There is an article in today's Chronicle that I will not give clicks to, but which argues that Centers for Teaching and Learning are up to no good (to put it lightly). I do not work in a CTL, but I know the incredible work being done in those places. (more)
you want better choices vote and work the primaries
but once it's a general don't be a dick vote for the lesser of evils of you have to
The message of the Right reacting to Virginia is the same as the message of "2020 was rigged": no victory by anyone but us is ever legitimate. We are the only ones allowed to win.
These people are cartoon villains entitled to no respect and no trust. Rabid dogs.
I would submit that a gerrymander by politicians saying fuck the voters and one by voters saying fuck the politicians are two wholly different animals
I wrote this to help people understand that universal basic income is not meant to permanently replace all jobs. It's meant to be a floor below which no one can fall, and a dividend that universally distributes a share of our economy. It's meant to provide the power to say no and freedom to choose.
Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.
"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X
The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X.
I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!).
So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.
"only the entities that officially paid the tariffs are eligible to recover that money...the fuller universe of people affected by Mr. Trump’s policies — including millions of Americans who paid higher prices — are not able to apply for direct relief." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/b...
What do these venues have in common?
🏟️Xfinity Center
🎫MGM Music Hall
🎵House of Blues
🎸Leader Bank Pavilion
They're 4 of Massachusetts' most popular venues- and they're all owned by Live Nation.
The court sided with us to declare them a monopoly. Now, let's give consumers and venues real choice.
While I've had my share of public presence (books, etc), the reality is that Sal Khan has been on 60 Minutes twice. His book is blurbed by Bill Gates. My critic sees these things as proof of importance, of "impact." Meanwhile the less visible work of teaching writing for 20 years doesn't register.
"Infinite patience" is not a quality ingredient for a good education, nor is it something we should continue to extend to the education "revolutions" of Sal Khan. biblioracle.substack.com/publish/post...
It is not nuts--it is pure partisanship.
The Roberts Kangaroo Court has consistently ruled against Biden and Obama and for Trump on the weakest of reasoning or no reasoning at all.
Total Calvinball.
I'm terms of her art or not using her platform to be an anti trans bigot?
obviously I agree with the latter, she they're are legitimate concerns about other bigotry leaking into her art
but I do think in general I agree with his broader point watching star wars and Trek fans tearing things down
The Supreme Court is fundamentally corrupt & after the NYT reporting there's a big opening for Democrats to make a huge stink about the shadow docket and that it was born to stop the first Black POTUS's climate agenda. We must talk about how the shadow docket has become a racially weaponized tool.
John Roberts is and always has been Sam Alito with better PR
he has declared himself and his fellow republican justices the unelected rulers of America and they have wielded their power in favor of making Donald Trump of all people untouchable
the court as it exists today must be broken
We should be learning from other countries...
our democracy for a policy he didn’t like
plumbers accountants and surgeons as a profession are not 70% women
...talking to them about writing by insisting that he would not believe it unless the quality of the student writing could be verified "independently." My expertise was meaningless to this person. In fact, it was a source of doubt.
The mere fact of my critique of this kind of article will be used to make my views suspicious. It's truly a Catch-22 if you work inside education. I literally once had someone challenge my contention that I could tell when my students were improving as writers based on reading their work and...
The specifics of this example aside, I find these articles are often written in a way that seeks to discredit the work of anyone working inside of education so to make educators even more subject to the views of those on the outside. The message is that no educator can be trusted with their own work
it is, among other things, incredibly striking to see that roberts was so solicitous of the burden the clean power plan might put on fossil fuel executives, when, a decade later, he is indifferent to the way trump’s moves have thrown hundreds of thousands of lives into turmoil.
EDITORIAL A tax relief bill — at last But the legislation includes two ill-advised policy forays. By The Editorial BoardUpdated September 30, 2023, 4:00 a.m.
Today's Boston Globe editorial: When times were good, the Massachusetts Legislature was generous, rolling out splashy new programs like free community college and universal school meals. Times are no longer good, and the fiscal 2027 budget proposed by the House Ways and Means Committee on Monday reflects that reality.
The Boston Globe just 3 years ago lobbied for & cheered passage of a $1B tax cut heavily tilted toward the wealthy
Today it blames "austere times" on "splashy new programs like free community college & universal school meals"
"The only ones who really lost out were America’s wealthiest citizens, who had to give up their plutocratic control over government. In our current revival of the Gilded Age, they now hope to restore it with Thomas’s help."
newrepublic.com/article/2091...
this definitely helped my vibession
I am still furious it wasn't much in my socioeconomic percentile but it felt so good knowing the government was helping with a stupid expensive thing
fuck manchin and sinema no amount of suffering is enough for them
thanks again joe manchin!
FACT: Social Security has a fraud rate of 0.00625%, which is FAR lower than private-sector retirement programs.
Yale has decided to one-up Harvard in its "solution" to "grade inflation." Rather than cap A's, as Harvard is likely to do, Yale is going to force a 3.0 mean average in courses. Grades can't bear the weight people try to put on them. They're not scientific measures. www.chronicle.com/article/high...
