@ladanina.bsky.social
Educator and recovering doomscroller in Philly. Probably posting a foster kitten picture.
I went to college with the local ELCA pastor quoted here. This is what religion is FOR.
"Ultimately, the encounter was brief: The woman, who the pastors said appeared to be pregnant, had citizenship papers with her."
What a sentence.
What a sentence.
Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...
religionnews.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I went to college with the local ELCA pastor quoted here. This is what religion is FOR.
Still my favorite Epiphany picture, stealing from an old post.
...the best part of it is invisible, however, because directly behind her is a shepherd figurine with his hands thrown up in what is meant to be awe and wonder and now just reads as "GIANT?? CAT!?"
...the best part of it is invisible, however, because directly behind her is a shepherd figurine with his hands thrown up in what is meant to be awe and wonder and now just reads as "GIANT?? CAT!?"
January 7, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Still my favorite Epiphany picture, stealing from an old post.
...the best part of it is invisible, however, because directly behind her is a shepherd figurine with his hands thrown up in what is meant to be awe and wonder and now just reads as "GIANT?? CAT!?"
...the best part of it is invisible, however, because directly behind her is a shepherd figurine with his hands thrown up in what is meant to be awe and wonder and now just reads as "GIANT?? CAT!?"
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
Were I to somehow obtain FU money, there would be an Oscar-bait star-studded Harriet Jacobs biopic in development at whatever speed was conducive with quality.
"The Loophole of Retreat, or The Love below, as Above:
for Harriet Jacobs"
Alison C. Rollins
…
Hear my children singing from below?
Come closer! Let Momma smell you
through the walls, let Momma's silence softly break.
This is what it means to watch over. This is what it feels like to hold your own.
for Harriet Jacobs"
Alison C. Rollins
…
Hear my children singing from below?
Come closer! Let Momma smell you
through the walls, let Momma's silence softly break.
This is what it means to watch over. This is what it feels like to hold your own.
October 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Were I to somehow obtain FU money, there would be an Oscar-bait star-studded Harriet Jacobs biopic in development at whatever speed was conducive with quality.
...putting out your trash on a night that a major #Philly union will strike at 12:01 is the adult version of going to bed hoping for Santa. Fingers crossed for a fair contract.
June 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
...putting out your trash on a night that a major #Philly union will strike at 12:01 is the adult version of going to bed hoping for Santa. Fingers crossed for a fair contract.
There is a direct causal line from Marsha Pincus at Julia R Masterman School teaching us Finn and Beloved side by side in 2002, to my 15 years and counting as an English teacher in high poverty schools.
June 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
There is a direct causal line from Marsha Pincus at Julia R Masterman School teaching us Finn and Beloved side by side in 2002, to my 15 years and counting as an English teacher in high poverty schools.
"... you're not allowed to move, you said it's #caturday." - new foster Barb's take on my plans for this morning. She is unimpressed by my promises that there's only 7 days until spring break increases lap availability.
April 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"... you're not allowed to move, you said it's #caturday." - new foster Barb's take on my plans for this morning. She is unimpressed by my promises that there's only 7 days until spring break increases lap availability.
...unfortunately I also suck at organizing so I married a good poster maker?
something I’ve learned about myself is that I have to be the one to organize the actions and protests to compensate for the fact that my poster making abilities are trash
April 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
...unfortunately I also suck at organizing so I married a good poster maker?