Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.
Jess Calarco
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Sociologist. Author. Professor. Roosevelt Institute Fellow. Expert on families, schools, kids, privilege, and power. Bylines in NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, Atlantic, etc. "Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women." www.jessicacalarco.com
It. WORKED!!! The calling and comments and yelling! It works. It's a temporary stall but it can be made permanent. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sena...
U.S. senators push against giving political appointees control over science funding
These proposed changes have seen significant bipartisan pushback and have been criticized by scientists across disciplines
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If you have a telescope, you might get to see Musk's boondoggle crash and burn. www.space.com/astronomy/mo...
A 9,000-pound SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon tonight. Will you be able to see it?
While the impact itself probably won't be visible from Earth, observers may have a chance to spot a plume of debris rising above the lunar surface.
space.com
I wouldn't be surprised if this satisfaction is harbored most frequently or most vehemently by men who, at some point in their boyhood, were shamed for being beaten by girls. 1/🧵
Peter@notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d agoit's interesting how many men get satisfaction out of knowing that other men can beat elite female athletes. like ok, maybe the best high school boys team in the country can beat a WNBA team, but YOU can't
Pro-wrestling executive Linda McMahon issued a letter today (in her role as US Secretary of Education) demanding that universities justify their existence and explain policies to the Trump administration by the end of 2026. Not sure what the endgame is, but it sure feels like a trap.
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Issues National Call to Action to University Presidents and Governing Boards
Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon issued a national call to action to university presidents and governing boards, urging them to reaffirm higher education’s foundational commitments to ...
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Yesterday's temperature topped 105° in Fresno. "Carlos" and team were working in the watermelons. "Our team is paid piece rate. The more boxes we fill the more we make. The person closest to the truck has the hardest job so we switch off. This is exhausting work." #WeFeedYou
You have to have a ton of formal education and time to even analyze the data. So, yes, it's about trust and having just a little bit of sense. Sigh
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 2d agoNow, the open science movement claims that to get people to trust scientists, we need transparency with data and publishing. And, personally, I do see the value in both data sharing and open access publishing. But I'm not convinced that transparency will actually solve the trust problem. 2/
it will not. because transparency is not what makes people trust each other, nor do people decide what social behaviors to adopt on the basis of what data has been published
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 2d agoNow, the open science movement claims that to get people to trust scientists, we need transparency with data and publishing. And, personally, I do see the value in both data sharing and open access publishing. But I'm not convinced that transparency will actually solve the trust problem. 2/
It’s why the messaging on vaccines from our leaders needs to be unequivocal, and approached without fear of bad faith responses. You are alive, you are healthy, you’re not sheltering in place, and you’re not living in fear of disease thanks to vaccines. Full stop.
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 2d agoThe challenge, though, is that for vaccines to be effective, we need people to get them even if they haven't spent decades studying the immune system and evaluating all evidence. Which means we need people to trust scientists, even if they know nothing about science themselves. 1/
The challenge, though, is that for vaccines to be effective, we need people to get them even if they haven't spent decades studying the immune system and evaluating all evidence. Which means we need people to trust scientists, even if they know nothing about science themselves. 1/
Marc Veldhoen@marcveld.bsky.social · 2d agoI'm a full Professor of Immunology and fully vaccinated. I didn't get vaccinated out of obedience, but after decades of studying the immune system and evaluating all evidence. Calling that "lack of critical thinking" is not an argument. It's ideology masked as pretend intellect.
Holy shit, this. We’ve never dealt with how many humans became disposable.
mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 3d agoIt's absolutely insane we've somehow let the Covid recriminations debate become like "why didn't we reopen in person schools before there was a vaccine" and not "why did none of the trump guys go to jail for stealing PPE from New York hospitals in March 2020"
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
futurism.com
Apple workers could have gotten $4 MILLION each over 8 years. Instead, Apple spent $650 BILLION on stock buybacks. Shareholders got rich. Workers got nothing. This isn't investment. It's theft. Tax the rich.
For related reasons, I avoid doing email on my phone.
Ea-nāṣir@jedgarnaut.bsky.social · 3d agoFlip side: I hate typing on the phone to the point where I will go open up my computer if I have to write more than a paragraph. Additionally, I hate the flat laptop style keyboards because I can't feel them correctly.
This shift to computerized state tests was made possible by schools' adoption of one-to-one devices. Which mostly happened with Covid. And yet, we rarely discuss the possibility that computerizing tests--without first teaching computing skills--might've contributed to subsequent test score declines.
David Adams@daveadams.bsky.social · 3d agoMy daughter’s middle school never taught typing, but the computerized state standardized tests included a timed essay section to be completed in a tiny text area.
My daughter’s middle school never taught typing, but the computerized state standardized tests included a timed essay section to be completed in a tiny text area.
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3d agoI wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵
RFK Jr and wife had a soiree at their Hollywood mansion during COVID and required proof of COVID vaccination with RSVP. Watch what they do, not what they say. –Rachel Maddow
I’ll never forget co-officing with my second grade son early in the pandemic and hearing teacher tell his online class to “type out your response and submit it” and me thinking oh no this is all backwards.
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3d agoI wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵
thread: intentionally under-skilling -> coping strategies -> ai adoption just like intentionally terrible interface/experience -> avoidance -> ai adoption web sites & apps are awful. the chatbox is clean and nice and ad-free (for now). it's really no wonder it's so appealing to many
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3d agoI wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵
I've posted before about how if you can't type it looks like magic and makes AI seem much more impressive than it really is.
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3d agoI wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵
Relatedly: If you're a college professor, and you assume that all of your students can type quickly, efficiently, and accurately on a keyboard, you're almost certainly wrong.
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3d agoI wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵
The notion of 'digital natives' being a thing never stops causing harm
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3d agoI wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵
1/ REALLY insightful thread. (Jess's, not miee) Many of my students (particularly undergrads) lack basic computer skills, including folder structures, knowing that you need to download certain files to open them, how to navigate a spreadsheet etc. And it affects their ability to do schoolwork.
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3d agoI wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵
I yell about this all the time. My kids were in the third grade when Covid moved school to Chromebooks. The school has never taught them to type and yet most work is now typed. And also their handwriting is stunted.
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3d agoI wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵
interesting framing of this, a thing we (gen x and millennials) joke about, but I've been teaching college freshman for years and their relationship to computers vs what the world expects them to just know how to do intuitively is really a thing!
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3d agoI wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵
I wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵
If that’s what she needed to do to keep your reptilian hands off of her baby, yes. That’s EXACTLY what she would do, because her family clearly did NOT have her back. Battered women will do all kinds of things trying to keep the peace. Fuck this dude, and her crazy hateful family. Poor thing.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d agoAnyone who has worked with domestic violence victims know the answer to this is too often yes.
