Diana Monique

University of Florida Alum • Educator • Avid Reader • I talk sports. Founder of Dispatches from a Black Literacy Coach

[Diana Monique @DaMoni2020]

Hello tweeps! I’m doing a project for one of my classes on the future of education in Florida public schools and could use your honest feedback. #teachertwitter #Florida #teacherlife

Please share!
https://t.co/i4EUHovFH7

[Saif Ishoof @saif305]

Miami turns 130 today.

On July 28, 1896, 368 men crowded into The Lobby, a pool hall near the Miami River, to create a city. They cast 344 votes.

The group included 162 Black men, many of them laborers who helped build the railroad and the young settlement, alongside merchants, farmers, tradesmen and railroad workers.

Long before incorporation, the Tequesta lived along these waters.

Modern Miami took shape because a few stubborn people believed an unlikely place could become a great American city.

Julia Tuttle relentlessly pushed Henry Flagler to bring his railroad south. Mary Brickell backed the effort with her land and business savvy. Flagler laid the tracks.

The railroad arrived in April. By July, they had incorporated a city.

That is an astonishing amount of ambition packed into a few months.

Miami was a gritty startup city before anyone used the term. There was no guarantee it would work. Just heat, mosquitoes, hard work and people willing to make an enormous bet on the future.

Happy 130th birthday Miami!

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

there's nothing that i dislike more than a failed nap attempt.

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

One fine day, it will be your turn. You will leave homes, cities and countries to pursue grander ambitions. You will leave friends, lovers and possibilities for the chance to roam the world and make deeper connections. You will defy your fear of change, hold your head high and do what you once thought was unthinkable: walk away.
And it will be scary. At first. But what I hope you’ll find in the end is that in leaving, you don’t just find love, adventure or freedom. More than anything, you find you.

— Paulo Coelho.

[𐙚⋆ @voidwithverses]

“Do not love half lovers Do not entertain half friends Do not live a half life and do not die a half death.”

— Kahlil Gibran

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

Nehemiah is 11 years old and has logged over 100 volunteer hours reading to animals at the Jacksonville Humane Society. The first child in the program's history to do it. Straight A student. Big heart. Even bigger future!

[Diana Monique @DaMoni2020]

The present moment is the only one we have. 🙏🏾

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

Joan Didion, every day is all there is

[James Clear @JamesClear]

In my early 20s, I wrote a list of ambitious things I wanted to do in life. Go bungee jumping. Create a movie. Start a business. That sort of thing. I did a few of them, but not most.

Looking back, however, that list was incredibly valuable because it taught me the usefulness of chasing bold ideas—even if they never materialize. The dreams that didn't happen changed shape and led me down other interesting paths.

The important thing isn't to achieve all your dreams, but to keep dreaming. Your desires change as you learn and grow. Old dreams will spawn new dreams. And eventually, one of these newer, more refined visions will find its moment and become reality.

[Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer]

I'm not even a huge soccer fan, and there really is no sporting event that compares to the World Cup

[Diana Monique @DaMoni2020]

Baking Soda
Epsom Salt
Liquid Soap
Mix it all and use a sponge.

Spotless!

[NYT Wirecutter @wirecutter]

When gentle methods failed, I broke out the power tools. And when that didn’t work, I tried something even riskier. https://t.co/3gvmffWs6G

[Diana Monique @DaMoni2020]

Blessings! @TaylorRooks

[Spurs Legacy @spurs_four]

I pray Wemby never changes

[Spurs Legacy @spurs_four]

I pray Wemby never changes

[Diana Monique @DaMoni2020]

Hmmm - I can only guess who this is about? 👀

[stan verrett @stanverrett]

Insecure men working out their issues while portraying it as supporting Caitlin Clark is transparently goofy. And getting facts wrong, about the league, and other players, is the tell that they have no idea what they’re talking about, or that they’re willing to be dishonest to drive a narrative.

[Giannis Antetokounmpo @Giannis_An34]

GOD, I trusted you at the beginning, and I will continue to trust you throughout. 🙏🏽💯

[Diana Monique @DaMoni2020]

She’s so good!

[Raye @sweetbabyrayes]

Eve's tiny desk is definitely at the top for me!!
Absolutely 🔥🔥🔥🔥
If you haven't checked it out already, RUN!!!
YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!

[Raye @sweetbabyrayes]

Eve's tiny desk is definitely at the top for me!!
Absolutely 🔥🔥🔥🔥
If you haven't checked it out already, RUN!!!
YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!

[Lawrence Kitema @lawrencekitema]

Mercy is when you can't even explain how you're still surviving, yet you are. You don't have it all figured out, but every day, God provides the strength, help, and grace you need right on time.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The World Cup begins tomorrow, and many will watch the matches. Soccer reminds us of something we must not forget: life is not a race to show off on our own, but a path we learn to walk together. Anyone who does not know how to pass the ball, even if they have talent, has not yet understood the game. Anyone who does not know how to live with and for others has not yet understood life. #ApostolicJourney

[Flaujae 4️⃣ @Flaujae]

The world changes every time a young girl starts believing in herself

[Cameron Van Til @CameronVanTil]

Russell Wilson finished his career with 46,966 passing yards and 5,568 rushing yards.

To put that in perspective, no other player in NFL history has reached both 35,000 passing yards and 4,000 rushing yards.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Consistency: