My daddy in Butzbach, Germany (1971). Celebrating the Veterans in my life today — not the wars & conflicts. Side-note: He renews my Museum Pass every year. I am grateful for him — he’s a wonderful father. 
Katrin
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Friday! Books, Scone & Coffee
Almost done with Margaret Cavendish’s *Sociable Letters* — the attitude in these letters often takes on a tone I’ve heard before— fascinating.
“Although many scholars and critics today would agree with Woolf's
view that Cavendish lacked discipline and many would add that she was driven to quirky writing by the patriarchal structures of the seventeenth century, in the last few years Cavendish has come to be appreciated as a writer of some merit.
Her play The Female Wits was successfully produced in London in 1995, and her work of utopian science fiction, The Blazing World, is currently receiving considerable attention. Her scientific thought provides puzzles for those who study early natural philosophy, and certain portions of her fiction, "The Contract" and "Assaulted and Pursued Chastity," from Natures Pictures are widely read.” 
Nvidia develops AI chips for China in latest bid to avoid US restrictions https://on.ft.com/462TJsx
My student announced this afternoon that I was a cat today & showed me the cat sketch in her notebook (everyday it’s a surprise picture— ⭐️) & we discussed a Robert Frost’s #poem “The Last Word of a Bluebird” — 💙📖☀️🍂 
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The Last Word of a Bluebird
As I went out a Crow
My lunchtime read #freedomofspeech 💔💔🙏 “…began to see something unprecedented: people were getting arrested for social-media posts and even likes” The Israeli Crackdown on Speech 
The New Yorker
Inside the Israeli Crackdown on Speech
Since the October 7th attack, Palestinians and peace activists in Israel have increasingly been targeted by employers, universities, government aut...
I smiled politely when I was with our IT during our last meeting. I raised my right hand when they asked if we knew how to use Google Drive & then our left hand if we understood Sharepoint. I helped my colleague rename her scanned document so she could save it… but this week, I’m putting in my first “Help Desk Ticket” for the school year. I’ve been good & minded my own business & I come to Nostr to feel humble when I feel smart. In the meantime for any homeschool parents.. great wording building app. 
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WordBuilder Intervention App - App Store
Download WordBuilder Intervention by Napa County Office of Education on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more ap...
I registered for this— but cannot attend because I’m meeting friends for dinner when it goes live. I’m hoping I can access the video later. Definitely want to read the book. The event is tonight— sharing here incase anyone is interested. #books 
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Black Writers in Paris, the FBI, and a Lost 1960s Classic
Rediscovering The Man Who Cried I Am
A little earlier…. #sunrise ☀️
“And although he missed his daughter’s birth because he had been distracted on a birdwatching trip, he whimsically named her Fei-Fei. In Mandarin, fei means to fly. When rendered into a Chinese character, her name resembles a bird. “The highest compliment I can pay my father doubles as the most damning critique: that he’s exactly what would result if a child could design their ideal parent in the total absence of adult supervision,” Li writes.” #books — putting this on my to listen/read list The Worlds I See — keeping the human at the heart of AI
https://on.ft.com/465mmFa
I read & loved Kate Brigg’s *This Little Art* — and her new book looks lovely. May recommend it to my friends with young children— sharing here as well for the parents with young ones. #books #parenting
“There are three things that all living persons have in common: a body, the certainty of eventual death, and the fact that someone once cared for you, effortfully and around the clock. In the beginning of your life, someone cared—used here to describe an action, not a feeling—enough to sustain that aliveness. We are each a monument, a memorial, to a tremendous amount of labor, done solely on our behalf, that we no longer recall. To paraphrase the child psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott: show me a baby, and I will show you someone nearby.” A Novel That Captures the Mind-Bending Early Weeks of Parenthood 
The New Yorker
A Novel That Captures the Mind-Bending Early Weeks of Parenthood
In “The Long Form,” Kate Briggs turns the improvisational, immersive, sleep-deprived work of caring for a very young child into fiction.