readywriting

@readywriting.bsky.social

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I do digital pedagogy things professionally, coach swimming for my sanity, sew my own clothes amateurishly, parent the best I can. Co-host of the All The Things ADHD podcast, editor of the National Teaching and Learning Forum.

A homemade bowler bag with royal blue straps.
Cartoon image of a pope with two middle fingers up saying NOPE.
Cartoon illustration of a pope with two middle-fingers up saying NOOOOPE.
A cartoon picture of a pope with his two middle fingers up and saying NOOOOOOOPE in a cartoon bubble aboive his head. The top of the card reads, The Pope of Nope has spoken."
A screenshot of x.com that currently reads "Looks like there's a problem with this site. x.com might have a temporary problem or it could have moved. Error code: 503 Service Unavailable. This site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments."
Cartoon illustration of a Pope holding up two middle fingers and saying "NOPE!"
A card with a cartoon image of a pope with two middle fingers up saying NOPE!
A card with a drawing of a pope figure who is holding up two middle fingers while saying "Noooooooope!" Above it says, "The Pope of Nope has spoken."
A plush toy dog (?) wearing the skin of a Care Bear.
Family Guy meme where a police officer hold up a color card with increasingly darkening skin shades where the darker colors say "not ok" while the lighter colors say "OK" as the cop holds it up to Peter to see if he should be arrested or not.
Playing card with a cartoon picture of a pope with his middle fingers up. The card says "The Pope of Nope has spoken".
Screenshot of NHL Eastern Conference Standings showing that the Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings are ranked first and second place, respectively, in the Atlantic Division.
Picture of a bunch of colorful gummy bear with the text underneath: man hospitalized after eating nearly 7 pounds of gummies in 3 days.
Selfie of a middle-aged white medium-fat woman holding a book entitled “Of Many Minds”
Selfie of a fat, middle-aged woman with a layered shoulder-length fresh hair cut
Laptop screen with multiple apps open
Screenshot of a headline "4chan is down following what looks to be a major hack spurred by meme war"
A taxidermy brown bear.
a blue shattered plate
Middle-aged woman (me) with her left arm in a sling.
Picture through a window taken from Georgetown U campus of the Washington monument at early dusk.
A screenshot of a FB status update from 9 years ago reading: Cassie: if New York is so big why do you keep taking us to places that are so small?!?! Welcome to New York, kid.
Screenshot of current NHL standings showing the Canadiens are in a playoff position.
A young woman cuddling with a yellow lab on the floor.
Two kids and a dog cuddling on a couch.
Bus scene from the movie almost famous where they are on the tour bus singing Tiny Dancer.
A video of the unfolding of an art book
Cover of a zine with an outline image of Australia superimposed with social media icons and a big X overtop. The page reads: Australia Is Right... or Are They? Examining the 16 & Under Social Mendia Ban
Background image on the cover of a zine of “code” from The Matrix, overlaid with the title The algorithm survival guide with the shadow of a person taking a picture.
A zine cover that reads “Artificial Intelligence: The future we deserve” over an image of robot and human hands shaking hands.
A zine cover with an image of a question mark with a robot hand and a human hand shaking hands superimposed. There is also the text: Wired to Work: Should Al and Human Labor Coexist? To clarify: Many of the images found in this zine include robots. Robots and Al are NOT the same thing, but they are often portrayed as such (robots often represent Al). Therefore, I will be using pictures of them interchangeably. Al is undeniably becoming more integrated into our daily lives. In the workplace it is used for a variety of jobs and tasks, all of which have the same primary purpose: to increase productivity while reducing time consumption and human input. Is this going to help us create a future utopia, start an Al apocalypse, or will we end up somewhere in between?
Cover of a zine with a photo of a forest with the words UNEARTHING THE ENVIRONMENTAL COST OF THE INTERNET AND AI. Underneath it reads THE INVISIBLE CLOUD.
Hand-drawn zine cover using block letters that reads 10 ways to become addicted to social media.
A cover of a zine with a photo of a giant eyeball with the words hand printed over it: PREDICTIVE ALGORITHMS = BIG BROTHER. Underneath is typed, How we are surveilled and controlled by Big Data.
Cover of a zine where there are two speech bubbles and one says HOW TO TEXT LIKE A TEENAGER and the other one says A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE.
A zine cover with a color picture of Georgetown campus with the words SUNRISE TO SUNSET AT GEORGETOWN TOLD IN PHOTOS
A golden sunset sky reflected in a car’s rear view mirror.
A photo of a large tray of Nanaimo bars.
A 50's style woman holding a smart phone with a speech bubble that reads in all-caps, Stop Surveilling Your Kids, and underneath it reads, A Privacy Manifesto.
Montreal Canadiens hockey players Caulfield, Suzuki, and Slaf sitting on the bench in their red jerseys.
A 1950s style housewife with a cell phone. There is a speech bubble that says stop surveilling your kids! Beneath the picture it says a privacy manifesto.
A 5 month old yellow Labrador puppy with his head resting on my thigh.
Symphony musicians warming up, taken from the second row.
Front page of the Montreal Gazette from October 20, 1982, featuring a blond 5-year-old girl and an almost 3-year-old brown-haired boy, both in fall clothing from the era, playing in a pile of leaves.
Office 2024 packs all the modern features Microsoft has added to its popular apps in the past few years, but that's about it. The suite comes "locked in" and won't receive any further upgrades. Users will also miss out on real-time collaboration and Copilot Al integration, which are available with Microsoft 365, Ars Technica notes.
Be greedy As someone who empathizes with the reader, you need to ask for what you and other readers need. Request the explanations, evidence, connections, reasoning, beauty, or motivation that you need in order to be fully engaged or moved by the document. Don't take the writer's word for something or settle for a vague description because you think you know what they probably mean. If you don't get it, it's not "just you" —or even if it is, you are an intelligent reader who deserves a full explanation. It's your job to ask; let the writer decide whether to answer your questions or not.
I’m used 83,233 on Bluesky!
A screenshot of a Facebook status from nine years ago that reads: Today in testing nonsense. Which one is not a fruit? Strawberry, apple, banana, or kiwi? Shes in grade 3 and it’s a reading comprehension test.
A text bubble that says "Sorry I just refused to be railroaded into ineffective ways of learning and analysis."
Two dogs, one black elderly dog and one yellow Lab puppy, almost cuddling on a couch.
Puppy paw
A yellow Labrador puppy standing at the top of a flight of stairs.
A TV screen with a picture of the Eiffel Tower on it.
A yellow lab puppy lying on a couch watching Olympics gymnastics.
A yellow English Labrador puppy in an airline carrying case with his head sticking out.
Edmonton Oilers 50/50 raffle total showing $12.8 million,
Our family of four posing outside with my daughter in a graduation cap and gown.
17 year old girl with pink hair and a navy-blue off the shoulder dress leaning against a red classic sports car.