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InSECT Project logo - investigating science education, citizenship and truth. Image shows Atlas supporting the world on his shoulders, standing on an elephant, the elephant standing on a turtle which stands on a stack of turtles of decreasing size. Atlas supports the world which scientists aspire to describe. Atlas’s elephant stands on a turtle and then it’s turtles all the way down. The bottom turtle is truth and just above it is science. Science is imperfect but more obsessed with the truth about the observable world than any other institution. So, science is the way to bet.

The InSECT Project is developing a new teaching program to bolster democracy and counter the erosion of truth, with science being considered as a form of knowledge alongside arts and humanities knowledge.
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I have seen the same thing just in my limited time with middle school students. In fact, I have seen them with ANY down time just on random things, such as games, YouTube shorts, and soundboards. I have seen them as more of a distraction than a source of productivity.

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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.

The World Cup and Olympics need to move to safer, better countries.

Hepatitis B vaccine guidance set to be rolled back for US babies: what the science says A panel of US vaccine advisers voted to rescind a recommendation that all newborns should receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth.

This is an excellent read. The more you know. #Science 🧪

“… we were advancing toward elimination of hepatitis B in the United States,” says Ward “I am deeply concerned that if the ACIP rescinds this policy, they’re going to contribute to the spread of hepatitis B rather than its elimination.”

Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels Many parents like myself were shocked by a recent change to the English curriculum at Alice Deal Middle School.

Staff at Alice Deal Middle School made the decision this year to remove all full-length novels from the 8th grade curriculum.

It's a mistake, current parent @aaronweso.bsky.social writes, arguing that "reading full novels has real and important benefits for middle school-age children and in life."

Remember how I've said AI is an attack? This is what I meant

GIFT ARTICLE - The world as seen from the White House is a place where America can use its vast powers to make money.

TIK TOK FUCKERS!
They will try to thumb their noses at the COURTS and all I can say to that is....

Newspaper clipping with the headline "Murphy denies book 'ban,' says no action planned." From the Springfield Daily News, March 14, 1952.

This news piece from March 14, 1952 showcases the same exact nonsense from book banners then as today. "It was never my intention to bar the book," Murphy added. "I only advised the bookstore not to sell it."

'The Librarians' To Premiere on PBS on February 9 | School Library Journal Calling the documentary an Oscar contender, Deadline reported that The Librarians will headline the PBS' Independent Lens series.

‘The Librarians’ To Premiere on PBS on February 9
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Creators across every discipline are organizing the first mass public testimony for AI protection legislation in American history. Monday, Dec 8, writers, artists, musicians, photographers, and coders will testify at Stanford in support of #CAAB412
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#March2Testify

This is a beautifully written piece.

Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?

That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.

The Lowcountry Literacy Project Sets Date for Groundbreaking Documentary Premiere The Lowcountry Literacy Project (LLP) will premiere its first documentary, The Rising Tide: Literacy in the Lowcountry, on January 20 at the Charleston Music Hall.

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By the way, the real drug traffickers aren’t on the boats. Those are just mules getting paid a few bucks. Trump doesn’t go after the real kingpins, he either leaves them alone or pardons them.

A tweet quoting a reporter asking Trump whether Americans are impatient about affordability. Trump replies that affordability is a “hoax” created by Democrats. The image shows Trump sitting in a cabinet room looking tired or annoyed.

That’s Trump’s message to millions of struggling families. Your suffering isn't real. It's a hoax, just like the Epstein files!

Thank you for this. In "Book and Dagger," now in paperback, historian Elyse Grahm writes the largely untold but riveting story of how scholars, librarians, and "oddball archivists" were mobilized to defeat fascism in WWII: "The war may have been fought on battlefields, but it was won in libraries."

JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.

As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.

There was a 13 point swing last night in TN-07.

If we see a 13 point swing in South Carolina in Nov 2026 Lindsey Graham will be retired and I will be the first ever pediatrician Senator.

Despicable doesn’t begin to describe this:

50 days

Where's the 24-7 coverage on Trump's declining health, inability to stay awake DURING TELEVISED events, cankles, two MRIs, and lack of stamina?

Where's Jake Tapper?

NYT?

Fox?

Corporate Media?

Jacob Frey: "We are here to respond to credible reports relaying that there are as many as 100 federal agents that will be deployed to the Twin Cities with a specific focus on targeting our Somali community. To our Somali community -- we love you and we stand with you. That commitment is rock solid"

This is racist and dangerous. Last I checked, Somalians are Black and Rep. Omar is a colleague. Where are the @housedemocrats.bsky.social? The @blackcaucus.bsky.social ?

Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.

It’s called racist, it’s called xenophobic, it’s called anti American.

A decade in and his lies are still called “falsehoods”, and some of the most blunt vile racism ever heard from a President since the civil war…..and you word salad it?

"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”

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Pinellas teacher joins Democratic field seeking to unseat Rep. Luna — Tampa Bay Times Florida’s 13th Congressional District has grown increasingly Republican in the past several years.

Amazing article published yesterday about our campaign for Congress, in our Tampa Bay Times. The same journalist who wrote the article in January 2022 about the attacks on my classroom from Moms for Liberty. Comprehensive and masterfully written. ❤️🌈🧘🏾 apple.news/AmL9DCykLTzK...

Statement from Peter Koski, attorney for Jack Smith: “Nearly six weeks ago Jack offered to voluntarily appear before the House Judiciary committee in an open hearing to answer any questions lawmakers have about his investigation into President Trump's alleged efforts to unlawfully overturn the election results and retention of classified documents. We are disappointed that offer was rejected, and that the American people will be denied the opportunity to hear directly from Jack on these topics. Jack looks forward to meeting with the committee later this month to discuss his work and clarify the various misconceptions about his investigation.”

NEW: Jim Jordan and House GOPers refused to let the American public hear directly from Jack Smith, per his attorney.