Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

I'm constantly surprised at the number of people who are looking for lists of people to follow. There's no shortage of fascinating breadcrumb trails here.
Pick a toot that resonates with you and open it up. See who commented, or retooted it. Look at those people's profiles. Follow them.
Look at their older toots and follow the people whose comments on those toots pique your interest.
I've been here a month & have a global circle, not one of whom I knew before coming here. #IFollowTheCrumbs

Students respond better to feedback when it's depersonalized.

Personal: Your wording here is unclear
Impersonal: The wording here is unclear.

Personal: Your organization is confusing.
Impersonal: The organization is confusing.

Personal: You made the opposite claim in the previous paragraph.
Impersonal: The previous paragraph made the opposite claim.

I've found that this makes a massive difference, giving students the detachment they need to focus on their writing.

#AcademicMastodon

Time Magazine has announced that Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is #PersonOfTheYear #TimeMagazinePersonoftheYear

The hand-held device to keep us dry was supposed to be called the "brella".

But the inventor hesitated.

Are you curious what mastodon.sdf.org is all about? I've noticed many wonderful people have chosen their home there.

Here you go --

"The Super Dimension Fortress is a networked community of free software authors, teachers, students, researchers, hobbyists, enthusiasts and the blind. It is operated as a federally recognised non-profit 501(c) and is supported by its members."

Source - https://sdf.org/?faq?BASICS?01

Proposal to stop referring to covid in the past tense and climate change in the future tense.

Moore v. Harper could be one of the most consequential Supreme Court cases for our democracy.

You might just now be hearing about it — but it could let extremist state legislatures pick the next president without you.

Oral arguments begin today.

Here's what you need to know:

"Woke" literally means anti-racist

"Antifa" literally means anti-fascist

If someone is "against" these what does it say about them?

#antifa #woke #racists #fascism

When life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic.

Can you imagine explaining to your grandchildren that you voted for Herschel Walker?

8,184,873 accounts
+2,426 in the last hour
+48,750 in the last day
+366,983 in the last week

Ok, Wasserman called it and now…
“Decision Desk HQ projects Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) wins re-election to the U.S. Senate in Georgia.”
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Ginni Thomas used the independent state legislature theory in her efforts to pressure state lawmakers to overturn the 2020 election results.

This theory is central to a case before SCOTUS tomorrow, called Moore v. Harper.

Are we really going to let Clarence Thomas rule on this?

(OLD MAN ROBS ME)

MUGGER: Give me your money!

ME: I don’t carry money. I use Apple Pay.

MUGGER: How does it work?

*30 mins later*

MUGGER: Show me again.

As my friend Greg would say - How do you make a pirate angry?

Take away the "P".

Maybe my NPR station would have to send fewer direct mailers asking for more money if they spent less money sending mailers asking for more money.

Trump Org Convicted of Tax Crimes

Via NYTimes: “The conviction on all 17 counts, after more than a day of jury deliberations in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, resulted from a long-running scheme in which the Trump Organization doled out off-the-books luxury perks to some executives: They received fancy apartments, leased Mercedes-Benzes, even private school tuition for relatives, none of which they paid taxes on.”