Can’t believe I skeeted this BEFORE he said that the U.S. is going to occupy Venezuela

During a 3 episode binge of stranger things season 5 my preteen was hard at work making. Looks familiar…

By retreating only to "kitchen table issues" to avoid being labeled "woke," Democratic leaders have left an open goal for the GOP. When you treat the harassment of vulnerable communities as a "distraction" rather than a crisis, you're not avoiding a fight: you're just forfeiting it.

CBS Evening News: “On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQnd...

I am, once again, struck by the poverty of examples of how AI will meaningfully improve student learning. If anyone thinks these relatively simplistic tasks are the key to education revolution, I invite them to join me on a tour of literally any American school district to reassess their position.

I don't think they're going to be able to do what they want to do but nobody should have any illusions at this point about what they want to do

Unnecessarily long thread about the games I played this years. The short version: Silksong rocks, UFO50 is a masterpiece, Caves of Qud is weird and wonderful, go play Strange Jigsaws, Tactical Breach Wizards is exactly as awesome as it sounds.

This cool as hell

Just loaded up Baldur's Gate 3 for the first time in about a year and was reminded I named my Drow monk Jet Linda. That tracks.

Grades submitted juuuussstt before the new year.

I use Google Keep as a very low resource text editor for quick notes or outlines for my teaching plans. It's bare bones--no AI--but cloud-based so I can access it from my laptop or phone in a pinch. Which is why I expect it to be shelved any day now...

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.

If you’re anything like me this is your last day to listen and enjoy holiday music. So you’d better get in on this episode of Pop & Play now! We talk family traditions and the best and worst of holiday music

An absolutely wonderful, versatile, powerful and powerfully funny actor who enlivened everything he was in, and a huge loss. I'm not going to say the word, but we're all thinking it in his honor. RIP Isiah Whitlock. deadline.com/2025/12/isia...

I want to apologize to all involved for mentioning Hades 2 and not directly linking to this banger (and thank the gods it is a banger as I heard it a million times) youtu.be/cQFEcBIf8z0?...

Unnecessarily long thread about the games I played this years. The short version: Silksong rocks, UFO50 is a masterpiece, Caves of Qud is weird and wonderful, go play Strange Jigsaws, Tactical Breach Wizards is exactly as awesome as it sounds.

No one: Me: Here are my thoughts on 21 video games I played this year! In most cases the order listed is when I played the game, and the month is when I rolled credits... (1/22)

No one: Me: Here are my thoughts on 21 video games I played this year! In most cases the order listed is when I played the game, and the month is when I rolled credits... (1/22)

i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides

When my kids were little, I never intentionally let them win board and video games. This is me playing Mario Kart with my teen now.

45min has been the Pop & Play sweet spot but I always feel proud when we land one at 30.

This is a metaphor for the tech industry overall circa 2025

Had a great time with Strange Jigsaws. Strong Frog Fractions energy! Worth your $4 if you are strange and/or enjoy puzzles.

Maybe your “other” podcasts are talking about their favorite holiday songs this week, but only Pop & Play has the courage to do what’s necessary and Thanos snap one song out of existence, wiping it from all holiday playlists. Will your fav get the Thanos treatment? Happy Holidays from Pop & Play!

An incredible life of luxury awaits you if you're willing to bravely and defiantly plant your flag on being a fucking loser

Merry try-to-remain-calm-while-explaining-complicated-board-game-rules-to-inebriated-family-members-that-asked-to-play-said-complicated-game-mas!

Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather

It’s Christmas Eve which means…

Hot take: Spirited is good actually

I need a big meaty game for the holiday break… ghost of yotei is tempting me but looking at that full price and

On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

Maybe your “other” podcasts are talking about their favorite holiday songs this week, but only Pop & Play has the courage to do what’s necessary and Thanos snap one song out of existence, wiping it from all holiday playlists. Will your fav get the Thanos treatment? Happy Holidays from Pop & Play!

they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead

Simply Having A wonderful

Dammit I already reskeeted this one last year

And now someone has uploaded a version that wasn't filmed off a TV. There's also the torrent link there, which is probably the fastest way to download the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT if you want to save the file locally to your computer.

No.

Posted this thread a few days ago, but it’s quite relevant for the current conversation about using AI to summarize papers in a field. TLDR: nope! bsky.app/profile/snow...

We don’t deserve Rick Steves

Ask dad, he knows

Ok, I see why we always lose

All of it. You get that right?

Now the real question: what are our representatives in Congress going to do about it? Are they actually going to hold hearings, apply all punitive measures possible? Speak out loudly and often online, on the news, and everywhere else? Where’s the leadership?

Has anyone tried asking AI to fill in all these black boxes? I’ve been told it is a very powerful technology.

The funniest thing about them releasing a ton of redacted files is that they could have done that months ago and possibly avoided the build up that led to the law compelling their release. But long term thinking is very hard for this bunch of criminals.

His need to see his name on all the things in front of him is so pathetic and funny

A thread on why you should slow your roll before you immediately turn to AI for all your work.