APSU to pay $500,000 to professor fired, then reinstated over Charlie Kirk post clarksvillenow.com/local/apsu-t...

babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes

NEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American. Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/

I agree with this. As a first gen student who went to regional uni and teach at a regional uni, I often think there’s a big disconnect with those who went elite public/private. One example was an ivy prof on here making a comment that most social sciences professors make 100k.

This is your brain on Ritalin. Got your attention? Stimulant medications like Ritalin (methylphenidate) do, but not in the way you might think. They don't act directly on the brain’s attention systems! Find out what's really happening in @cellpress.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

Balko observes: "We’ve seen rapid normalization of abuses we once associated with authoritarian regimes or the old Iron Curtain countries. It’s now routine for masked, unidentifiable government agents to sweep people off the street and whisk them away in unmarked vehicles."

Okay what the actual fuck this actually looks hilarious youtu.be/ZfNLApPCa8E

The "smartphones/social media" discourse suffers from some amazing historical amnesia. There was no 2008 financial crisis and no global pandemic starting in 2020, it's all SCREENS SCREENS SCREENS. Major world events? Just the backdrop against which SCREENS happened.

This is wild.

One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them

New — What the internet backlash over rising remedial math at UC San Diego misses: Yes, it's a problem that math scores are going down, but selective, well-resourced universities are arguably best equipped to help students catch up. cbnewsletters.chalkbeat.org/p/what-the-i...

LANDO NORRIS IS WORLD CHAMPION!!! #f1

As a Lando Norris fan, this race is more stressful than I thought it would be! #f1

They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

Behn (D) may be ahead on early votes, but signs overall still pointing to a single digit Van Epps (R) win. #TN07

Super red Williamson county has not released any votes so far in #TN07. Don’t get too excited out there.

"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls." time.com/7335723/auto...

We first note that hand-wringing about the decline in US college enrollments has mistakenly linked such declines to the price of four-year colleges. But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.

I appreciate the article’s emphasis on both (1) this isn’t causal evidence and (2) there’s more than enough associational evidence to support a parent saying, “Sorry, no phone until you are X years old.” One quibble: why can’t I find the actual article online? Where’s the link? (Gift link)

THREE DRIVERS, ONE WORLD TITLE... DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!!! #F1

A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing. And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.

Lol Matt Van Epps was part of the $8 million graft purchase of those pesticide-laden sock masks (which had visible holes, for those of you who don’t live here). Incredible shit. www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...

One way my colorblindness presents is that i can’t tell when people are painted green. This really only matters on Halloween when people dress as the hulk and wicked.

I live in the TN 7th congressional District. Been a few days since I’ve checked the mail, and I’ve ended up with six handwritten post cards from across the US reminding me to vote on December 2!

Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.

ED has never considered these degrees to be professional, instead relying on a tiny list put together decades ago (that they barely changed in 2025). It's just that the graduate/professional distinction never really mattered for accessing federal student loans until now.

A recently appointment school board member in my town resigned shortly after being sworn in after finding out how much work it actually takes to be a school board member. clarksvillenow.com/local/new-sc...

“…young adults who have hope for the future are less likely to feel anxious and depressed. They’re more likely to eat well, exercise, and set goals and work toward them. If you don’t believe the hype that these are supposed to be the best years of your life, you won’t panic when they’re not.”

Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators

This is my backyard. One component of this that I haven’t seen anyone mention is that the two people who went to trial and were convicted of public corruption are being pardoned, while the third person—who was also in on the scheme but turned snitch—will go to prison. The message there seems clear.

A goal of the Trump administration is dismantling the Department of Education. Now, with fewer special education protections, parents are turning to special education advocates.

⚡️ THERE IT IS — Trump pardons disgraced former speaker Casada and his chief of staff Cade Cothren after their federal corruption charge convictions. (More proof the law no longer applies to Republicans) www.wsmv.com/2025/11/06/p...

BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

This is an incredible and very specific hater energy substack.com/home/post/p-...

I’m out with a piece in the Nashville Scene discussing the need for special education advocates in this time of fewer federal protections. www.nashvillescene.com/news/citylim...

LANDO NORRIS SECURES A DOMINANT WIN!! 🏆👏 #F1 #MexicoGP

This is largely a phenomenon of high income families leaving public schools. The highest income 20% of districts have lost more public school students than the other 80% combined (lower income districts have largely recovered enrollments).

What an interesting study!!

I’m quoted in this Newsweek article about parents having their children read banned books at home. I think there could be a lot of positives! www.newsweek.com/millennial-m...

I find it super helpful to talk about reading growth using NWEA data. However, since it’s not technically a nationally representative sample, is the data biased? if so, would the results be similar even if representative? www.npr.org/2025/10/14/n...

After Trump got his Covid shot, he chose to fire the scientists protecting the rest of us from diseases.

@tashnuvashaheen.bsky.social - emergency licensed special ed teachers more likely to work in self contained settings, less likely to work in inclusive settings; more likely to work with students with IDD and ASD. Such important findings regarding inequitable sorting of special ed teachers!

Decision desk, HQ has called the Democratic primary and congressional district 7 Rep. Aftyn Behn. Behn spent less money than any of the three other candidates.

Voted today in the #TN07 primary. i predict Matt Van Epps wins GOP primary and Bo Mitchell for the dems.

✨Request for unpublished data✨ Meta-analysis on early (age 3 to 6 years) math interventions. Please reach out to me (Mary DePascale) or Nicole Scalise by November 9 if you are willing to share your data!

I'm willing to support anyone, maybe even a Republican, going up against Senator Marsha Blackburn in the election for Governor of Tennessee. I mean... how bad can the second ranked Republican be? Meet John Rose, the second ranked Republican running for Tennessee Governor.

The U.S. president just ordered all the military generals to an unprecedented gathering in Washington, then told them that they should plan to participate in a war on American cities.

Sure seems like the president just instructed the military to use lethal force against US citizens.