There's no ICE accountability without ending qualified immunity. They're murdering people. There won't be justice for the lives they've stolen, but there must be accountability. My bill with @markey.senate.gov would ensure families can sue the agents murdering their loved ones.

HEAVILY

All of my active text messages right now are just me and various coworkers messaging what districts *other than ours* have announced a second snow day for tomorrow. 🤞🤞🤞

This has largely been my experience in education as well: people who are firmly rooted outside of actual *teaching* think the rest of us can save tons of time by using AI, but I never see anything even approaching that level of enthusiasm among actual teachers.

Sir please call the emergency doctor I got salmonella from my rent

My takeaway from some of these Heated Rivalry takes is that people who have never so much as watched a Hallmark Christmas Movie or read even a romance novel think they have points to make because they are unwilling to engage with Romance as a serious genre. And as a result, they sound stupid.

the most important thing in 2028 is electing someone who is a true believer in the project of dismantling right-wing power. if you don't get that, then nothing else will matter very much.

"I'm not defending AI, but" If these words come out of your mouth, I have GRAVE NEWS. You actually are defending it.

You do not have to be good to be protected by the law, but the reactionary argument is explicitly that the law only protects the good, as defined by them. That argument is worth rejecting over and over again, both domestically and internationally.

The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil. The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.

Continues to amaze me that districts produce big flowery statements about how they are going to use AI and then one of the only specific examples provided of teachers using it is a project like this... www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...

MAKE 2026 THE YEAR OF REPENTANCE 2 UR WEATHER LORDS

@mbta.com Can we get an update on the swan from the Orange Line?

So, part of the Mississippi miracle is that other states like FL and AZ trashed their education systems so hard that MS was able to overtake them and move up in rank.

Dems need to fight for meaningful improvement in public schools and in structural socioeconomic change. But this is key: There is a dangerous naivete in adopting RW talking points on education, given the rapid and destructive progress that has been made on Project 2025.

Our socioeconomic system doesn't offer equal opportunity, so schools can't. Fantastic income inequality and how schools are funded can't be solved by schools -- or by denigrating schools. Have the Dems failed to fix the larger system: yes.

I heard this place is the hub of the universe?

someone should invent a chore that is done permanently once you do the chore

When it is very cold and windy and you just want to snooze on your pile of blankets on your couch.

I brought Russell Simmons a plate of appetizers at a reception at the UN. (I was staffing a Model UN conference, he gave the keynote at opening ceremony.) He asked if the food was vegan. I confirmed that it was. He thanked me.

That time of year again!

GENRE FICTION IS GREAT ON ITS OWN AND DOESN'T NEED AN INTERVENTION BECAUSE SOME READERS ARE EMBARRASSED ABOUT LIKING IT. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TEDTALK

Generative AI is for losers. It’s so embarrassing to watch people debase real artists, the environment, and themselves for a sloppy, rip-off of a party trick.

Wow this makes the toilet frogs I had in Peace Corps seem quaint.

This is also what my 5th graders do when they come to reading group after recess. (My school building was built in 1924.)

the right attitude

thrilled to inform you that in the proud populist tradition of opera, the family production of magic flute at the met includes papageno counting 1, 2, … 6-7… 3 uproarious applause and laughter

I’m enjoying it when we have to go to p. 67. I say, “Turn to the page that’s your favorite number,” the students look at me blankly, unable to think of any numbers, & then I say “67” & they all lose their minds bc “Ms. Wise knows about 67?!?” Like, yeah, I know about it bc YOU are always saying it.

What strikes me over and over again about the reality we are currently creating with so-called “generative AI” is that it’s always pitched as saving human time and effort. But this is only true if you are a parasitic grifter. For anyone with principles, anyone who cares about reality

“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

An ongoing concern of mine is not that GenAI will replace teachers but the technology will - as described in the article - deskill teachers "under the banner of efficiency" while also providing those in power with means to deprofessionalize teachers too.

I made some lamb buns and they’re really good.

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild: African penguins (❤️) Cape fur seals (smelly) Monteiro’s hornbill (Zazu) Some sort of monkey that literally stole bananas from me Hippopotamus

Milk bread rolls; glass noodle stir fry with shitaake mushrooms, cabbage, and carrots; soy sauce marinated soft boiled egg; sautéed bok choy; roast duck prepared with a hoisin/fermented red tofu marinade served with ginger sauce and plum sauce.

This is what I said about my rolls after they proofed both times. Turns out I can bake bread products, the secret is yeast that’s not dead.

Currently thankful that I discovered that all of our butter is frozen at 9:30 AM and not at any time later than that. Would be more thankful if I’d discovered this yesterday, but we take what we can get. (Most of my recipes call for melted butter anyway.)

But especially here:

I want to very gently say something, and I hope nobody will be mad: If somebody on the internet says something that is NOT about politics and NOT about how terrible everything is, it’s a kindness not to reflexively make a comment (in jest or not) that brings it back to those things.

I graduated from what was considered a very good high school in 2004 and I think I read a total of 8 complete works in 4 years, all of which were written by white men, most of whom were deceased at the time.

The panic that kicks in at 2pm every day when I realize it gets dark in two hours

Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.

If you ever feel like you are not good enough at your job, just remember: you are better than Chuck Schumer at his.

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

"In normal times, against a normal candidate, we have no evidence that picking a friendly, relatable, likable candidate without a history of sexual abuse will work. Let’s not read too much into it." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/yea...

serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them