Nathan Holbert
@snowdaylearninglab.org
Learning Scientist. Maker and designer. Player of games and toys. Dad. Associate Professor @ Teachers College, Columbia University. Pop & Play host http://tc.edu/popandplay
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Nathan Holbert
@snowdaylearninglab.org
· Dec 11
What is the Purpose of School? | Pop and Play | Episode 6
A Pew Center Report from 2024 prompts Haeny and Nathan to ask a big question: “What is the Purpose of School?” And is school the best place for children to learn?For transcripts of this episode, to le...
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In this episode of Pop & Play we ask, what is the purpose of school?
Education is more than schooling. Education is about exploring, creating, and finding and pursuing passion. Building these educational spaces is challenging but necessary and important work. Get to it!
Education is more than schooling. Education is about exploring, creating, and finding and pursuing passion. Building these educational spaces is challenging but necessary and important work. Get to it!
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ICE AGENTS ARE FOLLOWING OBSERVERS TO THEIR HOMES. THEY ARE DOING THE EXACT SHIT JOHNSON SAYS IS INTOLERABLE!
RON JOHNSON: In Central America, if you become a police chief, the drug cartels send you a DVD w/ a video of your family going to church or school...that's what ICE agents are facing
SORKIN: But these people are allowed to protest
J: They want their activists to dox them & put families at risk
SORKIN: But these people are allowed to protest
J: They want their activists to dox them & put families at risk
February 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
ICE AGENTS ARE FOLLOWING OBSERVERS TO THEIR HOMES. THEY ARE DOING THE EXACT SHIT JOHNSON SAYS IS INTOLERABLE!
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They have now removed the Pride flag from the Stonewall Inn.
Erasure. Just like the Nazis.
gaycitynews.com/trump-rainbo...
Erasure. Just like the Nazis.
gaycitynews.com/trump-rainbo...
Trump administration removes Rainbow Flag from Stonewall National Monument
The Trump administration removed a large Rainbow Flag from a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument, the National Park Service confirmed to Gay City News
gaycitynews.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 AM
They have now removed the Pride flag from the Stonewall Inn.
Erasure. Just like the Nazis.
gaycitynews.com/trump-rainbo...
Erasure. Just like the Nazis.
gaycitynews.com/trump-rainbo...
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Inspired by the courage of the people of Minnesota, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Bragg separately wrote and recorded songs of protest. Helluva way to put play to work! Music educator Dr. Patrick Schmidt joins Pop & Play to talk about protest music—also known as “music.”
Protest Music and Striking Notes of Resistance
Podcast Episode · Pop and Play · 02/10/2026 · 34m
podcasts.apple.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Inspired by the courage of the people of Minnesota, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Bragg separately wrote and recorded songs of protest. Helluva way to put play to work! Music educator Dr. Patrick Schmidt joins Pop & Play to talk about protest music—also known as “music.”
Inspired by the courage of the people of Minnesota, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Bragg separately wrote and recorded songs of protest. Helluva way to put play to work! Music educator Dr. Patrick Schmidt joins Pop & Play to talk about protest music—also known as “music.”
Protest Music and Striking Notes of Resistance
Podcast Episode · Pop and Play · 02/10/2026 · 34m
podcasts.apple.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Inspired by the courage of the people of Minnesota, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Bragg separately wrote and recorded songs of protest. Helluva way to put play to work! Music educator Dr. Patrick Schmidt joins Pop & Play to talk about protest music—also known as “music.”
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Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
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 1:30 AM
Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
Every time you look at your paycheck and see a chunk of your wages going to the federal government, it is going to this -- creating and filling concentration camps.
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Every time you look at your paycheck and see a chunk of your wages going to the federal government, it is going to this -- creating and filling concentration camps.
Lot of butt centric commercials this year
February 9, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Lot of butt centric commercials this year
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Nothing has changed here.
So you might ask - how will we know when things have changed? For me it’s all the kids back in school.
So you might ask - how will we know when things have changed? For me it’s all the kids back in school.
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Nothing has changed here.
So you might ask - how will we know when things have changed? For me it’s all the kids back in school.
So you might ask - how will we know when things have changed? For me it’s all the kids back in school.
Finished Metroid Prime Remastered and have to conclude 1st person 3D Metroids are not for me. Had some fun, but too fiddly and the platforming was downright maddening.
February 8, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Finished Metroid Prime Remastered and have to conclude 1st person 3D Metroids are not for me. Had some fun, but too fiddly and the platforming was downright maddening.
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Me when Zeppelin comes on the kitchen Alexa speaker.
Don’t anyone show this to Susan or I’m never gonna be allowed to get an outdoor wok burner
February 8, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Me when Zeppelin comes on the kitchen Alexa speaker.
Me when Zeppelin comes on the kitchen Alexa speaker.
Don’t anyone show this to Susan or I’m never gonna be allowed to get an outdoor wok burner
February 8, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Me when Zeppelin comes on the kitchen Alexa speaker.
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I make good decisions
February 7, 2026 at 6:54 PM
I make good decisions
It is but I can confirm -27 is too cold for snowboarding.
February 7, 2026 at 8:43 PM
It is but I can confirm -27 is too cold for snowboarding.
I make good decisions
February 7, 2026 at 6:54 PM
I make good decisions
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
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Internal White House meetings going on, like, "Hopefully the racism will distract from the pedophilia which will distract from the killings which will distract from the pedophilia again which will distract from the economy which will distract from the pedophilia a third time"
February 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Internal White House meetings going on, like, "Hopefully the racism will distract from the pedophilia which will distract from the killings which will distract from the pedophilia again which will distract from the economy which will distract from the pedophilia a third time"
You know JD immediately told Usha not to let the crowd booing at her bother her.
February 6, 2026 at 10:42 PM
You know JD immediately told Usha not to let the crowd booing at her bother her.
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today is screening day at the legendary karamu house in cleveland, ohio! i’m excited to share my film DRY BONES with the broader northeast ohio community. wish us luck! 🫶🏾
February 6, 2026 at 6:37 PM
today is screening day at the legendary karamu house in cleveland, ohio! i’m excited to share my film DRY BONES with the broader northeast ohio community. wish us luck! 🫶🏾
Why didn't ya'll tell me submitting a podcast to the Webby awards cost money 🤣
Just gonna make up and 3D print ourselves a little trophy instead
Just gonna make up and 3D print ourselves a little trophy instead
February 6, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Why didn't ya'll tell me submitting a podcast to the Webby awards cost money 🤣
Just gonna make up and 3D print ourselves a little trophy instead
Just gonna make up and 3D print ourselves a little trophy instead
But the anonymous source has assured us that they are just interested in new tools for their craft!?
Again though, nice work. Describing in detail the full AI and non AI process shows the absurdity of it all, and highlights the incredibly important role the union has played to protect artists work.
Again though, nice work. Describing in detail the full AI and non AI process shows the absurdity of it all, and highlights the incredibly important role the union has played to protect artists work.
February 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
But the anonymous source has assured us that they are just interested in new tools for their craft!?
Again though, nice work. Describing in detail the full AI and non AI process shows the absurdity of it all, and highlights the incredibly important role the union has played to protect artists work.
Again though, nice work. Describing in detail the full AI and non AI process shows the absurdity of it all, and highlights the incredibly important role the union has played to protect artists work.
Nice story.
"We’re still, we’re still striving for the same amount of control that we always have [with live-action production] to really maximize the story and the emotion."
So...why do it then?
CGI increased control--they get the lighting, movement, texture, etc they want. AI is prompt and pray!
"We’re still, we’re still striving for the same amount of control that we always have [with live-action production] to really maximize the story and the emotion."
So...why do it then?
CGI increased control--they get the lighting, movement, texture, etc they want. AI is prompt and pray!
February 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Nice story.
"We’re still, we’re still striving for the same amount of control that we always have [with live-action production] to really maximize the story and the emotion."
So...why do it then?
CGI increased control--they get the lighting, movement, texture, etc they want. AI is prompt and pray!
"We’re still, we’re still striving for the same amount of control that we always have [with live-action production] to really maximize the story and the emotion."
So...why do it then?
CGI increased control--they get the lighting, movement, texture, etc they want. AI is prompt and pray!
Same bro also said, “Back in the day you had to learn on your own. But now, there are all these tools that will solve the problems for you.”
Took all of my power to not turn around and yell, THAT’S NOT LEARNING DIPSHIT!
Took all of my power to not turn around and yell, THAT’S NOT LEARNING DIPSHIT!
February 6, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Same bro also said, “Back in the day you had to learn on your own. But now, there are all these tools that will solve the problems for you.”
Took all of my power to not turn around and yell, THAT’S NOT LEARNING DIPSHIT!
Took all of my power to not turn around and yell, THAT’S NOT LEARNING DIPSHIT!
Overhearing a guy explain to an older gentleman how he is using an AI tool in his job. “Right now I’m training it. It’s watching everything I do and learning. And now it can do my job while I sleep!” Congrats bro! You trained your replacement!
February 6, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Overhearing a guy explain to an older gentleman how he is using an AI tool in his job. “Right now I’m training it. It’s watching everything I do and learning. And now it can do my job while I sleep!” Congrats bro! You trained your replacement!