Genuinely learning a lot here, thanks for your replies. I am wondering how people who make the median income can stay in this city.

Is that subsidy one time or annual? What’s the optimal policy for affordable? Direct subsidy to families—in essence a robust local section 8? I know building more reduces rents—but not by enough to help people who can’t afford more than $1-2k. Or only build affordable in cheaper areas?

Would it? Doesn’t it depend on how much (affordable and what kind of affordable)? Genuine question, I have no idea but it seems like developers are making enough money to do affordable universally

The school convo seems a legitimate one to have too. Or is the idea that school building and housing should be decoupled?

I’d love to understand this more. Is the evidence that he is not pro affordable based on the downtown building that hasn’t been approved yet? I generally am pro not building more without affordable too and don’t think of that as nimby but yimby.

I’m sure your students see and appreciate you modeling a lifetime commitment. It’s worth so much.

True, although many do write in crowds as well (coffee shops, studios, libraries). I write alongside student's often to try to create a calm focus, and they can use headphones. I don't know what the perfect writing spot is. But I can't do whack-a-mole with AI anymore. It's so disheartening.

Why? Genuinely curious, as a teacher who is having students do all writing in class over multiple days. We do have 90-minute ELA classes every day, though.

What nooo? We’ve been waiting for a decade plus since Christie canceled. I think they are digging under Hudson rn. Does someone who knows more know if it’s just almost done anyway?

Thank you. Very useful!

What paper or article is this quote from? Thank you!

Also tangentially why we shouldn’t license bikes or criminalize perceived bike offenses—one of the last unsurveilled means of transportation (other than walking)

Sliwa surge, cat people-cop people crossover demo

that girl who listened to madonna and mary j while writing english papers grew up to be that woman listening to beyonce and bieber while editing her dissertation. decades of butt in chair, fingers on keyboard, yearning to teach two classes a semester with benefits. dare to dream.

this week is 31 days long. thoughts from last week were years ago. i'm a century older than last thursday morning.

People have their pet theories for declining scores but there’s a huge body of research that shows income inequality leads to poor social outcomes. Our income inequality has soared over the time of these scores (since 2005). www.dispatch.com/story/news/e...

Schools need to resist AI creep. Otherwise, AI teaches students who use AI, everyone killing time until students become labor. My district has encouraged teachers to use Gemini. Make our jobs easier by giving us time to collaborate and plan, vs destroy them with AI creep: www.npr.org/2025/08/29/n...

We need “systems of care versus systems of control”; well put @equalityalec.bsky.social. I also learned income inequality predicts social ills more than police resources and that police have big PR budgets. It’s as if they need to persuade that they need $$$ because facts otherwise don’t support it.

NJ can we get moving on this? What happened to the rumored coalition?

Do you ever read something and get so excited about it/its implications that you have to step away and come back? I become a slower reader with very good prose and ideas because of this. I have to let the ideas ping around and let the connections calm for a bit before coming back to the next line.

Any basic curriculum/standards (like your kid has to know how to read) or oversight would be a positive change as NJ currently has none for home schooling, in contrast to nearby NY which requires some curriculum and check ins: www.nj.com/education/20...

I kind of like this confirmation that Econ isn’t actually a science.

The way I keep bluesky drafts now is to write something, take a screenshot, and then delete the post.

NJ, if you are concerned about electric bills, consider that this federal admin canceled our wind farms, to start