allianorrra💖✨ @allianora@kitty.town
OG mixtape aficionado.
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hey, y'all. I'm starting all over again on this instance. I was not on mastodon for a while, and when I returned, I discovered that my main instance no longer exists and I can't export my followers anymore. I see this as the perfect opportunity to make new friends.
I've been on mastodon for a year now and I've loved the vibe at #kittytown since it's founding. I'm a high school English teacher and I enjoy making zines and knitting. I also curse a lot and collect collections.
jesus. what happened yesterday?
If you're a musician and you'd like to collaborate with someone at random, here's your change: we're starting the third edition of the #MusicCollab! No genre restrictions whatsoever, you only need to be open to work with someone who might make very different music than you.
Sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/X42bmzMHoDN6WtRr1
[reposted as public so you can boost if you'd like]
I can't get over the sign for 'trans' in ASL. It's so smooth and suave and pretty omg
It's turning your wrist/palm from down to up, moving inwards like a transformation or like a lotus over your heart. Chella in this video does it really smoothly: https://www.them.us/story/nyle-dimarco-chella-man-queer-asl
I don't mind the hashtag use tracker so much as the use of "trending" to describe them. Let's not rate hashtags by whether they're in fashion?
Happy Pride month!
Remember to fight for the most marginalized of us because the most marginalized of us started the Stonewall Riots, which is the entire reason pride exists.
Fight for our comrades that are trans, people of color, sex workers, disabled, nonbinary, ace, etc.
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i really like the use of positive (+), negative (-), and neutral (~) in the CW as i find it to be much more helpful and pretty specific even for only symbols
for example, talking about mental health could be
-talking about triggering stuff
-talking abut progress
-talking about something you've learned about yourself
and any of those could trigger people, depending on the exact content. so using + - or ~ in your CW is really good for a variety of topics and i appreciate it.
keep it going
Soooo. I would like to #commission some art by someone good at drawing labyrinths, Celtic knotwork, trees. (Or any two of those I guess?)
Is there a way to search for people doing #commissions that are *not* characters, or do I just toot this and hope for boosts?
It would help me if the final image could be CC by-SA licensed, too, because it's #forathing and letting people print the art in e.g. concert programmes would be good. #CreativeCommons
My budget is limited but we can talk about it.
so sick of pollen!!!!!!!! please rain and deliver us from this yellow death!!!!
"Winner Winner Fidget Spinner" seems like what it would say in Fortnight when you win
@allianora students need agency in order to buy into their own learning. my hope is that more choice novels will encourage them to own it.
the first step is me, though. I need to be reading more and sharing that with my students.
next years’ focus in my English 2 classroom: Reading.
I know that doesn’t sound revolutionary, but with the focus on standardized testing, we’ve been making them practice their writing more than anything else.
in a school year, my sophomores wrote 12 essays, 2 narratives, and a research paper. to facilitate this writing, they read 7 whole class novels.
they only read one book of choice.
only about 12% of my sts self-identify as readers.
*chases after your mouse pointer*
come baaack! i want to play :<
Film Swap from a while ago. 📸 #mastoart #analog #photography #dutch #german #amsterdam #mastoart
difference between being in high school as a student vs as a teacher:
when a student says, "I'm so ready for this year to be over," what they really mean is, "omg, I'm so over this. when this school year is over, all this stuff is over and therefore irrelevant and will not impact my life in any way."
when a teacher says it, what they really mean is, "omg, I'm so over this. I know exactly what I'm going to do differently next year, but I've already screwed these kids up so I need a new batch."
I wrote a post on the first 50 days of Switter from my perspective and my real identity, and cover FOSTA/SESTA, the stress of running Switter, getting kicked off Cloudflare and the DDOS attack we got hit by last week.
https://medium.com/assembly-four/my-six-week-rollercoaster-ride-172eb58ba80e
one more week of school and my first year of teaching will be over.
so. ready.
took the day off today. my Advanced Theatre students performed their on-acts last night, and I am sore all over from setting up and breaking down. 😩
hey, y'all. I'm starting all over again on this instance. I was not on mastodon for a while, and when I returned, I discovered that my main instance no longer exists and I can't export my followers anymore. I see this as the perfect opportunity to make new friends.
I've been on mastodon for a year now and I've loved the vibe at #kittytown since it's founding. I'm a high school English teacher and I enjoy making zines and knitting. I also curse a lot and collect collections.
