Conservative lady. Pro-life. Roman Catholic. Artistic Director, Shakespeare scholar. Favorite Aunt. Retired HS teacher. Dog lover. No DMs.
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I didn’t know Dan Hicks, but as a sports fan, I experienced so many incredible events with him. His voice. His phrasing. His storytelling. They felt like shared moments. He was one of the greatest and he leaves an incredible legacy.
Prayers for him and his family.
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I’ve been ordering Buckley’s food from Chewy for years. The same large bag, automatic delivery every few weeks. And the size and shape of the box changes with every delivery. Seems like there should be a standard box for the same bag of dog food… 🤷♀️
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Saw this today.
From the ‘I Absolutely Don’t Want My Guests to Stay More Than One Night’ line of furniture.
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What incredible heroism…
Este es sin lugar a dudas el mejor video del momento en el que el asesino de Cracovia se accidenta contra un coche y empieza a disparar a los policías. Estos devuelven los disparos y consiguen neutralizarlo...no sin antes haber recibido uno de los policías al menos 3 disparos y el otro uno en el vientre.
Un arma larga de 5,56 contra dos pistolas de 9 mm....ambos policías son unos heroes, pero podía haber salido realmente mal. Por suerte ambos policías están graves, pero fuera de peligro.
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I listen to his music almost every day. Such a talent…so many wonderful songs.
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I love sweet little videos about nature and babies and dogs. But the music in these videos is borrowed from the elevators in Hell.
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I love The Holiday Baking Championship, but I’m mad that Nancy Fuller is no longer sitting on the judges panel. The replacement is not in her league. Lightweight.
BIG mistake, FOOD Network.
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MTBowers retweeted
Ko smo se odločali za vstop v EU, si ni nihče predstavljal, da bo v kaki njeni članici in uniji nasploh mogoče brez posledic:
1. Razveljaviti predsedniške volitve (Romunija);
2. Ukiniti informativni program na nacionalni RTV (Madžarska);
3. Poslati policijo na Ustavno sodišče (Poljska);
4. Tri tedne pred volitvami poslati v zapor predsednika stranke, ki vodi v anketah (Slovenija);
5. Zasesti nacionalno RTV s policijo in zamenjati vodstvo (Poljska);
6. Prekiniti mandate vodstvu nacionalne RTV in izvesti čistko zaposlenih (Slovenija);
7. Poslati v zapor člane prejšnje vlade brez možnosti obrambe (Madžarska);
8. Podeliti skoraj milijon državljanstev ilegalnim migrantom po hitrem postopku (Španija);
9. Zapreti novo Nuklearno elektrarno in zgraditi plinovod do Rusije (Nemčija);
10. Obdavčiti ogljične energetske vire ob hkratnem zapiranju NE ter preseliti industrijo v države z nizkimi ekološkimi standardi pod pretvezo, da tako rešujemo planet.
Nastala je EU, ki se mora reševati sama pred sabo.
I am Shakespeare lady and a Star Trek TNG fan, but this is my favorite thing that the great Patrick Stewart ever did.
youtu.be/Beqh0b3iR_I?is=vYjf…
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MTBowers retweeted
Orwell's great observation in "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was that to shrink a person's vocabulary is to shrink his capacity to think.
An impoverished version of English removes the mental tools needed to formulate and communicate complex (and dissenting) ideas. Such is the deep, complex relationship between language and thought.
We don't read "difficult books" to say that we've read difficult books. We read them because they expand the boundaries of what we are capable of thinking and feeling — we ascend to their level. Vocabulary helps us to recognize truths otherwise beyond our grasp.
This revelation is worse than you may think. This must be reversed.
I am speechless. Thomas Aquinas College just dropped a study on the rigor of the new SAT.
It compares the 1980/87 test with 2026. The findings should terrify every parent and teacher...
Vocabulary has collapsed.
Old SAT: 70.6% of questions tested vocab.
New SAT: 15%.
The old test forced students to know a wide range of words through analogies, antonyms, and sentence completions. The new test abandoned that. Most vocab questions now just ask students to fill in one blank from context.
Reading passages also got radically shorter (average ~97 words vs 300–340).
The new test uses short expository passages and hands you the necessary background knowledge inside the text. The older tests leaned much more heavily on argumentative and persuasive writing, assumed far more historical, scientific, and cultural knowledge, and penalized students who lacked it.
This is a redefinition of what "college readiness" means.
If you believe that kids should develop rigorous vocabulary, be capable of sustained reading, and possess background knowledge, I have bad news for you. The SAT no longer measures these.
If you want a future where children can actually read difficult texts and construct complex arguments, the SAT must be replaced now.
This cannot go on.
