My prof was from kenya, i think

basically, "you didn’t write about what this country's econ policies should be, you wrote about what they need to do to please rich foreign governments" and fair enough

As an undergrad i had to write a paper for a development econ class. I forget about which south american country. Anyway i read a bunch of stuff from The Economist to write it and my (nice, smart) prof said, 1/2

The NY Times, based on Neutrality Island, uses metaphor to avoid harsh realities that might annoy the people attacking democracy. That’s why, when NYT should write a headline about the wholesale theft of Black political power in the South, it prefers to refer vaguely to “political earthquakes.” 1/4🧵

The first line in this NY Times story is: “It is a confusing moment to be a voter in the South.” No, it’s not. It’s the clearest it’s been in a long time. Republicans are stealing the political power of Black voters through outrageous gerrymandering endorsed by a right-wing Supreme Court. 2/4🧵

Any conversation about what generative AI meant for education was immediately shaped by such "evidence" claims and even more so by the LinkedIn influencers amplifying their findings. This fast science about AI in education has been so unhelpful.

Who's paying for Amendment 5, amendment to phase out income tax in Missouri? newsletters.missouriindependent.com/p/who-s-payi...

NASA’s saying yesterday’s meteor detonated 40 miles up with a 300 tons TNT equivalent.

ugh. The Texas conservatives are doing a great wrong. www.the74million.org/article/the-...

All the while retracted papers are getting sucked up and stuck in the training data of LLMs www-technologyreview-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.tech...

This retraction is important. #education

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

Thank you Will Bunch for the apt 1965 to 2026 comparison. #PeoplesJournalism For those who want to know more about Jimmie Lee Jackson -- read ⬇️ -- including eulogy by Dr. King which also rings true today. ". . . how many other fingers were on that trigger?" www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ji...

The "Pre Tesla Austin" song by Robert Earl Keen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRwK...

That wd be a clever didactic tool, for kids, council, or anybody. I've got a running list of Austin's most significant, occluded springs, and @indelibleaustin.bsky.social has written about "lost" creeks. But since in the endgame the springs are capped/paved or the creeks drained, it'd be a tad dark.

One of my hobbies is tracking the death throes of late-stage journalism by spotting things that never would have survived the golden age of proofreading and copyediting. Behold, the word "as" missing from the very first sentence of an article in... :::shudder::: ...Vanity Fair.

Are the wealthy people ruining the Hamptons? Bringing sickness and filth? www.vanityfair.com/news/story/h...

Remember this guy in Season 4? www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/05/elli...

I have submitted a comment opposing Russell Vought's latest attempt to destroy US science; focusing on how it would have prohibited everything I have worked on for the last 20 years. And I will keep telling my members of Congress to block this. Do likewise, USA. bsky.app/profile/chan...

Important.

“Currently, many Massachusetts towns require house lots to be at least 20,000 square feet, which is larger than most midsize supermarkets… The initiative would create a new statewide minimum of 5,000 square feet, ~the size of a basketball court…The policy would enable the construction of more homes”

Now that rocked!!!

I was driving as this meteor exploded over Boston and it shook my car as I heard a loud pop. I had no idea what it was. Absolutely great. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

But we must protect the administrators at all costs! Including the costs of the libraries! Because administrators are far more important to the process of education, of course!

Proud to be a @edmarkey.bsky.social delegate, ad to cast my vote for him.

Real swell late-May weather we’re having in coastal Massachusetts

Markey 74% Moulton 26% On to September 1. #mapoli #masen

Shout-out to Team Markey for the 74-26 win at convention! #mapoli

MassDems convention results: #mapoli Markey 2744 Moulton 1018

“We stand with trans people.” Senator Ed Markey now speaking here at the 2026 Democratic State Convention at the DCU Center! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🫏 🗳️

Has any mainstream news story since January 2025 reported any of those things? Or have any news outlets even stated any of those facts plainly and clearly in any story they've produced? It's the story of the century, and they've essentially decided not to cover it.

If you were a casual news consumer, would it be very clear to you that fascist lunatics have taken over all three branches of the federal government and are causing ruination everywhere, and that the republic itself is under imminent threat? Maybe, but only if you put the pieces together yourself.

Peak "let them eat cake" moment.

Dementia has Trump

“We must #AbolishICE now!” -Ed Markey #mapoli

“We must #AbolishICE now!” -Ed Markey #mapoli

Cryptocurrency is a scam and that’s why Trump loves crypto www.standwithcrypto.org/politicians/...

Another clear centering of Trump’s emotions from a few days ago: the number of headlines and articles that referred to E. Jean Carroll that referred to her as an “enemy” or “adversary” rather than “victim.”

I'm not sure people -- including people inside oil futures markets! -- really get it: this is all going to get much worse. If you won't listen to me, listen to f'ing Exxon!

“AOC is right:The bigger ambition is to change the world, not just to be the one in the position to change it. To borrow from Hannah Arendt, action, “the political activity par excellence,” entails starting processes that, through the plurality & interconnectedness of humans, multiply consequences”

More like this Rep. Clark, and move off the platform run by Apartheid Clyde. #mapoli

A judge just ruled that the president can't plaster his name across the Kennedy Center. Is this the first step to returning the theatre to its pre-Trump glory?

Plagiarism or Productivity? Students Moral Disengagement and Behavioral Intentions to Use ChatGPT in Academic Writing. 2025 arxiv.org/pdf/2603.19549

Frontière météorologique de la Bretagne (températures a 11h)

I saw them this year and was absolutely mystified! Without context they’re just abstract equations… 🤷🏽‍♂️

Back in Paris again for first time in a while and, as ever, I always look out for the climate-modelling posters put up at Gare du Nord (RER) a decade ago to celebrate COP21. Remarkably, they are still there, but beginning to fade - and have now lost any context/signage. Just abstract maths

What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/05/ordi...

Russian drone struck residential building in Romania. NATO expressed “concern” since they were targeting Ukrainian infrastructure and “accidentally” crossed the border. You can talk yourself into inaction as much as you want, but Russia is targeting YOUR DEFENSE SYSTEM & testing your Article 5.