jash
@defaultprof.bsky.social
Teacher | Games Scholar | Father
Director of 6-12 ELA, #T1D dx ‘97 #insulin4all
Video games are cool. Video games are important.
Director of 6-12 ELA, #T1D dx ‘97 #insulin4all
Video games are cool. Video games are important.
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Sinners, a film about how Black people fought to survive and thrive, about the vampirism of white supremacy, about what people give up to integrate into whiteness, about the gifts of the ancestors who held onto their magic, is the perfect film to watch right now. It is full of hope and possibility ✊🏽
January 22, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Sinners, a film about how Black people fought to survive and thrive, about the vampirism of white supremacy, about what people give up to integrate into whiteness, about the gifts of the ancestors who held onto their magic, is the perfect film to watch right now. It is full of hope and possibility ✊🏽
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weird how the boat murders stopped once he got the oil, I guess all guys in the drug business changed careers
remember 3 weeks ago when the US made up fentanyl being a WMD because police pretend it works like anthrax and now we abducted the president of a country which doesn't even produce it. it really is all the same playbook just increasingly lazy and not even trying, because apparently it doesn't matter
January 21, 2026 at 11:10 PM
weird how the boat murders stopped once he got the oil, I guess all guys in the drug business changed careers
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I agree with Frank and would add that anyone seriously concerned with the concept of “cultural transmission” should consider the fact that requiring Hamlet by law won’t make anyone appreciate it. Opposite.
Urgent call to action, Texans: we need to write to our State Board of Education members and tell them NOT to adopt the proposed required reading list they’re considering at the the end of the month. It is BAD. I wrote about why here: franklinstrong.substack.com/p/call-to-ac...
Call to Action: The State Board of Education is considering a list of required readings. It's bad.
We need your help to stop it.
franklinstrong.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I agree with Frank and would add that anyone seriously concerned with the concept of “cultural transmission” should consider the fact that requiring Hamlet by law won’t make anyone appreciate it. Opposite.
I made the mistake of going on LinkedIn today.
January 16, 2026 at 12:09 PM
I made the mistake of going on LinkedIn today.
There has been a push of late for me to use “proven” methods when I coach teachers, and each time I get a little more confused about what that means.
January 14, 2026 at 4:36 PM
There has been a push of late for me to use “proven” methods when I coach teachers, and each time I get a little more confused about what that means.
The Millennial urge to write “This.”
January 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The Millennial urge to write “This.”
Give me all the Mamdani news, ok?
January 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Give me all the Mamdani news, ok?
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Don’t worry, once we’ve helped them come for immigrants and trans people, they’re sure to be appeased and dedicated to solidarity in our great big tent and not come after anyone else, as history teaches
September 30, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Don’t worry, once we’ve helped them come for immigrants and trans people, they’re sure to be appeased and dedicated to solidarity in our great big tent and not come after anyone else, as history teaches
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What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
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Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints
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The US unilaterally and illegally using state violence in South America to achieve the goals of capital is a long-standing tradition
January 3, 2026 at 12:21 PM
The US unilaterally and illegally using state violence in South America to achieve the goals of capital is a long-standing tradition
“We need people to be ok with our slop, ok? Alter your language accordingly.”
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"
January 2, 2026 at 11:35 PM
“We need people to be ok with our slop, ok? Alter your language accordingly.”
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Ah, the years are finally over. Wait we have another one coming tomorrow?! Aw no, no, no.
December 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Ah, the years are finally over. Wait we have another one coming tomorrow?! Aw no, no, no.
Everyone knows the eye of Sauron isn’t something to be replicated, right?
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Everyone knows the eye of Sauron isn’t something to be replicated, right?
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Fun fact: almost no trade nonfiction books are fact-checked. Unless the author is a rare one who wants to (and can) pay for it out-of-pocket, your favorite books hit the presses full of whatever errors the author may have made. And everyone makes some.
December 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Fun fact: almost no trade nonfiction books are fact-checked. Unless the author is a rare one who wants to (and can) pay for it out-of-pocket, your favorite books hit the presses full of whatever errors the author may have made. And everyone makes some.
I’m playing Pokemon Legends-Z-A, and I just want to know what kind of social services and infrastructure Lumiose City has because everyone has so much free time and disposable income.
December 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I’m playing Pokemon Legends-Z-A, and I just want to know what kind of social services and infrastructure Lumiose City has because everyone has so much free time and disposable income.
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Level-5 using AI is disappointing enough, but I also think it's insulting to imply that code is 100% of what makes up a game.
I also want to push back on this thing I keep hearing - that *everyone* is using AI. We're not! I work on three games and I've not used it at all!
I also want to push back on this thing I keep hearing - that *everyone* is using AI. We're not! I work on three games and I've not used it at all!
December 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Level-5 using AI is disappointing enough, but I also think it's insulting to imply that code is 100% of what makes up a game.
I also want to push back on this thing I keep hearing - that *everyone* is using AI. We're not! I work on three games and I've not used it at all!
I also want to push back on this thing I keep hearing - that *everyone* is using AI. We're not! I work on three games and I've not used it at all!
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Districts should be making time + providing resources (including money!) to enable school teams to come together to develop "HQIM" that makes sense for their local contexts based on research, all kinds of data + experiences. This might include adapting a purchased curricular resource.
December 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Districts should be making time + providing resources (including money!) to enable school teams to come together to develop "HQIM" that makes sense for their local contexts based on research, all kinds of data + experiences. This might include adapting a purchased curricular resource.
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One of the things that happened is that reformers + their allies shifted "HQIM" to include only materials produced by a corporate vendor.
They don't believe teachers, students + communities can produce "HQIM" because they don't trust or believe in teachers, students + communities.
They don't believe teachers, students + communities can produce "HQIM" because they don't trust or believe in teachers, students + communities.
December 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
One of the things that happened is that reformers + their allies shifted "HQIM" to include only materials produced by a corporate vendor.
They don't believe teachers, students + communities can produce "HQIM" because they don't trust or believe in teachers, students + communities.
They don't believe teachers, students + communities can produce "HQIM" because they don't trust or believe in teachers, students + communities.
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One major problem, bluntly, is that lots of folks can't distinguish between good writing and poor writing. This is about education, not intelligence: they could learn the difference, but it's frequently not taught, even in "good" schools. This is ultimately a competitive disadvantage for them.
it's so wild that people conflate quickness with quality so they think chatGPT writing a wall of text in 10 seconds means it's good writing.
December 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
One major problem, bluntly, is that lots of folks can't distinguish between good writing and poor writing. This is about education, not intelligence: they could learn the difference, but it's frequently not taught, even in "good" schools. This is ultimately a competitive disadvantage for them.
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💯 IMO the bigger issue is that we have a “relatively stagnant *way of approaching a list of classics.” Presentist Literary Amnesia™️ vs. Canon Worshipping Hegemony™️ has always been a reductive, boring, & suffocating false dichotomy.
December 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
💯 IMO the bigger issue is that we have a “relatively stagnant *way of approaching a list of classics.” Presentist Literary Amnesia™️ vs. Canon Worshipping Hegemony™️ has always been a reductive, boring, & suffocating false dichotomy.