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Trump forgot lesson #1

[in the voice of Don LaFontaine]: Trump 2. The horse is back in the hospital and this time, it’s got a flamethrower.

Institute of Education Sciences was a George W Bush innovation Republicans made it happen, as part of NCLB Education Sciences Act of 2002 Idea was to provide a research base for its accountability: here are scientifically-tested methods than can improve education

Trump’s no ideologue. He is totally willing to cross party lines if there’s a grift to be had. Adams knew just how to work him, too. No doubt there will be some sinecure in the Trump admin waiting for him if he loses the Dem primary in June. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

There's always been a lot of professional courtesy, personal friendship, and assumption of good faith among DC education policy people of different political persuasions. This is healthy in normal circumstances. Now is not normal. Time to stand up and be counted.

Of course, it’s possible that Trump isn’t so much anti-Denmark as he is pro-Nuuk.

Make America Incandescent Again!

A December 28th that falls on a Saturday has a decent claim to be the chillest day of the year.

4. Who famously and floridly mocked opponents of US involvement in Vietnam as "an effete corps of impudent snobs" and "nattering nabobs of negativism", only to later plead no contest to income tax evasion, subsequently withdrawing from office & public life? FOGHORN LEGHORN #LL103 #bestwronganswers

10th place Spurs with 2nd highest goals scored and 3rd best goal differential. Just doing a worse job distributing them efficiently.

Connections Puzzle #549 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Loved this Connex! Three categories that required some lateral thinking, and a couple of clever blind alleys.

Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin. This piece is crucial.

Must have been hitting the horse placenta this week

If only there were a hypothetical Department of Government Efficiency tasked with saving the government money, led by someone who understood why transitioning to EV’s would save the USPS money in the long run over gas-powered delivery vehicles.

Realized today that I’ve been vaguely conflating Ted Leo and Ted Leonsis for years. Sorry, Ted!

Dune has the same plot as the Westminster Dog Show: After generations of careful breeding, we have produced this perfect little freak of nature and now it has behavioral issues

An early Christmas!

Watching Gladiator II. Haven’t thought about the Roman Empire this much in…😮‍💨…hours.

When it comes to forecasting the long-term health of Bluesky as a platform, this is a more significant metric than the recent spike in users. If news orgs and content creators are able to get subscribers from their activity here, they’ll make this the go-to place for news and informed analysis.

I do appreciate the Easter eggs that Wyna Liu often inserts in the starting NYT Connections boards.

This gives me flashbacks to the opening of Neil Stephenson’s ‘Seveneves.’ Good riddance, 2024 PT5!

I’m perpetually amazed that there is a menswear angle to *everything* in the news, but no longer surprised that Derek Guy always has an informed take on it, with receipts and illustrations.

We’re gonna need radars that go up to 11. #spurs

Watched this video leading up to catching “Wicked” w my daughter this weekend. Reminded me of a good college lecture from back in the day, albeit in the modern YT style. Nice that this kind of thing is out there for free these days. youtu.be/bFhCK_N_jzU

I assumed they cast Robin Williams in ‘Awakenings’ because of his resemblance to Oliver Sacks, but apparently it was because young Marlon Brando wasn’t available.

And if it also boosted crypto scammers, Russian propagandists and Elon Musk’s most recent posts on X, it would be like we never left!

Bluesky is NOT a cult. We’re just millions of people, proselytizing to our friends and neighbors, asking if they have heard the good news about Bluesky. And of course we have a charismatic leader. Her name is… well, I mean, technically her name is Bluesky.

Everyone always talks about the banana, but no one really mentions the duct tape which, let’s face it, is doing most of the work in this piece. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/a...

Latest Hard Fork had on ChatGPT’s product head, Nick Turley, who explained recent changes (eg voice), where it’s headed (eg agents), and how people are using it day-to-day. Curious how others have incorporated it, especially in higher ed jobs. Thoughts, #EduSky? open.spotify.com/episode/03kZ...

Ironically, for years my cellphone account password was F*ckVer1zon.