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Nathan Holbert

@snowdaylearninglab.org

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Learning Scientist. Maker and designer. Player of games and toys. Dad. Associate Professor @ Teachers College, Columbia University. Pop & Play host http://tc.edu/popandplay

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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · Jun 13

The GOP’s destruction of granting agencies like NSF and NIH is decimating the scientific community. On this episode we tried to provide a clear and brief explanation of what has happened and why it matters for those that may not be familiar. Listen and share! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

The Impacts of Cutting Federal Funding For Research (Pop Off)

Podcast Episode · Pop and Play · S5 Bonus · 22m

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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 1h

Ironically a good way to “teach” this is to have kids tinker with, explore, and even build filters. But we banned cell phones in schools so…

Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 1h

I'm pretty opposed to so-called "parent's rights" nonsense, but a "children's rights" agenda would also include some pressure on tech companies to give a shit about young people's safety in the design of their products. Frivolous lawsuits may not be it, but "teach better" isn't either.

Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 1h

Not having read the 327-pages, but having read your article... On the one hand, this is absolutely an education problem. On the other, our lawmakers have been so enamored by big tech money that they've neglected their role in oversight and lawmaking. And so we live in Spider-Man pointing.gif land.

Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 1h

A handful of judges get to sit around in robes and pretend words on a page confirm we live in a utopia, while here in reality everyone recognizes the blunt truth that overturning the voting rights act is explicitly about the GOP "eliminating" the power of the vote for people of color.

Nate Cohn in the NYT writing: It's hard to say exactly how many districts Republicans would eliminate if the Supreme Court bars the electoral maps created by using race as a factor. But even on the lower end of the estimate, Republicans will probably eliminate around a half-dozen.

Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 6h

On the bright side no one had to read this trash

Nature @nature.com · 8h

Next week will see a first in computer science, with the launch of a scientific conference in which all of the papers — and all of the reviews — have been produced by machines

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AI bots wrote and reviewed all papers at this conference

Event will assess how reviews by models compare with those written by humans.

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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 6h

AI bots at the conference also asking a question that’s more of a comment?

Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 7h

They are very scared of the No Kings rally which should be a strong motivator to show up on Saturday. Hell bring an American flag if you have one. It goes great next to any sign telling would-be kings to fuck off.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 23h

“Visualization can prime your nervous system to handle pressure.”
“Tone and mood are distinct.”
“Strengths deserve targeted maintenance, not neglect.”
“Learn the smell of a too pretty number.”
“Reframe arousal as readiness.”

Manosphere dating advice or SAT test prep?

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 8h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 8h

He's said this a few times now. Wild that he thinks it's a killer line that everyday Americans will get excited about.
(Also wild that we lost to these absolute losers)

Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 8h

I find the "this is not who we are" vs "this is always been who we are" argument tedious. The point shouldn't be to whitewash American history, nor to always list all of our sins, but to collectively articulate a vision of who we want to be as a country and use this vision to mobilize action.

Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 10h

“Civility” above all

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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 22h

a man is holding a piece of paper with the words `` you know , for kids . ''

Alt: Tim Robbin’s in the movie hudsucker proxy holds up a peice of paper and says, “you know, for kids.”

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Same for when Melinoe and Hecate say “so mote it be” in unison

Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 1d

How am I going to explain the Virtuvian dong to my children?

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winston the third @winston.cc · 1d

i would like to theorize a concept like "concept permanence" similar to object permanence (you know, the thing we learn as toddlers). i read all these AI blog posts excitedly talking about the BRAND NEW CHALLENGES of AI systems and

it's the same brand new challenges every new technology faces

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 1d

WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE! nokings.org

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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 2d

You give me a second shot at a paragraph I’m gonna take it

Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 3d

100%. Heaven and hell isn't about the place you go to after you die, they are the world you create for yourself and those around you while you live.

Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 3d

Many amazing costumes at #NYCC today but I think my fav was the party of four dressed in the Baguette Outfits from Expedition 33.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 4d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 4d

This is a perilous moment for democracy in the United States, but I couldn’t be prouder of the Knight Institute’s work right now, and I don’t take for granted that we have the freedom and resources to do it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This free speech group at Columbia is taking on Trump when the university won’t – and winning

The Knight Institute is defending free speech at a school now synonymous with compromising on it

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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