RealSimpleMama
realsimplemama.bsky.social
RealSimpleMama
@realsimplemama.bsky.social
Adorably vulgar. Love to teach and love to learn. Cat and dog person. Will go barefoot in the rain whenever possible. There’s no such thing as too many books or plants. On YouTube and Greg as same name. 🐈‍⬛🔮🌱
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Tens of thousands of cornflowers in a field in Wicken. Research shows that the sight of them will help you recover from sources of stress more quickly & boost dopamine release in your brain, lifting your mood…in case you need it just now:
August 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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“Sesame Street” and its sequel, “The Electric Company,” were, “with lapses, the most intelligent and important programs in television,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.
The Invention of “Sesame Street”
Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.
www.newyorker.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Aspen trees are growing taller in Yellowstone thanks to wolves that prey on elk, which graze on trees.
Since wolves’ return, Yellowstone’s aspens are recovering, study finds
The researchers found a 152-fold increase in sapling and young-tree density.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Reteti Elephant Sanctuary
"On this beautiful Friday, we are so excited to introduce you to #Kimani – the little elephant with a big story!"
July 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Hard to keep a weightless guitar in place to play - and not kick my lunch velcroed to the wall.
That Larrivee guitar was put up on the space station by NASA psychologists and is still there - 139,500 world tours!
May 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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If you know any aspiring, young filmmakers, please encourage them to apply for this workshop — brought to you by the fine folks at Sag Harbor Cinema and NBC Universal. 🙏🏼

sagharborcinema.org/summer-filmm...
July 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Relatives of the young victims lost in the Texas floods have sought to celebrate what made them special — and hinted at the adults they might have become.

The memories shared here offer a glimpse of these lives.
The children lost in the Texas floods, remembered by their loved ones
The flooding that ravaged Central Texas before sunrise on the Fourth of July was the country’s deadliest catastrophe for children in recent memory.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM