I’m so struck by this video. A regular day in Logan Square in front of a grocery store and ICE pulls up and tear gassed people. Funston Elementary School is right across the street as well. This is a major corridor in Logan Sq. No concern for human safety

Video from: www.reddit.com/r/chicago/co...

Anyway, again, it would take like 20 or 30 Republicans in Congress who decide they don't actually hate the country to stop a whole lot of this

this is tikkun olam as I understand it

Meanwhile, today in official university-mandated "research security" training:

I teach computer science students. Many of them come in believing that quant analysis is "real" and qual is "made up." I consider it a big win if I can convince them, by the end, that it's all equally made up. (And that's OK!)

I spend all semester in my research methods class trying to teach the grad students that there are no "right" answers, that all data is inherently subjective, that what we choose to measure and how we choose to measure it are just as (if not more) important than what the measurements say.

Phils have won 94+ in consecutive seasons for the 3rd time in their history

The people “enforcing” immigration law under this administration understand what their real job is but we’re all supposed to pretend it’s something else

One of the things I hate the most about the current era is the responsibilization of every last thing: digital privacy, vaccinations, food safety, avoiding forced pregnancy, not getting kidnapped off the street. Basic "functional state" shit whose eradication is a long-held RW dream now coming true.

it's Blocked Field Goal week

During Gamergate a YouTuber said I was part of a secret Bill Gates plot to promote Common Core because my dad was "One of the most important men in education research in the United States."

My dad printed out a frame from the video laying this out in bold impact font and framed it for his desk.

I don’t think any country in the history of the world has ever done anything as stupidly self destructive as what Trump and RFK jr are doing with vaccines.

(It was a good joke, though.)

TFW when you are listening to @ifbookspod.bsky.social and there's a great segment on replication problems and cherry-picking data ("I'm going to add this to the resource list for my methods class!") immediately followed by a joke about anal sex ("Or maybe not").

The U.S.’s largest estuary is showing signs of revival. Once written off as a dead zone, water clarity in Chesapeake Bay has improved, underwater grasses are expanding, and crab populations are steadier thanks to decades of pollution controls. Nature buff.ly/morNFth
#ShareGoodNewsToo

Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."

Florida also had many more children die from COVID than California.

Premature, preventable, death is also a negative educational outcome, it just isn't reflected in test scores.

If you are interested in what is happening in Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant these days ‪@maustermuhle.bsky.social‬ ‬ at @51st.news has written the best article I've seen.

Here’s the link to comment on the rule. Please do comment. They can make a difference in litigation. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew
Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.

SCHWARBOMB #4

"And everybody looking for history from Kyle Schwarber, the 1-2 on the way... SWUNG ON, HIT DEEP RIGHT FIELD! AND THERE'S HISTORY FOR SCHWARBER!"

#RingTheBell

Here's what the third day of elementary school looked like in Mount Pleasant, Washington DC.

Feels like a good day to call attention to a very good (also, scary) paper from SOUPS the other week: www.usenix.org/conference/s...

How fortunate we are that the United States is so bereft of serious crimes that we can afford to have FBI agents standing around the Metro all day watching for turnstile-jumpers.