To pay the cost and not receive something of value in return is anathema to a sense of competence and efficacy.

Next in our Creatively Critical Tech virtual speaker series is Audrey Watters @audreywatters.bsky.social on "AI Grief Observed: On the Death of Education." Don't miss it on November 12, 2025, @ 6:30 pm CT! Register today at tinyurl.com/CreativelyCr...

It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.

There’s an idea from one of Daniel Quinn’s book (Ishmael?) about the law of life as adherence by a species to whatever behaviors sustain life, and that deviations from that behavioral set eliminate that species—not immediately, but eventually. 1/2

Every time I hear about this kind of injury, I think back to my training to perform physical restraints, which emphasized the dangers of positional asphyxiation and how to de-escalate while still recognizing the dignity of the person being restrained.

GOOD NEWS! A new cancer vaccine has shown progress in triggering POWERFUL and LASTING immune responses in patients with pancreatic AND colorectal cancer. The vaccine, known as ELI-002 2P, targets mutant KRAS proteins AND had a huge impact on PREVENTING or DELAYING cancer recurrence in patients.

The trend is real, but this NYT analysis at the Congressional district level has big ecological bias Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem

Seems like there is also the broken wing.

SCIENCE POLICY NEWS: During Yom Kippur, all the members of the High Energy Physics Advisory Committee (HEPAP), myself included, received a letter thanking us for our service and telling us essentially that the almost 40 yo standing federal advisory committee was no more. ⚛️🧪🔭 Why that matters 🧵

Cc @candacea.bsky.social

F12 will also lock you out of a Proctorio exam. Miss the backspace key and you're screwed.

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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Hatch Act experts might we trouble you for your thoughts on this? Seems to me government workers are also (mostly) voters, and they are being campaigned to. But maybe there are nuances here I'm not seeing.

I always liked the quip, “Those who do not ‘do’ politics will have politics done to them.”

"There are no grades and no hard deadlines, just the pleasure and satisfaction that comes with enriching your mind. " You do not know how badly professors would love to do away with grades and just focus on the love of learning.

I am glad someone is saying this. To the extent google search is worse now it's due mostly to digital retrenchment. The world you long for is one where blogs, newspaper articles, magazines and the like were ad-funded and not paywalled on hit #1.

This is an inevitable byproduct of automation. The AI boosters have been selling us that deskilling in some areas will result in upskilling in others, but we have no evidence of this. We don't even have a particularly good theory. We have salesmanship B.S.

My department is hiring an assistant professor of educational psychology who researches and teaches motivation in schools! My contact info is in the job posting, please reach out if you have any questions. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/440...

Some (technical, self-determination theory based) thoughts on why this playground feature is a great idea: 1. Cooperation is inherent to the structure (architecturally and socially). 2. It promotes exercise *through* a sense of connection and belonging, enhancing physical and social well-being. 1/

ETA on an OK copycat bill?

A moderate political position should not be considered a position that is simply "in the middle" of two opposed position. In theory, it ought to be a position that is informed by a desired outcome - where the position is moderated to reach it. American centrists are just a different kind of fascist.

"Behaviorism is everywhere. The All Means All of public education is made meaningless by the bipartisanship of behaviorism. The neurodiversity and disability rights movements well-understand the ubiquity of behaviorism, and its tremendous costs." 🔥 - @stimpunks.org #EduSky

Fascinating study by @pewresearch.org on how Americans think about news. For example, Americans want "unbiased" news but also choose sources aligned to their political leanings. We need better education on what journalism really is. @shannimcg.bsky.social www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...

Have you ever tried using color contrast tools backed by the WCAG 2 contrast algorithm (probably didn’t realize) — and then wonder “WHY IN THE WORLD DOES BLACK ON MEDIUM BLUE PASS WHILE WHITE ON MEDIUM BLUE FAILS?” You aren’t the only one. Learn what’s going on: webkit.org/blog/16929/c...

I’m prolly most curious about the authoritarianism dimension

I need you to make calls to Congress because on Tuesday, the House Committee responsible for Medicaid is meeting to slash funding for Medicaid—the health program 80 million Americans rely on, the health program that has kept me alive. This piece is not paywalled, it is not locked—please share it.

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

One response to voter ID laws: Fund entirely 1. the material cost of the ID, 2. lost wages due to time cost of obtaining ID, 3. transit to the polls. Mandate 1. a paid holiday for voting (one of two or more days allowing for essential positions), 2. anti-retaliation for those who use them. 1/3

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it's a good day to re-share xkcd.fyi

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Here's an in-press chapter from @eanderman.bsky.social et al. that reviews prominent motivational theories (e.g., self-determination theory, social cognitive theory) and discusses their respective relevance to classroom teaching & educational research. A very useful review. tinyurl.com/bdfy7e2u

I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!

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The lawsuit alleges that Meta “unlawfully discriminated against Black Facebook and Instagram users by disproportionately advertising for-profit colleges and universities to Black users while marketing public colleges and universities to white users.”

Hell yeah.

Accessibility fuckin’ rocks

I am going to say this again because I am venting, using LLM generative technologies, what people call AI, is not some new skill that universities need to embrace, it is deskilling the basic skills of reading and writing that are fundamental to thinking. www.unemployednegativity.com/2024/09/auto...

Maintenance and operations is boring. People and politicians like ribbon cutting and Capital projects. Shout out to all you in maintenance and operations.

Just posted this new analysis of Trump's theory of presidential power with Trevor Morrison @twmorrison.bsky.social. Looks like last night's OMB impoundment order may just reinforce our conclusions. @sbagen.bsky.social @joshchafetz.bsky.social

Wouldn't it be hilarious if, now that Google is enshittifying search, collectivity became the best engine?

in most of america, you can dial 911 at midnight on christmas and get an ambulance and emt's rolling to you in minutes that will take you to the open, staffed emergency department of a hospital on the whole, americans take that for granted

Full agree, and I'm also not ready to abandon the argument that Sesame Street and the post office likely create net financial gains. It's just hard to financially account for increased prosocial behaviors and logistical capacity since they're *externalized* benefits. Also, <3 to Grinnell folks.

Completely agree with below. I think the first of a thing (I.e. Twitter) inspires outsized loyalty. Having overcome the barriers to exit once, it will be easier a second time.

people just want one (1) place online that is competently moderated and not itching to reinvent itself to appeal to bigots

I support this petition. BlueSky cannot cede all moderation responsibility to a community this big. I believe in community moderation but it is not a full replacement for central moderation. I am one of the biggest moderation labels. Even if I have 10 subscribers for every like, that is 0.1% usage.

Not sure who made this & when but fittingly came across it in my downloads folder today: