Derek Gottlieb
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I wrote "A Democratic Theory of Educational Accountability," I work at School Perceptions, and I live in Wisconsin.
I wrote "A Democratic Theory of Educational Accountability," I work at School Perceptions, and I live in Wisconsin.
I get Hassett and Bessent mixed up all the time because they both constantly have the same look on their face:
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I get Hassett and Bessent mixed up all the time because they both constantly have the same look on their face:
Was it something I said or something I did
Did my words not come out right
Though I tried not to hurt you
Though I tried
But I guess that's why they say
Every rose has its thorn
Did my words not come out right
Though I tried not to hurt you
Though I tried
But I guess that's why they say
Every rose has its thorn
November 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Was it something I said or something I did
Did my words not come out right
Though I tried not to hurt you
Though I tried
But I guess that's why they say
Every rose has its thorn
Did my words not come out right
Though I tried not to hurt you
Though I tried
But I guess that's why they say
Every rose has its thorn
So my bike trainer is set up in the basement right under the 3in pipes that carry hot water from the boiler to all the radiators in the house, and man, when I forget to turn the heat off when I come down in the morning, it’s like biking on the equator
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
So my bike trainer is set up in the basement right under the 3in pipes that carry hot water from the boiler to all the radiators in the house, and man, when I forget to turn the heat off when I come down in the morning, it’s like biking on the equator
This quotation in particular sounds like the kind of shit Epstein would have emailed himself:
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This quotation in particular sounds like the kind of shit Epstein would have emailed himself:
You know how Trump likes to say that some given thing will happen or be available “in two weeks?"
The AI promoter version is “in five years,” and it’s been this way since Marvin Minsky, and it’s just as reliable as Trump’s “two weeks."
The AI promoter version is “in five years,” and it’s been this way since Marvin Minsky, and it’s just as reliable as Trump’s “two weeks."
November 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
You know how Trump likes to say that some given thing will happen or be available “in two weeks?"
The AI promoter version is “in five years,” and it’s been this way since Marvin Minsky, and it’s just as reliable as Trump’s “two weeks."
The AI promoter version is “in five years,” and it’s been this way since Marvin Minsky, and it’s just as reliable as Trump’s “two weeks."
I had this EXACT thought when I read JCO’s thing the first time. From Book 4:
![And like a devillish Engine back recoiles
Upon himself; horror and doubt distract
His troubl'd thoughts, and from the bottom stirr
The Hell within him, for within him Hell [ 20 ]
He brings, and round about him, nor from Hell
One step no more then from himself can fly
By change of place: Now conscience wakes despair
That slumberd, wakes the bitter memorie
Of what he was, what is, and what must be [ 25 ]
Worse; of worse deeds worse sufferings must ensue.
Sometimes towards Eden which now in his view
Lay pleasant, his grievd look he fixes sad,
Sometimes towards Heav'n and the full-blazing Sun,
Which now sat high in his Meridian Towre: [ 30 ]
Then much revolving, thus in sighs began.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:aq3fbtkejgdsygy75f522kju/bafkreica55je53wevwe6xhlss6jjwm6wpgtzqbdes4uo4k4dkinvuafzji@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I had this EXACT thought when I read JCO’s thing the first time. From Book 4:
My sicko haul of @princetonupress.bsky.social books showed up yesterday!
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My sicko haul of @princetonupress.bsky.social books showed up yesterday!
@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social called this “Plessy-grade gaslighting,” which is right and which IMMEDIATELY reminded me of Saidiya Hartman on the matter
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
@lemieuxlgm.bsky.social called this “Plessy-grade gaslighting,” which is right and which IMMEDIATELY reminded me of Saidiya Hartman on the matter
I regularly index for PUP, and so have gotten to read some of these for free (as it were), but because I’m a sicko, I’ve now also loaded up on all of these that I HAVEN’T read.
$87 total, in the end. Today’s the last day.
$87 total, in the end. Today’s the last day.
October 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I regularly index for PUP, and so have gotten to read some of these for free (as it were), but because I’m a sicko, I’ve now also loaded up on all of these that I HAVEN’T read.
$87 total, in the end. Today’s the last day.
$87 total, in the end. Today’s the last day.
I know technically Let’s Get Free came out in 2000 and Barrio Fino not till 2004, but I don’t
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I know technically Let’s Get Free came out in 2000 and Barrio Fino not till 2004, but I don’t
Chapter 5 — the excerpt I quoted is from the conclusion, Ch. 8 — is really awesome:
October 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Chapter 5 — the excerpt I quoted is from the conclusion, Ch. 8 — is really awesome:
@prorogers.bsky.social on James Baldwin making a similar point:
October 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
@prorogers.bsky.social on James Baldwin making a similar point:
The Deciding to Win business is gross in lots of ways, but the biggest thing is the INTERPRETATION of the policy-support chart.
Economic justice as a political goal must flow from a commitment to universal rights, and you can't have EITHER if you try to cleave them apart.
Economic justice as a political goal must flow from a commitment to universal rights, and you can't have EITHER if you try to cleave them apart.
October 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The Deciding to Win business is gross in lots of ways, but the biggest thing is the INTERPRETATION of the policy-support chart.
Economic justice as a political goal must flow from a commitment to universal rights, and you can't have EITHER if you try to cleave them apart.
Economic justice as a political goal must flow from a commitment to universal rights, and you can't have EITHER if you try to cleave them apart.
Massachusetts, 1647, about to pass the Old Deluder Satan Act:
October 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Massachusetts, 1647, about to pass the Old Deluder Satan Act:
Pretty dope to see two books I indexed show up in the New York Review of Books this month
October 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Pretty dope to see two books I indexed show up in the New York Review of Books this month
Also across the lake in traverse city
October 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Also across the lake in traverse city
Packers fans unanimous
October 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Packers fans unanimous
Lorelai came to us in Colorado via a rescue/foster org from a shelter in Texas
October 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Lorelai came to us in Colorado via a rescue/foster org from a shelter in Texas
Big news everybody: my blood pressure is being reported as “26 and 26 and 27 and 20,000.”
October 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Big news everybody: my blood pressure is being reported as “26 and 26 and 27 and 20,000.”
