Amanda Pitts
@amandapitts.bsky.social
Parent, Pink Hair, Neurodivergent. Kids are doing the best they can.
I do not think that letting my anxious child read a story that talks about how many people walk around with brain tumors is a good thing.
September 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I do not think that letting my anxious child read a story that talks about how many people walk around with brain tumors is a good thing.
Today's "I know what the answer should be but it's wrong," 4th grade math edition.
September 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Today's "I know what the answer should be but it's wrong," 4th grade math edition.
Reposted by Amanda Pitts
My latest for Brooklyn Paper is about D23 and the apparent difficulties between its Superintendent and its Community Education Council - enough for that CEC to vote "No Confidence" towards him.
www.brooklynpaper.com/cec23-no-con...
www.brooklynpaper.com/cec23-no-con...
Brooklyn school district rocked by CEC’s ‘No Confidence’ vote in superintendent, DOE urges mediation • Brooklyn Paper
“It feels like a dictatorship that he's running,” said CEC23 member Stefanie, who asked to be identified by first name only, "like he sees us as beneath him,
www.brooklynpaper.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My latest for Brooklyn Paper is about D23 and the apparent difficulties between its Superintendent and its Community Education Council - enough for that CEC to vote "No Confidence" towards him.
www.brooklynpaper.com/cec23-no-con...
www.brooklynpaper.com/cec23-no-con...
I almost died due to a 2nd trimester miscarriage, and would have were I not in NYC. Pregnancy health is healthcare, so many non-viable pregnancies have "heartbeats," yet somehow Texas wants to see more dead parents. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/h...
Texas banned abortion. Then sepsis rates soared. | CNN
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind data analysis.
www.cnn.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I almost died due to a 2nd trimester miscarriage, and would have were I not in NYC. Pregnancy health is healthcare, so many non-viable pregnancies have "heartbeats," yet somehow Texas wants to see more dead parents. www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/h...
Since you can't target ads to people under age 13, why does Google allow signed-in educational accounts for k-12 districts to show YouTube ads? Our kids get ads served to them with no way to turn them off.
January 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Since you can't target ads to people under age 13, why does Google allow signed-in educational accounts for k-12 districts to show YouTube ads? Our kids get ads served to them with no way to turn them off.