Adrian K. Jacobsen
@songcrest.bsky.social
PhD candidate in early childhood science education
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New: What Cities Really Take When They Sweep Homeless Encampments
From birth certificates to loved ones’ ashes, these are just some of the belongings cities take when they clear homeless encampments.
From birth certificates to loved ones’ ashes, these are just some of the belongings cities take when they clear homeless encampments.
Swept Away: What Cities Really Take When They Sweep Homeless Encampments
People say having their possessions — from birth certificates to loved ones’ ashes — taken in “sweeps” traumatizes them, exacerbates health issues and undermines efforts to find housing and get or kee...
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October 29, 2024 at 12:31 PM
New: What Cities Really Take When They Sweep Homeless Encampments
From birth certificates to loved ones’ ashes, these are just some of the belongings cities take when they clear homeless encampments.
From birth certificates to loved ones’ ashes, these are just some of the belongings cities take when they clear homeless encampments.
This is a very significant Avaaz campaign
Make Polluters Pay!
We can push it over the line!
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September 21, 2024 at 6:02 AM
This is a very significant Avaaz campaign
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Our newest ad just dropped
September 11, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Our newest ad just dropped
There _is_ a place for everyone.
There's a place for everyone
OR: fantastic niches and where to find them
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August 28, 2024 at 7:27 AM
There _is_ a place for everyone.
"In 2022, a record half of all Americans spent more than 50% of their income on rent..."
"Currently, the 1998 Faircloth Amendment in effect prevents the federal government from funding new public housing, ..."
"Currently, the 1998 Faircloth Amendment in effect prevents the federal government from funding new public housing, ..."
AOC and Sanders aim to place public housing at center of Green New Deal | Housing | The Guardian
Proposal aims to decarbonize all of nation’s public housing units, with an investment of between $162bn and $234bn over next decade
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March 22, 2024 at 6:01 AM
"In 2022, a record half of all Americans spent more than 50% of their income on rent..."
"Currently, the 1998 Faircloth Amendment in effect prevents the federal government from funding new public housing, ..."
"Currently, the 1998 Faircloth Amendment in effect prevents the federal government from funding new public housing, ..."
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This should be the story tomorrow, and every day:
The leader of one of America’s two major political parties has just signaled to the Kremlin that if elected, he would not only refuse to defend Europe in World War III, but he would gladly support Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The leader of one of America’s two major political parties has just signaled to the Kremlin that if elected, he would not only refuse to defend Europe in World War III, but he would gladly support Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Encourages Putin to Attack NATO Members
At a rally on Saturday, the former president announced he would tell the Russians “to do whatever the hell they want” to states delinquent in their bills.
www.theatlantic.com
February 11, 2024 at 3:46 AM
This should be the story tomorrow, and every day:
The leader of one of America’s two major political parties has just signaled to the Kremlin that if elected, he would not only refuse to defend Europe in World War III, but he would gladly support Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The leader of one of America’s two major political parties has just signaled to the Kremlin that if elected, he would not only refuse to defend Europe in World War III, but he would gladly support Vladimir Putin.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
This is an interesting educational resource. Do you live in a democracy? Do you feel that change is possible from below? On all issues? #Edusky
How to Build Democracy — in an Authoritarian Country | Tessza Udvarhelyi | TED
"Today, Hungary is in the gray zone between a dictatorship and a democracy," says activist Tessza Udvarhelyi. "This did not happen overnight." In a rousing t...
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January 14, 2024 at 6:27 AM
This is an interesting educational resource. Do you live in a democracy? Do you feel that change is possible from below? On all issues? #Edusky
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This week's column is about the billionaire-funded network that delivers the same political outcomes all over the world. It's about how democracies are transformed by the network into new aristocracies.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What links Rishi Sunak, Javier Milei and Donald Trump? The shadowy network behind their policies | G...
The Atlas Network’s dark-money junktanks are behind neoliberal policies around the world, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2024 at 9:16 AM
This week's column is about the billionaire-funded network that delivers the same political outcomes all over the world. It's about how democracies are transformed by the network into new aristocracies.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The democratic threat of AI is not misinformation, but manipulation. Or do you see it differently?
#EduSky
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#EduSky
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How Will AI Affect the 2024 Elections? with Renee DiResta and Carl Miller
Listen to this episode from Your Undivided Attention on Spotify. 2024 will be the biggest election year in world history. Forty countries will hold national elections, with over two billion voters hea...
open.spotify.com
December 23, 2023 at 7:06 AM
The democratic threat of AI is not misinformation, but manipulation. Or do you see it differently?
#EduSky
open.spotify.com/episode/133T...
#EduSky
open.spotify.com/episode/133T...
Alternative strategies to COP are needed. I'm intrigued by the #fossilfueltreaty that Monbiot made me aware of here.
The COP process is broken - broken *by design*. Can it be fixed, or should it be bypassed altogether? I explore some options.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Cop28 is a farce rigged to fail, but there are other ways we can try to save the planet | George Mon...
Inaction and self-interest are built into climate summits. Instead, we need a voting system that can’t be subverted by fossil fuel producers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2023 at 1:11 PM
Alternative strategies to COP are needed. I'm intrigued by the #fossilfueltreaty that Monbiot made me aware of here.
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This is why I care about reducing screen time for my children.
The decline of play | Peter Gray | TEDxNavesink
In this talk, Dr. Peter Gray compellingly brings attention to the reality that over the past 60 years in the United States there has been a gradual but, over...
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October 30, 2023 at 5:12 AM
This is why I care about reducing screen time for my children.
Teaching your students to spell, the right way
#EduSky
#EduSky
🎵 it's the i of the tiger, with a g to the right
Risin' up to the challenge of a vowel
And the last two letters are an e and an r
And a t is in the front of the iiiiii
of the tiger🎵
Risin' up to the challenge of a vowel
And the last two letters are an e and an r
And a t is in the front of the iiiiii
of the tiger🎵
August 29, 2023 at 9:12 AM
Teaching your students to spell, the right way
#EduSky
#EduSky
Good teaching be like
#EduSky
#EduSky
August 24, 2023 at 7:13 AM
Good teaching be like
#EduSky
#EduSky
I'd like to try an experiment. What do you notice with this picture?
(It is from Google Earth View)
#EduSky
(It is from Google Earth View)
#EduSky
August 15, 2023 at 10:19 AM
I'd like to try an experiment. What do you notice with this picture?
(It is from Google Earth View)
#EduSky
(It is from Google Earth View)
#EduSky
This was a scary listen. I worry, because as a parent and teacher I feel really badly equipped to deal with the threat of the attention economy.
#EduSky
#EduSky
Social Media Victims Lawyer Up with Laura Marquez-Garrett
Social media was humanity’s ‘first contact’ moment with AI. If we’re going to create laws that are strong enough to prevent AI from destroying our societies, we could benefit from taking a loo...
www.humanetech.com
August 11, 2023 at 7:54 AM
This was a scary listen. I worry, because as a parent and teacher I feel really badly equipped to deal with the threat of the attention economy.
#EduSky
#EduSky
There is so much I love about this approach. Authentic science, taking the students seriously, differentiation without learning ceiling. #EduSky
Hampshire College Butchers the Psychology Classics: A Retrospective
Last semester (S23) I taught a class titled CS-0232: Hampshire College Butchers the Psychology Classics.
open.substack.com
August 3, 2023 at 5:05 PM
There is so much I love about this approach. Authentic science, taking the students seriously, differentiation without learning ceiling. #EduSky
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It’s somehow deeply weird that you can take a camera with a nice but normal-sized zoom lens, point it at space, click the button, and take pictures of other planets. They’re apparently just RIGHT THERE??
July 31, 2023 at 11:18 AM
It’s somehow deeply weird that you can take a camera with a nice but normal-sized zoom lens, point it at space, click the button, and take pictures of other planets. They’re apparently just RIGHT THERE??
Personally, I don't think this could come soon enough. Smart phones are often used to escape reality. Do you agree with the policy suggestion?
#EduSky @edusky.bsky.social
#EduSky @edusky.bsky.social
‘Put learners first’: Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools
Major UN report issues warning over excessive use, with one in six countries already banning the devices
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2023 at 6:37 AM
Personally, I don't think this could come soon enough. Smart phones are often used to escape reality. Do you agree with the policy suggestion?
#EduSky @edusky.bsky.social
#EduSky @edusky.bsky.social
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As educators, we're influenced by core values that shape our teaching practices. What are some fundamental ideas that guide your approach in the classroom or teacher identity?
#EduSky
#EduSky
July 25, 2023 at 5:35 AM
As educators, we're influenced by core values that shape our teaching practices. What are some fundamental ideas that guide your approach in the classroom or teacher identity?
#EduSky
#EduSky
Science teachers, which teaching style do you favor? 'Concept-first' where you explain the theory before a demonstration, or 'Phenomenon-first' where you start with the demonstration?
#EduSky
#EduSky
July 22, 2023 at 5:01 AM
Science teachers, which teaching style do you favor? 'Concept-first' where you explain the theory before a demonstration, or 'Phenomenon-first' where you start with the demonstration?
#EduSky
#EduSky
I'd love to hear your thoughts: Does incorporating play into the classroom enhance students' science learning, or does it serve as a distraction?
@edusky.bsky.social
@edusky.bsky.social
July 17, 2023 at 7:07 AM
I'd love to hear your thoughts: Does incorporating play into the classroom enhance students' science learning, or does it serve as a distraction?
@edusky.bsky.social
@edusky.bsky.social
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July 10, 2023 at 2:30 AM
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