Ashleigh D

@JonahDispatch Oh no

@garonnevik Ha!

20 yo son: Dad is making me learn how to drive a manual today. Me: Sounds like a good thing to know. 20 yo son: Most people don't learn to drive it on an 18 wheeler, though. Me: Well, it's what we got, I guess. He's been looking for a new truck driver. 20 yo son: I heard.

Even in the setting of a just war — which this war is absolutely not — I would find such puerile, callous zeal for killing stomach-turning. We are led by truly sick people with no decency and little regard for human life.

Scoop: Overnight, the plaque honoring police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan 6 was finally installed, following years of delay. I know because I was there, watching at 4 a.m. as two employees working a nightshift bolted it to the granite wall. washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…

It remains absolutely bonkers that we launched a full-scale attack on another nation and now demand its unconditional surrender without going to Congress and without trying to rally the American people behind a fight that's not just dangerous for our service members, but could also cost civilians their lives in terror attacks and could impose real economic pain.

@RustyMansell_ RIP Eckerd

Best part of this, you had to wait 2 weeks to see if they came out good or blurry from Eckerd’s pharmacy..

@cowincrisis Click Clack Moo

farmer found my twitter it’s so over

@LauraRbnsn Exactly this!!!

Did anyone else have parents retire and now they're like too busy to hang out with you? Like I asked my mom what she was doing this weekend and it's a lot of "well we've got chess club on Friday and a science lecture at the brewery on Sunday, we'll see if we can pencil you in."

@aliciaandrz Phew!

unfortunately my GLP-1 has not helped my addiction to Twitter.

How Hegseth began today's briefing: "America is winning – decisively, devastatingly and without mercy. Under the direct command of President Trump..." How Caine began: "First, it's with profound sadness and gratitude that I share the names of four of our six fallen heroes..."

This morning I called James and congratulated him on becoming the Senate nominee. Texas is primed to turn blue and we must remain united because this is bigger than any one person. This is about the future of all 30 million Texans and getting America back on track. With the primary behind us, Democrats must rally around our nominees and win. I’m committed to doing my part and will continue working to elect democrats up and down the ballot.

@JasmineForUS @cmclymer This is leadership.

@drewdyck Stop it.

One of my son’s teachers was in high school during Covid.

When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my country may cease to want war, but above all that my own country will cease to do the things that make war inevitable. - Thomas Merton (1961)

@emilykmay I know many people that worked with him (and his dad) and they are just as lovely as you think.

Natalie Maines, lead singer of the band formerly known as The Dixie Chicks, was asked what she would do if she saw George Bush now and she said, "probably make out with him."

@DavidAFrench Turdeaux 😆

It’s like watching Jordan in his prime.

@ANNELAMOTT I don’t know. I think I could fall on that ice quite nicely.

Curling might be the only winter Olympic event in which I would not be severely injured.

@garonnevik We have been investing in tennis in our family for these same reasons.

Many of these points are the reason why we conciously chose cross country skiing as our kids sport. Granted, we had a season of Tae Kwon Do. It was only twice a week, it was cheap, and it taught self control. But skiing was always the thing. Full disclosure: there was a season when one of our kids turned 16 when travel became an argument in our family, as he started racing on the national stage. But he's grown up now, and manages his own travel for his national races so we don't argue about it anymore. BUT the reason we picked it as our family's sport might be helpful when considering the standards and goals we have for ALL sports we put our kids in. 1) XC skiing is a lifelong sport. My husband has skiied in the Birkie race in Wisconsin for 15+ years. It's basically a XC ski marathon race with thousands of skiers--the biggest yearly race in America. He's done this for ages, and not only does it keep him active and healthy, it gets him outside in the winter, which is vital for mental health. Not to mention, old people beat him on this race every year. You'll see people at this race who are old, and in shape, and it's due to skiing for decades. So many sports in America that are presented to kids are "for a season" sports. You don't see 80 year old football players. You don't say "he's so in shape because he kept with wrestling for decades." So many sports that we choose are blast and burnout. Go hard, then do nothing. We wanted a sport our kids could do their whole lives and would be a lifelong healthy habit to instill. In America we talk about sports as something for the youth, not something for the human. 2) XC skiing is a family sport. We can go skiing as a family, in our range of ages. Our kids grew up on the trail, not because we wanted them to be awesome skiers, but because that's what we were doing, and they came along. We saw so many families split up, and never sitting home and eating together because this kid was in this sport, with this schedule, and this kid is in this sport with that schedule. We wanted to be together, and give our kids that stability. 3) XC skiing is one of the most amazing community sports. Everyone is rooting for everyone. Everyone is trying to beat their personal best. The competition is almost always against yourself, and if you just want to go slow and enjoy the woods, that's encouraged too. You'll see skiers from different teams follow each other, root for each other. You'll see coaches just coach the kid closest to them. A move forward for one athlete is a move forward for the whole sport. Our kids have tried out other sports and the parents there were intense, and I just couldn't handle it. They were consumed with these 4 precious years their son or daughter would be doing this, and they had to make the most of every second, and ramp up everything to 150%. Not so in skiing. You don't age out, and we're all on this journey. 4) We have let our kids stop racing if they want, but skiing is still something our family does. Our oldest wanted to dedicate more time to music and theater, so she dropped off of ski team halfway through high school. If you decide not to compete, you're still hitting the trails with us when our family does. You don't ever have to go cold turkey, or make agonizing decisions that effect how to spend all your waking moments. It's never all or nothing. The Norwegians are good at this, because it's woven into their culture. Our culture is to push hard and burn out our kids. Most XC skiers peak about age 30 on the racing scene. It's a long game. It's a lifelong thing to be active. So the question we might want to ask with kids in sports (since not everyone lives by snow) is, "how will this help them be a healthier adult," and "how will this help develop a culture supportive of healthy family activity, for kids, middle aged parents, and the elderly?"

@aliciaandrz 😭😭😭

from a letter I just received from the Provost: I am pleased to inform you that having carefully reviewed your tenure file, I will be recommending to the Board of Visitors that you be granted tenure at William & Mary at the rank of Associate Professor.

@aliciaandrz Keep going, girl. You’ve got this.

starting off the new years with a stupid walk for my stupid mental health.