Post AVS2wgwZZpsZApPa2C by mcnees@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AVS2wgJDw8P5Cn09hY by mcnees@mastodon.social
       2023-05-08T16:42:01Z
       
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       This is probably the best thing I ever posted on Twitter. The memory is pretty dear to me; I'm sharing it here so it still exists somewhere if that place collapses.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVS2wgwZZpsZApPa2C by mcnees@mastodon.social
       2023-05-08T16:54:10Z
       
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       It still gets shared probably once per month by "wholesome meme" type accounts on IG and Facebook. Each time I get a stream of messages from old friends asking "Is this you?” I've even seen it shared on here; it's so strange when it racks up hundreds or thousands of reposts for other people. Someone will share a screenshot, maybe add 📚 and 🔦emoji, and then half the replies mistake it for an actual post.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVS2whdoz2TRKxe7Rg by mcnees@mastodon.social
       2023-05-08T16:57:42Z
       
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       The strangest thing is seeing someone else share it, get a bunch of replies, and try to walk this tightrope where they respond without acknowledging that it's someone else's kid.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVSMYSUrdY0GV6Anw0 by greyknight33@noagendasocial.com
       2023-05-08T20:42:33Z
       
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       @mcnees can't be shared enough. with any luck, a few more will do the same for their kids and save the future generation.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVSN4pOY2OTWmhebEO by Java@freeatlantis.com
       2023-05-08T20:48:24Z
       
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       @mcnees Bless her heart, lol.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVSQS7vVbSx8mYs97w by baronessloveandlight@noagendasocial.com
       2023-05-08T21:26:14Z
       
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       @mcnees God bless your family 🙏☦️
       
 (DIR) Post #AVSiTGb8eAWN8n2NzU by tallship@social.sdf.org
       2023-05-09T00:48:07Z
       
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       @mcnees Way to go Dad!Just trick 'em into discovering their own thirst for scholastic growth and achievement! 👍May you live long and prosper! 🖖#tallship #kids #education #encouragement #parenting⛵.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVt9gwBrQhxVaVeKgK by mcnees@mastodon.social
       2023-05-08T17:07:18Z
       
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       I'll add the same comment here that I added when I first shared it on Twitter: The “great dad" replies warm my heart, but my wife was in on it, too. It takes teamwork to run this kind of scam on a savvy kid.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVt9gwz8TVNG3KhgUC by mcnees@mastodon.social
       2023-05-08T17:14:33Z
       
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       In fact, it's sort of a long con initiated by my wife, who was clever enough to spend years writing novels like it's no big deal, leaving the kid to wonder what all the fuss is about.https://www.kellyoconnormcnees.com
       
 (DIR) Post #AVt9gxb4CTiPwyRybo by mcnees@mastodon.social
       2023-05-08T20:35:51Z
       
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       Anyway, she's 11 now. Her bedtime is later, and she knows we don't mind if she stays up reading. She still loves books, but there are lots of things – messaging with friends, Roblox, etc – competing for her attention.At some point, though, she figured out how to check out books on Libby, and read them on her iPad. She doesn't need our help at all. It's the weirdest thing. Someone must have installed the app, entered her library card information, and left the icon there on the home screen.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVt9gyE3rUuJtuh7OC by mcnees@mastodon.social
       2023-05-21T15:45:38Z
       
       1 likes, 2 repeats
       
       Tom Gauld in yesterday’s Guardian Books.
       
 (DIR) Post #AWop09KUfIijj0b0Qy by elvector@masto.es
       2023-05-27T12:34:47Z
       
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       @mcnees « My drawing was not a hat, but a child and his father reading under the bed sheets. »
       
 (DIR) Post #AWop0AJT0bUem77hTM by hyde@lazybear.social
       2023-06-18T14:37:01Z
       
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       @elvector @mcnees my kid showed me that in a book and it was a snake eating an elephant ...
       
 (DIR) Post #AWoufxGmOS3gFsc1uS by NFerey@mamot.fr
       2023-06-18T15:40:34Z
       
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       @hyde Your kid has good reference !@elvector @mcnees
       
 (DIR) Post #AlXtJ63se2eOY31SZk by Tapi@mastodon.online
       2023-05-08T20:03:11Z
       
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       @mcnees was talking about this post the other night. It inspired similar “rules” in our house where we pretend to not notice their bedside lamp is on while they pretend to sleep. They love feeling like they are getting away something 😂
       
 (DIR) Post #AlXtJ6uLUycNAlZMLw by mcnees@mastodon.social
       2023-05-08T20:04:12Z
       
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       @Tapi Closest thing I’ve found to a parenting cheat code.