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I don’t think there’s anything I identify with, especially after some time off, more than Leslie Knope and her million ideas binders

@MerriamWebster Honestly so impressed by the person/people running this account for consistently managing to engage so many people on social media in smart discourse about language while amplifying Merriam-Webster’s brand and content

@mintaro064 merriam-webster.com/grammar/segue-…

What word's spelling makes absolutely no sense? We can take it.

Miguel Cardona suggests school leaders should innovate buff.ly/JWncnzW #NAESP26 Says being an elementary school principal was the best job he ever had. @NAESP

The Department of Education is facing attacks like never before. So I spoke with someone who ran it. Former Secretary Miguel Cardona (@teachcardona) joins the podcast to talk about what's really at stake for students and teachers. Watch here: youtu.be/rbyE8DoED0g

🌅 Enjoy a beautiful evening. An almost-full moon rises later! Cool lows within a few degrees of 50 tonight. Pretty much clear skies. Sunday: Hard to find a cloud. Lighter winds and gorgeous highs in the 70s. 🌕 The full Blue Moon rises at 9:17 p.m. A Blue Moon is a rare second full moon in the same month. We opened May with one and close it with another — only happens every 2–3 years. Don’t miss it. 📅 May closes, June opens with excellent weather continuing. Just a slight shower chance Tuesday. ➡️ Full forecast: CWG.Live 📸 Photos: Jeff Reardon (moon) & Brian Paeth (monuments) #DCwx #DMVwx #MDwx #VAwx

I have a beautiful @wmata story to tell. My three sons take Metrobus to and from school together every day. Yesterday, one of them left his trumpet on the bus when getting off at home. Of course, tonight he has a band concert...🧵

BALDWIN: Why are you sending programs that support elementary schools and elementary school students to the department of labor? LINDA McMAHON: Education should provide an opportunity for children once they have finished their education to enter the workforce BALDWIN: We're talking about elementary students

Over 4,000 young Americans are alive today who might not be — because of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline we built together. The grief of losing a child is something that no parent should ever have to know. We launched 988 in 2022. We invested in it. We fought for it. And now the data is in: an 11% drop in youth suicide. Thousands of kids who picked up the phone instead of giving up. In my view, that’s what government is supposed to do.

e.g. means for example. It is always followed by a comma. i.e. is the abbreviation for the Latin "id est" or that is (to say). It is always followed by a comma, as well.

There’s not enough talk about how incredible DC’s public transit system is

Maya Angelou on the joys of being edited

what an image

However dumb you think the process for destroying USAID was, it was dumber. This is from Nicholas Enrich's new book Into the Wood Chipper, describing a meeting with Trump-appointed USAID leadership *after* they had largely gutted the agency

Quinta Brunson comments on what her past self would think of her now: “I think 2014 me would be like, ‘exactly, period’. Because I was a very determined, knew where I was going. Girl, I do not like to do that thing where people pretend like I had no idea. Like, this could happen to me? no. I made every single move in my life so that this could happen to me. Didn't exactly know this, but I think that's the beauty of vision. You can feel, see something, you're working in accordance with something, and I'm a big believer in that”. 🔗 instagram.com/reel/DSz7ZprjS…

@alltooriah Tell your cat the Artemis II crew said pspsps

Dem leaders told me I was wasting my time running in 2018 for an 85% white House seat that Trump won because I’m Asian American. I stubbornly stayed in the race against a straight White Christian male incumbent and ended up winning. Winning is more than central casting. THREAD

This is literally what my students say when they get busted using AI. “I didn’t use it to write my paper just for brainstorming, outlining, and editing.” Yeah that’s most of what writing is.

Sorry, no you're still not 'doing the work'

no one is forcing you to be a writer!!

The mild weather this month is really speeding the cherry blossom buds along. Peak bloom could come as soon as next weekend, on the early side of projections!!! See our latest update: washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/c…