I am still connected to SpEd as an early intervention specialist for birth to age 5 children with diagnosed special needs. I’m a home visitor for children with IFSPs and IEPs now. My pay is about $2K more than I made when I left classroom teaching, and it’s still not very good pay. I’m going back to grad school in the…

Yeah I just finished reading the article on bringing a baby into Appalachia (cross-posted from Splinter) and realized as a starting teacher, I made $2000 less per year than the $39,000 that the Appalachia article states is 15% below the nation’s median income.

Give it 9 months from now, and we may see it pop up here. https://deadspin.com/presenting-the-2018-name-of-the-year-bracket-1824140540

I read that as the brown bear and white tiger got married, and I went “ooo yippee” and felt like Leslie Knope for a second.

He’s questioning your stance. He’s a backseat pooper.

Although I don’t know anyone my age who gets their news from network TV, this is still dangerous because it’s the old folks do get their news this way, and they also vote in greater numbers than younger generations.

The Udalls are a political dynasty in Arizona and New Mexico, and they are more than fair to Indigenous people. The Udall Center in Tucson is a policy program that specializes in creating environmental policies, with a focus on Indigenous nation-building. The Udall Center recruits first-gen and minority college…

Sounds delicious and easy. I’m gonna try this next time I make burgers.

I’m wondering how no parents realized what their kids were rehearsing. When my son has had school program stuff, there are weeks of emails and notes home about it to inform the parents. The lyrics to whatever they’re reciting is always sent home. It’s never a “day of” thing when the parents find out what the kids have…

Purloined panties. Looted lingerie. Stolen skivvies. Burglarized bikinis.

My thoughts exactly! *scuttles off to ashamedly play Pumps and a Bump*

Aubrey & Donald Jr. met in late 2011, according to the article. I’ll be generous and say that was in September 2011. They broke up in March 2012 when Vanessa Trump found emails between Aubrey and Donald. That means in a span of let’s say 5 months, Donald, a married man with kids, decided it would be wise to start a…

I hope your brother has a peaceful journey to wherever we go after this life. Idk if or how much you like Prince, but this song came to my mind. I got off the Discord chat for no real reason, and from there, I know you *feel* with an intensity that separates you from others. This is my bungled way of saying, damn I’m…

This should have way more stars.

You’re good, you’re good. I was happy to see the quick response from the medical community. You’ve been one of the few to point out that CPR would actually hasten exsanguination with a GSW from an assault rifle.

While all 30 kids are scrambling to reach the bucket o’ rocks, the shooter just has to aim at the bucket. Maybe to alleviate bucket crowding, there are designated stonethrowers oops I mean stoners, while the other kids are trained to confront the shooter with “ts & ps”, or thoughts and prayers. The rest of them have…

Yep, I chose an article to link to with rebuttals from doctors.

Frothy Mix really biffed the NRA/Republican talking points on this one. He did get 1) combat medic training for kids but he forgot 2) MOAR GUNZ in schools.

You may not have read of the suggestion from a former Republican senator that learning CPR is really what teens need to do to prepare for gun violence. He also equated protesting to the lazy students “looking to someone else to solve their problem.” Just wanted to add this part of the Republican response to American…