Adam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats
@adamlaats.bsky.social
Pulitzer-prize-wanting historian at Binghamton U (SUNY). Columbo fan. Books about schools, religion, conservatism. Now writing about the roots of US public schools, c. 1790-1860. Check out adamlaats.net
I would please like to be in the control group of this study, you know, the group that DOESN'T have a guy pooping behind a sheet to test this hypothesis.
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · yesterdayOh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
Nerds of a certain age are all remembering the first time we read "When Prophecy Fails." You can't dissuade The Seekers with mere overwhelming facts and evidence.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9h agoNew in PN: Jeanine Pirro crashes into the limit of Trump's lies "Did Pirro genuinely believe the scales would fall from Trump’s eyes if she showed him some pictures from the Park Service proving his contractor was at fault for the wrecked pool? This is Donald Trump we’re talking about!"
"I just had an appendectomy: It made me a much better medical expert than all the doctors and hospitals ever."
Annie Abrams@annieabrams.bsky.social · 2d agoHe spent one year visiting schools. I’ve been teaching high school and writing about this issue for years and I don’t think this is a good idea.
From the archives: Kids These Days, 1841 edition
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
After Colleges Reject ‘Compact,’ Trump Officials Try a Letter (Gift Article)
The open letter from Education Secretary Linda McMahon fell far short of the attempt at a compact last year that dangled research money in return for embracing the Trump administration’s agenda.
nytimes.com
Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Maria Bartiromo push complete BS about public schools secretly making kids trans without the knowledge of their parents. McMahon says she's doing a number of investigations about it.
This new data compiled by @mattbarnum.bsky.social is invaluable. It makes clear that worries about the teacher shortage, downplayed by contrarians, were and are warranted. Importantly, it raises a largely ignored factor affecting student mental health, behavior, and academic success.
A ‘lost generation’ of teachers left the classroom. Schools are still dealing with the consequences.
Veteran teachers left, principals cycled through too, and high-poverty schools likely faced the greatest strain. Here’s what years of churn did to classrooms.
chalkbeat.org
Wow. Up next: Boebert starts Christian "Hate Thy Neighbor" club.
Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · last wk.Rep. Lauren Boebert insists that public Christian worship events are necessary for America to experience revival: "I don't think that Jesus ever called for any Christian to pray only silently or to keep their faith hidden only in the prayer closet."
From when Paul the Trombonist accidentally texted his wife with voice transcription on while practicing:
lauren@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · last wk.say what you will about AI, always-on voice recording and auto dictation has been a game changer for my workflows. Save post and close app. Yeah Footlong meatball sub on white. No veggies. Don't toast it. Ranch and barbecue sauce. Yeah, ranch and bargecue sauce. More. More. Little more please
IN A WORLD where the falcon cannot hear the falconer… When the blood-dimmed tide is loosed… And the centre cannot hold… ONE MAN has his hour come round at LAST [INCEPTION WWWHHHAAAAAHH] THIS CHRISTMAS JASON STATHAM Slouches toward Bethlehem to be born [BUMBUMBUM] THE SECOND COMING Rated R
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
"O Connecticut! Connecticut! Land of bigotry! Land of superstition; Land of Intolerance." --Horace Mann, February 15, 1822
Report: CT schools among the most segregated in the U.S.
The report came as little surprise to state education leaders, who cited widespread opposition to regionalization as a key obstacle.
ctmirror.org
How it worked: Before the Civil War, states like North Carolina had laws on the books that ALL apprentices--Black and white--had to get basic literacy education. But county judges almost always just crossed that part out from Black apprentice contracts. Like 3-year-old Charles in 1851:
How it worked: Before the Civil War, states like North Carolina had laws on the books that ALL apprentices--Black and white--had to get basic literacy education. But county judges almost always just crossed that part out from Black apprentice contracts. Like 3-year-old Charles in 1851:
Once again, Trump proves to be as dumb as Homer, but with none of the redeeming qualities.
Homer Simpson Asks: Do You Come With The Car?
ALT: Homer Simpson Asks: Do You Come With The Car?
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USA TODAY@usatoday.com · last wk.President Trump announced the White House ordered 250 Cadillac Escalades for government use during a Michigan speech.
The good news: They're not gonna put Sally the Sexbot in schools. The bad news: Plenty of adults in positions of authority thought it was a good idea to put Sally the Sexbot in schools.
Sally the Robot Was Coming to a New York School. Then the Plug Was Pulled.
Students helped design the A.I.-powered creation as a young female with dark hair and an upbeat personality. Then came the outrage.
nytimes.com
School people: ICYMI, I just figured out I had a *gift link* to this article! Trump's private-school subsidy is coming January 1. The history is grim:
Financial Hell Is About to Break Loose in American Schools
School funding is about to drop off a fiscal cliff. Costs will stay the same. What then?
slate.com
Good enough for me. I'm endorsing Orca/Mamdani for 2028.
Watch an orca ram a sunfish so hard that the fish explodes | CNN
How hard do you have to ram a fish to make it explode? Ask an orca.
cnn.com
I wouldn't want my school crossing-guard to be getting by on no sleep, much less a prime minister.
Japan Is Startled by Prime Minister’s Grueling Sleep Schedule
Sanae Takaichi has said she gets just “zero to three hours” of sleep a night, prompting a debate in the country over work-life balance.
nytimes.com
School people: ICYMI, I just figured out I had a *gift link* to this article! Trump's private-school subsidy is coming January 1. The history is grim:
Financial Hell Is About to Break Loose in American Schools
School funding is about to drop off a fiscal cliff. Costs will stay the same. What then?
slate.com
Ugh.
Paul Waldman@paulwaldman.bsky.social · 2w agoIs it possible that the Trump Department of Education created a national civics contest, then rigged the judging in the final when it looked like a Sikh kid who's the son of immigrants might win? They'd never do that, this administration has too much integrity. www.notus.org/national/ame...
What about the scandalous way he let them Duke boys get away agin?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoWow -- Ken Paxton and his team abruptly shut down a news conference and bail after journalists try to ask him about his various scandals
Gift link in case you want to read the whole list. Seems both cruel and unusual to ask students to read Ayn Rand and Thomas Sowell.
Texas Book List: See What Students Will Be Required to Read (Gift Article)
What is essential reading? Texas has an answer: Classics, including the Bible.
nytimes.com
Trump administration fulfills its promise to return America to the world of the Bible:
Why Florida is a leprosy hotspot as cases rise again
Florida leads a recent uptick in U.S. leprosy cases, with armadillos and environment among suspected factors.
news-journalonline.com
"What's the time?" "Well, according to this clock, the hour hand says 'Wit', and the minute hand 'Impertinence', and the second hand 'Nonsense', and to either side is a lolling unicorn and a lion, and they are stroking their tails between their legs."
If anyone would like to see a short video of a dog using their tail as a rotar blade, this is your lucky day.
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
