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Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · Aug 12

I'm raising money for the UNRWA Gaza 5k. Donations go to mental healthcare for refugee children in Gaza. If you can't give a lot, give a little. Even just $5 makes a difference. getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6...

2025 NYC Gaza 5K

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Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 43m

It's sexual assault

Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 5h

In a country that regularly has actual massacres, including a recent attempt in which a shooter fired hundreds of rounds at CDC buildings and killed someone, there's gotta be a better way to report that a lot of CDC employees are getting fired.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 12h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 6h

And there's nothing less charming than "and I don't eat the bagel, and I don't eat the bacon"

Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 15h

bacon cheese and egg

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 15h

Let's also recoil in HORROR at Cuomo's answer to the obligatory running-for-NYC election bagel order reveal:

“Bacon, cheese and egg on an English muffin, and then I try to take off the bacon, but I don’t really take off the bacon”

“The bagel I try to stay away from, to keep my girlish figure.”

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 15h

Ok there were two right answers:

S-Tier guaranteed NYC electoral win: Plain or everything bagel with lox, cream cheese, onions, and capers.

Runner up but also accepted: Bacon, egg, and cheese on an everything or plain bagel. (must list bacon, egg, and cheese in the correct order)

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Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 16h

probably not him. Someone who works for his administration eho hasn't recently suffered a stroke.

Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 16h

I'm feeling like the thing historians call the primary cause of Civil War II has already happened, but the war hasn't started yet, so I don't know what will/has caused it.

Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 16h

A student was like, "Oh okay so if you stabbed someone, they would be incarnadined?" I was like, well yes 😂

Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 17h

Today, they were mostly wondering why Macbeth stays with a woman who pressures him to do horrible things, and they learned how to have a full class discussion and what "incarnadine" means

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Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 17h

I learned...
I am still wondering...
Later, I will probably still think about...

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Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 17h

My exit ticket question is always the same: What are you taking away from this lesson? But this one class was just not getting it and never having anything to take away. I said for this class, you're going to write your answer instead of saying it. And I gave them sentence starters on the sheet:

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Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 17h

Student: I want to say something.
Me: Okay, go ahead.
Student: I don't know what to say.

Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 17h

In a stroke of genius, I have given students a sheet of paper to keep in their folder with all the dates of the remaining classes so they can write their exit ticket responses all on one sheet

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Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 1d

I dub thee Priscilla, Queen of the desert!

Forbes @forbes.com · 1d

Parts of Arizona, Utah and Colorado could see heavy rains from the remnants of Priscilla, which could bring between 2 to 4 inches of rains, with some local instances of 6 inches.

Southwest U.S. Faces ‘Significant Risk’ Of Heavy Rains And Flash Flooding Over The Weekend

Parts of Arizona, Utah and Colorado could see heavy rains from the remnants of Priscilla, which could bring between 2 to 4 inches of rains, with some local instances of 6 inches.

www.forbes.com

Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 1d

If you are a teacher in the Bronx and you have a car and you need books for your classroom library, DM me. I have the unusual problem of having way more books than I have shelves.

Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 1d

Hawley in particular riled up the crowd before he went in and then had to later run out to safety. He's gonna get Charlie Kirked.

Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 1d

He's a runner he's a track star

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Still image from a video of Hawley fleeing from the January 6 insurrection as police officers look on.

Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 1d

This Letitia James indictment really adds new meaning to the phrase "trumped up charges"

Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 1d

It's more fun than just hitting play. And genuinely, Patrick Stewart is a treasure.

Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 1d

my airbnb is close to a nice running loop

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Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 1d

I just wonder if I would go into the race fatigued if I did the 20 miler next week instead of peaking this weak and then tapering down

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Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 1d

The plan is to run 20 this weekend, 12 next weekend, 8 the following weekend, and then it's the race weekend, with the weekday running also decreasing bit by bit. So it's not a break so much as just a reduction in mileage that helps to keep extra energy stored in the body for race day

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Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 1d

They're like, yeah yeah we want to watch it! I'm like, we don't have to. And they're like, no please please let us watch it. And then I'm like well if you insist. 😂

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Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I get kids hyped for stuff by acting really fucking hyped for stuff. Like after reading II.i of Macbeth, I'm like, "Do you guys want to watch a pro do it?? This is a video of my FAVORITE ACTOR, Patrick Stewart. Not my favorite actor who has portrayed Macbeth. My favorite actor PERIOD"

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Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 1d

I need runners to help me decide something. Run 20 miles this weekend while out of town for family stuff or push my 20 miler a week and have a shorter taper before my marathon? What would you do?

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Lucky Earther @wrecka.bsky.social · 1d

nor'easter this weekend