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In response to Jessica Lynam.
"...but that's why you have to let your Vision brain outsmart your Ultron brain. Breathe, and feel how that golden light takes over inside your mind."

Never expected this to work, but lemme tell you, we have returned to this over and over.

Follow me for (at least one) more #mcu parenting tip! 2/2
08:58 AM - Jan 08, 2024 (Edited)
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to Mama Ezekiel.
This is exquisite!
01:58 PM - Dec 22, 2023
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to aaron.
This was a wild ride! I originally interpreted "Fil" as "father-in-law" so I guess we can be grateful that's not the case?
02:46 AM - Dec 21, 2023
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to Christopher Bouzy.
At best, polls tell us how the generation that's still on Facebook and answers unknown numbers on their phone plans to vote. Half of those folks plus 2-3 subsequent generations voting for Biden is pretty good, actually
07:26 PM - Nov 11, 2023 (Edited)
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to Sabine.
Touché
06:00 PM - May 07, 2023
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to Jessica Lynam.
Today was a reminder for me that right now, trust, tenderness, connection and joy are the preconditions for learning that my students require. And when those conditions are met, there is no stopping them. 7/7
09:38 PM - Apr 20, 2023
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to Jessica Lynam.
I've taught this class, conservatively, 40x now, but this is the only freshman or sophomore year of college these students will ever know. And for them, getting here in the first place after Covid upended our educational landscape over and over for 3 years was... well, to say the least, rough. 6/
09:37 PM - Apr 20, 2023
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to Jessica Lynam.
An unusual magic is at work here that might not translate to other classes. But for me, it's evident that for all our talk in higher ed about rigor, grit, academic integrity, what many of my students need, here and now, is a space to be vulnerable, nurtured, held. 5/
09:37 PM - Apr 20, 2023
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to Jessica Lynam.
Thing is, just a few weeks ago I got on this group's case about not knowing each other's names, not being able to work together, be curious about one another. Today, we played children's games, listened to music and read stories and they did EVERYthing together. In Spanish (mostly)! 4/
09:36 PM - Apr 20, 2023 (Edited)
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to Jessica Lynam.
But what comes next is maybe even more amazing to me: When he finishes the book they ask to read another. This time, my college students - COLLEGE - sit down on the carpet in a circle and have *me* read aloud. It starts as a little joke about circle time at preschool, but nobody balks. 3/
09:35 PM - Apr 20, 2023
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to Jessica Lynam.
Their body language is relaxed, curious. One guy reaches out his arm to share his bag of oreos. A girl laughs at the pictures in the book. The reader holds the book where everyone can see, points to connect words with images. They are a tableau of swagger and earnestness. 2/
09:35 PM - Apr 20, 2023
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to Jessica Lynam.
The bird app changed how we communicate - I believe, in many ways for the better - and in the Twitter diaspora I'm betting on Spoutible as the place most likely to capture what I've loved most about it. What about you? What did you love over there that you hope to bring with you here?
08:42 AM - Feb 10, 2023
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to Jessica Lynam.
Lastly, I love the horizontality the bird app gave us. I communicated directly with some of my favorite creators and thinkers, and even heard back sometimes. It even got me on npr one day.
08:36 AM - Feb 10, 2023
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to Jessica Lynam.
Unlike other social media platforms, the bird app for me is a white-hot crucible of ideas. It burnishes my thinking. I can be petty, vitriolic and contentious and although I'm accountable to thousands of strangers I don't worry I'm going to have to do damage control the next time I see Aunt Cathy
08:33 AM - Feb 10, 2023
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to Jessica Lynam.
I'm a better writer thanks to the bird app and suspect many others are, too. The genre constraints of character limits and threads compel concision, rhetorical skill and line-by-line editing. I'm glad to see those features here as well (the breathing room of 40 extra characters is nice)
08:09 AM - Feb 10, 2023
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to Jessica Lynam.
I'm a better, more inclusive educator thanks to those spaces and to the community of brilliant language educators who rekindle daily my desire to innovate and disrupt in the classroom, and who often provide the tools. This, during the most isolated and isolating phase I can remember in my career
08:02 AM - Feb 10, 2023
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Jessica Lynam
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In response to Jessica Lynam.
The bird app let me eavesdrop on conversations I never would have heard. I'm indebted to Black, disabled, neurospicy and genderqueer users for expanding my thinking, challenging me without requiring (or desiring) my undercooked takes. It made me more empathetic and changed how I move thru the world
07:53 AM - Feb 10, 2023 (Edited)
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