Captain Obvious

One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them

I think this is right. It’s like when a family has decided to tolerate an abusive drunk. They know what he’s like and they’ve priced it into their decisions and they don’t want to hear you talk about it.

Putting Elon Musk on the cover of a magazine for anything other than “his illegal government funding cuts have already killed hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children” is propaganda

This. The problem isn't that someone gets a helping hand from their parents, it's that the helping hand is *needed*. There should be pathways into the arts for people of other backgrounds.

Remember how under President Joe Brandon working-class families couldn’t afford basic staples like steak, lobster, turf, and 25,000 calories worth of appetizers delivered by private taxi

strawman. right now healthcare ceos use llm to wholesale deny claims knowing people don't have the knowledge or werewithal to fight

a different evil that kills people isn't worse

we need structures that are superior

I understand fears people have here about “ we can’t have another Fetterman” but it appears the main way to avoid that beyond anything else ideological or practical is checking for out of control mental illness that alienates all reasonable friends and also brain damage

that's a blog post and not a research article about declining physician numbers trying the decline specifically to Medicare Medicaid reimbursement

also isn't orthopedics a notoriously high priced specialty?

I also love how he frames himself like a smart businessman focused on reality, and starts throwing around claims without any supporting evidence.

He's a billionaire, they don't have the ability to percieve the world properly

Ohio’s private school sector is blossoming, thanks to voucher expansion

Of all the terrible ideas... Toledo Public Schools is considering a four-day week. This is a TERRIBLE move for rural schools, but at least you can understand the argument wrt long bus rides. But an urban district? Despicable!

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claims like this without sourcing are a problem

This isn't just true of students learning. It's very true right now with "evidence based teaching" trends.
#EduSky

One of the reasons these scams persist is because victims feel guilty about falling for them, so I don't want to hear any "lol this is so obvious" stuff. These emails are written in perfect english and something approximating my voice. As far as I know it hasn't worked yet but no shame if it did!

now let's do gun control!

At will? Whose will? Removing independent agency heads is part of a broader assault on a nonpartisan government

The idea that the US Constitution vests nearly absolute power in one person, in part because presidential elections are the main way govt is accountable to the people, is so crazy, illogical, ahistorical it shouldn’t need rebutting.

But here we are, and @donmoyn.bsky.social explains why it’s wrong.

I honestly might bet the raiders. this offense is so fucked

fire sirrianni do it right now

every time they get going someone fucks up

I don't understand people. it's obvious that the offensive structure is awful.
meanwhile you're very good quarterback is having a relatively bad stretch and a pretty bad game

and people are ready to bench the guy.

yep that seems about right

Im reviewing all rsch on teacher turnover & std achievement. Almost all studies find turnover affects ach (mostly negative) except for 1 guy who spent career arguing money didn't matter & then finally relented after it became obvious it did.

@schoolfinance101.bsky.social #EduSky #AcademicSky

There is so much other data too. It pisses me off to no end to see an academic who should know better, an associate professor of public policy, misrepresent the evidence, to try to convince people to fall for the lie that "well actually, if everyone had basic needs money, crime wouldn't go down."

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This is why we can't have nice things. We all already know that poverty, insecurity, and inequality contribute to crime, BECAUSE OF COURSE IT DOES. The Finland pilot compared a group given unemployment benefits income to a group provided the same amount of basic income. Why expect less crime?

some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think

oh cool it's not just Philly phans

I'll say again: we are oddly selective about the government services about which we will say, they operate at a loss.

We say Amtrak and the post office "lose money" but we never say highways, the court system, the Pentagon, etc lose money

I Don't Know What to Think About America's Declining Test Scores and Neither Should You The case for confusion

Best piece I've read in a long time about what standardized testing data tells us--or doesn't. Don't miss this one. "I Don't Know What to Think About America's Declining Test Scores and Neither Should You" pershmail.substack.com/p/i-dont-kno...

so fine to include thoughtfully not some magical panacea

another tech bro wet dream down the drain

Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.

One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.

When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?

yes moore want spectacular here. but he was very competent and new how to sequence and lean into what works without being predictable