We often tell stories from the point of view of the hero. But heroes don't notice everything; examining a story from the point of view of the villain can be informative. Let's look at Harry Potter. 1/20
68 Jewish-American teachers and educators were supposed to leave for Italy last weekend on a visit to a world-renowned city for early childhood education. That was until they were told to sign statements condemning the Israeli occupation in Gaza. What does this have to do with early childhood education? Nothing, they say.
So they sadly canceled their trip. To make another kind of statement- one about antisemitism. Now the mayor of that city is doing damage control.
Here’s their report…
@staceysager7@ABC7NY
The @FieldMuseum is a masterclass in experience curation. They hide @SUEtheTrex inside an @IKEA-esque maze to teach the history of life, and other exhibits also use layout very well.
Heh.
Longest time in one day? Boston to Raleigh, when for reasons, I had to drive the speed limit the whole way. 17 hours.
Longest distance in one day? Sumter, SC to Boston: 900 miles, 13.5-15 hours depending on timing. I’d do the round trip to visit my GF on 3-day weekends.
Longest solo drive? LA to Sumter, 2400 miles, 3 days.
Recent contender was my trip Boston -> Buffalo -> Columbus -> NYC -> Boston. 1634 miles, 100 total hours … including 8 hours in Buffalo, 42 in Columbus, 4 in NYC, and two other hotel stays (7 hrs in Utica, 10 in WV)
My American friend in Tokyo asked how far I drive to see my parents.
"Two hours," I said.
"Oh nice. So they live close."
Close??
In Japan, two hours is a trip.
We stop at a rest area. We buy souvenirs. We text the family "we made it."
Tokyo to Osaka is about 6 hours by car.
Japanese people talk about that drive like it was the Oregon Trail.
Then he casually mentioned he once drove 14 hours. For a wedding. And drove back the next day.
So I need to hear this from more of you.
What's the longest drive you've ever done in one go?
From where to where? 🚗
(Texans: "Texas to Texas" counts.)
@mattjay I remember during the POODLE embargo, we brought @dfranke in, told him the mitigation step, and he thought for what seemed like a few seconds, then described the vulnerability and how to attack it. So, yeah.
@rsnbrgr Nope. But the admin staff (not naming names) had a deal with me that if I left leave paperwork on their desk at noon on Friday when we had the half day, if it disappeared by 0730 on Tuesday before they could process it, they’d ignore it as long as we hadn’t been called up.