we are indeed stretched thin. But nowhere near poor.
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This will always be the most iconic example of White Supremacist / Internet Male subcultures being owned.
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This will always be the most iconic example of White Supremacist / Internet Male subcultures being owned.
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Ahhh RIP to a legend
Jimmy Cliff, reggae legend and Jamaican icon, dies at 81
"It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia," his wife, Latifa Chambers, wrote on Instagram.
www.nbcnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Ahhh RIP to a legend
Post a movie where you are from
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Post a movie where you are from
Inexcusable.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
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She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Inexcusable.
Trying not to ragebait read as I start break, but phew, this is a doozy.
As a performing arts teacher, a union site rep, and a former gifted kid & generally undiagnosed person who has only started meds in her 40s, this article is a steaming pile of elephant turds.
As a performing arts teacher, a union site rep, and a former gifted kid & generally undiagnosed person who has only started meds in her 40s, this article is a steaming pile of elephant turds.
I don't think I've ever disagreed and agreed more strongly with a piece, seesawing from one paragraph to the next.
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
America’s Children Are Unwell. Are Schools Part of the Problem?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Trying not to ragebait read as I start break, but phew, this is a doozy.
As a performing arts teacher, a union site rep, and a former gifted kid & generally undiagnosed person who has only started meds in her 40s, this article is a steaming pile of elephant turds.
As a performing arts teacher, a union site rep, and a former gifted kid & generally undiagnosed person who has only started meds in her 40s, this article is a steaming pile of elephant turds.
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This formerly regular Starbucks customer says #NoContractNoCoffee
Starbucks workers are still out on ULP strike! Support us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS anywhere until the strike is resolved!! We’re fighting for fair union contracts with better pay, better hours, and an end to union-busting - learn more at the link in our bio! #tobeapartner
November 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This formerly regular Starbucks customer says #NoContractNoCoffee
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I went to this Buddhist meditation thing today and my takeaway is that spending an hour in my own head is exponentially worse than just bottling up my toxic bullshit until I explode
November 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I went to this Buddhist meditation thing today and my takeaway is that spending an hour in my own head is exponentially worse than just bottling up my toxic bullshit until I explode
Stephen Jenkins of Third Eye Blind busts through the wall like the Kool-Aid man, shouting, “Iiiiii want something eeeelse / to get me through this / semi-binary kind of life, baby”
What is a friendship if not an allegedly non-demi curious, semi-binary relationship?
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Stephen Jenkins of Third Eye Blind busts through the wall like the Kool-Aid man, shouting, “Iiiiii want something eeeelse / to get me through this / semi-binary kind of life, baby”
I did see a touring Wicked in Ft. Lauderdale in 2008. I remember nothing except for the very end, a memory I had to jog last year.
But I have been taking a few deep dives leading up to this week, and really Cynthia’s Elphaba is the definitive version.
But I have been taking a few deep dives leading up to this week, and really Cynthia’s Elphaba is the definitive version.
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I did see a touring Wicked in Ft. Lauderdale in 2008. I remember nothing except for the very end, a memory I had to jog last year.
But I have been taking a few deep dives leading up to this week, and really Cynthia’s Elphaba is the definitive version.
But I have been taking a few deep dives leading up to this week, and really Cynthia’s Elphaba is the definitive version.
I’ve said this before but I did not get into Wicked as a show or the original soundtrack at all. I had a little red-headed private student who wanted to learn “Defying Gravity” as a bassoon solo like 16 years ago, and it totally perplexed me.
Cynthia & Ariana made me a fan, though.
Cynthia & Ariana made me a fan, though.
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I’ve said this before but I did not get into Wicked as a show or the original soundtrack at all. I had a little red-headed private student who wanted to learn “Defying Gravity” as a bassoon solo like 16 years ago, and it totally perplexed me.
Cynthia & Ariana made me a fan, though.
Cynthia & Ariana made me a fan, though.
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