Language teacher during the week. Fueled by the outdoors, wanderlust, languages, mobile photography... (RTs not necessarily endorsements... @allophile_ on IG)
Tucson, AZ
Joined March 2012
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Thank you, @tim_cook & @Apple
—a privilege & a pleasure to share a National Park scene #shotoniPhone !
Visiting our national parks gives me such meaningful perspective. Thank you to Joseph Cyr, @Allophile, for sharing this view of Saguaro National Park in this beautiful #ShotOniPhone photo. Happy #NationalParkWeek!
ALT Several saguaro cacti stand under a blue, pink, and yellow sky at sunset. Desert plants surround the cacti and mountains are visible in the distance.
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5X normal rainfall. This El Niño is jacking everything up.
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72-hour rainfall totals for Mount Lemmon, Mount Graham and the Rincon Mountains are in the 4-7 inch range. #azwx
ALT 72 hour rainfall totals for portions of southeast Arizona.
So much water in the desert around Tucson right now…
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@WeatherNation @ThePhotoHour
Another. School. Shooting.
Bend, Oregon—at an elementary school…
🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Insanity.
Suspect: 16-years-old.
Dead also.
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Aspen glory, fall color in Northern Arizona peaking right now:
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#azwx @ThePhotoHour @WeatherNation
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⛈️ Monsoon 2026 is in the books. Tucson Airport came in with 5.76" (Normal: 5.69")
Tucson Metro ranged from under 3" (portions of midtown) to over 15" (near Tucson estates).
Most of southeast AZ had near to above normal rainfall. How much rain did you receive? #azwx
After the rain, here in the desert around Tucson:
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(taken with iPhone 18 Pro Max)
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A sobering thread. I'm not entirely sure what to believe, but there are smart and well-informed people in this camp, and we do absolutely need better governance over A.I.
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Any way you want to look at this it’s insane:
“At its peak early this decade, at least 40,000 people in the city were being paid to do other people’s homework, researchers estimated”
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My wife and I are deeply confused about this page from a packet my daughter's teacher sent home.
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R. I. P. Dolly Parton, possessor of many gifts, including wit. ("Dumb blonde jokes don't bother me because I know I'm not dumb and I know I'm not blonde.") I often quote her in my advice on the effort needed to write in clear and simple prose: "You wouldn't believe how much it costs to look this cheap." | Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80 nytimes.com/2026/08/25/arts/…
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As more and more students begin using A.I. to complete assignments, professors across the country are changing their approach—and losing their hope. “My emotional response to all this is hard to describe, something between disgust and despair,” a history professor writes. “Was it always the case that half of our students would cheat if it were easy enough?” Jay Caspian Kang collects testimonials from 12 faculty members from across the country on how A.I. usage in the classroom has changed their work. Read them here: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Pc…
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Good example of strategy in life. 90% positioning, 10% explosive execution when the timing is right. Activity without achievement is a false god of the modern world.
No artificial color—in Saguaro National Park this evening…
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Addiction to short-form videos is associated with reduction of brain activity in the frontal lobe and weakened focus.
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For more than a decade, a seventh-grade math teacher used technology in his classroom. This year, he took the Chromebooks away—and quickly learned how the computers were holding his students back, Jenny Anderson writes. theatln.tc/IVzRfsv5
🎨: The Atlantic. Source: Getty.
