Starting to seem likely we'll see the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on planet earth this weekend. Death Valley headed for 132???
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No one ever talks about the breadth of trauma and how it just freaking obliterates you. We pretend the pandemic--a collective trauma-- never happened when 1.3M people just died and disappeared and we never got to say goodbye or mourn properly. We need to address the suffering.
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At the end of the day, the Titanic Missing Billionaire Submarine story is a perfect distillation of 21st Century capitalism: A small group of very rich people assume a clearly irresponsible risk. It goes predictably wrong. Scores more in public resources are used to save them...
My fellow Gen-Xers, could the synchronicity of The Wizard of Oz, The Dark Side of the Moon, and college dorm life be exemplified any better? https://t.co/sAGBujR0Wr
Oregon pastor & founder of a bible community, Michael Sperou, has been sentenced to 120 months in prison for one of the seven young girls that he raped in his church.
I love Dr. Packal's post on this Tripod fish. It made me think about how much we still don't understand in not only marine biology, but all of biology. There is still so much to be discovered! #sciencewillwin https://t.co/LGV62QCHr1
Lowest statewide drought levels in Colorado in nearly 4 years (Aug. 20, 2019).
Only a sliver of Baca County is under any form of drought, as of this week's update. Went from ~6.3% last week down to ~1.1% of Colorado in drought.
#9wx#COwx
From a Teacher ❤️ ✏️
Today I was running low on pencils so I asked all of my kids to pull out any of my pencils that they had in their desks. I had one student ask me if he could keep his pencils that his mom gave him for school. Of course, I said yes.
He then said, “well, I guess I’ll give you a few so my classmates can have them too.” I thought nothing of it and took the pencils that he handed me. When I was sharpening them, I noticed writing on a few of them. I then realized that my student’s mother took the time to write on his pencils. I asked him if he would mind showing me the rest of them.
What I read melted my heart:
- You are so talented.
- This will be a great year.
- You are creative.
- You are phenomenal.
- Never give up.
- You can do this.
- You are knowledgeable.
- You are a math whiz.
- You are intelligent.
- Proud of you everyday.
- I love you.
- You have a brilliant mind.
- You are wonderful.
- You are a problem solver.
- Follow your dreams.
- You are perfect.
- I am proud of you.
- You will change the world.
- You are amazing.
- You are the best.
- You are important.
-This probably took his mom a few minutes to do yet it lit up his whole day at school. He wasn’t embarrassed that his mom wrote on his pencils. Thanks to his mom, he was reminded of his self worth and wanted to share the same feeling with his classmates.
- THESE are the things that we should be reminding our kids (both parents AND teachers). Imagine the look on a child’s face when they are reminded that they are important, talented, loved, knowledgeable and so much more.
- Help them know that someone believes in them and is proud of them in everything they do. Even if you think it is cheesy or you don’t have enough time or that you will have little impact, remember that you may be the only one telling and reminding them these things and EVERY kid needs to know their value. This is why I teach. ❤️❤💜💜😀⭐
This man was a teacher for 40 years. At year 2 or 3, on Picture Day, he realized he'd worn the same outfit as the previous year, so he got the idea to continue to do so for his whole teaching career (1973-2012)
As of 3 p.m. today(6/1/23) temporary restrictions are in place for activities on Clear Creek in unincorporated Jeffco and within Golden city limits. Prohibited activities include all single-chambered air inflated devices (inner tubes, belly boats, small rafts), body-surfing, and swimming. Complete press release: https://t.co/4Zeg86RhGh