More of this, please.

Why rely on science when you can just wing it?

Childcare IS workforce policy.

We need more honest conversations about the role of AI in our professional and personal lives. I’m not sure schools are ready for this.

My cis het son lives with two gay guys at college. They’re all athletes and they watched Heated Rivalry together. My inner 90s college girl is just so thrilled at these tangible signs of progress. Especially now. Find the hope.

The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations ⤵️

Since 1981. We’re still on the #QuestForSix!

If this is where we are in our relationship with events and facts, how do those betting sites work? Did the Bears really win that game? Did we really take the President of Venezuela? What are those sites using as their source to verify results of a bet?

Data shines a light and illuminates who we are. I am struggling with the fact that this is who we are.

Spending NYE at the Kennedy Center is one of my favorite things about living in DC. We are in the saddest of timelines.

What Parents Want Most From Schools: Clear, Honest Communication: A survey of parents points to the importance of clear, detailed information from schools.

Airplane!

I was young but we knew. We saw it and the next day (and forever after) we played Star Wars on the streets till the street lights went out. My kids did the same in the 2010s.

I’ve never seen a food take on social media that I agree with more strongly than this one. 100% top to bottom.

Um wut

I have been thinking about this. A lot.

In no way are your 20s the best years of your life.

Just got the FB memory of when the “run, hide, fight” alert went out. My son huddled in his dorm. Kids stuck in the gym and library. Then to learn the outcome. Scary, tragic, immeasurably sad. My heart goes out to these families today.

Also see: Madeleine Albright.

In the richest country in history.

I was on a jury in DC for double homicide. Lots of complicated evidence. 4 weeks of testimony. A few hours of deliberations. How does this really take more than half an hour?

They did it! And sent evidence! Vote!

I have two boys in college in VA. They have a plan to vote today. I raised voters! They’ve managed the algorithms by staying grounded in facts and leaning into empathy. I suspect they will make smart choices.

New rule. Every Monday morning must include something like this.

I’ve seen this movie.

#NoKings in Chestertown, MD population 6000.

Would love to see side by side with credit card debt.

Pregnant women and new moms worry so much. I see you. You’re doing fine. Take a deep breath. Listen to your doctor and your grandma.

I have watched states delay releasing test scores for months as they work to message results and hope no one is paying attention.

Heartbreaking. Giving birth 10 times only to watch them all die? That mom would have accepted the remote chance of a side effect for the miracle of a vaccine.

In 2025.

Give them a follow if you’re interested in seeing how Ed and workforce data can actually serve and support learners and earners!

This was me all day today.

This is a super interesting read. We desperately need to help young men get offline.

My mother went to high school in a small midwestern town in the 1950s. She told me stories of terrifying polio outbreaks and the day they all excitedly lined up at the school for the vax when it became available.

Like, totally.

We all had more than a decade of fun and good internet before it got bad. We had years of fun social media before it grew toxic. AI doesn’t seem to have even one good day. Not sure how it gets past early negative reactions.

We’d love to know if people are using rescued data. We have download numbers but it would be helpful to know how people are using them! If you have use cases get in touch!

A pedestrian in DC was killed by a soldier driving an armored vehicle in the streets of DC after the last parade.

These Guardsman have left their homes and families to come to DC and have now been assigned to pick up trash and paint park benches.

I’m a 22 year DC resident in the 78%. I live very near 3 low income housing communities. I walk my dogs, walk to the gym, restaurants, and the store. One of the military vehicles crashed into a car here the other day. That didn’t make me feel safe.

DC is not even in the top most dangerous cities in America. I have lived in this city for 22 years and we are not perfect but it is safe. And a truly lovely place to raise your kids.

Oh, how my inner 80s teen girl is crying right now.

In the literature, there are two competing explanations for "echo chambers": 1️⃣ Algorithms curate what we see (“filter bubbles”) 2️⃣ People choose like-minded peers (“selective exposure”) Our new study suggests something surprising: both explanations might be wrong. 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2508.10466

Prom pics on the Mall are a tradition!

It’s funny that I’ve been commuting to/from downtown DC for over 20 years and it’s only this week I’ve felt a bit unsafe. Wish me luck I guess.

Grim

Can we get this in DC instead of National Police?

Just sharing my perspective as a resident of this city (Capitol Hill) for 22 years. My kids were born, raised, and educated here. Little League on saturdays, Nats games on Sundays. Metro every day to work and school. We are blocks away from several Public housing communities. We feel safe.

Revisions are a critical and normal and EXPECTED part of any data collection and reporting process.