Last night my partner and I went out to eat.

Host: how can I help you?
Me: …we would..like to eat here

“Pudate itches dock” said one of my notes on today’s to-do list

English Translation: Update pitches doc

Heck yes!!!

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

Trying to re-wire my brain and not
see myself as a failure for ADHD related mistakes, here’s a win from today: got a compliment from boss for noticing domino-style shifting deadlines ahead of time and asking for help to get everything done on time! Validating asf

Focus! Focus! No, not on that!

And because all yall kept calling him baby Yoda I thought you were serious. I thought I was gonna learn how Yoda grew up. This is disinformation

His name is Grogu, NOT “baby Yoda” he is his own entity okay please have some respect

First of all, General Grievous is an annoying loser. Oh my god, you’re embarrassing yourself, stop simping for Sidious and get a life smh

After 31 years of successful avoidance I am now caught up on most Star Wars media, and I have opinions.

How new tariffs on Mexico and Canada affect Wisconsin industries President Trump implemented new 25 percent tariffs on most goods from Canada and Mexico and increased tariffs on imports from China. Wisconsin businesses are figuring out how to adjust.

Producing this interview for "Wisconsin Today" on #WPR answered some big questions I've had about the new tariffs. WI businesses and friends: keep us in the loop as we start to see the full effect of the tariffs. Reach out to me if you want to talk!

A Wisconsin couple wanted to adopt. As foster parents, their goal was to keep 4 siblings together. The Benniers felt all the challenges of new parenthood at once, multiplied by four. Their kids’ biological mother is present in everyone’s lives. Hardships are all around — but so is love.

A recent segment and article I'm proud of. We diverted a bit from our usual format and did this one Story Corps style: no host, just guests.

Netflix just advertised something to me specifically because it has a “notable soundtrack.” Don’t pretend like you know me, Netflix. Yes I’ll put it on my list. But like. Not because u told me to.

Immunization Schedules Make sure your patients stay up to date on recommended vaccines using these schedules.

The CDC’s ACIP page was taken down to delete mentions of transgender and nonbinary people from the mpox vaccine description.

If people need to see childhood immunization schedules etc, those are still here:

www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp...

patrick star from spongebob squarepants is standing in front of a giant whale that says who are you people ALT: patrick star from spongebob squarepants is standing in front of a giant whale that says who are you people

Me, trying to figure out Substack:

Not me chugging coffee so I can focus on finishing work so I can get back to the book I’m reading 🥲

Eragon (Aragorn)

Celemor (Celebrimbor)

“A ball rag?” (Balrog)

Riverdale (Rivendell)

Mow Dew (Mount Doom)

Nasal (Nazgûl)

Sarah (Sauron)

Bimbamp (Tom Bombadil)

Sarin (Sauron)

How my family says some character names in Lord of the Rings: a Christmas thread

Update: Madison police now say 3 people are dead, not 5, in the shooting at a private Christian school in Wisconsin.

Hmong educators make strides toward cultural representation in Wisconsin and US schools As Appleton prepares to open a new Hmong American Immersion School next fall, educators and researchers study different responses to Hmong culture fragmentation.

Great interviews with two Hmong educators about expected cultural assimilation in the classroom — and what they’re doing about it. MaiKou Heu leads a new Hmong charter school opening next year in WI, and Professor Bic Ngo’s new book published by @uminnpress.bsky.social is incisive and illuminating.

US fourth and eighth graders fall further behind in math The NCES data is not broken down by state, but the trends it points out can be seen in Wisconsin.

US fourth and eighth graders fall further behind in math.

Chronic absenteeism and pandemic shutdown to blame for dismal math scores, say Wisconsin educators.

www.wpr.org/news/fourth-...

Can’t speak to all of these but they got it right with Doechii