Guthrie'sGuitar
@modernthaddeus.bsky.social
Still as confused as ever, but about more important things.
The excellent column did not provide links to the organizations (which I assume was not Ms. Goldberg's decision).
Here they are:
www.immdef.org (Immigrant Defenders)
ndlon.org (National Day Laborers Organizing Network "NDLON")
Donation buttons are clearly marked on each site.
Here they are:
www.immdef.org (Immigrant Defenders)
ndlon.org (National Day Laborers Organizing Network "NDLON")
Donation buttons are clearly marked on each site.
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The excellent column did not provide links to the organizations (which I assume was not Ms. Goldberg's decision).
Here they are:
www.immdef.org (Immigrant Defenders)
ndlon.org (National Day Laborers Organizing Network "NDLON")
Donation buttons are clearly marked on each site.
Here they are:
www.immdef.org (Immigrant Defenders)
ndlon.org (National Day Laborers Organizing Network "NDLON")
Donation buttons are clearly marked on each site.
Conference on how to get around pesky community groups who don't want a data center placed nearby using up all clean water and driving up electricity rates 40%.
Starring Josh Shapiro and Kevin Stitt.
Community members not admitted unless they arrive wearing duct tape.
Starring Josh Shapiro and Kevin Stitt.
Community members not admitted unless they arrive wearing duct tape.
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Conference on how to get around pesky community groups who don't want a data center placed nearby using up all clean water and driving up electricity rates 40%.
Starring Josh Shapiro and Kevin Stitt.
Community members not admitted unless they arrive wearing duct tape.
Starring Josh Shapiro and Kevin Stitt.
Community members not admitted unless they arrive wearing duct tape.
And whatever you think about Hillel, there is no question that Dan Goldman has voted to fund the genocide over and over and over.
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
And whatever you think about Hillel, there is no question that Dan Goldman has voted to fund the genocide over and over and over.
When I was a student on my college campus, I was not a member of Hillel. I'm pretty sure I was still Jewish.
Hillel supports Israel uncritically in a bunch of ways, although I'm not quite sure how it "funds" it. But it certainly participates in the grotesque "Birthright" program.
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Hillel supports Israel uncritically in a bunch of ways, although I'm not quite sure how it "funds" it. But it certainly participates in the grotesque "Birthright" program.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
When I was a student on my college campus, I was not a member of Hillel. I'm pretty sure I was still Jewish.
Hillel supports Israel uncritically in a bunch of ways, although I'm not quite sure how it "funds" it. But it certainly participates in the grotesque "Birthright" program.
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Hillel supports Israel uncritically in a bunch of ways, although I'm not quite sure how it "funds" it. But it certainly participates in the grotesque "Birthright" program.
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I appreciate the article and take your point.
But the Times piece wasn't really talking about that. The author was making the reasonable point that for at least some time prior to the disastrous standardized testing response to A Nation at Risk, US youth had more free time during and after school
But the Times piece wasn't really talking about that. The author was making the reasonable point that for at least some time prior to the disastrous standardized testing response to A Nation at Risk, US youth had more free time during and after school
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I appreciate the article and take your point.
But the Times piece wasn't really talking about that. The author was making the reasonable point that for at least some time prior to the disastrous standardized testing response to A Nation at Risk, US youth had more free time during and after school
But the Times piece wasn't really talking about that. The author was making the reasonable point that for at least some time prior to the disastrous standardized testing response to A Nation at Risk, US youth had more free time during and after school
That's a little bit unfair. The paragraph you cite begins with "in 1950," and the photo you offer was taken in 1910, before child labor laws.
In 1950, there was, in fact, a great deal more free time - aka unsupervised by adults - for kids after school. That was true for me in the 70s and 80s.
In 1950, there was, in fact, a great deal more free time - aka unsupervised by adults - for kids after school. That was true for me in the 70s and 80s.
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
That's a little bit unfair. The paragraph you cite begins with "in 1950," and the photo you offer was taken in 1910, before child labor laws.
In 1950, there was, in fact, a great deal more free time - aka unsupervised by adults - for kids after school. That was true for me in the 70s and 80s.
In 1950, there was, in fact, a great deal more free time - aka unsupervised by adults - for kids after school. That was true for me in the 70s and 80s.
(you need to sit still for tests and test prep, and meds can help with that) but blaming Autism on standardized testing is really nuts.
I wish more people would talk about how testing has undermined education, but they should do it by talking to people who have to spend hours a day in the classroom
I wish more people would talk about how testing has undermined education, but they should do it by talking to people who have to spend hours a day in the classroom
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
(you need to sit still for tests and test prep, and meds can help with that) but blaming Autism on standardized testing is really nuts.
I wish more people would talk about how testing has undermined education, but they should do it by talking to people who have to spend hours a day in the classroom
I wish more people would talk about how testing has undermined education, but they should do it by talking to people who have to spend hours a day in the classroom
rather than address that problem in pedagogical terms (narrowing of curriculum) using qualitative data (parents, students and teachers testifying to how boring school became as a result), it tries to force data about ADHD and Autism into its thesis.
There may be something to that, esp. with ADHD
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There may be something to that, esp. with ADHD
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November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
rather than address that problem in pedagogical terms (narrowing of curriculum) using qualitative data (parents, students and teachers testifying to how boring school became as a result), it tries to force data about ADHD and Autism into its thesis.
There may be something to that, esp. with ADHD
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There may be something to that, esp. with ADHD
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Speaking as an educator (teacher and principal), what's frustrating about the piece is that it identifies a real problem - the rise of standardized testing under NCLB and then Race to the Top - which did tremendous damage to students for whom one size did not fit all, but then . . .
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November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Speaking as an educator (teacher and principal), what's frustrating about the piece is that it identifies a real problem - the rise of standardized testing under NCLB and then Race to the Top - which did tremendous damage to students for whom one size did not fit all, but then . . .
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Adding, if he'd just published the parts about her journalistic ethics - engaging in catch and kill, for example, or even having a romantic attachment to the subject she was covering - it would be much less problematic.
Publishing her private intimate communications is different.
Publishing her private intimate communications is different.
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Adding, if he'd just published the parts about her journalistic ethics - engaging in catch and kill, for example, or even having a romantic attachment to the subject she was covering - it would be much less problematic.
Publishing her private intimate communications is different.
Publishing her private intimate communications is different.
Ryan Lizza's motivation is that of a jilted lover. His purpose in publishing was to humiliate and shame her.
If he'd come across sex videos she'd made with Sanford (since it seems she never had physical contact with RFK), would you be ok with Lizza posting those?
If he'd come across sex videos she'd made with Sanford (since it seems she never had physical contact with RFK), would you be ok with Lizza posting those?
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Ryan Lizza's motivation is that of a jilted lover. His purpose in publishing was to humiliate and shame her.
If he'd come across sex videos she'd made with Sanford (since it seems she never had physical contact with RFK), would you be ok with Lizza posting those?
If he'd come across sex videos she'd made with Sanford (since it seems she never had physical contact with RFK), would you be ok with Lizza posting those?
He published the private, intimate communications of his ex.
How would not publishing that have been "carrying water" for her?
How would not publishing that have been "carrying water" for her?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
He published the private, intimate communications of his ex.
How would not publishing that have been "carrying water" for her?
How would not publishing that have been "carrying water" for her?
Can you imagine America siding with war criminals?
We would never do that!
Oh, wait…
We would never do that!
Oh, wait…
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Can you imagine America siding with war criminals?
We would never do that!
Oh, wait…
We would never do that!
Oh, wait…
It's revenge porn and it's gross.
That Nuzzi is an unsympathetic character doesn't change that fact.
That Nuzzi is an unsympathetic character doesn't change that fact.
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
It's revenge porn and it's gross.
That Nuzzi is an unsympathetic character doesn't change that fact.
That Nuzzi is an unsympathetic character doesn't change that fact.
"Among the reasons cited by analysts for the Social Democrats’ decline in Copenhagen were voter fatigue over the prime minister’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration, which have partly inspired a newly unveiled asylum and migration policy in Britain."
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"Among the reasons cited by analysts for the Social Democrats’ decline in Copenhagen were voter fatigue over the prime minister’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration, which have partly inspired a newly unveiled asylum and migration policy in Britain."
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
And I'll just add this. . . .
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
And I'll just add this. . . .
"When asked whether these North Texas men represented MAGA, JD Vance replied, 'I'm not going to engage in pearl clutching.'"
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"When asked whether these North Texas men represented MAGA, JD Vance replied, 'I'm not going to engage in pearl clutching.'"
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In fact, it's a liability.
In fact, it's a liability.
November 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
(got cut off)
In fact, it's a liability.
In fact, it's a liability.
My dream is that AIPAC spends $25million against Lander, that Lander wins, and that NY and national Dems wake up to the reality that support for Israel is no longer a winning position for Dems.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My dream is that AIPAC spends $25million against Lander, that Lander wins, and that NY and national Dems wake up to the reality that support for Israel is no longer a winning position for Dems.
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Agreed. Encouragingly, it looks like NY10 Dems have learned that lesson. This quote, from Alexis Aviles in Hellgate, sounds to me like she's getting ready to withdraw.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Agreed. Encouragingly, it looks like NY10 Dems have learned that lesson. This quote, from Alexis Aviles in Hellgate, sounds to me like she's getting ready to withdraw.
AI boosters are not secretive about their goals - the replacement of workers with bots. It's a labor elimination mission, with a social control and mass surveillance side benefit.
So, I mean, I guess the technology could be used for good, but that's not what it's designed for.
In short, it's bad.
So, I mean, I guess the technology could be used for good, but that's not what it's designed for.
In short, it's bad.
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
AI boosters are not secretive about their goals - the replacement of workers with bots. It's a labor elimination mission, with a social control and mass surveillance side benefit.
So, I mean, I guess the technology could be used for good, but that's not what it's designed for.
In short, it's bad.
So, I mean, I guess the technology could be used for good, but that's not what it's designed for.
In short, it's bad.