Kelly Kent @constructivist4

Proud Army Mama. Retired Teacher. Current Math Consultant; LOVER of books, children, beaches, skiing, music, back-porch swings, and bourbon. (not in order). constructivisteacher.wordpress.com Smithfield, VA Joined January 2015

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Kelly Kent @constructivist4

3 days ago

@DavidAFrench

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3 days ago

@DavidAFrench I hate this so much. I’m old enough to remember how despised it was back in ‘74–so much so that it was repealed before the year was up. Long, dark mornings were terrible! Even in the summertime I prefer my beautiful sunlight in the morning. ☀️☀️

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Kelly Kent @constructivist4

5 days ago

@BiankaB12 @LarrySabato I don’t think it’s either/or. It’s both. Orwell warned us what happens when power suppresses truth. Huxley warned us what happens when distraction makes truth irrelevant. Modern societies contain elements of both.

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Бианка @BiankaB12

a week ago

One of my longest-standing arguments is that we are not living in Orwell’s 1984, where truth is centrally suppressed and censored by force (that’s former communist societies, modern-day China, Russia, North Korea). We are living in something much closer to Huxley’s Brave New World. The truth is not hidden - it is almost always readily available. But it is buried beneath an industrial quantity of noise: propaganda, outrage, half-truths, conspiracy theories, influencer theatre, algorithmic rage bait and an endless stream of content designed not to inform us, but to keep us emotionally stimulated. The modern information system does not need to censor the truth when it can simply drown it in noise. A fact no longer has to be disproven - it only has to be surrounded by a hundred competing claims, stripped of context and nuance, turned into partisan ammunition and pushed into the same feed as celebrity gossip, memes and 15 second videos engineered to deliver the fastest possible dopamine hit. By the time the truth reaches us, it appears as just another piece of content competing for our attention. That is the more sophisticated form of control: not preventing people from knowing, but exhausting their capacity to care. Orwell feared a world in which people would be deprived of information. Huxley feared a world in which they would be given so much distraction, stimulation and triviality that they would lose the desire to seek it. The defining struggle of our age is therefore not simply between truth and censorship, but between truth and indifference.

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CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 @CBSSunday

6 days ago

If you pass by four-year-old Roman Butzlaff's house in Concord, N.C., he will surely greet you with a wave and a "hey." But what began as a friendly gesture became a bond that drew together his neighborhood. @SteveHartmanCBS reports on the "family" that Roman built one wave at a time. cbsn.ws/4aNZdwo

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CBS Sunday Morning 🌞 @CBSSunday

6 days ago

"Take Me Home, Country Roads," a song about a longing for home (co-written by a songwriter who had never even been in West Virginia), has been embraced by the Mountain State in a big way, and has since been appropriated by singers around the world looking for their very own "place I belong." @conorknighton looks into the genesis and global impact of John Denver's first big hit; and with country star Brad Paisley about the special pull the song has for him. (Originally broadcast Dec. 26, 2021.) cbsn.ws/4pdRDku

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Massimo @Rainmaker1973

6 days ago

Each family member was responsible for taking photos focused on one color, and this was the result. [📹 pengppon]

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Kelly Kent @constructivist4

a week ago

Absolutely abhorrent.

Leonard Pitts, Jr. @LeonardPittsJr1

a week ago

In my latest Substack, I share some thoughts about that black woman surrounded by white supremacists on a Metro train. open.substack.com/pub/leonardpit…

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Kelly Kent @constructivist4

2 weeks ago

@DrJhodge1906 @NCYI That’s Awesome!

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Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom

2 weeks ago

Ten years ago, the vice president wrote that one day, voters would realize the truth about Donald Trump. That day has now arrived. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/07/…

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Kelly Kent @constructivist4

2 weeks ago

@LindseyGrahamSC You are just embarrassing yourself. So the Right is losing their minds because Mamdani ask citizens to reduce their power use… accusing him of “taking power away“ by doing exactly what President Ford did in the 1970's? 🙄🙄🙄 I was there. I remember!!

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Kelly Kent @constructivist4

2 weeks ago

Show up. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Matthew McConaughey @McConaughey

2 weeks ago

bets still on the table America, yet.

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Kelly Kent @constructivist4

2 weeks ago

@whignewtons I always thought our National Anthem should have been America the Beautiful (preferably sung by Ray Charles every time)!

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Kelly Kent @constructivist4

2 weeks ago

@Acyn So he’s “taking power” from citizens doing exactly what President Fird di in the 1970’s? I was there. I remember!! 🙄 history.com/articles/energ…

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Kelly Kent @constructivist4

2 weeks ago

This is the best! ❤️🇺🇸

Stock Mom™ @stockmom

2 weeks ago

I can't stop listening to this song. Best thing that came out of the World cup being in the United States this year. 🇺🇸 Watching this compilation of fans from all over the world at the 2026 World Cup in America is so heartwarming. USA USA USA 🇺🇸

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Kelly Kent @constructivist4

2 weeks ago

@AJCRAIGH @DavidAFrench It’s “West Virginia “—the state. And even though I have always loved this song, as a native Virginian, I’m still slightly salty that it says Blue Ridge Mountains (because they are OUR mountains and don’t even touch West Virginia. 😑😂

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Kelly Kent @constructivist4

2 weeks ago

@DavidAFrench I was in a bar in Germany a few weeks ago when the live band started playing this song. Everyone in the bar stood and started clapping and singing it—and not one of them spoke English! 😂 Music (and beer!) transcend all barriers. 😊

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Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection

2 weeks ago

“Take Five” by Dave Brubeck Quartet was recorded 67 years ago today. Two years later it became a surprise hit and the biggest-selling jazz single ever.

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Kelly Kent @constructivist4

2 weeks ago

@PamLappin @whignewtons My thoughts exactly

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The Associated Press @AP

3 weeks ago

When something breaks, most of us replace it. At this Brooklyn repair cafe, volunteers are helping neighbors fix everything from lamps and jeans to vintage fans and old smartwatches for free. The events are part of a growing global movement to reduce waste, save money and bring back repair skills that many people say have been lost.