wow I guess I can see why I didn't get an interview for that position

Who knew the toe box would be such a problem! I have bunions, which I guess makes me 1000 years old, and have yet to find a toe box that works for me.

I just got excited and wanted to share my reaction. Sorry the tone came off as antagonistic, that wasn’t my intention.

Oh ok! I thought your thread was interesting and wanted to engage in the discussion.

Wearing the wrong shoes has become the bane of my existence (but which shoes are wrong? And why does it change?)

(It’s done! I‘m just doing revisions! but it’s so slow and hard!)

on the other hand, what if I just never finish writing this manuscript

Tennessee is nice but has obvious reasons and is also hot as all hell

New England is so nice

The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️

This will be a thread of essays I recommend to students in my creative nonfiction workshop:

I... do not. I found it helpful in ensuring that classroom time was an opportunity to learn regardless of what happened outside the classroom. But I wasn't in the position of trying to get students to do their homework.

The 12th(!) Gender Reveal grant cycle is now open for applications! As always, these funds are for organizing / community projects led by trans people of color. We are particularly interested in funding existing projects that materially support trans folks, queer people of color, immigrants, etc.

This worked great for me with mlis students! I’ve also assigned annotations to serve a similar purpose, when the reading is a pdf and that’s easy to do

I’ve done co-reading during class time, including reading passages aloud or just sitting and reading together.

Ohhh it’s been on my list forever, sounds like it’s time to read it!