Katie Bark
@kbark.bsky.social
Learning Support Teacher K-8 posting favorite lines of verse, song, prose, + occasional hope or prayer. 📚 Everything is a gift. 🕯️ Lakeland + Jacksonville, FL USA 📎
Pretty hard to argue that Stephen Miller has the role of Chief Racist in this administration, a question voters must address: Is the United States engaged in building relationships and shining a light, or closing doors and creating darkness?
November 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Pretty hard to argue that Stephen Miller has the role of Chief Racist in this administration, a question voters must address: Is the United States engaged in building relationships and shining a light, or closing doors and creating darkness?
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November 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Thank you for the post. This is nice holiday merch for the #NoKings #Resist #EndGunViolence folks in Your family. 🎁
A thoughtful and thought provoking examination of catching others in their weakest, maybe most cowardly, moments. Today I am grateful for the many writers and teachers who take time to expand our points of view. Culture Study on Patreon.com
Happy Thanksgiving Friends
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Happy Thanksgiving Friends
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Would Your Organization Give Someone Baby Formula? | Culture Study
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November 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A thoughtful and thought provoking examination of catching others in their weakest, maybe most cowardly, moments. Today I am grateful for the many writers and teachers who take time to expand our points of view. Culture Study on Patreon.com
Happy Thanksgiving Friends
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Happy Thanksgiving Friends
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A must read for parents, students, school administrators, athletic program directors, and policy makers. When accountability is weakened, someone loses . #IDEA #SpecialEdu #Teaching
Opinion: Weakening the IDEA threatens millions of disabled Americans like me
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November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A must read for parents, students, school administrators, athletic program directors, and policy makers. When accountability is weakened, someone loses . #IDEA #SpecialEdu #Teaching
"In an age when totalitarianism has striven, in every way, to devaluate and degrade the human person, we hope it is right to demand a hearing for any and every sane reaction in the favor of man’s inalienable solitude and his interior freedom." Thomas Merton #MarkKelly #NoKings #Community
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"In an age when totalitarianism has striven, in every way, to devaluate and degrade the human person, we hope it is right to demand a hearing for any and every sane reaction in the favor of man’s inalienable solitude and his interior freedom." Thomas Merton #MarkKelly #NoKings #Community
An aged man is but a paltry thing... Unless Soul clap its hands and sing."
-Yeats #poetry #being #gratitude #nature #children #love #communion #community #kinship
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-Yeats #poetry #being #gratitude #nature #children #love #communion #community #kinship
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Sailing to Byzantium
II An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unless Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing For every tatter in its mortal dress, Nor is there singing school but studying ...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
An aged man is but a paltry thing... Unless Soul clap its hands and sing."
-Yeats #poetry #being #gratitude #nature #children #love #communion #community #kinship
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-Yeats #poetry #being #gratitude #nature #children #love #communion #community #kinship
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Ram Dass: "The ego is not built on love. It's built on the fear of not surviving, and if that's who you think you are, then you're fearful all the time. And because you're fearful, you overcompensate and make decisions that further separate you from others and yourself."
-Walking Each Other Home
-Walking Each Other Home
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Ram Dass: "The ego is not built on love. It's built on the fear of not surviving, and if that's who you think you are, then you're fearful all the time. And because you're fearful, you overcompensate and make decisions that further separate you from others and yourself."
-Walking Each Other Home
-Walking Each Other Home
The Mysteries are fused in us, about us, all around, writes St. Patrick in this musical prayer-hymn with the beat of an Anthem. Give us the eyes to see. #faith #charity #love
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The Deer`s Cry – A Hymn by St Patrick « Events & News | Irish Chaplaincy | Paris
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November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The Mysteries are fused in us, about us, all around, writes St. Patrick in this musical prayer-hymn with the beat of an Anthem. Give us the eyes to see. #faith #charity #love
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John Philip Newell wrote, " Whichever way we turn, there is Your face in the light of the Moon and patterns of stars... In the light of eyes we love, in the salt of tears we have tasted, ...in the soft skin glow of the child everywhere...There is your face. There is your face among us."
#Sunset too
#Sunset too
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
John Philip Newell wrote, " Whichever way we turn, there is Your face in the light of the Moon and patterns of stars... In the light of eyes we love, in the salt of tears we have tasted, ...in the soft skin glow of the child everywhere...There is your face. There is your face among us."
#Sunset too
#Sunset too
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Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yesterday I tried to put everything I knew about whistles—where to get them, where to get instruction sheets, how to distro—into one place so you can build off it for your own community's whistle needs: dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
“Kinship is God’s dream come true. It’s about imagining a circle of compassion and then imagining no one standing outside that circle.”
Fr Tom Cox, SJ, The Sacred Heart Messenger, November 2023.
#faith #love #charity #community ⭕️ #compassion
Fr Tom Cox, SJ, The Sacred Heart Messenger, November 2023.
#faith #love #charity #community ⭕️ #compassion
November 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“Kinship is God’s dream come true. It’s about imagining a circle of compassion and then imagining no one standing outside that circle.”
Fr Tom Cox, SJ, The Sacred Heart Messenger, November 2023.
#faith #love #charity #community ⭕️ #compassion
Fr Tom Cox, SJ, The Sacred Heart Messenger, November 2023.
#faith #love #charity #community ⭕️ #compassion
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Nurses save lives every single day, and now the Dept. of Education wants to make their degrees harder to afford. In the middle of a national shortage. It makes ZERO sense.
I work beside these heroes. I see what they give. And I’m not staying quiet while Washington makes their path even harder.
I work beside these heroes. I see what they give. And I’m not staying quiet while Washington makes their path even harder.
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Nurses save lives every single day, and now the Dept. of Education wants to make their degrees harder to afford. In the middle of a national shortage. It makes ZERO sense.
I work beside these heroes. I see what they give. And I’m not staying quiet while Washington makes their path even harder.
I work beside these heroes. I see what they give. And I’m not staying quiet while Washington makes their path even harder.
From that progressive icon Fox News:
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Fox News Poll: Voters say White House is doing more harm than good on economy
Trump's approval hits new lows as 76% view economy negatively in the latest Fox News poll. Rising costs for groceries, utilities spark voter dissatisfaction nationwide.
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November 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
From that progressive icon Fox News:
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Read to your kids 📖
No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.
No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading!
It is imperative that children are read to ☝️
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids
No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.
No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading!
It is imperative that children are read to ☝️
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids
November 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Read to your kids 📖
No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.
No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading!
It is imperative that children are read to ☝️
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids
No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.
No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading!
It is imperative that children are read to ☝️
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids
November 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
In addition to prose and poetry, there is joy found in man’s endeavors. A clever DIY build in the Canadian woods:
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TINY COTTAGE IN THE WOODS - Full DIY Build
YouTube video by Drew Builds Stuff
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November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
In addition to prose and poetry, there is joy found in man’s endeavors. A clever DIY build in the Canadian woods:
youtu.be/bq6tKhx2D9U?...
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Dog lovers. Loving dogs.
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True love
YouTube video by Jere Barranca
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November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Dog lovers. Loving dogs.
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Gregg Allman, Vince Gill, and Zac Brown, “Midnight Rider”
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"Midnight Rider" with Vince Gill, Gregg Allman and Zac Brown
YouTube video by Gregg Allman
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November 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Gregg Allman, Vince Gill, and Zac Brown, “Midnight Rider”
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A bit of #NoKings in today's readings from 1Maccabees: "My sons and my kin will keep to the covenant of our fathers."
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Thursday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Daily Bible Readings, Podcast Audio and Videos and Prayers brought to you by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
A bit of #NoKings in today's readings from 1Maccabees: "My sons and my kin will keep to the covenant of our fathers."
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Speaking of Brain Trusts... Florida's version.
The homestead property tax repeal being considered is "the policy equivalent of removing a load-bearing wall with no structural review and simply assuming the building will absorb the strain." #DefendDemocracy
Jeff Brandes: The architect has no plan — Florida’s $18B tax cut without a blueprint
Florida risks an $18 billion disaster because no one produced real math.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Speaking of Brain Trusts... Florida's version.
Where would we be if CEOs ran this series on their waiting room tvs instead of Faux News? Where would we be if we brought back #Civics? Ken Burns The American Revolution on PBS is a spectacular harrowing tale of our origins. #Watch
Ken Burns' 12-hour documentary series THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION starts tonight on PBS.
"None of this happens anywhere else but PBS," Burns said. "Nobody else is going to give us ten years to build a history of the Revolution. No one."
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"None of this happens anywhere else but PBS," Burns said. "Nobody else is going to give us ten years to build a history of the Revolution. No one."
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The American Revolution
Thirteen colonies unite in rebellion, win their independence, and found the United States.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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The Epstein files are about so much more than the disgusting, criminal dealings of one man.
They're about how the rich and powerful are rigging our entire system to give themselves money, cover, and influence.
Buying elections. Warping our economy. Subverting justice.
Enough.
They're about how the rich and powerful are rigging our entire system to give themselves money, cover, and influence.
Buying elections. Warping our economy. Subverting justice.
Enough.
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Epstein files are about so much more than the disgusting, criminal dealings of one man.
They're about how the rich and powerful are rigging our entire system to give themselves money, cover, and influence.
Buying elections. Warping our economy. Subverting justice.
Enough.
They're about how the rich and powerful are rigging our entire system to give themselves money, cover, and influence.
Buying elections. Warping our economy. Subverting justice.
Enough.
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My legal team will be in federal court in North Carolina today fighting against the state's unconstitutional redrawn congressional map. Before you listen to those in the GOP who say we can't win, ask Texas how that worked out for them.
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My legal team will be in federal court in North Carolina today fighting against the state's unconstitutional redrawn congressional map. Before you listen to those in the GOP who say we can't win, ask Texas how that worked out for them.
Of course. Who can ignore the brutality that these measures included? All, a reflection on who we are as a country. And yet, elected officials needed sexual perversity to unite in a bipartisan vote. Should be thankful "Better late than never" -at a loss for using Hate as an organizing principle.
Sending some innocent people to literal hell and likely death, to CECOT.
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Of course. Who can ignore the brutality that these measures included? All, a reflection on who we are as a country. And yet, elected officials needed sexual perversity to unite in a bipartisan vote. Should be thankful "Better late than never" -at a loss for using Hate as an organizing principle.