Matt Ford

Which has been used as an excuse to exploit teachers from time immomerial. I really do respect you position. I just detest the college admissions game and have no problem messing with it.

Colleges like lots of applicants because it allows them to pretend the have small acceptance rates. But it also means there is no way they are treating all these applications with care and human attention. Many in the UC system have over 100k applications. They created the messed up system.

That doesn't fix a broken system hoisted on the backs of teachers and high schools groveling for whatever colleges want. BTW I don't use AI to write letters, but I think teachers should feel free to if they want. The colleges deserve it for the awful application process they've created.

It's not so much as "if you can't beat them, join them" As it is that colleges have always been disrespectful towards teacher time when it comes to reccomendations. Since they don't respect me and my unpaid work, they haven't earned my best effort. Double so if they are going to have AI read it.

If colleges are using AI to read them when they have 80k applicants. Why should I spend my time on them? If they don't value them enough to have a human read them....

Local here: Two amusing things: Boston has become an amazingly safe city. Last year was lowest murder rate since 1950s! And the games are played like 45 mins away from the city in a suburban/exurban town. It's a ridiculous claim.

In this country getting educated and going to college are politically coded, especially since the pandemic/Trump I. This likely isn't as much a problem in other countries.

Trump is correct like a broken clock is correct and yet people feel it necessary to think those acts were intentional and that he deserves credit.

Why are The Onion and John Oliver better at journalism than journalists?

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Good excuse to break out this gem: theonion.com/third-amendm...

The American version of the Fundamental Attribution Error.

It still blows my mind that the 2020 combo of BLM and COVID broke a bunch of people. Like how dare we try to save lives and treat all people kindly and justly? Like this is what broke you?

Real shame because John Dickerson is the best. Kind and Smart and Incisive. In fact, I can't imagine he lasts long under this mess.

As a society we just not willing to pay what it costs to educate students in both tails of the distribution. Which is a shame. Because we have the money.

They long for the example where a junta turned out to be a good thing? Where is that exactly?

Is there anyway to staff that military with enough bodies without draft?

Does this play well to 80% of Americans? I doubt it, but do wonder.

The degree to which the state government of Louisiana hates both its own citizens and its economically most important asset is wild. Like what does the economy (and state tax revenues) of LA look like without NOLA?

It wouldn’t even take 20 GOP moderates to break ranks and save democracy. And they refuse to do it. Blaming even the worst democrats is wrong in this case.

Not that Trump deals with subtlety, but I was surprised he called the attack anti-Christian, when a whole bunch of the Christian right doesn’t consider LDS Christian at all.

I feel the same way about critical thinking which has become vaccines and climate change are global conspiracy based on lies and financial literacy which has become how can I make every 14 yr old a customer of Robinhood.

This is totally learned in high school debate team. Or mock trial or model UN. Where you can argue whatever you want and you get style points. Truth and justice and morality are irrelevant.

Maybe tell the minority leader?

Yeah obviously lots of issues with modern right. But I think we under appreciate how much they just lie. And the vast effect that has on everything.

Yes. But this does not remove agency from people that have a naive view of their heroes. Ignorance is often a choice.

They speak this way to con rubes and have a veil of cover. How naive can you be?

Civility has become a weapon. Those under assault need to express their grievances in exactly the right way. Otherwise those in power don't have to listen. Or can even use such uncivil requests as a reason to further tighten then noose.

I am more and more convinced that every one of these reactionary centrists grew up on debate team, model UN, mock trial or just law school. Where they are explicitly taught that the art of argument and debate matters more than the content or truth.

I am more and more convinced that every one of these reactionary centrists grew up on debate team, model UN, mock trial or just law school. Where they are explicitly taught that the art of argument and debate matters more than the content or truth.

Love the turn of phrase “truth over manners.”