Tom Marshall
@tommarshall-writer.bsky.social
Teaching & learning guy, card-carrying journo, proud husband & dad, weekend novelist, poet in training, travel writer. International educator in Europe, Middle East, and Asia. My math: inspirational people + great storytelling = better world.
I’m not missing that point, I’m just not making that point. I can hate the racism and also admire his resistance. It’s not an either/or, both things are true!
October 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I’m not missing that point, I’m just not making that point. I can hate the racism and also admire his resistance. It’s not an either/or, both things are true!
Either that or they were sorting out how to throw Zelenskyy *under* the limo…
August 16, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Either that or they were sorting out how to throw Zelenskyy *under* the limo…
My bet is that one of them kept his poker face on but was highly amused by the weird, circa 1986 banter that he heard in the backseat of that limo. He will share this moment with comrades over well-chilled vodka for years to come. 🙄
August 16, 2025 at 4:37 AM
My bet is that one of them kept his poker face on but was highly amused by the weird, circa 1986 banter that he heard in the backseat of that limo. He will share this moment with comrades over well-chilled vodka for years to come. 🙄
(And for those who recognize my “cruel crazy” reference to the great South African musician Johnny Clegg, enjoy :) youtu.be/lK6oR5NwHFM?...
Cruel Crazy Beautiful World
YouTube video by Johnny Clegg - Topic
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July 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
(And for those who recognize my “cruel crazy” reference to the great South African musician Johnny Clegg, enjoy :) youtu.be/lK6oR5NwHFM?...
Thanks for sharing this valuable resource! Just to add to the riches, here is a package on Mandela’s life and times which I wrote for the NYT Learning Network shortly after his death. archive.nytimes.com/learning.blo...
From Rebel to Statesman: Teaching About the Life of Nelson Mandela
In this lesson students and teachers can follow the evolution of Nelson Mandela in archival articles from The New York Times, from his early years as a jailed dissident in apartheid South Africa to hi...
archive.nytimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Thanks for sharing this valuable resource! Just to add to the riches, here is a package on Mandela’s life and times which I wrote for the NYT Learning Network shortly after his death. archive.nytimes.com/learning.blo...
Reposted by Tom Marshall
Here's Colbert on July 14 making fun of Paramount for paying Trump $16 million. It's hard not to see CBS canceling his show through this lens.
"I believe this kind of complicated financial settlement with a sitting government official has a technical name in legal circles. It's big fat bribe."
"I believe this kind of complicated financial settlement with a sitting government official has a technical name in legal circles. It's big fat bribe."
July 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Here's Colbert on July 14 making fun of Paramount for paying Trump $16 million. It's hard not to see CBS canceling his show through this lens.
"I believe this kind of complicated financial settlement with a sitting government official has a technical name in legal circles. It's big fat bribe."
"I believe this kind of complicated financial settlement with a sitting government official has a technical name in legal circles. It's big fat bribe."
Butter knife, just 1/4 turn gently, Pop! and it’s open:)
July 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Butter knife, just 1/4 turn gently, Pop! and it’s open:)