A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
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A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
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[image of real-life beekeeper costume and a detail from a painting by Peter Brueghel the Elder]
one thing I respect about medieval beekeepers is their total commitment to looking like Doctor Who villains
Teachers told us it is commonplace for them to work evenings (62), weekends (55%), and a third of respondents frequently cancel plans with family and friends in order to get on top of their workload (36%). #NEU2025
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Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"
This shit doesn’t happen in France and I’ll tell you why: the rich went too far once and they cut all their heads off and now, when those in power fuck workers over, the French stop working. Don’t forget your real power Americans. They don’t let you have unions for a reason.
If your argument is "sure, a terrible modern event has a parallel in the 1920s and 30s but don't worry we turned out just fine", might I suggest reading about the 1940s.
What if history just didn't repeat itself, for once?
Word of the Day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who has the supreme self-confidence of ignorance.
my mental state: listening to paramore again
Late last night, Trump fired the independent inspectors general of at least 12 major federal agencies.
Inspectors general are tasked with rooting out fraud, abuse, and corruption.
Trump wants loyalists in these positions — a key tenant of Project 2025.
Keep paying attention. wapo.st/3Cptwvg
I had a very dumb idea so I created a new social media site and registered 29 million accounts, including yours.
skyspace.me
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers
Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?
You mean…
He lied?!
Like a pathetic exiled kinglet, turfed off his throne and lingering at the fringes of a foreign warlord’s court to provide a fig leaf for his aggression in return for victuals, wine and a warm cloak.
Never forget
So true.
Recite 80% of a movie… what are you picking?
#filmsky
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One of my students made this for me in
2014. Prior to that I had never mentioned that I was a fan of Richard Ayoade, but they "could just tell".
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
Yep.
School lunch schedule with ‘Tuesday’ misspelled as ‘Thuesday’
Check in with your teacher friends, we’re very tired!
😴😅 #edusky
Recently, I’ve had a number of students ask me “Miss, don’t you think it’s wild that in 100 years or something they’ll be teaching about Covid in History lessons?!”
Me: “I teach ‘Migration & Empires’ at GCSE and we’re already teaching about Brexit, so I don’t think it will take that long!”
Them: 🤯
On the other hand, sometimes the ‘live-action’ remakes introduce changes that I’ve loved! Whilst I didn’t really enjoy ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (2017) overall, I actually really liked the change in Maurice/Belle’s dad from being a childish crack-pot to a sensitive clock maker. It made more sense to me
This trend we are currently experiencing of every animated film being reproduced in ‘live-action’ has always been deeply unsettling to me & signals a real problem in the industry. Mostly, I’m just sad because I love animation & it feels like animated features are being redefined as ‘not real films’