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Mama of 2
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Not-so-secret unicorn ninja

[Amanda Gorman @TheAmandaGorman]

For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by I.C.E. on January 7, 2026

by Amanda Gorman

They say she is no more,
That there her absence roars,
Blood-blown like a rose.
Iced wheels flinched & froze.
Now, bare riot of candles,
Dark fury of flowers,
Pure howling of hymns.

If for us she arose,
Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief,
Crouches our power,
The howl where we begin,
Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater
Of the worst of what we’ve been.

Change is only possible,
& all the greater,
When the labour
& bitter anger of our neighbors
Is moved by the love 
& better angels of our nature.

What they call death & void,
We know is breath & voice; 
In the end, gorgeously, 
Endures our enormity. 

You could believe departed to be the dawn
When the blank night has so long stood.
But our bright-fled angels will never be fully gone,
When they forever are so fiercely Good.

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

For generations, kids had three worlds:
1. Home
2. School
3. A third place; the park, the field, the neighborhood, the church gym, the rec center.
That third place is where kids learned: • how to solve problems without an adult
• how to read emotions and faces
• how to handle conflict
• how to lose
• how to make friends
• how to negotiate and compromise
• how to sit with frustration
• how to just be a kid
But today?
Most kids' third place is a screen.
A screen doesn’t teach boundaries.
A screen doesn’t teach emotional regulation.
A screen doesn’t teach cooperation or conflict skills.
A screen doesn’t teach patience or self-control.
So all the social and emotional skills kids used to practice before they walked into school…
they have to learn inside school now.
And that’s why:
behavior feels different
attention feels different
emotions feel bigger
classroom management is tougher.
This isn’t a “kids these days” problem.
It’s a cultural shift.
When the third place disappears, childhood changes.
And schools end up carrying what the community used to teach.
Until kids get their third place back, we’re going to keep seeing the fallout

[mamafina 🤟🏽 @mamafina]

@mehdirhasan All this to try to invalidate a Muslim woman's experience after 9/11. Ok, fine- aunt/distant cousin debate aside, do they not believe that Muslim women were scared to wear their hijabs or cultural/traditional clothing in public? I can find a few for you, in all parts of the tree.

[mamafina 🤟🏽 @mamafina]

@the_UrbanWolf @VinceBoley @rpondiscio Not to mention, the triangle desks obviously only have three legs, with a bar that runs vertically halfway through, right where your knees go. So, you're constantly bumping, or lifting, or even knocking over the desks.

[mamafina 🤟🏽 @mamafina]

@the_UrbanWolf @VinceBoley @rpondiscio The biggest problem I have is that they are not appropriate for the physical needs of secondary students. There isn't enough desktop space, their legs do not fit under the desks comfortably, if positioned as above, their legs and feet and thighs rub against each other.

[mamafina 🤟🏽 @mamafina]

@pinkponydyke Heal the World - MJ

[mamafina 🤟🏽 @mamafina]

👀

[mamafina 🤟🏽 @mamafina]

@ChrisDJackson @DouglasEmhoff Is there a source for this? I want so much for this to be true but haven't read/heard it anywhere else.

[Miilato @miiilato]

me seeing drug dealers and OF girls buying their 5th car while I wake up at 6:00 am every morning trying to be a good person

[mamafina 🤟🏽 @mamafina]

@atrupar Serious question, though. Why does this group of people like *this* song so much? What does Trump like about it? I don't get it. It was a movement song for its time but what does it represent? What does it all mean???

[Mike Wise @MikeWiseguy]

It's not just that Trump won. It's that Joe Rogan, Dana White and Brett Favre won. Jailed insurrectionists won. The Alitos and the Thomases won. Vladimir Putin won. Racism won. Misogyny won. Sexism won. Global warming won. Xenophobia won. Most of all: Fear Won. That's what hurts.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

2024 your
election pants
🤝
me wondering
how it's this tight

[mamafina 🤟🏽 @mamafina]

@SussexHenryVIII I'm not defending her or him, but I did see a video later in which she had her glasses off and she resembled Melania much more in that clip. I've only seen that clip on CBS. Could it be her? Are there any comments as to why she was wearing glasses? It's all so odd.

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

Stop scrolling, take a deep breath, and use the next few minutes to escape to a place where the air is sweet. 💛💚

[Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” @MrDanielBuck]

“All behavior is an expression of an unmet need”

And sometimes, SOMETIMES (often times) that unmet need is the strong authority of an adult and the imposition of consequences

[Tim Walz @Tim_Walz]

Pro-tips of the day: 

#1 Clean your air filter 

#2 Know that when somebody writes up a manual like Project 2025, they plan on using it

[Ghostface Kryllah @kryzazzy]

Raise your hand if you’ve ever tried to breathe quieter while walking up a hill so strangers didn’t call 911 to put you on life support

[Sassington, M.C. @MissSassbox]

all of us on Friday morning after a full week of DNC coverage and our broken circadian rhythms but full of hope and joy

[mamafina 🤟🏽 @mamafina]

@dieworkwear our family would love to hear your thoughts on what's happening with Bashear's jacket 😬