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August 2020 I was back in the classroom with no vaccine, no cure, no testing, buying my own masks, teaching in person and online at the same time, and listening to a constant barrage of stories from the media about how teachers weren’t working and were failing kids. They were all writing from home.
December 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
August 2020 I was back in the classroom with no vaccine, no cure, no testing, buying my own masks, teaching in person and online at the same time, and listening to a constant barrage of stories from the media about how teachers weren’t working and were failing kids. They were all writing from home.
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One last way of saying what I've been trying to say: Dem pols can and should fight for school improvement without painting themselves as failures. They do it by talking about the issues parents care about most -- and moving forward with research-based policy that works. Look forward, not back.
December 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
One last way of saying what I've been trying to say: Dem pols can and should fight for school improvement without painting themselves as failures. They do it by talking about the issues parents care about most -- and moving forward with research-based policy that works. Look forward, not back.
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The idea that Democrats should campaign on what this writer deems their failures is astounding.
Yes, the Democrats should be campaigning hard on education and supporting research-based policies.
But regurgitating RW talking points and self-flagellation has got to be the absolute worst path.
Yes, the Democrats should be campaigning hard on education and supporting research-based policies.
But regurgitating RW talking points and self-flagellation has got to be the absolute worst path.
5 Hard Truths Democrats Must Face on Education
Test scores are down, learning loss is real, and inequality is growing. Here are 5 truths Democrats must face on education.
washingtonmonthly.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The idea that Democrats should campaign on what this writer deems their failures is astounding.
Yes, the Democrats should be campaigning hard on education and supporting research-based policies.
But regurgitating RW talking points and self-flagellation has got to be the absolute worst path.
Yes, the Democrats should be campaigning hard on education and supporting research-based policies.
But regurgitating RW talking points and self-flagellation has got to be the absolute worst path.
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Only 8 states and DC have minimum salaries for teachers that exceed the minimum salary that ICE is offering to agents. Yet, unlike ICE agents, teachers in every state are required to have a bachelor's degree.
December 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Only 8 states and DC have minimum salaries for teachers that exceed the minimum salary that ICE is offering to agents. Yet, unlike ICE agents, teachers in every state are required to have a bachelor's degree.
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Perhaps an obvious point, but beyond a certain level of wealth, these numbers become meaningless. Those eight billionaires are mostly wielding political capital at this point; the bank balances are irrelevant. What this is a record of is therefore only what they *took* from everyone else.
"What a year for the ultra wealthy. The world’s 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes in 2025’s… booming markets, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. And about a quarter of this year’s gains went to just eight billionaires.” — Bloomberg Morning Brief
December 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Perhaps an obvious point, but beyond a certain level of wealth, these numbers become meaningless. Those eight billionaires are mostly wielding political capital at this point; the bank balances are irrelevant. What this is a record of is therefore only what they *took* from everyone else.
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Because if you just want to complain, I’m not interested, and I’ll just mute you. Like I said, screaming despair in a public place is actually toxic, self-fulfilling behavior.
But also?
I bet if you say “ok, I’ll do this one thing,” YOU’LL feel better, and less doomery.
But also?
I bet if you say “ok, I’ll do this one thing,” YOU’LL feel better, and less doomery.
December 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Because if you just want to complain, I’m not interested, and I’ll just mute you. Like I said, screaming despair in a public place is actually toxic, self-fulfilling behavior.
But also?
I bet if you say “ok, I’ll do this one thing,” YOU’LL feel better, and less doomery.
But also?
I bet if you say “ok, I’ll do this one thing,” YOU’LL feel better, and less doomery.
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something i’ve been thinking about a lot is kennedy’s FREEDOM FROM FEAR and his argument that many of the New Dealers - FDR first and foremost - were much more focused on social and economic stability than on growth for its own sake, a position that is pretty distinct from the Abundance mindset
December 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
something i’ve been thinking about a lot is kennedy’s FREEDOM FROM FEAR and his argument that many of the New Dealers - FDR first and foremost - were much more focused on social and economic stability than on growth for its own sake, a position that is pretty distinct from the Abundance mindset
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One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it
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“We stand a very real chance to be stuck in polarization hell, perpetually cycling between fascists who can’t quite go the distance on the one hand and a do-nothing Democratic gerontocracy on the other. What our moment needs is Reconstruction Democrats.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-are-going...
We Are Going to Win
Trump's revolution will fail, but we still have a long and painful road ahead of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“We stand a very real chance to be stuck in polarization hell, perpetually cycling between fascists who can’t quite go the distance on the one hand and a do-nothing Democratic gerontocracy on the other. What our moment needs is Reconstruction Democrats.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-are-going...
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A small number of people whose extreme wealth exerts a political gravitational force that distorts the entire political system is bad, actually. It has been recognized as a threat to free liberal republican government since the first time it emerged in the Gilded Age.
December 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A small number of people whose extreme wealth exerts a political gravitational force that distorts the entire political system is bad, actually. It has been recognized as a threat to free liberal republican government since the first time it emerged in the Gilded Age.
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If the US invested in child care and had national policies like paid leave comparable to other industrialized countries, we would generate $775 billion of economic activity a year. The question should not be, “how can we afford to do this?” The question is, “how can we afford not to?” Let’s do this.
December 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
If the US invested in child care and had national policies like paid leave comparable to other industrialized countries, we would generate $775 billion of economic activity a year. The question should not be, “how can we afford to do this?” The question is, “how can we afford not to?” Let’s do this.
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something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
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i pay unrealized capital gains all the time except when you're not rich they call them property taxes
very convenient that the rich ruling class techbros solution to income and wealth inequality will be solved by letting them accumulate even more wealth
December 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
i pay unrealized capital gains all the time except when you're not rich they call them property taxes
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every white supremacist for the rest of my life is going to point to the secret police terrorizing latino and Somali communities with ethnic pogroms and say this is the way you stop crime
The murder rate dropped by 20% in 2025, the largest U.S. decline ever recorded
Crime in the U.S. fell in 2025. Will the trend continue?
Crime rates dropped across much of the U.S. in 2025. That was true for both property and violent crime. And it declined nearly everywhere: In big cities and small towns, and in red and blue states.
www.npr.org
December 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
every white supremacist for the rest of my life is going to point to the secret police terrorizing latino and Somali communities with ethnic pogroms and say this is the way you stop crime
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There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Legislators need to pronounce this proposal as dead on arrival. The climate crisis is getting worse, and Trump is determined to stop climate action. We need these funds to go to build the infrastructure and services needed to reduce climate pollution - as voters made clear when they approved it.
NEW STORY // Ferguson Proposes ‘Unprecedented Sweep’ of Climate Dollars to Balance State Budget
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/29/f...
Story by Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/12/29/f...
Ferguson Proposes ‘Unprecedented Sweep’ of Climate Dollars to Balance State Budget » The Urbanist
# Over $500 million in funding that likely would have been allocated to sustainable transportation and clean energy programs will instead be used to backfill an existing tax credit under Washington Go...
www.theurbanist.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Legislators need to pronounce this proposal as dead on arrival. The climate crisis is getting worse, and Trump is determined to stop climate action. We need these funds to go to build the infrastructure and services needed to reduce climate pollution - as voters made clear when they approved it.
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An exceptionally stupid and contingent set of circumstances made Stephen Miller the most influential ideologue in the US. There is no future for the left or liberalism that does not take as a core mission ensuring he is punished for his crimes & no one as hateful as him is ever close to power again.
December 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
An exceptionally stupid and contingent set of circumstances made Stephen Miller the most influential ideologue in the US. There is no future for the left or liberalism that does not take as a core mission ensuring he is punished for his crimes & no one as hateful as him is ever close to power again.
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The top 1% own 51% of stocks
The bottom 50% own 1% GS
The bottom 50% own 1% GS
December 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The top 1% own 51% of stocks
The bottom 50% own 1% GS
The bottom 50% own 1% GS
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At least be good at it if you're going to be a dick about it
December 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
At least be good at it if you're going to be a dick about it
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One thing I talk about in my book is different social norms around argumentation. And the sheer fucking outrage that many feel towards the uncompromising norms in math and the hard sciences around whether something is true or not. They read this as unempathetic and tyrannical.
December 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
One thing I talk about in my book is different social norms around argumentation. And the sheer fucking outrage that many feel towards the uncompromising norms in math and the hard sciences around whether something is true or not. They read this as unempathetic and tyrannical.
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Right wing propaganda is not debate.
December 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Right wing propaganda is not debate.
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As an educator, I have a mandatory reporting duty to alert my school if I suspect a student is a victim of abuse, manipulation, and/or harassment. What happens when ChatGPT is the perpetrator?
For context, I teach "AI" and machine learning. I'm not anti-tech but GenAI should be shot into the sun.
For context, I teach "AI" and machine learning. I'm not anti-tech but GenAI should be shot into the sun.
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
As an educator, I have a mandatory reporting duty to alert my school if I suspect a student is a victim of abuse, manipulation, and/or harassment. What happens when ChatGPT is the perpetrator?
For context, I teach "AI" and machine learning. I'm not anti-tech but GenAI should be shot into the sun.
For context, I teach "AI" and machine learning. I'm not anti-tech but GenAI should be shot into the sun.
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Our theories of how the public "understands" a policy issue, at least in education spaces, are woefully inadequate
December 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Our theories of how the public "understands" a policy issue, at least in education spaces, are woefully inadequate
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If everything is a landmark, nothing is a landmark.
Seattle Landmarks has lost all credibility. This pool is only the latest in a long line of designations for no other reason than to impede progress.
Seattle Landmarks has lost all credibility. This pool is only the latest in a long line of designations for no other reason than to impede progress.
December 28, 2025 at 3:46 AM
If everything is a landmark, nothing is a landmark.
Seattle Landmarks has lost all credibility. This pool is only the latest in a long line of designations for no other reason than to impede progress.
Seattle Landmarks has lost all credibility. This pool is only the latest in a long line of designations for no other reason than to impede progress.
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This seems exceptionally uncomplicated and anyone who tries to say otherwise is not serious.
Helping people that need help is moral and good but it’s no substitute for a robust public safety net funded by state redistribution of wealth.
December 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This seems exceptionally uncomplicated and anyone who tries to say otherwise is not serious.