Wow. That was a choice.

It's a great one

True!

Bicycles. Vaccines. What *hasn't* been affectively polarized at this point? Colors? Shoes? Can't wait to see what's next

Studying the First Year of Trump’s Second Term: The Renewed Importance of Participatory Governance The first year of Trump's second administration has marked a sharp departure from six decades of federal education policy. This policy brief examines how the administration has expanded executive auth...

Alright, so after many many drafts, my NEPC education “policy review” covering Year I of Trump II is out.

A “Not great, Bob!” gif might have served as well. I end up arguing that doing the life-giving work of good education requires intensely local effort in a newly obvious kind of way.

It's the time of year when I'm grateful for that great civilizational advance, Claritin.

a bunch of ppl & institutions knew dual class stock was bad from the get-go and yet everybody crumbled in the face of the most ridiculous argument in the world that these founders were just so smart and special we should cede control of our economy (and retirement funds) to them

Latest AI models could threaten world banking system, financial officials warn Anthropic’s new Claude Mythos Preview model could expose vulnerabilities in lenders’ cyber defences

Exciting times we live in.

Hugh from the Armando Iannucci Show

“Of course in the old days Bluesky was only on for three hours a day. We used to get dressed up in our Sunday best to log on to it. Then when it shut down again we’d all stand up and sing the national anthem”

I ordered a 36" x 48" calendar whiteboard and it turns out I had no idea how big that actually is lol

I’m offering a lightly used set of regalia in UC Berkeley colors to a junior faculty member, preference for a mom and 1st gen scholar. DM me your details— I’ll ship for free.

Also this.

This makes me hopeful for the U.S.

Steve saves his pocket money all week so he can go bowling on Sunday afternoons. Steve is terrible at bowling, but nobody says anything because Steve is trying his best.

Love this as a childhood memory.

Yup, it was! I think he commuted from somewhere in MD.

I am trying to imagine listening to all that panting.

oh yes! It definitely went onto WordPerfect, which I had totally forgotten about. So many ways to use function keys.

Yeah, IIRC I think he had a long commute and did this on the way. (While driving? IDK)

Mine was through a temp agency too!

Def a system sustained by very literate secretaries without a lot of other career options!

That. Is. Amazing.

This now feels so weird I sort of wonder if I'm hallucinating it?

In the mid-90s I had a summer job turning dictation from the head of the American College of Physicians into letters.

It's going to take an awful lot to suppress *this* much vote.

World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam Fake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan’s death while soliciting crypto donations

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

the ridiculousness of the world today is honestly a little delightful

I know there will be issues regardless but reading this thread from top to bottom is very, very satisfying.

::bounce:: My upcoming book - "Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the U.S. Census" - is on the shortlist for the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Prize!!! Thank you CJS/Nieman for your encouragement!! journalism.columbia.edu/news/lukas-s...