Oh Deer there are Christmas lights before Thanksgiving
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Me: Supply chain attacks are an under discussed vulnerability in the developer tool ecosystem.
Also me: Time to download a theme created by "Bob Smith", because Darcula isn't colorful enough
Also me: Time to download a theme created by "Bob Smith", because Darcula isn't colorful enough
November 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Me: Supply chain attacks are an under discussed vulnerability in the developer tool ecosystem.
Also me: Time to download a theme created by "Bob Smith", because Darcula isn't colorful enough
Also me: Time to download a theme created by "Bob Smith", because Darcula isn't colorful enough
This is where I think primary and secondary educators need to be more in sync. A consistent thing I've heard from primary educators I know is that the massive introduction of technology in the primary education classroom has had a drastic downward effect on students.
This is not a "students today" post--it's more "this is a new form of dysfunction" that doesn't look exactly like it's been in previous decades. It's more than just "first-year chaos." It's an across-the-board inability to process instructions, engage with longer texts, and *connect* with others.
November 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is where I think primary and secondary educators need to be more in sync. A consistent thing I've heard from primary educators I know is that the massive introduction of technology in the primary education classroom has had a drastic downward effect on students.
The onion tart is complete, resisting urge to eat it
November 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The onion tart is complete, resisting urge to eat it
Mediocre turkey is in the oven. Roasted onions and shallots are for a much better tart I'm making later. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, may your turkey benefit from gravy
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mediocre turkey is in the oven. Roasted onions and shallots are for a much better tart I'm making later. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, may your turkey benefit from gravy
Reposted by Oh Deer there are Christmas lights before Thanksgiving
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Daughter has started to actually play with me (hands me a toy and reaches for me to give it back). 10/10, would recommend. AAA Game of the Year
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Daughter has started to actually play with me (hands me a toy and reaches for me to give it back). 10/10, would recommend. AAA Game of the Year
*let's all go to the movies tune* Cooking Thanksgiving and we're all sick...
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
*let's all go to the movies tune* Cooking Thanksgiving and we're all sick...
This kind of gets to part of some of the AI derp, there's a conflation of replacing the laborer vs replacing the labor.
I think this is broadly: "we want to use it to replace labor or replace the labor needed to replace labor but it sucks at replacing labor"
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This kind of gets to part of some of the AI derp, there's a conflation of replacing the laborer vs replacing the labor.
Another element of "enshittification" (for whatever that term is worth) is less services getting worse and more half-assed features with little chance of remediation on failure. Automated messaging being the most common example.
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Another element of "enshittification" (for whatever that term is worth) is less services getting worse and more half-assed features with little chance of remediation on failure. Automated messaging being the most common example.
What's the likelihood that Ted Sandyman becomes a folk hero after the Shire formally abandons the Thane/rule of gentry for a real republic?
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
What's the likelihood that Ted Sandyman becomes a folk hero after the Shire formally abandons the Thane/rule of gentry for a real republic?
About halfway through this and my biggest takeaway is that we need an Total War: Empire 2 that starts in 1600
This gets to it but you’ll want to look at the Military Revolution theory books, mostly those by Peter H Wilson
This seems a good start on that theory
slantchev.ucsd.edu/courses/ps14...
This seems a good start on that theory
slantchev.ucsd.edu/courses/ps14...
slantchev.ucsd.edu
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
About halfway through this and my biggest takeaway is that we need an Total War: Empire 2 that starts in 1600
Tapping the sign re: the SAT
That's kind of my more radical take is "we don't need to measure for talent"
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Tapping the sign re: the SAT
Thinking about this more, and definitely not knowledgeable enough to parse this out, but I do have a sense that this is different than "faith" in a way that's meaningful
There's probably a perverse way that having higher education can actually push one further away from scientific thinking, after all who needs something as petty as empiricism when you have knowledge and theory.
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Thinking about this more, and definitely not knowledgeable enough to parse this out, but I do have a sense that this is different than "faith" in a way that's meaningful
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November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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About to head to the bookstore with a $50 gift card. I'm really jamming on history right now, looking for recommendations?
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
About to head to the bookstore with a $50 gift card. I'm really jamming on history right now, looking for recommendations?
@supportourpoops.bsky.social doing my duty and applying for a job on GovernmentJobs, may God help my soul
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
@supportourpoops.bsky.social doing my duty and applying for a job on GovernmentJobs, may God help my soul
Two big issues were,
1. Keeping AtLA characters alive tightened the time jump a bit too much, and
2. Not committing to how the tech is integrated into the world consistently. It never feels "Avatar-punk" in thr way I think it's intended to. You just get "wow a car in Avatar!!"
1. Keeping AtLA characters alive tightened the time jump a bit too much, and
2. Not committing to how the tech is integrated into the world consistently. It never feels "Avatar-punk" in thr way I think it's intended to. You just get "wow a car in Avatar!!"
(It’s a shame that Korra is in the shadow of a show with much better characters and writing, because having a fantasy worlds history and technology actually advance is a good thing)
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Two big issues were,
1. Keeping AtLA characters alive tightened the time jump a bit too much, and
2. Not committing to how the tech is integrated into the world consistently. It never feels "Avatar-punk" in thr way I think it's intended to. You just get "wow a car in Avatar!!"
1. Keeping AtLA characters alive tightened the time jump a bit too much, and
2. Not committing to how the tech is integrated into the world consistently. It never feels "Avatar-punk" in thr way I think it's intended to. You just get "wow a car in Avatar!!"
It is interesting to go to McDonalds and see an example of "adding a product but not solving a problem" in not having a cashier
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It is interesting to go to McDonalds and see an example of "adding a product but not solving a problem" in not having a cashier
Reposted by Oh Deer there are Christmas lights before Thanksgiving
There is probably no country on earth that puts more time and effort and resources into kidnapping children from non white parents than the Danish state
November 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
There is probably no country on earth that puts more time and effort and resources into kidnapping children from non white parents than the Danish state
I'm having fun with this, so I'll pose a question: student A gets a good SAT score and goes to college. Student B does not and enters the workforce. Student A can enter the workforce on the merit of their degree. Student B cannot enter college on the merit of their work.
That's kind of my more radical take is "we don't need to measure for talent"
November 20, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I'm having fun with this, so I'll pose a question: student A gets a good SAT score and goes to college. Student B does not and enters the workforce. Student A can enter the workforce on the merit of their degree. Student B cannot enter college on the merit of their work.
Reposted by Oh Deer there are Christmas lights before Thanksgiving
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
To make this clear, he spends several hours a week doing things to evaluate whether or not the material he's teaching is correct instead of preparing to teach said material
I know a teacher who has been given less time to prepare/teach than other subjects in order to prepare for testing and organize student aptitude data
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
To make this clear, he spends several hours a week doing things to evaluate whether or not the material he's teaching is correct instead of preparing to teach said material
I've complained about tech hiring for looking at this and saying "why don't we do the worst of both worlds?"
I do think that the SAT is measuring something, and that something has something to do with both natural aptitude and cultivated aptitude for academic success. But the best argument for it as a measure is that our alternatives (Extracurriculars! Essays! Leadership potential! Vibes!) are much worse.
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I've complained about tech hiring for looking at this and saying "why don't we do the worst of both worlds?"
Reposted by Oh Deer there are Christmas lights before Thanksgiving
This is quite literal when it comes to assessment design because you might naively think they are designed to assess your level of knowledge or skill.
If only.
If only.
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This is quite literal when it comes to assessment design because you might naively think they are designed to assess your level of knowledge or skill.
If only.
If only.
Welp, I just got actual, unambiguous porn in an ad on YouTube so that's something
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Welp, I just got actual, unambiguous porn in an ad on YouTube so that's something