Ted Thompson

THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS (Little Brown). Teacher/writer/dad. Honestly mostly dad.

[Ted Thompson @tednotedward]

Just posted a photo https://t.co/c2TvSbNtub

[Ted Thompson @tednotedward]

@pitchaya @votefwd Just sent mine too 😎

[Philip Rucker @PhilipRucker]

“While all political confabs involve some level of spin and revisionism, the Republican National Convention this year has stood out for its brazen defiance of facts, ethical guidelines and tradition,” @ToluseO reports https://t.co/4oBmBJvMaH

[Ted Thompson @tednotedward]

What in the world

[michelle lh࿊࿊q @MichelleLhooq]

NYC is taking after Portland - a trans femme protestor was pulled into an unmarked van at the Abolition Park protest - this was at 2nd Ave and 25th Street

[Paul Rosenzweig (@[email protected]) @RosenzweigP]

DHS appropriations is on the floor of the House next week

[MORE-UFT @MOREcaucusUFT]

Hey NYC teachers! We want to see photos of your broken sinks, empty soap dispensers, broken windows, moldy AC units & peeling paint. @NYCMayor lives in a fantasy land where he thinks our classrooms are COVID safe. Tag us or dm.

[Pastor Ben @BenjaminPDixon]

My initial thought is to burn this entire motherfucker to the ground.

[Ted Thompson @tednotedward]

What’s that I hear? Oh yeah, the sound of teachers striking

[MORE-UFT @MOREcaucusUFT]

Whatever happens in September whether we stay remote or try blended learning, which will inevitably be chaotic for teachers and families at best, is the fault of a major public health policy failure on the state and federal level— not the fault of individual teachers or schools

[Ted Thompson @tednotedward]

@NateBrownBrown I’m sorry but these people can go fuck themselves to the moon

[eileen chengyin chow @chowleen]

Mum Bett sued her master for her freedom & won in 1781. “Any time, any time while I was a slave, if 1 minute’s freedom had been offered me, & I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I wld have taken it – just to stand 1 minute on God’s earth a free woman – I would.”

[Ted Thompson @tednotedward]

Such good news

[This This This! Pod @thisthisthispod]

YAY! SUPERCONGRATS to Colleen O'Brien on her Pushcart win for "Charlie" - We adore this piece, how it builds and builds, then cuts you with tenderness. Please have a listen at https://t.co/cCQdRisbMu or find us on Apple Podcasts (The Stack New Fiction)

[This This This! Pod @thisthisthispod]

Yay! Happy Tuesday everyone. We're so pleased to share "Waltz" by @somerserin, originally published in @ecotonemagazine. New divorcee Marian is hilarious and stony and messy and sharp as a tack and we love spending time with her. You will too.

[This This This! Pod @thisthisthispod]

This week’s story is a beauty.

[Ted Thompson @tednotedward]

I ❤️ this story.

[This This This! Pod @thisthisthispod]

So excited to share @tiphanieyanique's piece "The Special World" from @GeorgiaReview on this week's episode of @thestackpod! The story plumbs late adolescence and masculinity, and the intersections of race, faith, and sex - an achievement of imagination.

[Kendall Taggart 🕵🏼‍♀️ @KendallTTaggart]

If NY and NYC had adopted widespread social-distancing measures a week or two earlier, including closing schools and restaurants, then the estimated death toll from might have been reduced by 50 to 80 %, said the former head of the CDC and city health dept https://t.co/RCgBTxvtCY

[Ted Thompson @tednotedward]

It’s true. This story is about one of the hardest things to write fiction about: healing

[This This This! Pod @thisthisthispod]

"Gut" was originally published in @ObsidianLit Issue 45.1 (https://t.co/AA4hmhWJFZ), which you should check out, follow on Twitter, subscribe to, and order back issues from.

[This This This! Pod @thisthisthispod]

Dr. @alexispauline Gumbs is 🔥, and her incantatory prose-poem "Gut" reaches deep into history and makes meaning out of revolutionary motherhood. This is what we needed today.

[Ted Thompson @tednotedward]

Coming later today to @thestackpod!