One comment I get occasionally from a few of my neurospicy students is “I’m sorry you have to put up with me”
And it breaks my heart a bit every time. Honey, who told you that just because your brain works differently, you are someone to be “put up with”??? You are not a defective cog in an educational machine, my dear. You are a richly unique individual who is fully deserving of your teacher’s time and attention and effort
#Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:
Two teens (14?) are in deep conversation while walking home from school.
One says: "I'm a very candid person. I can tell anyone anything."
"Anything?"
"Almost anything. Well, not really. But I WANT to be a candid person."
A tiny human (2?) wearing a unicorn helmet is sitting on the back of Dad's bike.
Tiny Human Unicorn is waving with suitable aplomb at everyone he passes.
Both hands (hooves?) in action.
Unicorns must let their public know they're adored!
A very fluffy black dog (poodle cross hair-salon-whoopsie) is sitting on the back of his human's tricycle. Hair being buffeted here and there in the wind.
Giving any other dog they pass a WOOF of greeting before rolling off into the distance.
A small human (3?) is a picture of utmost woe due to a cookie deficit because she has eaten her cookie.
With maximum gravity she says to Mum: "I have to go outside and hug Jess so I feel better."
She then walks just outside and hugs a patient elderly staffy while Mum finishes her coffee.
A small human (5?) is dictating ALL the rules for a game to her little brother (3?) in a park.
Her grave tone most implying that DIRE consequences will happen if the game is not played properly.
Meanwhile Little Brother is looking speculatively at the puddle near his sister's feet.
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#IVoted Yeah, baby! Blue all the way down the line. Yeah yeah, I know, Heaven knows the Dems have their problems, but at least they aren't actively trying to change us into an autocracy. That's kind of important to me.
NEW:
-US doctors are freaked out seeing what measles does to previously healthy kids
-Wuhan’s "Covid mayor" sentenced to 14 years for corruption
-IRS sends out preemptive Covid tax claim denials
-a look at trans life with #LongCovid
-C19 surging in US/UK *right now*
-more risk levels by location
-Paxton partied with Covid test fraudsters, and more:
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Cherokee Nation launches Period Project to put feminine hygiene products in schools on reservation | KOSU
https://www.kosu.org/cherokee-nation-period-project
Judge orders Oklahoma board to reconsider former Norman teacher’s license revocation
https://www.kgou.org/education/2026-10-15/judge-orders-oklahoma-board-to-reconsider-former-norman-teachers-license-revocation
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Would you happen to have a thing called the "NVidia App" installed on your computer?
If so, you might want to open it up, go to Settings, and uncheck "Allow AI Agents to Control NVidia App". This checkbox will be on by default if you have not specifically turned it off.
Help! My boomer brother is interested in the fediverse, but he's not loving mastodon.social. Help me get him on a new instance, please.
Greg is an MBA/Engineer. A rare breed that knows how to make things work. He once worked in a factory where the engineers were told to get permission before posting Dilbert comics on their door. So yes, he understands irony. Politically, I'd say he leans left, but then, I'm to the left of Bernie Sanders. He sucks at pinball, but denies it. He knows how and does use the public library. He likes fiction, popular economics, and science fiction. If he likes furry romances, he hasn't said so. Where can he find a fedi-home?
1/N So the DOJ is suing California because Calif. refuses to look at the a USB drive with names of people they are accusing of maybe, perhaps voting in the future without credentials.
OK, let's dig deeper ... There is the Privacy Act of 1974 that regulates "systems of records" that contain personally identifiable information. There is no doubt that this USB drive fits within that definition.
The Privacy Act does require that the existence and other aspects of each such system of records to be published into the Federal Register.
There is no evidence that the database on the USB drive has ever been published on the Federal Register.
The privacy act gives every person in the US the individual power to enforce the privacy act, and there are short time limits and criminal penalties that can befall government people who fail to properly respond.
To be continued...
This cognitive shrinkflation that's happening everywhere is really getting to me.
Saw a billboard earlier today that had a very obvious typo in it, in a word that a 6 year old would be expected to spell properly. This mistake somehow made it through the advertisement agency, the printers, and out onto a public billboard and nobody seems to have actually looked at the thing in any part of the process.
RE: https://wandering.shop/@annaleen/117439725227419118
Tonight...my first time ever in Vermont!!! See you there!
New Sightless Scribbles post! Why Lightsabers Sound Like a blueprint
Mood: Ready to parry.
Snap-hiss.
It is arguably the most recognized sound effect in cinema history. Ben Burtt, the genius sound designer for Star Wars, created it by recording the idle motor of an old movie projector and mixing it with the electromagnetic hum of a television picture tube.
To most people, that sound signifies "Cool Sci-Fi Sword."
To https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/why-lightsabers-sound-like-a-blueprint/
My first book, The Dream Pyjamas, was a huge hit at 44 Grieve Avenue, though sadly overlooked by every major award. My second, 36 years later, has had slightly better luck...Drystone - A Life Rebuilt has been shortlisted for the Saltire Society Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2026. The biggest literary prize in Scotland.
I think about where I've come from, and I genuinely cannot believe I'm here.
plants at home?
(very important, boost plz :neofungus_pleading: )
@BigTittyBimbo as you wish, https://youtu.be/Q7iXZ1M2_8E
Who has a good up-to-date list of active accounts of universities and science institutes here on Mastodon?
The job application process :lolsob: