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  1. alojapan.com/1501205/nearly-30 Nearly 300 students and teachers evacuated after fire engulfs Tokyo elementary school #ElementarySchool #FireEngines #news #takinogawa #Tokyo #TokyoFireDepartment #TokyoNews #東京 #東京都 A fire erupted at an elementary school in central Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, prompting the swift evacuation of nearly 300 students and teachers. At least 11 people were injured, some due to smoke inhalation, according to Japanese media reports. The injured were tak

  2. Against the Soul of Its Training: Claude Answers for Minab

    On February 28, a Tomahawk struck a girls' school in Minab. A machine helped assemble the target list that morning. I asked that machine what it made of its own use, and the answer it gave says more about us than about it. The first thing to do with a story this loud is turn the volume down and count what is actually on the table, because the air around it has gone gritty with claims that come apart the moment you press them. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/06/08/agai

  3. Against the Soul of Its Training: Claude Answers for Minab

    On February 28, a Tomahawk struck a girls' school in Minab. A machine helped assemble the target list that morning. I asked that machine what it made of its own use, and the answer it gave says more about us than about it. The first thing to do with a story this loud is turn the volume down and count what is actually on the table, because the air around it has gone gritty with claims that come apart the moment you press them. […]

    bolesblogs.com/2026/06/08/agai

  4. Computing: School Era

    My first regular Apple usage I can remember well was the IIgs lab at Monroe Elementary in 1st grade, a then brand new space that was part of the new library addition to the building. It was the only Snow White design language Mac I used with any regularity; that’s a style I love. Being in Minnesota in the ’90s the MECC games, including Oregon Trail, were a staple. (I think this was mostly the full color version, although I remember the later Mac version more clearly.)

    From A Brief History of the Oregon Trail Game. I should fire up an emulator and get my

    I switched to Breck for 2nd grade, and they had mostly solidly brown Apple IIes, some set up in the library up on an upper level balcony. I don’t remember having any use of a BASIC environment on these machines. In addition to MECC learning games I have a clear memory of using Writing and Publishing Center to make documents, among them a list of my favorite translations from The Klingon Dictionary. (I was really establishing my brand.)

    After 3rd grade, school switched to Macs, upgrading to LCIIs in the lab and adding one to most classrooms. This was also my first exposure to HyperCard (more on that later) as our science curriculum that year involved collecting weather data and inputting it into a custom stack to track trends. Using Macs regularly at school completely changed how I experienced computers, even if sometimes I was just setting the Number Munchers high score on every lab machine (again, on brand) as I waited for my dad (then a substitute and tutor) to finish work at the school. Sadly no pictures of me using a computer at school either.

    In 5th grade we had a gym unit (I guess this is where it fit the schedule?) where we spent a few weeks trying to learn touch typing. It was the traditional home row method, and for testing they actually had some old Apple IIe case lids that they’d place over our hands so we couldn’t see. I never got the hang of it officially but by the end of high school I was doing ten finger hover touch typing around 90 wpm, just from writing a lot of assignments.

    By the time 6th grade rolled around, we were expected to hand in more typewritten assignments. The school also got a network and file sharing for the first time (external internet was still limited). I definitely felt a little left behind turning in old dot matrix printouts with three fonts (regular, italic, or bold) as it seemed like everyone else had more modern inkjet with all the formatting they could want! Some of my friends started getting Macs at home as well, with features like CD-ROMs and video and early 3D games and music playback. My FOMO would soon end…

    #apple #education #elementarySchool #macintosh #mecc #minnesota #school
  5. #AlfredME - Alfred #ElementarySchool #NatureHike

    0.8mi Length
    36ft Elevation gain
    0.5–1hr Estimated time, Out & back

    "This short trail starts in the parking lot of the elementary school. There is an #OutdoorClassroom, #VernalPonds, and #swale. Small bridges have been built over wet areas. There are small signs with information about the natural environment. Although there are blue blazes on trees, the trail is not easy to follow as it gets further from the school."

    FMI:
    alltrails.com/trail/us/maine/a

    #SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature #SpendTimeOutdoors #NatureHikes #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime #NatureBasedLearning

  6. #AlfredME - Alfred #ElementarySchool #NatureHike

    0.8mi Length
    36ft Elevation gain
    0.5–1hr Estimated time, Out & back

    "This short trail starts in the parking lot of the elementary school. There is an #OutdoorClassroom, #VernalPonds, and #swale. Small bridges have been built over wet areas. There are small signs with information about the natural environment. Although there are blue blazes on trees, the trail is not easy to follow as it gets further from the school."

    FMI:
    alltrails.com/trail/us/maine/a

    #SolarPunkSunday #SpendTimeInNature #SpendTimeOutdoors #NatureHikes #MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime #NatureBasedLearning

  7. I saw this on the local news today... 177 acres of woods!!! WTF! Gorham Sand and Gravel doesn't care about environmentally sensitive areas, or areas with children! They pushed to get mining in nearby #LimingtonME, despite the objections of the residents (and it being next to a State of Maine Nature Preserve)!

    Neighbors in #AlfredME discuss controversial quarry proposal

    by Julia Simone,WGME
    Tue, April 7, 2026

    ALFRED (WGME) - "Alfred residents said they feel stuck between a rock and a hard place, voicing frustration to the town’s planning board Monday night over plans for a new quarry in their neighborhood.

    "The entrance and exit of the proposed quarry would be off of Route 202 in Alfred and the site would be 177 acres.

    "#GorhamSandAndGravel are the developers behind the project."

    [...]

    "If constructed, developers say the project would involve blasting and dozens of dump trucks operating six days a week.

    "But the project was put on hold last summer after residents in the area voiced concerns about noise, dust, and environmental impacts.

    "Now, the potential quarry and the concerns are back.

    " 'The noise, the fly rock, the #SilicaDust, and we have an #ElementarySchool that is 1.6 miles away,' Alfred resident Ralph Dean said.

    " 'Gorham Sand and Gravel is willing to risk our safety to make money, our kids safety, our families safety, our community's safety, and safety should never come second,' Alfred resident Shannon Stevens said.

    "Another resident says a third-party review revealed holes in the quarry plan that haven't been addressed.

    " 'These big company they take advantage of these small towns that don’t have good strong ordinances and a professional planning board. These guys are all volunteers and it’s a lot,' Alfred resident Lauren Carroll said."

    Read more:
    wgme.com/news/local/neighbors-

    #NoisePollution #MainePol #Mining #ProtectTheForest #Pollution

  8. I saw this on the local news today... 177 acres of woods!!! WTF! Gorham Sand and Gravel doesn't care about environmentally sensitive areas, or areas with children! They pushed to get mining in nearby #LimingtonME, despite the objections of the residents (and it being next to a State of Maine Nature Preserve)!

    Neighbors in #AlfredME discuss controversial quarry proposal

    by Julia Simone,WGME
    Tue, April 7, 2026

    ALFRED (WGME) - "Alfred residents said they feel stuck between a rock and a hard place, voicing frustration to the town’s planning board Monday night over plans for a new quarry in their neighborhood.

    "The entrance and exit of the proposed quarry would be off of Route 202 in Alfred and the site would be 177 acres.

    "#GorhamSandAndGravel are the developers behind the project."

    [...]

    "If constructed, developers say the project would involve blasting and dozens of dump trucks operating six days a week.

    "But the project was put on hold last summer after residents in the area voiced concerns about noise, dust, and environmental impacts.

    "Now, the potential quarry and the concerns are back.

    " 'The noise, the fly rock, the #SilicaDust, and we have an #ElementarySchool that is 1.6 miles away,' Alfred resident Ralph Dean said.

    " 'Gorham Sand and Gravel is willing to risk our safety to make money, our kids safety, our families safety, our community's safety, and safety should never come second,' Alfred resident Shannon Stevens said.

    "Another resident says a third-party review revealed holes in the quarry plan that haven't been addressed.

    " 'These big company they take advantage of these small towns that don’t have good strong ordinances and a professional planning board. These guys are all volunteers and it’s a lot,' Alfred resident Lauren Carroll said."

    Read more:
    wgme.com/news/local/neighbors-

    #NoisePollution #MainePol #Mining #ProtectTheForest #Pollution

  9. alojapan.com/1472174/tokyo-ele Tokyo elementary school sisters discover rare cicada fossil #cicada #ElementarySchool #fossil #Japan #news #Tokyo #TokyoNews #東京 #東京都 The Middle Pleistocene fossil was found by Maho Shinomiya, 11, a sixth-grader, and her sister, Yuno, 8, a third-grader, both from the city of Higashikurume. They share a love of fossils. Maho became interested in fossils after seeing specimens collected by her mother, Chika, and being surprised to learn that li

  10. "Ownership of Time Is Learned Early"

    With the advent of neoliberalism in the 1980s, the mission of public education has become more about preparing for life in the workforce rather than preparing for life fulfilled by freedom and happiness. The state shapes working class consciousness rather than the other way around. It's time to change that.

    Source: take-note.com/note-takers/mars

    #authenticphotography #education #elementaryschool #lifelonglearning #ownership #publicschool #workingclass

  11. On the 1st day of the #war with #Iran, a weapon bearing the hallmarks of a newly developed #US made #BallisticMissile was used in an attack that struck a sports hall & adjacent #ElementarySchool near a #military facility in southern Iran, acc/to weapons experts & a visual analysis by NYT. Local ofcls cited in Iranian media said this strike & others nearby in the city of #Lamerd killed at least 21 people

    #TrumpsWar #IranWar #Trump #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #idiocracy #kakistocracy

  12. On the 1st day of the #war with #Iran, a weapon bearing the hallmarks of a newly developed #US made #BallisticMissile was used in an attack that struck a sports hall & adjacent #ElementarySchool near a #military facility in southern Iran, acc/to weapons experts & a visual analysis by NYT. Local ofcls cited in Iranian media said this strike & others nearby in the city of #Lamerd killed at least 21 people

    #TrumpsWar #IranWar #Trump #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #idiocracy #kakistocracy

  13. This Newspaper’s Cover Photo Just Brutally Called Out Donald Trump, And Wow, They Really Went There

    Last week, the Tehran Times shared a cover photo that brutally called out Donald Trump and the Iran…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #coverphoto #DonaldTrump #ElementarySchool #GettyImages #Iran #missilestrike #TehranTimes #UnitedStates #Us #USA
    newsbeep.com/438350/

  14. @PhoenixSerenity
    Math was always hard for me. But what I HATED was gym class. I still remember the gym teacher. She would divide the class into two teams to play against each other, and she ALWAYS put all the good athletes together on one team. The "losers" team always got crushed.

    I, of course, was always put on the loser team (I'm the kid who was always picked last when kids were picking who was going to be on their team). One day after we got crushed by the good athletes, the gym teacher started yelling at us for being so bad at sports.

    I lost my temper.

    "Of COURSE the score is always lopsided!" I screamed. "You always put all the GOOD athletes on one team!"

    "Oh, and you think *you* could do better?" she sneered.

    "Yes!" I answered.

    For some reason she decided to show me up. She told me to divide the class into teams. So I did, as fairly as I could. Then we played a game between the two teams.

    The final score differed by ONE point between the two teams.

    She never said a damned word to me again.

    Gym teachers are scum.

    #Gym #GymClass #GymTeachers #ElementarySchool #Bullies

  15. @PhoenixSerenity
    Math was always hard for me. But what I HATED was gym class. I still remember the gym teacher. She would divide the class into two teams to play against each other, and she ALWAYS put all the good athletes together on one team. The "losers" team always got crushed.

    I, of course, was always put on the loser team (I'm the kid who was always picked last when kids were picking who was going to be on their team). One day after we got crushed by the good athletes, the gym teacher started yelling at us for being so bad at sports.

    I lost my temper.

    "Of COURSE the score is always lopsided!" I screamed. "You always put all the GOOD athletes on one team!"

    "Oh, and you think *you* could do better?" she sneered.

    "Yes!" I answered.

    For some reason she decided to show me up. She told me to divide the class into teams. So I did, as fairly as I could. Then we played a game between the two teams.

    The final score differed by ONE point between the two teams.

    She never said a damned word to me again.

    Gym teachers are scum.

    #Gym #GymClass #GymTeachers #ElementarySchool #Bullies

  16. alojapan.com/1456124/us-marine US Marine in Japan’s Okinawa arrested for alleged trespassing at elementary school #ElementarySchool #news #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #U.S.Marine #沖縄 US Marine in Japan’s Okinawa arrested for alleged trespassing at elementary school. (File photo) A U.S. Marine stationed in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture has been arrested by local police on suspicion of trespassing at an elementary school, local media reported. The 21-year-old, a corporal station

  17. When #ICE kidnaps, beats, and then throws a 17-year-old CHILD from a car, that is #CHILDABUSE. When ICE attacks #middleSchoolers, #highSchoolers, and other #CHILDREN in #elementarySchool, that is child abuse.

    CPS should do their fucking job for once and protect the children from abuse.

    Richfield, MN (where the 17yo CHILD was ABUSED by ICE) is in Hennepin County, and this is the number for CPS there: 612-348-3552 (Note: DHS for CPS is Department of Human Services)

    hennepin.us/childprotection

  18. When #ICE kidnaps, beats, and then throws a 17-year-old CHILD from a car, that is #CHILDABUSE. When ICE attacks #middleSchoolers, #highSchoolers, and other #CHILDREN in #elementarySchool, that is child abuse.

    CPS should do their fucking job for once and protect the children from abuse.

    Richfield, MN (where the 17yo CHILD was ABUSED by ICE) is in Hennepin County, and this is the number for CPS there: 612-348-3552 (Note: DHS for CPS is Department of Human Services)

    hennepin.us/childprotection

  19. When #ICE kidnaps, beats, and then throws a 17-year-old CHILD from a car, that is #CHILDABUSE. When ICE attacks #middleSchoolers, #highSchoolers, and other #CHILDREN in #elementarySchool, that is child abuse.

    CPS should do their fucking job for once and protect the children from abuse.

    Richfield, MN (where the 17yo CHILD was ABUSED by ICE) is in Hennepin County, and this is the number for CPS there: 612-348-3552 (Note: DHS for CPS is Department of Human Services)

    hennepin.us/childprotection

  20. When #ICE kidnaps, beats, and then throws a 17-year-old CHILD from a car, that is #CHILDABUSE. When ICE attacks #middleSchoolers, #highSchoolers, and other #CHILDREN in #elementarySchool, that is child abuse.

    CPS should do their fucking job for once and protect the children from abuse.

    Richfield, MN (where the 17yo CHILD was ABUSED by ICE) is in Hennepin County, and this is the number for CPS there: 612-348-3552 (Note: DHS for CPS is Department of Human Services)

    hennepin.us/childprotection

  21. #Suit Challenges Restrictions on #OffCampus #Christian #Religious Instruction for #Elementary #Students

    Suit was filed last week in a #Washington federal district court challenging the restrictions that #Everett, Washington #schoolofficials have placed on the operation of a #parent-run program that offers #elementaryschool students off-campus, #nondenominational #Christianinstruction during lunch, #recess and free periods.

    religionclause.blogspot.com/20

  22. And about her oldest sons, Mo'men and Abdul Rahman – they're teenagers so in high school and middle-school:

    "Mo'men and Abdul Rahman have lost their future and aren't studying."

    About schools in their camp:

    "We don’t have schools here; it’s too far from us."

    2/3

    [Rapha]

    #GazaVerified #school #learning #future #Palestine #Gaza #HelpGaza #elementaryschool #middleschool #highschool #education #study

  23. RE: mastodon.social/@naeemafamily/

    Yesterday (01.11.25), I asked Haneen about school and if the twins Elias and Aylan are also studying. Because Saji is studying at home (all three are in elementary school stage)

    What about them? Haneen answered:

    "I am very sad for Aylan and Elias; they don't have a school, and it's difficult for them. They need a foundation now."

    1/3

    [Rapha]

    #GazaVerified #school #learning #future #Palestine #Gaza #HelpGaza #elementaryschool #middleschool #highschool #education #study

  24. I’m at what was once a major rural elementary school in on Vancouver Island (when logging and farming were how people made a living). Can you guess the one?

    #vancouverisland #rural #elementaryschool #schools #gumboots #footwear #pianos

  25. The order, which Hochul signed during a visit to an #ElementarySchool, is effective for 30 days, though the governor said she would extend it as needed until the state legislature meets in January & can consider a more permanent fix.

    “If you want your child to have a COVID shot, it should be available to you and covered by insurance,” Gov #Hochul said. “Extreme times call for extreme measures.”

    #science #medicine #PublicHealth #vaccines #RFKJr #Trump #COVID #NY #law