Conn McQuinn

I think one thing people outside Minnesota don't understand is that after Good and Pretti were killed by feds while observing, the most normal people you could imagine have made peace with the fact that they could be next, and they are still out there because they say it's the right thing to do.

I believe a lot of people on here haven't a clue how U.S. Gov't works. If your political party does not hold the House th Senate or the Presidency you have no political power at all. You can slow down legislation thru administrative procedures but you can not stop this legislation. Elections matter!

Don’t listen to people who say all politicians are crooks, or that everyone lies. You know who says that?
Crooks & liars. They see in others what they are themselves.

But most people aren’t crooks & liars.
Most people are decent.
And we have had enough of these crooks & liars

I’ve seen that trend. But in order to generate enough ad revenue to cover expenses, OpenAI would need to earn as much as Google/YouTube and Meta combined. That seems *extremely* unlikely.

My skepticism doesn’t involve denying how many people use it, but on whether or not that level of usage will continue. The great majority of users access it for free, and it’s only free because of massive capital expenditures that seem completely unsustainable. What happens when the money runs out?

I spent 40 years working in educational technology, and I think using generative AI in schools - in any form, for any reason - is instructional malpractice.

The “Verified Viewer” scores are almost all five stars, which isn’t surprising given the very narrow demographic of people who would actually pay to see it.

My question then is what are the mechanisms driving the results? Without knowing these (or hypothesizing them), we can’t even get past the correlation vs. causation discussion. “Charter school” isn’t a treatment; it’s the box in which the treatment is delivered - and the boxes are all different.

I understand that, but it doesn't make sense. Ouside the few chains, each charter school is different in approach and philosophy. (The same is largely true for traditional schools as well.) Any achievement difference attributable to the governance model is overwhelmed by more impactful variables.

This makes sense, since neither "charter school" or "traditional school" are a specific model of instructional practice. They are governance models several steps removed from what happens in the classroom, and so wildly varied in design from one place to another to be meaningless distinctions.

I’ve read the same information. $35 million is being spent on promotion, and $40 million on production. Melania’s bribe of $28 million is almost 75% of production costs - which will probably be a tax write-off when the movie loses money. It’s grifters all the way down.

Sadly, they paid (bribed) her $28 million up front for her participation, so I’m sure the sting of the film’s failure will be assuaged as she gazes at her bank account.

Americans must be eyes wide open that blocking the DHS funding bill will not shut down ICE.

ICE is now sitting on a massive slush fund it can tap, whether or not we pass a funding bill.

We probably would not see eye to eye on a lot, but serious props to the Cato Institute for their absolute pile of great, full-throated defenses of immigration. They’ve done impressive work in this area for years now.

In regard to the debate about the training of ICE/CBP agents, I have an aphorism for you: "Culture eats training for breakfast."

Individual behavior is mainly a product of organizational culture, which will negate prior training. ICE/CPB have well documented toxic cultures. THAT is the problem.

It’s difficult to evaluate because “choice” isn’t an instructional model. It’s the option for parents to choose from a smorgasbord of schools, each different to some degree than others. We can *never* measure student growth attributable to choice; it’s not an independent or meaningful variable.

I worked in ed tech for forty years, and I totally agree.

And he’s spent the last eight years showing something completely different. How long does he need to be different to be believed? Ten years? Fifteen? Ever?

Why does it matter at all? We have a fight to win, and wasting time and energy screening allies only helps the fascists.

He left that community in 2018 and has been a very vocal and tenacious critic of DJT and the entire Republican Party ever since. People change. I’m interested in winning the most important fight I’ve seen in my life, not policing the people fighting alongside me.

Walz: "If it was the intention of Donald Trump to make an example of Minnesota, then I'm damn proud of the example that the world is seeing"

If Bovino is concerned about “heated rhetoric,” perhaps he should be looking into the last couple of months’ worth of public statements and posts by Trump, Miller, Vance, Noem, and Bondi.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Senator Murray posted as soon as the first videos came out, calling this killing “an execution.” She posted an hour ago “Federal agents cannot murder people in broad daylight and face zero consequences.” She also announced she will not support the current DHS funding package without major changes.

ICE needs to leave Minneapolis immediately and stand down across the country. #dhs #ice #trump

Image of a candle on a mailbox casting light on bare tree branches around it.

A light in the darkness in suburban Seattle, in solidarity with our friends in Minnesota. Defund, disband, and prosecute anyone and everyone involved in these crimes against our communities.

He called them "...violent, untrained agents." The word "violent" is sufficient. He's made it clear in multiple statements that he thinks they are acting criminally, and he doesn't need to wordsmith every single one to make sure every one gets all the necessary adjectives in.

Live: Man shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis this morning, police chief says A video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him. The Department of Homeland Security said the man was armed with a gun.

This looks like an execution. There must be an investigation. There must be accountability.

Joining ICE does not give you license to murder.

The President is escalating the situation—and I have no faith he will stop. The Republican Congress must join us to end this. Enough.

Absolutely. Without Cannon and SCOTUS dragging things out so long, DJT would have been tried and convicted before the election. The effort they put into delaying the prosecutions were unprecedented and not something that almost *any* of the legal scholars I followed anticipated could happen.

Donald Trump spread lies and conspiracy theories to his followers to make them believe the 2020 election was rigged against him, then incited an angry mob to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop the election certification.

These are Special Counsel Jack Smith’s findings.