Stephen Aguilar
@stephenaguilar.com
Educational researcher focused on EdTech x AI,student engagement and motivation. Associate professor at USC Rossier. Associate Director of USC Center for Generative AI and Society
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It's first-proof-lookin'-at-Wednesday! A new holiday I just made up.
Delighted to report that yes, it contains all my favorite typos. Thank god for a second set of human eyes!
Delighted to report that yes, it contains all my favorite typos. Thank god for a second set of human eyes!
Hooray! One whole K!!
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Hooray! One whole K!!
I'd watch the crap out of this if it was real.
January 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I'd watch the crap out of this if it was real.
I’m so close to 1k! Hurry find 5 more real people and make them follow me.
January 8, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I’m so close to 1k! Hurry find 5 more real people and make them follow me.
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Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
Reposted by Stephen Aguilar
I love this for us 🥳
Since Jan 1 2025, which feels like four trillion years ago, research has been shared on here 5 million whole-ass times. Bluesky recently passed 2 billion posts IN TOTAL.
So 0.25% of the entire site's traffic was citations to research.
That is actually massively high. Is it? Yes. Here's why.
So 0.25% of the entire site's traffic was citations to research.
That is actually massively high. Is it? Yes. Here's why.
January 8, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I love this for us 🥳
You know they’ve lost the plot when they come after Plato.
Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:12 AM
You know they’ve lost the plot when they come after Plato.
Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
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I would just appreciate it if people who value scientific rigor could apply a modicum of skepticism to headlines like “meta is hiding causal evidence.”
I’m recalling the whistleblower thing from 2021 when it turned out that the hidden finding about body image was probably selection bias
I’m recalling the whistleblower thing from 2021 when it turned out that the hidden finding about body image was probably selection bias
January 7, 2026 at 10:07 PM
I would just appreciate it if people who value scientific rigor could apply a modicum of skepticism to headlines like “meta is hiding causal evidence.”
I’m recalling the whistleblower thing from 2021 when it turned out that the hidden finding about body image was probably selection bias
I’m recalling the whistleblower thing from 2021 when it turned out that the hidden finding about body image was probably selection bias
Hey looks it's tech companies harvesting user data for their latest LLMs.
Dude just gonna sit by the bird feeder and wait now. Fucker. 😤
They are pretty though. 🤩
They are pretty though. 🤩
January 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Hey looks it's tech companies harvesting user data for their latest LLMs.
Time to shamelessly tag people who might want to read this when it comes out this summer...folks like:
@scalzi.com, @drewharwell.com, @arneduncan.bsky.social @eoinhiggins.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @minimaxir.bsky.social @baileymcc.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com
@scalzi.com, @drewharwell.com, @arneduncan.bsky.social @eoinhiggins.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @minimaxir.bsky.social @baileymcc.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com
It's first-proof-lookin'-at-Wednesday! A new holiday I just made up.
Delighted to report that yes, it contains all my favorite typos. Thank god for a second set of human eyes!
Delighted to report that yes, it contains all my favorite typos. Thank god for a second set of human eyes!
January 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Time to shamelessly tag people who might want to read this when it comes out this summer...folks like:
@scalzi.com, @drewharwell.com, @arneduncan.bsky.social @eoinhiggins.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @minimaxir.bsky.social @baileymcc.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com
@scalzi.com, @drewharwell.com, @arneduncan.bsky.social @eoinhiggins.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @minimaxir.bsky.social @baileymcc.bsky.social @aaronschaffer.com
It's first-proof-lookin'-at-Wednesday! A new holiday I just made up.
Delighted to report that yes, it contains all my favorite typos. Thank god for a second set of human eyes!
Delighted to report that yes, it contains all my favorite typos. Thank god for a second set of human eyes!
January 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
It's first-proof-lookin'-at-Wednesday! A new holiday I just made up.
Delighted to report that yes, it contains all my favorite typos. Thank god for a second set of human eyes!
Delighted to report that yes, it contains all my favorite typos. Thank god for a second set of human eyes!
This cold has me messed up, that's for sure.
good grief, we are ALL just so sick (or barely recovered from being sick) right now, aren't we?
January 7, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This cold has me messed up, that's for sure.
Glad some tech CEO's recognize the importance of a progressive tax code and that CA is awesome.
The Nvidia CEO said his company will remain in California because “that’s where the talent pool is.”
Jensen Huang Says He’s ‘Perfectly Fine’ With California’s Billionaire Tax—Breaking With Other Tech Billionaires
The Nvidia CEO said his company will remain in California because “that’s where the talent pool is.”
www.forbes.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Glad some tech CEO's recognize the importance of a progressive tax code and that CA is awesome.
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The new "bible" of Educational Measurement is out (open-access version available at the top right). This is the go-to resource for the next decade about all things measurement, including my chapter with @andrewdeanho.bsky.social on test-based accountability global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The new "bible" of Educational Measurement is out (open-access version available at the top right). This is the go-to resource for the next decade about all things measurement, including my chapter with @andrewdeanho.bsky.social on test-based accountability global.oup.com/academic/pro...
I decided to make a GenAI application that insults my painting. (The sass is programmed in, as is the fairly useful advice!)
sysero.netlify.app
sysero.netlify.app
January 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I decided to make a GenAI application that insults my painting. (The sass is programmed in, as is the fairly useful advice!)
sysero.netlify.app
sysero.netlify.app
Hear that? FOR FUN @mpolikoff.bsky.social
If boomers and Gen X are puzzled that youngsters are not required to endure the same mastering cursive that they were, they might be even more surprised to hear that some are learning the craft for fun.
Meet the middle-schoolers keeping cursive alive, one swoop at a time
Script is finding new life in after-school clubs where students can learn to loop and swoosh their handwriting.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Hear that? FOR FUN @mpolikoff.bsky.social
I'm honestly more concerned about Michelangelo here. He's seen some shit.
January 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
I'm honestly more concerned about Michelangelo here. He's seen some shit.
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Happy New Year.
THERE. I said it & I really mean it, even though the odds are it will be every bit as challenging & frustrating as the last one.
THERE. I said it & I really mean it, even though the odds are it will be every bit as challenging & frustrating as the last one.
a man with a beard and a black shirt is sitting in a dark room and says `` not amused '' .
ALT: a man with a beard and a black shirt is sitting in a dark room and says `` not amused '' .
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Happy New Year.
THERE. I said it & I really mean it, even though the odds are it will be every bit as challenging & frustrating as the last one.
THERE. I said it & I really mean it, even though the odds are it will be every bit as challenging & frustrating as the last one.
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“An AI scientist, for example, could figure out how the human brain works, or deliver any gene to any cell in the body.”
Yeah and a magic pony could shit bricks of 24k gold and piss a highly concentrated solution of pure heroin.
Yeah and a magic pony could shit bricks of 24k gold and piss a highly concentrated solution of pure heroin.
Building an AI Scientist
Hertz Fellow Sam Rodriguez launched FutureHouse, a nonprofit research lab working toward building an AI scientist or AI systems that can automate scientific research in biology and other complex scien...
www.hertzfoundation.org
December 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“An AI scientist, for example, could figure out how the human brain works, or deliver any gene to any cell in the body.”
Yeah and a magic pony could shit bricks of 24k gold and piss a highly concentrated solution of pure heroin.
Yeah and a magic pony could shit bricks of 24k gold and piss a highly concentrated solution of pure heroin.
I dunno, seems like Musk still needs to workout doorhandles and safety features before he tackles space data centers.
Musk's latest completely bullshit promise is "within 5 years we'll be building AI data centers in space" and I'm going ... do you have any idea how hard it was to build the ISS, what a truly monumental effort it was to build something that's around 100m end to end
December 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I dunno, seems like Musk still needs to workout doorhandles and safety features before he tackles space data centers.
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
December 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
Things bring me back. Front page was the software I used to make my dad's first website for his small business!
December 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Things bring me back. Front page was the software I used to make my dad's first website for his small business!
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"the best practices of the future might involve publishing experimental or quasi-experimental results in tandem with qualitative or survey-based studies on the same intervention."
It'd be helpful to have more thorough documentation of resources required, too.
www.brookings.edu/articles/a-m...
It'd be helpful to have more thorough documentation of resources required, too.
www.brookings.edu/articles/a-m...
A more expansive approach to studying what works in education | Brookings
James Soland urges a broader approach to education research, combining causal and qualitative studies to show what works.
www.brookings.edu
December 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"the best practices of the future might involve publishing experimental or quasi-experimental results in tandem with qualitative or survey-based studies on the same intervention."
It'd be helpful to have more thorough documentation of resources required, too.
www.brookings.edu/articles/a-m...
It'd be helpful to have more thorough documentation of resources required, too.
www.brookings.edu/articles/a-m...
And by “other guy” I mean my gal Sumi, who is very much against (necessary) baths.
December 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
And by “other guy” I mean my gal Sumi, who is very much against (necessary) baths.
You should see the other guy.
December 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
You should see the other guy.
I dunno but I liked it when we could use direct language to refer to blatant lying.
Lizzy G The Equalizer & Stupid Jokes every once in a while!💙💙💙💙
@brown-eyed-girl32.bsky.social
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Trump admin fudged the numbers to make faltering economy look better: economists
Los Angeles Times reporter Michael Hiltzik writes that President Donald Trump and his helpers are cheering prematurely over some good economic numbers that came out this month.On Dec. 18, the Bureau o...
www.alternet.org
December 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I dunno but I liked it when we could use direct language to refer to blatant lying.