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Follow me for an eclectic feed with 1 post a day about learning, schools & ed policy. Also, Monty Python. “When you're chewing on life's gristle Don't grumble, give a whistle Always look on the bright side of life.”
Whew, January was a lot. Some suggestions on how to brighten the days ahead:
Make a playlist for your lover.
Bake cookies with kids, or alone-just don’t eat them all!
Watch & share Monty Python clips.
Watch SNL’s 50th Anniversary Music Tribute.
You are welcome.
Good and loving and smart and honest people exist. There are a lot of them. More than the bad and cruel and dumb and mendacious.
They're not perfect, they just care for others, even strangers. Not always actively, but as a default.
Find them, celebrate them, commune with them. You are not alone
Only slightly exaggerated
Yes. Azeem Azhar’s take is great. Especially notable, “DeepSeek’s R-1 rivals OpenAI’s o1 in performance at 10% the cost, enabling affordable, high-quality AI.” open.substack.com/pub/exponent...
The AI explosion has many complications, opportunities & threats. Data centers, chips, AGI, regulation, international competition- the parts are moving so fast it’s hard to keep up. This article is important if you are trying to put the pieces together & the Musk/Altman battle is 🍿worthy.
We need more of this every day.
We need more of this on social media.
This is long & worth every second of your time. Read the Uarvin & Andreassen interviews in the NYT too.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Trump’s MTP interview demonstrated his lack character & respect for the Constitution.
Biden’s pardon of his son & the celebratory response on social media to an assassination of a CEO are demonstrations of a lack of respect for human life & the law.
We cannot defeat the darkness by embracing it.
@Kanakuk IS NOT SAFE FOR CHILDREN! For much more details on the Kanakuk Kamps see @KanakukFacts FactsAboutKanakuk.com
This is what unanimous anti-authoritarian action from a legislative body looks like. No sycophants voting with Yoon Suk Yeol. Just pure pro-democracy defiance.
Today’s news out of South Korea made me realize how little I know about world affairs beyond the US, Europe & China. Currently I am reading about the rise of fascism in Europe in the 20th century so this stunning piece resonates.
This is an outstanding post about the 20th century polymath Gordon Parks. My grandmother introduced me to his photographic essays in Life & his book, The Learning Trees. His eclectic body of work is an outstanding window into the 20th century.
The coming 4 years are the next phase of Trump’s Big Lie.
All the tools of the U.S. government applied to rewriting his history of crime and deadly ineptitude.
All this happened.
He cannot change it.
Bless your heart
There are 6 articles in the Code of Conduct & there is the UCMJ. If you don’t understand what these say about ethical behavior you are not suited to service. You can hide your identity on social media because it enables your inane bluster but you are failing to conceal your lack of character
No, you can’t be an immoral human and lead the armed forces. The troops must respect & trust their leaders. When they don’t the system breaks down. This isn’t about 1 indiscretion. It is about patterns of abuse. Disgusting & dangerous.
The Hegseth family Thanksgiving must have been interesting
15/🧵 of names of police officers who defended the US Capitol & the Constitutional election process on 1/6/21. This is the final post of names but not the last post where I will tell the truth about that day. Don’t ever let the truth be hidden.
14/🧵 of names of law enforcement officers who responded to violence at the US Capitol on 1/6/21.
I taught my kids to respect our institutions and hold them accountable. We must hold Congress accountable to tell the truth about 1/6/21
13/🧵More names of officers who deserve our thanks for protecting the Capitol on 1/6/21.
12/🧵 naming officers whose names are on a plaque honoring law enforcement who responded to the attempted overturning of the 2020 election.
11/🧵 I am grateful everyday for law enforcement officers who protected the 2020 election results. They deserve to be commentated in the Capitol.
10/🧵 reminding us that law enforcement officers stood up for the Constitution on 1/6/21. Telling the truth about history is one way we all can stand for the Constitution.
Congress voted to install a plaque honoring the police officers who protected the election process on 1/6/21. Here is 9/🧵 listing their names.
Politicians who love power more than the Constitution empower authoritarians. Why isn’t the plaque honoring the law enforcement officers hanging in the Capitol? 8/
7/ post with names that are inscribed on a plaque that has not been installed in the US Capitol. Suppressing truth is in the authoritarian playbook.
6/ post to help us all remember the names of the law officers who deserve to be remembered for their service on 1/6/21
5/ the list goes on.
This is the 4/ post listing the names of law enforcement officers who responded to the violence of 1/6/21. They are heroes & deserve to be commemorated on a plaque in the Capitol. The plaque has never been displayed.