Derek Gottlieb
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I wrote "A Democratic Theory of Educational Accountability," I work at School Perceptions, and I live in Wisconsin.
I wrote "A Democratic Theory of Educational Accountability," I work at School Perceptions, and I live in Wisconsin.
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Public-sector union dues have been non-mandatory for almost a decade.
This kind of stuff part of larger efforts in the federal government to keep chipping away at civil service protections
This kind of stuff part of larger efforts in the federal government to keep chipping away at civil service protections
February 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Public-sector union dues have been non-mandatory for almost a decade.
This kind of stuff part of larger efforts in the federal government to keep chipping away at civil service protections
This kind of stuff part of larger efforts in the federal government to keep chipping away at civil service protections
The federal executive cannot withhold congressionally-approved funding from states governed by the opposition party. The federal executive is bound by oath to execute the laws made by the legislature.
“.. The programs slated to be cut are in California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota.”
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February 10, 2026 at 2:31 PM
The federal executive cannot withhold congressionally-approved funding from states governed by the opposition party. The federal executive is bound by oath to execute the laws made by the legislature.
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"If the government may simply seize *someone* without due process, there is no check on its ability to seize *anyone*."
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
"If the government may simply seize *someone* without due process, there is no check on its ability to seize *anyone*."
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.
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To the GOP, “freedom” is their ability to dominate everyone else
February 10, 2026 at 1:41 PM
To the GOP, “freedom” is their ability to dominate everyone else
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"I'm going to Mars" "I'm going to the moon" You can't even go to visit your children
Elon Musk's ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat for a rather nearer and more achievable goal – sending humans to live on the moon. https://cnn.it/46sbAMm
February 10, 2026 at 12:23 AM
"I'm going to Mars" "I'm going to the moon" You can't even go to visit your children
Whoa, Anthony Gottlieb’s (no relation) WITTGENSTEIN is in here! Deservedly so, I think, but as the guy who indexed it, I would say that.
Every year for the past decade, our philosophy editor, Nigel Warburton, has picked his best five philosophy books of the year. Here are all his choices -- from Buddhism to utilitarianism and Hannah Arendt to Zhuangzi:
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The Best Philosophy Books of the Decade - Five Books Expert Recommendations
It’s a golden age for popular books about philosophy, as the challenges of modern life encourage people to seek wisdom from those whose job—at least in principle—is to seek it. Whether it’s new…
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February 10, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Whoa, Anthony Gottlieb’s (no relation) WITTGENSTEIN is in here! Deservedly so, I think, but as the guy who indexed it, I would say that.
The single most intense football game I’ve ever witnessed, as it happens, was on a field in Cataño, outside of San Juan — the title game of the inaugural season of the Puerto Rico Women’s Flag Football League, where the Crimson Tide beat Las Isleñas on last-second 2-point conversion. F Megyn Kelly.
Megyn Kelly just shouting “FOOTBALL IS OURS” at Piers Morgan about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is the perfect example of this moment in time. Put it in a time capsule and send it out into space.
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The single most intense football game I’ve ever witnessed, as it happens, was on a field in Cataño, outside of San Juan — the title game of the inaugural season of the Puerto Rico Women’s Flag Football League, where the Crimson Tide beat Las Isleñas on last-second 2-point conversion. F Megyn Kelly.
“Funny” like Joe Pesci in Goodfellas
Again, it's going to be funny when EBF is says everybody is "fully and adequately funded" and the debate immediately shifts to how the EBF is wrong actually. You don't even have to wait that long since the fraction of "adequately funded" districts will tend to grow and they won't feel that way.
February 10, 2026 at 1:29 PM
“Funny” like Joe Pesci in Goodfellas
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"The state has been increasing funding for K-12 schools by about $350 million a year...the state would have to increase that amount to at least $550 million, but likely more than $1 billion" www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026...
The push to boost state funding for Illinois schools is on
Two Chicagoland state lawmakers introduced proposals Monday that would increase education funding to what Illinois has deemed adequate and fully fund some mandated school district expenditures.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:22 PM
"The state has been increasing funding for K-12 schools by about $350 million a year...the state would have to increase that amount to at least $550 million, but likely more than $1 billion" www.chalkbeat.org/chicago/2026...
The most basic thing tying all of our constitutional promises together is a presumption of individual liberty that restrains state action.
Treating judicial warrants as unbearable inconveniences to governmental action is so deeply anti-American it’s enraging.
Treating judicial warrants as unbearable inconveniences to governmental action is so deeply anti-American it’s enraging.
February 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
The most basic thing tying all of our constitutional promises together is a presumption of individual liberty that restrains state action.
Treating judicial warrants as unbearable inconveniences to governmental action is so deeply anti-American it’s enraging.
Treating judicial warrants as unbearable inconveniences to governmental action is so deeply anti-American it’s enraging.
Sexy murder poet / basically pleasant bureaucrat / ostentatiously public defecator
How after all could we forget Diogenes the Cynic? Thank u Grimes for reminding us of the true nature of high calibre philosophy
How after all could we forget Diogenes the Cynic? Thank u Grimes for reminding us of the true nature of high calibre philosophy
February 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Sexy murder poet / basically pleasant bureaucrat / ostentatiously public defecator
How after all could we forget Diogenes the Cynic? Thank u Grimes for reminding us of the true nature of high calibre philosophy
How after all could we forget Diogenes the Cynic? Thank u Grimes for reminding us of the true nature of high calibre philosophy
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It's here! I hosted a symposium on close reading at Emory in November. Matt Seybold recorded it for his podcast, American Vandal, and the first of three episodes is out today. Catch me, @johannawinant.bsky.social, @becimay.bsky.social, @bakaari.bsky.social + more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Close Reading For The 21st Century Symposium (Vandal Live at Emory)
Podcast Episode · The American Vandal · S12 E4 · 1 sec
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February 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
It's here! I hosted a symposium on close reading at Emory in November. Matt Seybold recorded it for his podcast, American Vandal, and the first of three episodes is out today. Catch me, @johannawinant.bsky.social, @becimay.bsky.social, @bakaari.bsky.social + more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
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I woke up at 4:18 am and said, “we took all the friction out of the systems that poor people use to survive and gave rich people all the luxury of their frictionlessness.”
I will make it make sense later.
I will make it make sense later.
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I woke up at 4:18 am and said, “we took all the friction out of the systems that poor people use to survive and gave rich people all the luxury of their frictionlessness.”
I will make it make sense later.
I will make it make sense later.
Flooding the zone with shit
"The AI boom poses a problem for the FDA, five current and former agency scientists told Reuters: The agency is struggling to keep pace with the flood of AI-enhanced medical devices seeking approval after losing key staff."
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
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February 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Flooding the zone with shit
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There are EIGHTEEN US States with a lower population than Puerto Rico, contributing over one-third of the membership of the US Senate, and 38 House seats.
You'll be AMAZED to learn how many of those underpopulated regions return Republican lawmakers...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
You'll be AMAZED to learn how many of those underpopulated regions return Republican lawmakers...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
🚨BREAKING: Puerto Rico has been part of the United States since 1898, and people still act confused that Puerto Ricans are American.
States that joined after Puerto Rico:
• Oklahoma — 1907
• New Mexico — 1912
• Arizona — 1912
• Alaska — 1959
• Hawaii — 1959
Yet somehow this is still news to folks.
States that joined after Puerto Rico:
• Oklahoma — 1907
• New Mexico — 1912
• Arizona — 1912
• Alaska — 1959
• Hawaii — 1959
Yet somehow this is still news to folks.
February 10, 2026 at 10:55 AM
There are EIGHTEEN US States with a lower population than Puerto Rico, contributing over one-third of the membership of the US Senate, and 38 House seats.
You'll be AMAZED to learn how many of those underpopulated regions return Republican lawmakers...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
You'll be AMAZED to learn how many of those underpopulated regions return Republican lawmakers...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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reminded of that post that was like "subtle difference! Catholics think suffering is good and Protestants think pleasure is bad :)" and increasingly worried about our Protestant-coded times
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 7:08 PM
reminded of that post that was like "subtle difference! Catholics think suffering is good and Protestants think pleasure is bad :)" and increasingly worried about our Protestant-coded times
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highly recommend getting students to do podcasts as a project, very entertaining and rewarding all around
February 10, 2026 at 9:44 AM
highly recommend getting students to do podcasts as a project, very entertaining and rewarding all around
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Teachers College alumna no longer in legal jeopardy over her op-ed.
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Teachers College alumna no longer in legal jeopardy over her op-ed.
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Current* conditions near Wawa, ON:
February 10, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Current* conditions near Wawa, ON:
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"I'm not a Republican, I'm actually more of a Libertarian" - when dyed-in-the-wool conservatives know the current administration is unpopular and they're trying to save face in polite society. Happened in 2007-08 when Bush II was unpopular.
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
"I'm not a Republican, I'm actually more of a Libertarian" - when dyed-in-the-wool conservatives know the current administration is unpopular and they're trying to save face in polite society. Happened in 2007-08 when Bush II was unpopular.
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I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I think collectively, we at least partially wanted the child at the Super Bowl to be Liam because the little boy on stage looked happy and healthy and our hearts want so badly to think these children can somehow magically recover from the evils our government is doing.
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Hi! I put together some old-school, no-frills, Milwaukee-focused forums called Read The Comments. They're for talking on the internet without having to deal with social media! (He says on social media, heh.) Register today! Talk amongst yourselves!
Read The Comments | Milwaukee Record
Welcome to Read The Comments, the Milwaukee Record forums. Talk amongst yourselves.
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February 9, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Hi! I put together some old-school, no-frills, Milwaukee-focused forums called Read The Comments. They're for talking on the internet without having to deal with social media! (He says on social media, heh.) Register today! Talk amongst yourselves!
Honestly a little surprised Eisenhower didn’t speak a second language.
Trump complaining about not understanding Bad Bunny led me to look up the history of presidential multilingualism. Unsurprisingly the presidency has grown far less multilingual over time. More surprisingly, seven presidents were fluent in Ancient Greek but NONE have spoken fluent Spanish.
February 9, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Honestly a little surprised Eisenhower didn’t speak a second language.
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Extremely exciting news: We're hiring a full-time film critic to come work with me at The A.V. Club!
You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
The A.V. Club hiring Film Critic in Greater Chicago Area | LinkedIn
Posted 8:42:22 PM. The A.V. Club is seeking an experienced Film Critic to join our team of trenchant writers and…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Extremely exciting news: We're hiring a full-time film critic to come work with me at The A.V. Club!
You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
You probably have an idea if you're qualified for this, but if there's something that's not in the job listing, I'm sure I can answer Qs www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
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Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.”
This is why we need to be telling our stories.
This is why we need to be telling our stories.