[megapope-deactivated20220531]

god damn this is a QUILT ('late day shadows' by nancy messier)

[cyber-seagull404]

THIS IS A QUILT?!?!?!?

[macabrevampire]

i think avoiding everything is going to save me for real this time

[organicmatter]

guys i just found out about this site that does a daily guessing game, it’s phylogenetic wordle- so fun!!!

[beesmygod]

i read "onna no sono no hoshi" yesterday and today and absolutely loved it.

an extremely grounded, down to earth series about several teachers at an all girls school who all act like completely normal human beings. up to and including a variety of weird teen and adult behaviors that never get too over the top or whacky. really enjoyable and human.

theres something inherently charming (and rarely mined in fiction) in examining humanity through this sort of distant/emotionally stable lens. the titular teacher is externally unflappable and compassionate but internally (mildly) roiled by the mischief of his wards and coworkers. really loved what there is so far. i hope theres a ton more lol

[synthaphone]

[macabrevampire]

i think avoiding everything is going to save me for real this time

[lesbianboyfriend]

it’s rotten work. to me if it’s me.

[kushblazer666]

[notahorseindisguise]

everytime i wear an outfit like this i think about this tweet

[lesbianmothman3000]

Who up turning like a wheel inside a wheel

[oracleoutlook]

Teaching Shakespearean Sonnets to Brain Rot 15-Year-Olds

There's hope.

My co-teacher came up with an idea. She said to me: “I’m going to project a Shakespearean sonnet on the board that you have never seen before. They are going to watch you struggle through it, and they are going to see what it takes to authentically annotate something to attempt to understand it”. This was a good idea because it targeted a pitfall of my teaching: that I already know the answer— a predetermined answer I want my students to come to. Therefore, when I ask the class a question, they are aware that there is an answer in my head I want them to arrive at. This method can stifle students’ voice. So, I stood at the front of the classroom that day, feeling exposed, sight-reading Shakespearean sonnets. With most of the sonnets, I, with the help of the class, could only get to about 75% understanding and accuracy at best. But my confusion — my apparent struggle and frustration in understanding each new sonnet— was key for my students. They felt free to posit their interpretations and even to disagree with me. In each session, a student shared a thought or possibility that not only I had failed to see but was also ultimately accurate. One student couldn’t wipe the smile off her face when she figured out a metaphor that stumped both me and my co-teacher. “This was fun”, she and her classmate said to each other when the bell rang.

[yamada-ryo]

having lunch and someone's watching cnc videoes loud as fuck style so i'm just here chewing my food while there's sounds of water jetting and steel screeching in the back

[retroactivebakeries]

[deviantplum]

Me reading "CNC": Consensual non-consent

Me reading "water jetting and steel screeching": oh so it's really niche consensual non-consent

[sabatoge-deactivated20220531]

the problem with musicians is how they're always touring their latest album instead of like their critically hated second album from 2009 which is the one i'm obsessed with

[orcboxer]

I have just combined all rice in the world into a single rouse

[sneebertdeebert]

Sneebert Deebert

[orcboxer]

[afeelgoodblog]

Tom Brown, retired engineer, has saved around 1,200 types of apples from extinction over 25 years

[twistcmyk]

[supreme-leader-stoat]

I like your nose laser OP

[dogpuppy]

[etherealplans]

i loooove little moments of human connection. i love it when a stranger has something good happen to them and you get to be a part of the celebration for a moment. i love it when it starts raining and you and a stranger get to say wow its really coming down out there! i love it when something happens and you and a stranger get to share a look. i will never see you again but we did experience something together and for just a moment we were a pair! i genuinely live for that shit