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@loren

ppppst we can see the beans.

You know how kids, sort of flap their arms when they have just gone outside? The way they sort of skip along so happy to be free to run and play?

I keep thinking about that.

A gang member.
A terrorist.
An ... assassin?

Some people will see what they are told to see no matter what.

When Tamir died I watched that video many many times. I thought that if I understood it perfectly I could explain to the people who seemed to not understand... what was really happening.

This was futile. With conservatives as you might expect, but also with some liberals who rationalized "well the police need more training, and bodycams, you have to be reasonable, it's a dangerous job"

I didn't think about what watching that video might be doing to me.

@wdlindsy

A times headline that's ok?

When will enough people realize that the police can lie?

Is everyone going to sit here and pretend that Alex Pretti was "an assassin" when it's obvious he was just another person like a lot of people I've known. A lot of people you have probably known.

The people telling these lies know they are lies. How many people are going to play along with the bullshit?

In the video of Tamir Rice being murdered before the police pull up you see him splashing in a puddle, breaking the icy film on it in that little scrap of park in a Cleveland winter.

And then a few minutes later he's dead.

I think about that moment often. What it felt like, what the light was like on that winter day.

@fllics

I don't watch these kinds of videos but I've read a few people mentioning that they took his gun (which he didn't have out and had legally) and then shot him.

Now that more are outlets confirming this I think that must be what happened.

@gay_ornithischians

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@sbourne

Please imagine you are sleeping, fitfully. There is a ... pressure on your chest. What is this ... great weight on your breast? Hazy and confused you part your sleepy eyes.

And get the macro view of this face, filling your world. Everything is Pica. Looking into your eyes. Waiting. But for what?

The warm weight on your chest shifts, a tiny paw touches your chin.

"Wake up. Isn't it time you did something for me?"

It is well past that time. And? You know it.

This is how i LIVE.

@kimlockhartga @TheOtterDragon

What a remarkable little gentleman.

@dahukanna

I thought making a diagram was "overkill" but I can see that it's not.

Lets see if this helps them to be more independent about this part of the project.

@TheOtterDragon

She has heard your cries. She asks "what have you brought to please me? Or do you disturb me for no reason?"

@saltywizard

I liked your alt text for that Scientific American cover.

@funkula

That is her perfect natural little face.

It's what she thinks of you, of me, of the whole world.

I think this dynamic of people learning a task wanting formal official steps leads to people thinking that there is "One Right Way" to do tasks that can be done in many ways.

A frustrated teacher formalizes something that just isn't formal to avoid having everyone bugging her over and over "but how do I start it? how do I knot it?"

Will I cause someone in 20 years to be told "That's the Wrong Way to do it."

hmmm

Some things are harder to teach than others. One of the most difficult things to explain is "how to start sewing without putting a knot at the end of the thread."

Like many tasks that I stumble over when teaching I made the fatal mistake of thinking "this is easy"

I think I need to draw diagrams?

What makes it worse is it's not that important when you are sewing a book signature how you "knot the thread" since it will be covered in glue later.

My students want an "Official Procedure"

@madargon

#PicaTheCat has a comment on this:

"That you cannot comprehend the necessity of her important work is *exactly* why it must continue.

Pray that you may never find out what could happen if she didn't do all of these Important Tasks for you. It is a blessing of ignorance for humans such as yourself (and my own hapless staff) not to know such things."

... no idea what she's on about.

@ScottStarkey

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RE: https://mas.to/@markarayner/115950543535649648

This is what it is like to get on the 4 train during rush hour.

@oscherler @saltywizard

I kind of knew it wasn't him. I don't think he was that portly.

But I want to think it's him. LOL.