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Matt Ford

Matt Ford

@mcford.bsky.social

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Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 1d

"I like Nazis; you like chocolate ice cream. We all have differences. Embrace them"

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 3d

Entirely predictable. An honest man of kindness and character as never going to last there. Hope he lands somewhere great.

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 6d

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.

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 6d

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.

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 6d

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.

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 6d

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.

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 6d

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....

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 16d

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.

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 16d

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.

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 17d

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.

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 17d

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

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 25d

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

Third Amendment Rights Group Celebrates Another Successful Year

WASHINGTON, DC—The National Anti- Quartering Association, America’s foremost Third Amendment rights group, held its annual gala in Washington Monday to honor 191 consecutive years of advocating the pr...

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 26d

The American version of the Fundamental Attribution Error.

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 27d

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?

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 28d

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.

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 28d

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.

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · 29d

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

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · Sep 30

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

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · Sep 30

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

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · Sep 30

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?

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · Sep 29

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.

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · Sep 29

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.

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · Sep 19

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.

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · Sep 16

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.

Matt Ford @mcford.bsky.social · Sep 16

Maybe tell the minority leader?