If I hear one more iteration of "there won't be historians in a hundred years" I'm going to headbutt someone. I know every generation feels like the world ends with them, but take it from a historian: it doesn't.

If “the urgency of normal” is a child development principle, it should apply universally. I’d welcome links if I missed it, but I haven’t seen David Leonhardt, Lucy McBride, TracyBeth Hoeg, Vinay Prasad, David Zweig, or Emily Oster say anything abt kids being denied their right to a public education

Yeah and right-wing groups are having their usual meltdown about potential new voucher accountability that: ✅ monitors child safety ✅ guards against misspending on luxury items like jewelry ✅ return unspent $ to taxpayers This oversight is going to happen eventually.

"More than half of all multilingual students in South Portland, and nearly half in Portland, were absent on some of the most affected days. Between Jan. 20 and 28, Black and Hispanic students in Portland missed school at a rate 30 percentage points higher than their white peers."

we have reached the period of the winter where I am looking at sweaters on Poshmark, convinced that I will be wearing wool and turtlenecks for eternity

just a reminder for my fellow New Englanders of @joshgondelman.bsky.social #AGoodGame fundraising thought today: give money to something that isn't objectively terrible* as you cheer the Patriots *like Bob Kraft** **my interpretation

"I don’t know who this singer is that you’re all talking about, but tailor Swift calls his clients “Swifties” and he is engaged to a player who’s played in the big game the past two years—that handsome pawn over there on d4."

every special election result right now is like, not a single person in this district cast a vote for kamala harris in 2024 and the dem in the special election wins 77-20 or something.

“Perhaps if human nature were a little less vulnerable to the siren’s call of shortcuts, then AI could envision the potential its creators envisioned for it. But that is not the world we live in.” #amreading scholarship.law.bu.edu/cgi/viewcont...

I love all the AI commercials telling viewers about shortcuts for life during the Olympics, a sporting event famously known for athletes who have put the hard work in for decades to get where they are. Just perfect.

party pooper reporting for duty again to remind you that hate-views are still views so no one better watch that other halftime show (even after the fact!!) just to make fun of it ty

Thread on vouchers

This #vss365 is a reflection on the city of the pale (Dublin) #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm

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NEW: Vatican spokesman today says Pope Leo “will not be traveling to the United States in 2026.”

the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style

Mozilla will allow Firefox users to entirely block current and future generative AI features on the browser after user feedback revealed many who wanted an AI-free browser experience.

This is beyond reprehensible

according to a pediatric ER doctor my wife follows on Instagram they have started to see children coming in sick because their parents are asking ChatGPT what the correct dosage is on over the counter medication instead of just looking at the instructions on the bottle

So, the March for Life appears to have brought Measles to DC. www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/...

DID YOU KNOW? If you have Delta Sky Miles, you can donate them to help a kidnapped-and-released person fly home! They are set free on the streets of El Paso or another Texas town with no phone, no money, nothing at all. Your miles can get them back to their loved ones!

Have watched “The Muppet Show” Enjoyed it and would watch more.

kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them

“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”

If Al Gore had done this as vice president, it would have been a 24/7 scandal on Fox News culminating in impeachment proceedings.

No, but please keep posting those super fun AI-generated cartoons that use data you handed over on Facebook. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Big privacy wins in MA 🎉 🚫 Natick shut down a Flock license plate reader pilot 🚫 Watertown canceled its Flock contract Community pressure works. Let’s keep pushing back on mass surveillance. Join the #FlockOff campaign: mass50501.org/actions/campai...

the most American solution possible to "kids keep getting murdered in school and the cops are too scared to go in the building and take out the murderer, so they have to call their parents for help" is to take the kids' phones away. this is in fact what is currently happening in many schools

And that’s why I subscribe to @lawdorknews.bsky.social :)

“Have you checked your policies?”

Just take T. You just don’t want to do this.

I mean…

did not realize the people who resigned in protest over this were retconned as firings so Bondi could steal their banked vacation time. what a spiteful little knife twist

The new snow in Boston is up to here on my corgi, Sammy. She still had to be dragged inside because she wanted to stay and just hang out.

I know that everybody is absolutely overwhelmed by the need right now, but I want to let folks know about Zion Community Commons. They’ve been feeding our neighbors in Saint Paul and across the region for years, and right now they’re getting food to thousands of families who can’t leave their homes.

Today's "go fund me" From Stand with Minnesota - get these kids' dad out of detention. Let's get it moving a little more, Saturday Bluesky.

please consult the chart

This is in Burlington, Massachusetts

Current view here in northwest Worcester MA

FYI: per the archdiocese, the new Archbishop-designate is James R. Golka, the current Bishop of the Diocese of Colorado Springs. Golka was made a bishop by Pope Francis in 2021. archden.org/welcoming-ou...

“a nation is a story we tell about ourselves, and stories change, if you let them.” — The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow a.co/0bCXur0k

"His transactional amorality actually seemed to add to his appeal to people who were convinced that the rules didn’t apply to them." Brilliant Molly.

Between Jan. 20 and 28 Black and Hispanic students in Portland missed school at a rate 30 percentage points higher than their white peers.

constituents of Rosa's wishing to tell her to listen to the clergy and abolish ICE may leave a message at her DC office: (202) 225-3661 or her New Haven office: (203) 562-3718 and fax her for free at faxzero.com/fax_congress...

Embarrassing to see adults talk to robots in a public forum. That'd be like if your friend asked a mailbox for directions once. You'd roast him for decades for that shit. Every time the concept of navigating space came up you'd hit him with "Why don't you ask the mailbox?"

Sometimes you just gotta say no to everything and sleep

New research shows that you can lengthen your own life by improving someone else’s. As 65-and-over super-volunteers find their postretirement purpose in service, they are also discovering that it improves their health and well-being. https://wapo.st/4r6PqaS

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors. Great work everyone.

Happy Ice Cream for Breakfast Day!