Jake From State Farm

wearing khakis

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

Some Target stores are now cutting the seals on Pokémon ETBs in an effort to deter scalpers

One employee had to defend his decision to slash the boxes after some shoppers questioned why he was "messing with The Pokémon Company’s sales"

[Vivian @suchnerve]

Almost like the most effective way to reduce crime is policies that make people less desperate? NOT increased policing??

[Mike Carolla @SJTimes13]

I like how all of these characters completely disappeared

[Jem @pray4goodpulls]

In my veins

[anyone_want_chips @anyonewantchips]

With the latest mass shooting at Brown University, this might be a good time to mention that Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban reduced mass shooting deaths by 43% - but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire, mass shooting deaths spiked by 239%.

It's the fucking guns.

[derek 🤠 @derek553]

Not to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but this totally means they've been altered to remove Trump's name and absolutely nothing is going to come from this lmao

[Nikolaj🇺🇦🇵🇸 @nikicaga]

Wow, I wonder which moron raised the tariffs on them in the first place

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Weird how we have the money for ICE but not air traffic controllers.

[Congresswoman Maxine Dexter @RepDexterOR]

I saw with my own eyes four U.S. citizen children detained in a windowless cell, held captive by YOUR agents.

Stop the lies.

[Aitorzero0 @AitorZero0]

Si vosotros usáis IA para robar a los artistas nosotros podemos ver el fútbol pirata panda de hijos de puta

[Travis Akers 🇺🇸 @travisakers]

A message from a Kindergarten teacher:

After forty years in the classroom, my career ended with one small sentence from a six-year-old:

“My dad says people like you don’t matter anymore.”

No sneer. No malice. Just quiet honesty — the kind that cuts deeper because it’s innocent. He blinked, then added, “You don’t even have a TikTok.”

My name is Mrs. Clara Holt, and for four decades, I taught kindergarten in a small Denver suburb. Today, I stacked the last box on my desk and locked the door behind me.

When I started teaching in the early 1980s, it felt like a promise — a shared belief that what we did mattered. We weren’t rich, but we were valued. Parents brought warm cookies to parent nights. Kids gave you handmade cards with hearts that didn’t quite line up. Watching a child sound out their first sentence felt like magic.

But that world slowly slipped away. The job I once knew has been replaced by exhaustion, red tape, and a kind of loneliness I can’t quite describe.

My evenings used to be filled with construction paper, glitter, and glue sticks. Now they’re spent filling out digital reports to protect myself from angry emails or lawsuits. I’ve been yelled at by parents in front of twenty-five children — one filming me with his phone while I tried to calm another child mid-meltdown.

And the kids… they’ve changed too. Not by choice.

They arrive tired, anxious, overstimulated. Their tiny fingers know how to swipe a screen before they can hold a crayon. Some can’t make eye contact or wait in line. We’re expected to fix all of it — to patch the gaps, heal the trauma, teach the curriculum, and document every move — in six hours a day, with resources that barely fill a drawer.

The little reading corner I once built, full of soft beanbags and paper stars, was replaced by data charts and “learning metrics.” A young principal once told me, “Clara, maybe you’re too nurturing. The district wants measurable results.”

As if kindness were a weakness.

Still, I stayed. Because of the small, holy moments that no spreadsheet could measure —
a whisper of, “You remind me of my grandma.”
a shaky note that read, “I feel safe here.”
a quiet boy finally meeting my eyes and saying, “I read the whole page.”

Those tiny sparks were my reason to keep showing up.

But this last year broke something in me.

The aggression grew sharper. The laughter in the staff room turned to silence. The light went out of so many eyes. I watched brilliant teachers — my friends — vanish under the weight of burnout, their joy replaced by survival.

I felt myself fading too, like chalk on a board that’s been wiped one too many times.

So today, I began my goodbye. I pulled faded art off the walls and tucked thirty years of handmade cards into a single box. In the back of a drawer, I found a letter from a student from 1998:

“Thank you for loving me when I was hard to love.”

I sat on the floor and cried.

No party. No applause. Just a handshake from a young principal who called me “Ma’am” while checking his notifications.

I left my rocking chair behind, and my sticker box too. What I carried with me were the memories — the faces of hundreds of children who once trusted me enough to reach out their hands and learn. That can’t be uploaded. It can’t be measured. It can’t be replaced.

I miss when teachers were partners, not targets. When parents and educators worked side by side, not in opposition. When schools cared more about wonder than numbers.

So if you know a teacher — any teacher — thank them. Not with a mug or a gift card, but with your words. With your respect. With your understanding that behind every test score is a heart that cared enough to try.

Because in a world that often overlooks them, teachers are the ones who never forget our children.

[Jake From State Farm @sebaperez05]

This is terrible planning and so stupid. So now you’re telling me I have to complete ALL OF THE SETS I’ve been collecting for the past couple of months again in only 30 days? Dead game.

[Pokémon TCG Pocket @PokemonTCGP]

⚠️ Notice ⚠️

Cards obtained from Deluxe Pack: ex booster packs will be registered in the Deluxe Pack: ex Card Dex. They will not be registered in the Card Dex of previous expansions.

[Sassington, M.C. @MissSassbox]

if you paid attention in history class, you remember very specifically what chapter of the textbook were in right now

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom reacts to ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ being pulled off air:

“Buying and controlling media platforms. Firing commentators. Canceling shows. These aren’t coincidences. It’s coordinated. And it’s dangerous. The @GOP does not believe in free speech. They are censoring you in real time.”

[VSGenny @vs_genny]

This image serves to highlight everything wrong with modern gaming into one.

[Jake From State Farm @sebaperez05]

@JJChurches “More Woke, Less Rational” just sent me to the Shadow Realm and back lmao

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

Inter Miami had more possession (33.4%) vs. PSG than Real Madrid (31.9%) did against PSG 😮

Leo Messi also created more big chances (1) vs. PSG than Real Madrid's entire squad (0) 🙃

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

Diogo Jota’s brother André Silva, 25-year-old Penafiel player in Portuguese 2nd League, has also passed away following the accident.

Rest in peace, André. 🕊️

[Jake From State Farm @sebaperez05]

@JJChurches @OnexPlayer_ Guess my Anbernic had a good run, huh?🤣

[B/R Football @brfootball]

BARCELONA ARE LA LIGA CHAMPIONS 🔴🔵