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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 6h

So your whole business model is to be a middleman?!

What a lofty goal.

Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 6h

At pd today we were told one of our district goals was "future ready" which meant things like expanding college in the high school and amount of students in AP.

Let me tell you hearing that after proctoring the PSAT really put a nice bow on my day....

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 13h

This whole post is good and should be ready by all, but the line

"The CollegeBoard also uses the hyphenated form of “Afro-Eurasia” in its Course and Exam Description for Advanced Placement World History: Modern"

Should be more than enough to convince folks.

Liberating Narratives @liberatingnarratives.com · 18h

Too often world historians use “Afro-Eurasia” with a hyphen. That hyphen has an ugly history. It’s time to start using Afrouerasia.
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The Problem with Hyphenating Afroeurasia

Hyphens suggest otherness; Afroeurasia has a long interconnected history

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 13h

Can we please be better?

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USA TODAY Sports @usatodaysports.usatoday.com · 23h

Here's the full WNBA schedule for Oct. 8, including game times, TV channels, scores and how to stream.

WNBA games today: Schedule, times, how to watch for Oct. 8

Here's the full WNBA schedule for Oct. 8, including game times, TV channels, scores and how to stream.

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 1d

Yup.

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 1d

It's my least favorite day of the school year. I have a master's degree and am a nationally board certified teacher and guess what I'm giving up a day of instruction for tomorrow - proctoring the PSAT at no expense to the CB...

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 1d

In the event democracy survives this and we still have textbooks this might be the first photo in the chapter on the 2020s.

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 1d

Dads in airports.

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 1d

This past spring I was surprised by the amount of students who didn't realize that AI wasn't all knowing and was in fact a reflection of whomever programmed it.

I hope they've hung on to that learning.

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 1d

That has to be a big part of it.

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 1d

(I have many ideas why)

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 1d

Why is AIs whole thing about getting you to not talk to people?

lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 2d

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 1d

Man I wish I could just make numbers up and people would be like "you know what that makes sense, publish it!"

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 2d

AI-assisted online shopping is still booming, new U.S. holiday e-commerce forecast shows.

Adobe predicts AI-assisted online shopping to grow 520% during the 2025 U.S. holiday season | TechCrunch

AI-assisted online shopping is still booming, new U.S. holiday e-commerce forecast shows.

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 2d

If we truly cared about student mental health we would cap the amount of APs they could take in a year at two.

But we let a pay-per-test not-for-profit determine ed policy in this country so I don't see this happening any time soon.

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 4d

That's a five minute review resulting in a no call.

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Liberating Narratives @liberatingnarratives.com · 4d

New post on global feminism and its support for internationalism between the world wars
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www.liberatingnarratives.com/all-women-th...

“All Women Throughout the World”: Global Feminism and Internationalism, 1900-1950

Discussion of teaching global feminism in the first half of the 1900s

www.liberatingnarratives.com

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 4d

It stresses me out so much.

Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 4d

The amount of long walks and stares into the middle distance I would have to do to make sense of my life again would be immeasurable.

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 4d

I swear if I'm going to have to defend the CB because of what would replace it if it gets wiped...

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 4d

At this point I'll take any competition. But it's gotta differentiate itself from the CLT guy

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 4d

I hate that it's now a radical idea to believe that humans exist to do more than just work.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 5d

I don't know if Ex Machina needed a sequel, but I'll be damned if Companion isn't better than the original.

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 6d

So we've just ceded all autonomy at this point?

Because refusal is always an option.

Bloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 6d

Tilly Norwood raises the question of who will be the first to win an Oscar for best AI in a leading role

Tilly Norwood Is Expensive, Even for Hollywood

The “synthetic actress” may be cheaper to cast than Leonardo DiCaprio, but AI’s footprint carries major economic and environmental costs.

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Matt Busch @mattbusch.bsky.social · 6d

a sign that says you wouldn 't steal a handbag on it

ALT: a sign that says you wouldn 't steal a handbag on it

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