@akilbello.bsky.social
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“Billionaires really like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as a good and natural thing. Epstein funnelled as much as $20m a year to academic men who shared his ideology. In exchange, Epstein himself, who could barely read and write, was empowered to hold forth at Harvard”
About Epstein, Edge, eugenics, and finding my name in the Epstein files.
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
“Billionaires really like thinkers who see their exploitation of the weak as a good and natural thing. Epstein funnelled as much as $20m a year to academic men who shared his ideology. In exchange, Epstein himself, who could barely read and write, was empowered to hold forth at Harvard”
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ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
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At the time, Joel Klein was leading edtech company Amplify, now a pretty prominent curriculum provider.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
How Former N.Y.C. Schools Chief Joel Klein Became Friendly With Epstein
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:10 PM
At the time, Joel Klein was leading edtech company Amplify, now a pretty prominent curriculum provider.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
Whoops apparently basing our entire gifted and talented structure on "precociousness" is a mistake.
February 14, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Whoops apparently basing our entire gifted and talented structure on "precociousness" is a mistake.
Every time I read a book about testing, no matter how old, all the criticism is the same, all the problems are the same.
We are living the echos of test problems past
From None of the Above (1984, David Owen)
We are living the echos of test problems past
From None of the Above (1984, David Owen)
February 14, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Every time I read a book about testing, no matter how old, all the criticism is the same, all the problems are the same.
We are living the echos of test problems past
From None of the Above (1984, David Owen)
We are living the echos of test problems past
From None of the Above (1984, David Owen)
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What's Worse for Students: A Boring Worksheet or Ineffective Ed Tech?: Some parents and policymakers are growing skeptical of the value of education technology.
What's Worse for Students: A Boring Worksheet or Ineffective Ed Tech?
Some parents and policymakers are growing skeptical of the value of education technology.
www.edweek.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM
What's Worse for Students: A Boring Worksheet or Ineffective Ed Tech?: Some parents and policymakers are growing skeptical of the value of education technology.
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This, from @aredridel.dinhe.net, is excellent. aredridel.dinhe.net/2026/02/12/t...
The AI hater's guide to code with LLMs (The Overview) | All Confirmation Bias, All The Time
aredridel.dinhe.net
February 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This, from @aredridel.dinhe.net, is excellent. aredridel.dinhe.net/2026/02/12/t...
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If you've wondered about that unwoke alternative to the SAT and ACT, @akilbello.bsky.social answers your questions. Trying out the clt akilbello.com/2026/02/11/t...
Trying out the clt
I took the CLT not only to add a stone to my infinity gauntlet but so you don’t have to. Read on to find out what I’ve learned.
akilbello.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:22 PM
If you've wondered about that unwoke alternative to the SAT and ACT, @akilbello.bsky.social answers your questions. Trying out the clt akilbello.com/2026/02/11/t...
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I had an email exchange with a guy yesterday who insisted I was making a mistake not outsourcing my writing to an LLM. He said, "It knows more than you do." He couldn't understand that this was impossible because the work of writing is figuring out what "I" think.
February 13, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I had an email exchange with a guy yesterday who insisted I was making a mistake not outsourcing my writing to an LLM. He said, "It knows more than you do." He couldn't understand that this was impossible because the work of writing is figuring out what "I" think.
The man who basically made college tuition skyrocket
February 14, 2026 at 5:09 AM
The man who basically made college tuition skyrocket
On a scale of Erkel to Shuri, how nerdy does it make me to go listen to a lecture on higher education at a bar? @lecturesontap.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 4:52 AM
On a scale of Erkel to Shuri, how nerdy does it make me to go listen to a lecture on higher education at a bar? @lecturesontap.bsky.social
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The real winners in the Epstein files?
The University of Michigan.
The University of Michigan.
February 14, 2026 at 12:39 AM
The real winners in the Epstein files?
The University of Michigan.
The University of Michigan.
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“I will not participate in any business arrangement under his leadership. I also need to say this: I'm grateful to my agent who I've known for almost 20 years and trust. Casey should resign. He should leave, so more people like me don't have to."
"I have left the Wasserman Agency," wrote two-time Olympic gold medalist Abby Wambach. “I read Casey Wasserman's correspondences in the Epstein files. I know what I know, and I am following my gut and my values." people.com/soccer-star-...
Soccer Star Abby Wambach Leaves Wasserman Agency Over Founder’s Inclusion in Epstein Files
Soccer star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Abby Wambach is cutting ties with Wasserman, her talent agency. The 45-year-old athlete explained that she felt the need to leave after the agency's foun...
people.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:11 AM
“I will not participate in any business arrangement under his leadership. I also need to say this: I'm grateful to my agent who I've known for almost 20 years and trust. Casey should resign. He should leave, so more people like me don't have to."
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Sometimes the time line aligns. Remote testing feels like a totally unnecessary risk.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
February 13, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Sometimes the time line aligns. Remote testing feels like a totally unnecessary risk.
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
I took that new right wing admissions test so you don't have to.
"It’s inconsistent, odd, and pseudo-scientific but it has just enough of a patina of science to let politicians who share their ideology justify its use."
akilbello.com/2026/02/11/t...
"It’s inconsistent, odd, and pseudo-scientific but it has just enough of a patina of science to let politicians who share their ideology justify its use."
akilbello.com/2026/02/11/t...
Trying out the clt
I took the CLT not only to add a stone to my infinity gauntlet but so you don’t have to. Read on to find out what I’ve learned.
akilbello.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I took that new right wing admissions test so you don't have to.
"It’s inconsistent, odd, and pseudo-scientific but it has just enough of a patina of science to let politicians who share their ideology justify its use."
akilbello.com/2026/02/11/t...
"It’s inconsistent, odd, and pseudo-scientific but it has just enough of a patina of science to let politicians who share their ideology justify its use."
akilbello.com/2026/02/11/t...
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From Stanford to Gallup, nearly every organization that produces good information about anything of importance is in one way or another beholden to federal contracts. They are also deeply connected to elite political and economic networks thorough interlocking directorates and affiliations.
February 11, 2026 at 9:16 PM
From Stanford to Gallup, nearly every organization that produces good information about anything of importance is in one way or another beholden to federal contracts. They are also deeply connected to elite political and economic networks thorough interlocking directorates and affiliations.
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No excuses
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM
No excuses
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I keep rereading this paragraph expecting the words to change
February 11, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I keep rereading this paragraph expecting the words to change
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NOOOOOO!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOooooooo0000000!!!!11
February 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
NOOOOOO!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOooooooo0000000!!!!11
Big Six > Ivy League > Ivy+
February 8, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Big Six > Ivy League > Ivy+
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. . . these cuts are automated—there’s not a re-vote, the governor can’t offer a stay, etc. Either the city follows the law, which includes actionable, time-bound plans to address any exempted classrooms (it’s not complicated or opaque as the article says), or they lose the money. Period. 4/8
February 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
. . . these cuts are automated—there’s not a re-vote, the governor can’t offer a stay, etc. Either the city follows the law, which includes actionable, time-bound plans to address any exempted classrooms (it’s not complicated or opaque as the article says), or they lose the money. Period. 4/8
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Readers deserve to know who writes headlines and subheadlines for the New York Times. This subhed, in particular, is absurdly deceitful and dishonest.
It is (sort of) gainsaid by the piece itself, which you can read here for free: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/n... 1/8
It is (sort of) gainsaid by the piece itself, which you can read here for free: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/n... 1/8
February 8, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Readers deserve to know who writes headlines and subheadlines for the New York Times. This subhed, in particular, is absurdly deceitful and dishonest.
It is (sort of) gainsaid by the piece itself, which you can read here for free: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/n... 1/8
It is (sort of) gainsaid by the piece itself, which you can read here for free: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/n... 1/8
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GOP: Parents should control what our kids learn. Schools can't indoctrinate our kids.
Texas GOP: Actually, the state decides and here are the only books your kids can be assigned in schools.
Texas GOP: Actually, the state decides and here are the only books your kids can be assigned in schools.
February 6, 2026 at 8:47 PM
GOP: Parents should control what our kids learn. Schools can't indoctrinate our kids.
Texas GOP: Actually, the state decides and here are the only books your kids can be assigned in schools.
Texas GOP: Actually, the state decides and here are the only books your kids can be assigned in schools.
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Three thoughts.
1. It’s always been about the white nationalism
2. He is returning to the old favorites because his support is waning
3. He dabbled with this trope before but would always leave a hair of deniability. Going straight there also seems like a sign of weakness
1. It’s always been about the white nationalism
2. He is returning to the old favorites because his support is waning
3. He dabbled with this trope before but would always leave a hair of deniability. Going straight there also seems like a sign of weakness
February 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Three thoughts.
1. It’s always been about the white nationalism
2. He is returning to the old favorites because his support is waning
3. He dabbled with this trope before but would always leave a hair of deniability. Going straight there also seems like a sign of weakness
1. It’s always been about the white nationalism
2. He is returning to the old favorites because his support is waning
3. He dabbled with this trope before but would always leave a hair of deniability. Going straight there also seems like a sign of weakness
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The billionaire class wants to decimate the white collar workforce. Because white collar workers are expensive. And because white collar workers—who historically sided with billionaires—are questioning that alliance. Which makes their knowledge and resources a huge threat to billionaire power.
February 5, 2026 at 11:03 AM
The billionaire class wants to decimate the white collar workforce. Because white collar workers are expensive. And because white collar workers—who historically sided with billionaires—are questioning that alliance. Which makes their knowledge and resources a huge threat to billionaire power.