Amber Rae

In a word, there are many thorns, but the roses are there too. -Tchaikovsky

[Laura Kat 🐱 @Katparty666]

32 in the suburbs is 45 and 32 in the city is 22. I can’t explain but I’m right.

[Amber Rae @illerota]

“benefit” 1998-99

[Emily • she/her @booksfightback]

Yesterday at active shooter training, we were told that if there was a shooting at our school, we could use our masks from the pandemic to stuff the bullet wounds of the children.

[Amber Rae @illerota]

@theVidaLaw 😂😂 I envied you because you always had more steps than I did lol

[W. Kamau Bell @wkamaubell]

Vaccinate teachers.

Pass it on.

[Emmellemm @emmellemm]

@TheRaDR As she was explaining what her staff had done (barricade the door, hide under the table, don't make any noise), I was nodding and thinking of all the times I've practiced those steps with my students. This will never be okay.

[Jeff Tiedrich @itsJeffTiedrich]

raise your hand if you would like to see Donald Trump testify under oath in front of Congress for 11 straight hours on live television to explain how 4 people ended up dead at the US Capitol

[Gabrielle Giffords @GabbyGiffords]

8 years ago, 20 children and 6 educators never came home from Sandy Hook.

Families were devastated. The nation was heartbroken. And then our leaders failed to act, so we all stood up.

Today and always we remember those who should still be with us—and honor them with action.

[Rob Maxim @robmaxim]

A reminder, 400 years after the Mayflower, that the Wampanoag people are still here, still practicing our culture, and still facing adversity

We didn’t just disappear or go extinct. And so I want to note some of the amazing things that we’re doing as a people (THREAD 👇)

[Katie Hill @KatieHill4CA]

I don’t have college debt because I had family help and I worked and I went to a state school.

I still support cancelling student debt because I’m not an asshole.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

The front page of The New York Times for Nov. 11.

[Amber Rae @illerota]

TIL the Sims is short for simulation ?? Should I have already known this ?? @kaylapparently

[Laura Elliott @TinyWriterLaura]

*whispers* no one survives any illness by sheer force of will power, and talking about individual strength and resilience as a marker of health is severely damaging to everyone, but especially to sick & disabled people, and anyone afflicted with mortality