MsGillELA
@msgillela.bsky.social
Teacher who loves reading, science, and helping others! 📖 she/her
I keep looking at my thermostat because I’m cold and I want to turn on our furnace . . . Only to realize it is still warmer in here than what I would set the furnace to at night.
October 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I keep looking at my thermostat because I’m cold and I want to turn on our furnace . . . Only to realize it is still warmer in here than what I would set the furnace to at night.
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Drafted up this new template for unit plans that, I hope, will be more friendly to share out with students/families
(Will try it out with a few units this summer then share out completed version!)
(Will try it out with a few units this summer then share out completed version!)
July 7, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Drafted up this new template for unit plans that, I hope, will be more friendly to share out with students/families
(Will try it out with a few units this summer then share out completed version!)
(Will try it out with a few units this summer then share out completed version!)
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Available for preorder now from Amazon, Bookshop, and likely some of your favorite independent bookstores. @bookpeople.com in Austin is one of my faves!
bookpeople.com/book/9781978...
bookpeople.com/book/9781978...
June 28, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Available for preorder now from Amazon, Bookshop, and likely some of your favorite independent bookstores. @bookpeople.com in Austin is one of my faves!
bookpeople.com/book/9781978...
bookpeople.com/book/9781978...
All done with work until next year!
June 4, 2026 at 1:31 AM
All done with work until next year!
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They’re good books, too. Choose in-store pickup and use promo code SUMMER
A Minneapolis neighborhood school created a @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social registry of books to send home with kids for the summer, and Moon Palace is selling them at a 20 percent discount!
Order the books for local students at this link by May 29 moonpalacebooks.com/gift-registr...
Order the books for local students at this link by May 29 moonpalacebooks.com/gift-registr...
Moon Palace Books
Your neighborhood independent bookstore located in south Minneapolis. Selling new and used books since 2012.
moonpalacebooks.com
May 23, 2026 at 12:22 AM
They’re good books, too. Choose in-store pickup and use promo code SUMMER
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Rob Base, one-half of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, who was best known for the hit “It Takes Two,” has died. He was 59
Rob Base, ‘It Takes Two’ Rapper, Dies at 59
Rob Base, one-half of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock and best known for the hit 'It Takes Two,' has died. He was 59.
variety.com
May 22, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Rob Base, one-half of Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, who was best known for the hit “It Takes Two,” has died. He was 59
Listening to Who Can It Be Now by Men at Work and realizing that these lyrics came out in 1981, the first year of the millennial generation cohort and they have guided our whole pattern of interactions with the front door.
Men at Work – Who Can It Be Now?
In 1979, Colin Hay wrote “Who Can It Be Now?” in a tree house. His girlfriend commented at the time that the song would be his first hit, and she was right.
Two years later it was
genius.com
May 23, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Listening to Who Can It Be Now by Men at Work and realizing that these lyrics came out in 1981, the first year of the millennial generation cohort and they have guided our whole pattern of interactions with the front door.
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🍎 📖 I would rather sit through seven consecutive faculty meetings, that could have been emails, than grade your final papers.
"I would rather go to Costco on the Friday afternoon before a three-day weekend, with my preschooler, than grade your final papers."
I Would Rather Do Anything Else Than Grade Your Final Papers
May 5 2022 5/1/23 5/17/26
buff.ly
May 18, 2026 at 1:45 AM
🍎 📖 I would rather sit through seven consecutive faculty meetings, that could have been emails, than grade your final papers.
This storm is what happens when too many Minnesotans agree that we need rain.
May 18, 2026 at 2:51 AM
This storm is what happens when too many Minnesotans agree that we need rain.
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Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵
May 5, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵
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emergency need:
my friend susan raffo, beloved minneapolis healing justice practitioner needs money for a queer Black woman & child trying to get out of an abusive situation today
they need $2000 today, she’s only been able to find $100
venmo: @ziibiing
my friend susan raffo, beloved minneapolis healing justice practitioner needs money for a queer Black woman & child trying to get out of an abusive situation today
they need $2000 today, she’s only been able to find $100
venmo: @ziibiing
May 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
emergency need:
my friend susan raffo, beloved minneapolis healing justice practitioner needs money for a queer Black woman & child trying to get out of an abusive situation today
they need $2000 today, she’s only been able to find $100
venmo: @ziibiing
my friend susan raffo, beloved minneapolis healing justice practitioner needs money for a queer Black woman & child trying to get out of an abusive situation today
they need $2000 today, she’s only been able to find $100
venmo: @ziibiing
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We have turned classrooms into a hell for neurodivergence. The same hyper-plasticity that makes hostile environments damaging makes safe ones transformative. Build the right conditions and watch what happens.
stimpunks.org/space/cavendish/
stimpunks.org/space/cavendish/
⛺️🔥 Cavendish Space: Caves, Campfires, and Watering Holes for Dandelions, Tulips, and Orchids
Cavendish Space: psychologically and sensory safe spaces suited to zone work, flow states, intermittent collaboration, and collaborative niche construction.
stimpunks.org
May 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
We have turned classrooms into a hell for neurodivergence. The same hyper-plasticity that makes hostile environments damaging makes safe ones transformative. Build the right conditions and watch what happens.
stimpunks.org/space/cavendish/
stimpunks.org/space/cavendish/
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Whether your jam is Hawai'ian Gothic, Indian-inspired fantasy, or bi4bi Korean Romance, there's something for everyone to be found in this post!
Happy AAPI Heritage Month 2026! lgbtqreads.com/2026/05/01/h...
Happy AAPI Heritage Month 2026!
Happy AAPI Heritage Month 2026! We’re celebrating as we do with books by authors of Asian and Pacific Islander descent, mostly starring AAPI characters! For even more recs, check out past pos…
lgbtqreads.com
May 1, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Whether your jam is Hawai'ian Gothic, Indian-inspired fantasy, or bi4bi Korean Romance, there's something for everyone to be found in this post!
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Can you imagine if so many people with power would actually use the simple response of “No, I don’t think that’s a plausible explanation” when other people in power tried to rationalize white supremacy?
Alito then tries to distinguish between WKA's parents vs. other Chinese laborers blocked, suggesting that's why their kids got citizenship.
Wang: "No, Justice Alito, I don't think that's a plausible explanation"
Wang: "No, Justice Alito, I don't think that's a plausible explanation"
April 1, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Can you imagine if so many people with power would actually use the simple response of “No, I don’t think that’s a plausible explanation” when other people in power tried to rationalize white supremacy?
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"We are at war, and thousands of people are dead. We are at war, and we are complaining about high gas prices and long lines at the airport. We are at war, and running late for our next appointment." organizingmythoughts.org/the-zombie-d...
March 25, 2026 at 1:29 AM
"We are at war, and thousands of people are dead. We are at war, and we are complaining about high gas prices and long lines at the airport. We are at war, and running late for our next appointment." organizingmythoughts.org/the-zombie-d...
Blizzard warning has been lifted for Hennepin and Ramsey counties. Now it is a winter storm warning.
A lot of snow, but now maybe it will stay where it is?
A lot of snow, but now maybe it will stay where it is?
Ope. Upgraded to a blizzard warning
March 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Blizzard warning has been lifted for Hennepin and Ramsey counties. Now it is a winter storm warning.
A lot of snow, but now maybe it will stay where it is?
A lot of snow, but now maybe it will stay where it is?
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fighting the institutional adoption of ai is slow and difficult. but as individuals, we can still largely opt out, at least from direct use. i sincerely believe that those who do so will find solidarity in creativity, imagination, and humanity. in intelligence.
I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.
‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI
As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2026 at 1:56 PM
fighting the institutional adoption of ai is slow and difficult. but as individuals, we can still largely opt out, at least from direct use. i sincerely believe that those who do so will find solidarity in creativity, imagination, and humanity. in intelligence.
Ope. Upgraded to a blizzard warning
March 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Ope. Upgraded to a blizzard warning
As Dex did not use a question mark, we, dear readers, can surmise this is a statement of anger, despair, outrage, and rage rage.
Not a question.
Not a question.
(friends i am not actually asking)
March 11, 2026 at 3:04 AM
As Dex did not use a question mark, we, dear readers, can surmise this is a statement of anger, despair, outrage, and rage rage.
Not a question.
Not a question.
One of my students finished The Hunger Games for the first time in our classroom yesterday during choice reading.
Her gasp and her stunned sitting reminded me of all the reasons I love powerful books and choice reading practices.
Her gasp and her stunned sitting reminded me of all the reasons I love powerful books and choice reading practices.
March 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
One of my students finished The Hunger Games for the first time in our classroom yesterday during choice reading.
Her gasp and her stunned sitting reminded me of all the reasons I love powerful books and choice reading practices.
Her gasp and her stunned sitting reminded me of all the reasons I love powerful books and choice reading practices.
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I went through and added up the total paid rents through our adopt-a-rent program, and it is 329 families for $463,217. All peer-to-peer, no fundraising. Just neighbors helping each other out.
If you want to adopt a family, and can afford to give $500 or more, signal me at asiniiwiikwe.72
If you want to adopt a family, and can afford to give $500 or more, signal me at asiniiwiikwe.72
March 1, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I went through and added up the total paid rents through our adopt-a-rent program, and it is 329 families for $463,217. All peer-to-peer, no fundraising. Just neighbors helping each other out.
If you want to adopt a family, and can afford to give $500 or more, signal me at asiniiwiikwe.72
If you want to adopt a family, and can afford to give $500 or more, signal me at asiniiwiikwe.72
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I went to the north shore last week and experienced the blizzard. Mute me if you hate nature.
As Riley reminds us, outside is the good place. After filming the tambolo, below, I saw my first (Mn) wolf! (Not pictured, it crossed hwy 61 in front of me. But it stopped and looked at me. Magical)
As Riley reminds us, outside is the good place. After filming the tambolo, below, I saw my first (Mn) wolf! (Not pictured, it crossed hwy 61 in front of me. But it stopped and looked at me. Magical)
March 1, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I went to the north shore last week and experienced the blizzard. Mute me if you hate nature.
As Riley reminds us, outside is the good place. After filming the tambolo, below, I saw my first (Mn) wolf! (Not pictured, it crossed hwy 61 in front of me. But it stopped and looked at me. Magical)
As Riley reminds us, outside is the good place. After filming the tambolo, below, I saw my first (Mn) wolf! (Not pictured, it crossed hwy 61 in front of me. But it stopped and looked at me. Magical)
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Happy last day of the month!
I have quite a few rent needs and not enough donors, so if you have a couple bucks to drop in the rent pool, you can venmo me @ziibiing
If you can give $500 or more message me on signal at asiniiwiikwe.72
I have quite a few rent needs and not enough donors, so if you have a couple bucks to drop in the rent pool, you can venmo me @ziibiing
If you can give $500 or more message me on signal at asiniiwiikwe.72
February 28, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Happy last day of the month!
I have quite a few rent needs and not enough donors, so if you have a couple bucks to drop in the rent pool, you can venmo me @ziibiing
If you can give $500 or more message me on signal at asiniiwiikwe.72
I have quite a few rent needs and not enough donors, so if you have a couple bucks to drop in the rent pool, you can venmo me @ziibiing
If you can give $500 or more message me on signal at asiniiwiikwe.72
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Happy last day of the month!
Stand with Minnesota has a lot of rent needs and not enough donors. Can you help adopt a rent?
Extra points if you have Zelle, because we have a lot of Zelle needs and are at our limits.
If you can help: www.standwithminnesota.com/adoptarent
Stand with Minnesota has a lot of rent needs and not enough donors. Can you help adopt a rent?
Extra points if you have Zelle, because we have a lot of Zelle needs and are at our limits.
If you can help: www.standwithminnesota.com/adoptarent
Adopt A Rent — Stand With Minnesota
Adopt the rent of a family impacted by the ICE occupation in Minneapolis
www.standwithminnesota.com
February 28, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Happy last day of the month!
Stand with Minnesota has a lot of rent needs and not enough donors. Can you help adopt a rent?
Extra points if you have Zelle, because we have a lot of Zelle needs and are at our limits.
If you can help: www.standwithminnesota.com/adoptarent
Stand with Minnesota has a lot of rent needs and not enough donors. Can you help adopt a rent?
Extra points if you have Zelle, because we have a lot of Zelle needs and are at our limits.
If you can help: www.standwithminnesota.com/adoptarent