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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 12h

Texas has great minor league baseball teams! Amarillo has the Sod Poodles!

Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 2d

I recently got into T. Kingfisher! Idk the formal definition of “cozy fantasy” but I feel like some of her books fit the bill. Loved “Nettle and Bone” and “A Sorceress Comes to Call”

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 2d

I guess week 8 is “it’s okay to skip class” week

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 10d

I allowed myself a 3pm cold brew so now I’ll be just as anxious for this dress rehearsal as I will be for the concert tomorrow night

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 11d

Holy shit we are 5 and 0. That is a stat that does not compute for this football program

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 13d

Maybe this is what I’ll do! I want things to be due at the end of the week, but as a student I also hate the idea of a Friday 11:59pm deadline (let me have my weekend!). So maybe next semester I’ll do due at Friday 11:59pm (so it’s still technically Week 5 or whatever) with the grace period

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 13d

I’m obviously staying consistent with the syllabus I published and how I’ve graded so far, but I’m asking in advance for next semester because making a grade deduction for being 12 hours late feels unnecessarily harsh

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 13d

I am so far from a college professor, but I AM teaching a section of Fundamentals of Conducting this semester and I’m wondering, how do you have a flexible late work policy without being a pushover? #AcademicSky

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 13d

This is similar to a big theme in the Pedagogy of Music Theory class I’m taking this semester! Music theory as a tool, as a way of understanding

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Sam Logan @samandfuzzy.com · 14d

Funny pages

This page depicts three comic strips in a stack. Each strip is a parody of a different classic newspaper comic strip. At the same time, the page shows my dog hero and cat mage characters chasing each other, from the bottom left to the top right. They run in and around the comic strips, interacting with their events.

The bottom comic is a parody of Calvin and Hobbes called Alvin and Dobbes. The cat climbs into Alvin's wagon as he rides it down a hill. Alvin asks if the cat ever feels out of place, like he belongs somewhere else? In the last panel, the wagon hits a rock and launches them both in the air, with the car launching up and out of the strip.

The middle comic is a parody of Blondie called Blondy. The Dagwood character is making a huge sandwich, and says all it needs is a hot dog. He reaches down and accidentally grabs the dog hero, lifting him up into the strip. The dog hero climbs up out of the strip by climbing up the sandwich, ruining it. The Dagwood character looks said and says he finally went too far.

The top comic is a parody of Rex Morgan MD called Rex Mason MD. In the first panel, the doctor asks a woman if she is still seeing tiny creatures. In the last panel, we see a close up of the woman screaming as the dog hero and cat mage climb up through the panel, before chasing each other off the page in the top right.

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 15d

I forgot I was conducting today and I am wearing a sub-optimal cardigan

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 17d

The odds gradually increasing that bowl season is going to screw with our Midwest trip in December 😬

RedditCFB @redditcfb.com · 18d

30 undefeated FBS teams remain after week 4:

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 18d

actions that will contribute more to pushing against bluesky's censorship than a blackout:

-submitting a feedback request
-@ing moderation about it
-commenting on mods posts about it
-making and sharing memes (ex: "i consent!" sticker)
-leaving an app store review
-just generally posting about it

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 18d

BOA San Antonio is November 8. Why is Bandtober now SEVEN weeks long?

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 18d

I’m so glad I’m not teaching high school right now because it is TOO EARLY for BOA

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 19d

The Michigan Bassoon Studio playing Boomer Sooner as punishment for losing to Oklahoma.

youtu.be/0qW2EMUklL8?...

Oklahoma Fight Song Played by the Losing Team's Bassoon Studio

YouTube video by University of Michigan Bassoon Studio

youtu.be

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 22d

Football is fake

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 22d

Not only did this game end in a tie, it wasn’t even the actual score. The teams agreed to make the game a 17-17 tie, even though Rowan was ahead 17-14.

Due to long weather delays, the teams called it and agreed on a 17-17 tie, a score that had never existed at any point during the game.

Stodge et al. @stodge.bsky.social · 22d

How did I miss that we had a game end in a tie? www.espn.com/college-foot... @sickoscommittee.org

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 22d

A glimmer of hope from West Texas

Texas Monthly @texasmonthly.bsky.social · 23d

After hard-liners purged the civil workforce, they found it difficult to provide standard city services.

Eventually, voters revolted. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/odessa-texas-far-right/

A Far-Right Faction Tried To Save Odessa’s Soul. Voters Revolted.

After hard-liners purged the civil workforce, they found it difficult to provide standard city services.

www.texasmonthly.com

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 23d

Students telling me they’re going to miss the Wind Symphony concert to go see Laufey on Thursday and I’m saying it’s only excused if they bring me back concert videos because I have to be here 😭

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 26d

It’s amazing what you can get done when you consciously shut up and restrain yourself from talking to your officemate

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 28d

Omfg this series minorly traumatized me as a child and now I’m going to have to re-up my Apple+ subscription to watch it

Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 28d

Two years ago I was making a TV show I couldn’t talk about and now it’s about to come out. The Sisters Grimm on Apple TV+ on October 3rd.

Daphne and Sabrina Grimm surrounded by pixies in a poster for The Sisters Grimm animated tv series.

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KikiDoodle & Purrmaids @kikidoodle.bsky.social · 29d

Reminder that feeding your cats raw food at this time is NOT safe. The speed at which cats go from a light fever to dying of pneumonia or neurological symptoms is just a few DAYS.

I lost 2 cats to this in March and had around 20k in medical bills to save 2 others who were hospitalized.

🎃CK DexterHaven🎃 @ckshowalter.bsky.social · Sep 4

Quick heads up- Bird flu popping back up in raw cat food.

Cat in San Francisco euthanized after latest bird flu infection tied to raw pet food

Federal health officials are warning that certain lots of RAWR Raw Cat Food Chicken Eats may be contaminated with H5N1 bird flu.

apnews.com

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · 29d

I’m not sure I even watched season 4 🤔

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Melinda Coleman @ivycatmom.bsky.social · Sep 9

#GMG 🦅

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · Sep 9

How about a concert hall that looks like an armadillo?

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · Sep 7

Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/

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