wandering but not lost
@ejroberts.bsky.social
Educator, thinker, writer, wonderer, wanderer, AI proponent, improvement science advocate | moderate Republican | #NeverTrump
I'm catching up on a lot of podcast episodes & this is one I want to share. This particular link is about Article 1 of the Constitution & I learned SO MUCH about how things work. This is Constitution Breakdown #2.
They raided their own concentration camps. Let that sink in.
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 8mo agoNEW: ICE has raided dormitories at the Dilley concentration camp to confiscate letters from children per @pabloreports.bsky.social. I have filed a FOIA request for them. @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social: the second we get anything, we will send it to you. 1/ www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-ice-co...
"If it were easy everyone would do it." A reflection on #creativity & #AI and an episode of Music & Meaning with Charlie Peacock. ejroberts.substack.com/p/if-it-were...
"If it were easy. . ."
Reflection on a podcast episode about music and AI
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@developers.google.com and @adobe.com. I'm happy to use AI when I want to use AI. Stop, please stop, being so intrusive to suggest I'm incapable of summarizing a document or crafting an email. You want employees incapable of critical thinking? Keep it up.
So car manufacturers aren't really interested in supporting the reduction of driver distraction? Got it. www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
Driver sparks outrage with photo of alarming feature in new vehicle: 'Cars are becoming smartphones with wheels'
One Jeep driver took to Reddit to share their dissatisfaction with the current state of newer cars.
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Dear World: Please don’t assume the current administration of the country reflects all Americans. It does not.
Some thoughts on the U.S. DOE & "lower earnings" colleges. elainejroberts.substack.com/p/us-doe-and...
Yet another performative feint by rich people & kowtowing financial organizations looking to make more money. fortune.com/2025/12/03/w...
Why the government is really going to give your baby $1,000, collecting interest until they turn 18 | Fortune
After a parent opens an account, the U.S. Treasury will contribute $1,000 for newborns.
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Form and State Hollis Robbins @anecdotal.bsky.social hardly needs my help, but I love her take on poetic forms. I plan to use this article in one of my classes next semester. open.substack.com/pub/hollisro...
Form and State
What your poetry preferences say about you
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On this #Thanksgiving, 2025. Sometimes finding that joy, sensing that joy is just hard. We don't all do holidays well. elainejroberts.substack.com/p/on-this-th...
What happens when pumpkin pie meets deep-dish pizza? I did not see this before #Thanksgiving but I believe #pumpkin pie is an any time go-to dessert in fall/winter so there’s plenty of time. apnews.com/article/pump...
What happens when pumpkin pie meets deep-dish pizza?
Baking pies can be a way to connect with emotions and celebrate moments. For her cookbook “50 Pies, 50 States,” Stacey Mei Yan Fong decided to learn about America by creating a pie for each state usin...
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Every Brilliant Thing. A powerful play I get to share with my students. elainejroberts.substack.com/p/every-bril...
Dear @Google: I cannot tell you how much I DESPISE your intrusive AI overview BS. It wouldn't even be different if you pulled from actually decent sites, but anything is so random & often not accurate. #google #AIoverview #notfeelingit
If I were an elementary teacher or librarian, I would get some of these. AND I would encourage my Ss to write their own books explaining certain things. So many ideas for how that could work. www.fastcompany.com/91439043/sim... #Teaching #EduSky #Books #kidscansomuchifweletthem
This incredible book can explain physics to a 2-year-old
‘Simple Machines Made Simple,’ which raised more than seven times its target on Kickstarter, wants to demystify mechanical engineering for kids.
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I thoroughly despise that I cannot opt out AI for any software tool or resource. It is annoying like mosquitoes. At least there are sprays and such for getting rid of mosquitoes. Or, to misquote Lady Macbeth, "Get out you damned AI! Get out!" #AI
Seems to be a @GOP "let them eat cake" kind of moment.
I know this phrase is taken out of context of Jamie Dimon's speech, but what does he even know about the education system? Stop talking about things you don't understand. ". . .an education system not aligned to the skills we need."