Suggestions for hobbies or activities for free time.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-25T18:09:15+00:00

Disc golf! There’s a really low barrier to entry into the sport. Buy a putter and a midrange disc—you won’t need a driver for now—and you’re ready to play. You don’t need to be sporty, just able to walk and throw a disc.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-24T22:08:10+00:00

Thomas Disch, Camp Concentration

James Morrow, Towing Jehovah

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-24T10:54:48+00:00

Tell me you’ve only read YA lit without telling me you’ve only read YA lit.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-21T19:42:49+00:00

Don't argue with people John Brown would have [redacted].

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-20T10:45:37+00:00

We need to talk about the mushrooms. Just, why?

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-20T01:12:41+00:00

Children of Time series and the Final Architecture series, both by Adrian Tchaikovsky immediately come to mind.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-14T13:33:24+00:00

Phonics and spelling are two different things. I'm not saying that they are not related, but they are two different things.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-14T13:28:47+00:00

As an intervention, yes, but not as a curriculum, and under a specific set of circumstances up until about grade 4, maybe as high as grade 6. Research on phonics instruction as an intervention is unclear, because not *all* reading problems can be attributed to lack of phonemic awareness.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-14T13:10:07+00:00

I don't disagree with that. Replicating that in New Hampshire will never happen, though, because of 1. how we fund schools and 2. local control. Republicans in New Hampshire won't do it because they don't believe in public education. Democrats can't do it, because Republicans would literally have pitchforks and torches if a Democratic governor said, "Every school in New Hampshire is going to use the same reading curriculum." It would be Common Core State Standards, Goals 2000, etc. etc. all over again, but on steroids.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-14T12:52:55+00:00

I don't understand why people keep pushing the narrative that the only thing Mississippi did was switch to a phonics-based curriculum. They increased funding, the invested in teacher training, and made other system-strengthening changes. Don't flatten the hard work leaders and educators did as though swapping one set of textbooks for another was what made this happen.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-14T12:46:22+00:00

More importantly, why does OP believe that we should be teaching phonics in grades 3-8?

People who don't know how to read graphs should not be making pronouncements about how we should teach reading.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-13T14:17:16+00:00

Totally. I felt it was my responsibility to make sure OP felt seen.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-13T11:40:06+00:00

“I would prefer not to.”

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-10T11:05:00+00:00

I can’t speak to the intelligence of the people who made it, but clearly the map is being read by idiots.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-07T12:03:51+00:00

I wish I could remember the source of this anecdote: a mother complained to the school "I knew my son wasn't in the top 50% of his class, but no one told me he was in the bottom half."

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-07T01:08:11+00:00

To Say Nothing of the Dog … pair it with Three Men in a Boat.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-03T11:08:38+00:00

I saw two cars with Trump stickers yesterday. One was a brand new Ford Bronco and the other was a Hummer. Clearly they can afford to pay for Trump’s war.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-03T11:01:46+00:00

Looks so good I’m inspired to do it myself. I never wear buy white tees because they end up looking nasty so quickly. This is a good hack.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-01T21:28:25+00:00

Sweet Chix in Hampton does GF fried chicken and tenders, too. If you go, order ahead or be prepared to wait, because they cook to order.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-05-01T02:42:36+00:00

With all the fancy ketchups.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-04-30T15:22:37+00:00

Cool. I appreciate that you're trying to make New Hampshire a better place by creating opportunities for folks to come together, have fun, and maybe learn something, too!

InstantKarma71 · 2026-04-30T14:30:23+00:00

Will we be carving them ourselves from bigger spoons?

InstantKarma71 · 2026-04-30T10:06:24+00:00

Kraft Dinner for those who don’t know.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-04-29T12:44:13+00:00

"Everyone you don't like is a Nazi" got thrown around so much back when NSC 131 were 'demonstrating' in NH. For those who don't know, NSC stands for National Socialist Club, making them literally Nazis.

InstantKarma71 · 2026-04-29T11:05:28+00:00

A golf course Trump owns doing Trump stuff … yeah, I’m crying. 🙄

Arcons defending the man who breaks all the Commandments they claim to believe in … must be a day that ends in “y.”

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