Finally, some good news.

Would you rather be Krabbé or Reilhan? #TheRider

We like to say that most ed tech is adopted by schools, but AI crashed the party. But, it's true that some teachers are inviting it in and they say there are ways AI can support learning. www.teachlabpodcast.com/92

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

Putting away all the "CIVIL WAR NOW" banners at the news station and bringing out the "Mental Health Crisis in America" banners with a heavy sigh

"I supplied everyone but the typewriter factory. I sold AI generated essays to students, AI detectors to teachers. I even sold image generators to the chuds when they were memeing on my fellow techbros. Never sold to Peter Thiel - not on any moral grounds, in those days his checks always bounced."

I would bet next week's pay that just about everything you know about world and national events you know because of traditional journalism. Even if you got it from some podcaster, Tik Tocker or Substack writer, who got it from traditional journalists.

‘Booty’ and ‘butt’ are synonyms. ‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms. But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.

I wrote this last October.

This week on MIT's The Homework Machine, we tell the story of a school that's gone "all in" on AI, and what benefits and challenges they've encountered: www.youtube.com/shorts/1W88k...

"Almost all the hard-earned acreage that Black Americans acquired after the Civil War has been forced from them by mob violence, bank and government discrimination, and harmful inheritance laws." Reporting from @barryyeoman.com and John Noltner from "Still Here"

I just started listening to this podcast series, and it's very good. Timely, too.

How AI is changing my life for the better.

Key West has also received notice from the state that their rainbow crosswalks must go. Except these crosswalks aren't your normal crossings... "They’re thermoplastic strips that were sealed into the pavement with heat from a propane torch." The latest from @gwenfilosamedia.bsky.social...

Listen to the most recent episode of "The Homework Machine" called "The Duplicitous Nature of Humanity" in which teachers share stories of dealing with AI powered cheating. bit.ly/4oBPmPo

Me: Hello company, I give you money every month. I'd like to give you more money every month for a better service. How much? Company: You sent to the wrong email. Resubmit the same info you should shared with me to the portal. Me: Thanks, that tells me what I need to know.

Ethan Mollick et all coined the term "jagged technological frontier" to describe the weird and wild variation in LLM outputs. On #thehomeworkmachine, we explore what makes it jagged, and why it's a challenging tech for schools. www.teachlabpodcast.com/the-jagged-f...

Oh, hello, finally figured out how to automatically post #theHomeworkMachine up on Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yplW...

I mean, he can't be that smart if he left his snake hook at home and had to borrow somebody's golf club. #herpetology

A house finch is eating my kale. Is nothing sacred?

"I got an email that said, “Have AI write your next English paper”. The sub caption was 'Buckle up, here it comes!' -Steve Oullette, Westwood Public Schools One of many stories of the arrival of the Homework Machine, coming tomorrow. teachlabpodcast.com

The barbarians howl at the gates, and the librarians librarian.

Trailer is out! This summer we're releasing a seven episode limited series podcast on AI in schools called The Homework Machine. Its based on over 100 interviews with teachers and students, and the student interviews especially are funny, gut-wrenching, real talk from the youth.

Just one question, will Paul cover "Baby Got Back"?

We love the Criterion Channel's great idea to feature all the #Ripley films. In fact, we love it so much, that we did the same thing last year. uppermiddlebrow.com/2025/03/10/e...

This is an extraordinarily bizzare advertisement. What can it mean?

"If his resignation were about the impact of the stress on himself and his family, I would be disappointed but understanding... But how could anyone conceivably think that his resignation would resolve the unprecedented demands of the current administration and leave UVA in a better place?"

The UMBers espie a similarity to Neal Stephenson’s habit of "chessboard building" before letting the game unfold, examining if Liu’s narrative setups have plausible payoffs. They also identify some of the “hapless protagonist” effect they’ve seen before in The Diamond Age and The Arrest.

For a non "character driven" novel, The Three Body Problem is full of memorable characters, with Da Shi rising above.

NEW PARTY GAME: Was [activity] invented in [obscure place]? The human [tool] thinks so. Was gardening invented in Mars? The human pipe wrench thinks so. Was defenestration invented in Djibouti? The human chisel thinks so.

This one's for all you railfans: Beverly Branch Metra Stations, featuring the five historic train stations that dot the Beverly Branch of Metra’s Rock Island District, which are at 91st Street, 95th Street, 99th Street, 107th Street and 111th Street. Growing up, 91st was my "home" station!

"This is not what he thought he was paying for, when he tried to buy the 2024 election." -Casey Newton www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/p...

Is this real?

When I buy an election, I expect it to stay bought.

Hell yeah, we'll take a little June rain in LA to help the plants stay green, the rivers to keep flowing, and to push fire season back a week or two.

This wouldn't surprise anybody with a loved on in prison, or anybody who has worked in or around prisons.

Please tell me this is not a hoax.

Tomatoes on June 2nd. Not to brag, but I'm clearly the greatest human to ever live.

I'll try to get up to Malibu Creek and pour out a canteen of water. www.huffpost.com/entry/lorett...

My former employer, who supports a ton of important work surfacing Virginia history among other topics.

Friend of the Show Justin Reich called us from the North Woods, to give us an update on his 700 mile canoe trip. Bald eagles, river otters, and rustic hotels. uppermiddlebrow.com/2025/05/22/d...

Learned in my 40s: When I need coins for the laundry, I don't have to go to the gas station and try to get the clerk to change 1$ bills. Nor do I have to bike to the carwash and use the change machine when the manager isn't looking. I can simply go to the bank, and withdraw cash in quarters.

I used a whiteboard tool to visually track the status of various lobes and nodes of projects I'm working on, and it revealed where I stand with a certain draft due in 3 weeks.

Wanna hang out with us and Jeph from @bigcampaignpodcast.bsky.social tonight? Join us for a live watch party of the Talented Mr. Ripley. 4pm PT 7pm ET On our Discord: discord.gg/h734EZ3hBU

This is a big reversal.

In which an avuncular Dutchman uses a mixtures of science and Catholicism to defeat an undead sex offender. uppermiddlebrow.com/2025/04/28/e...

What is this s--t? If G-d wanted our water to fall from the sky, he wouldn't have given us the Sacramento, American, and Colorado rivers. #LARain