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@tracybrisson

Small business owner, Georgia voter, former & future education policy wonk, pop culture lover. Education Writer: https://awickedgoodtime.substack.com/ Atlanta based. Pokemon Trainer (GBL, VGC) & IEP mom

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Just called to refill oil at my dad’s house in MA and he usually pays about $300 for 100 gallons. That was the price I paid 2 weeks ago. Today it was $450.

06.03.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just called to refill oil at my dad’s house and he usually pays about $300 for 100 gallons. That was the price he paid 2 weeks ago. Today it was $450.

06.03.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This morning, I qualified to run for the DeKalb County Board of Education, District 4.

I did not plan to run and made my decision yesterday based on the chaotic rollout of redistricting. We need good representation.

PokΓ©mon Go to the polls, y’all.

06.03.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
04.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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That was a lot of work for this.

IYKYK.

Really need to figure out how to quit Great League so I can power up some Pokemon for Ultra League & work on that medal.

I need a Jellicent event, stat, for it. Short XL candies.

02.03.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So many of these same people clutched their pearls when Trump mocked Serge Kovaleski for his disability and are engaging in the same cruelty

01.03.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Assuming this is DeKalb… Especially when they advertise it as FREE at sign up.

We paid 1.5M for elementary athletic uniforms and they barely fit. And we are broke.

There is a reason why most school districts don’t offer elementary athletics.

28.02.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

3. The board is not understanding that any issues are not because of β€œmisinformation.” The community has rejected it already.

4. There is an abundance of scholarly research on school closures. DeKalb has followed none of it.

(2/2)

26.02.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Listening to the board retreat on β€œSAP” finally.

1. None of the board members are on the same page. Neither is the supt. No one is in charge.

2. There is a board policy on school closures. They need to legally stick to it. β€œSAP” is not part of it. We’ll hold the board to following it.

(1/2)

26.02.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If Dr. Sauce does not want to be superintendent, he does not have to take the job.

Supervising this, and making sure this plan works, is *actually* part of HIS job description & should be his number one responsibility.
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25.02.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Me to the DeKalb Board of Education:

25.02.2026 00:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Spotlight hours were my favorite feature. So disappointed.

Also, we can’t do Saturday events this spring due to kid activities. Feels really isolating as I actually like going to events in my community and being able to show up on Sundays was really nice.

24.02.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not exactly what you asked, but mad/annoyed Newsom came to Georgia to endorse Bottoms who is the candidate that has been MIA on the ground.

24.02.2026 01:21 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah… I am still on β€œwhat an amateur shit show” as of right now.

24.02.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have been deciding whether I should write one myself…

24.02.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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My pin for the PokemonGo event at the Rose Bowl today.

Leaning into my best cringe wine mom abilities.

20.02.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump’s Secretive Deportation Program

"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)

18.02.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 2811 πŸ” 1783 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 88
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I don’t know if it is more fun, but it has different things (Pixar and Avengers Campus) and because California kids don’t get a Feb break, you can just walk on rides.

Second year in CA for the break and trying something a little different this year.

18.02.2026 10:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is about the ice storm in January.

17.02.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know it is a meme, but 1-2 a year, my friends and I would fly to Vegas on a Fri afternoon from NYC, stay up the whole time, take a red eye on Sun night and walk in to work Mon morning, because it was so cheap.

16.02.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not me, taking a shower, having shower thoughts… and realizing I have a whole platform I had written in my head if I ran for school board.

15.02.2026 01:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our school is on the list and we don’t meet any of the 3 criteria.

I could go on and on about the problems with the process

12.02.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@conorsen.bsky.social

12.02.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Making sure my fellow DeKalb parents see this!

12.02.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

One thing that is apparent from ICE & SAVE Act discourse: Republican legislators & executive branch folks, who have staff do everything for them, have no idea what a Real ID is.

It shows how out of touch they are with average Americans.

11.02.2026 12:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Dem candidates have been making their way through our neighborhood through meet & greets at homes. They have all conflicted with my schedule, but I have noticed that Bottoms is very absent from multiple rotations.

10.02.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have not been up on this, but the demise of the Factbook has been a big topic of discussion among high school teachers who used it as a teaching tool.

10.02.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Add The Pitt and you have an excellent workplace show trifecta.

10.02.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It depends on the doctor. My husband’s prep was so easy and mine was horrible so I am switching practices when I need my next one. Worth asking what the prep is before booking an appointment!

08.02.2026 02:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Headline card with text on top that reads: "Autistic girls are much less likely to be diagnosed than boys are, study says." Below is a photo of a girl sitting at a desk and looking outside.

Headline card with text on top that reads: "Autistic girls are much less likely to be diagnosed than boys are, study says." Below is a photo of a girl sitting at a desk and looking outside.

Boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls in childhood, according to a large-scale study.

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