Ceolaf
@ceolaf.bsky.social
Educator & ed researcher. Currently focusing on how to develop better tests, for instruction and for democratic oversight of schools. http://RigorousTestDevelopment.com https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexander-Hoffman-12/research
@espiers.bsky.social 1) obviously they’re idiots and assholes out there. No doubt.
2) but there remains a real problem of respecting democracy on federalism. Is a moral and philosophical challenge to figure out what to do. Obviously, we should care, but what to do is difficult to figure out.
2) but there remains a real problem of respecting democracy on federalism. Is a moral and philosophical challenge to figure out what to do. Obviously, we should care, but what to do is difficult to figure out.
November 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
@espiers.bsky.social 1) obviously they’re idiots and assholes out there. No doubt.
2) but there remains a real problem of respecting democracy on federalism. Is a moral and philosophical challenge to figure out what to do. Obviously, we should care, but what to do is difficult to figure out.
2) but there remains a real problem of respecting democracy on federalism. Is a moral and philosophical challenge to figure out what to do. Obviously, we should care, but what to do is difficult to figure out.
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/3 I am informed it’s normal to get more intolerant as I get older and I think I am absolutely getting less tolerant of other people’s absolute bullshit.
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
/3 I am informed it’s normal to get more intolerant as I get older and I think I am absolutely getting less tolerant of other people’s absolute bullshit.
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The central lie — the key dishonesty — of modern conservatism is that being judgmental about the ethnicity or language or culture of the person next door is fine and acceptable, but being judgmental of that attitude is elitist and arrogant and closed-minded. What vapid bullshit.
October 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The central lie — the key dishonesty — of modern conservatism is that being judgmental about the ethnicity or language or culture of the person next door is fine and acceptable, but being judgmental of that attitude is elitist and arrogant and closed-minded. What vapid bullshit.
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This is, I would offer, a great example of when it's better to teach skills than content; It's impossible to keep up with the background knowledge needed to spot an AI video.
Develop the skill of lateral reading and you'll be better off than someone who stares at a video trying to spot the tells.
Develop the skill of lateral reading and you'll be better off than someone who stares at a video trying to spot the tells.
This person is one hundred percent correct and it’s scary af. We will never “media literacy” our way out of this as a society. We are about to reap the whirlwind when it comes to misinformation, disinformation, and informational warfare.
October 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This is, I would offer, a great example of when it's better to teach skills than content; It's impossible to keep up with the background knowledge needed to spot an AI video.
Develop the skill of lateral reading and you'll be better off than someone who stares at a video trying to spot the tells.
Develop the skill of lateral reading and you'll be better off than someone who stares at a video trying to spot the tells.
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Fired NCES Chief: Ed. Dept. Cuts Mean 'Fewer Eyes on the Condition of Schools': Experts discuss how federal actions have impacted equity and research in the field of education.
Fired NCES Chief: Ed. Dept. Cuts Mean 'Fewer Eyes on the Condition of Schools'
Experts discuss how federal actions have impacted equity and research in the field of education.
www.edweek.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Fired NCES Chief: Ed. Dept. Cuts Mean 'Fewer Eyes on the Condition of Schools': Experts discuss how federal actions have impacted equity and research in the field of education.
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I’m starting to think that article of the constitution about qualified immunity and presidential immunity was a bad idea.
October 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I’m starting to think that article of the constitution about qualified immunity and presidential immunity was a bad idea.
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United States Congressman calls for the deportation of all Muslims from the US.
All Jewish groups should join together to denounce this.
All Jewish groups should join together to denounce this.
October 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
United States Congressman calls for the deportation of all Muslims from the US.
All Jewish groups should join together to denounce this.
All Jewish groups should join together to denounce this.
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
My wife (attorney) just faced a motion that included fabricated case citations and fake quotes from real cases.
She got the case dismissed because the opposition didn’t show up to an important oral argument in court, so she didn’t beat it in misuse of AI grounds.
But she’s faced one, now.
She got the case dismissed because the opposition didn’t show up to an important oral argument in court, so she didn’t beat it in misuse of AI grounds.
But she’s faced one, now.
September 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My wife (attorney) just faced a motion that included fabricated case citations and fake quotes from real cases.
She got the case dismissed because the opposition didn’t show up to an important oral argument in court, so she didn’t beat it in misuse of AI grounds.
But she’s faced one, now.
She got the case dismissed because the opposition didn’t show up to an important oral argument in court, so she didn’t beat it in misuse of AI grounds.
But she’s faced one, now.
@jonbecker.bsky.social advertisement on metro north train.
Would you trust modern AI to do this this type of compilation for you?
Would you trust modern AI to do this this type of compilation for you?
September 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
@jonbecker.bsky.social advertisement on metro north train.
Would you trust modern AI to do this this type of compilation for you?
Would you trust modern AI to do this this type of compilation for you?
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trump constantly says black women in leadership positions have "low iq" but the mainstream media refuses to say trump is a racist
September 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
trump constantly says black women in leadership positions have "low iq" but the mainstream media refuses to say trump is a racist
@kenwhite.bsky.social In your practice, how many trials do you actually do a year?
Are you mostly criminal or civil law?
How much appellate work do you do in a year?
(Most people have no clue how much litigation work is on cases that never make it to trial— for one reason or another.)
Are you mostly criminal or civil law?
How much appellate work do you do in a year?
(Most people have no clue how much litigation work is on cases that never make it to trial— for one reason or another.)
August 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
@kenwhite.bsky.social In your practice, how many trials do you actually do a year?
Are you mostly criminal or civil law?
How much appellate work do you do in a year?
(Most people have no clue how much litigation work is on cases that never make it to trial— for one reason or another.)
Are you mostly criminal or civil law?
How much appellate work do you do in a year?
(Most people have no clue how much litigation work is on cases that never make it to trial— for one reason or another.)
@mattyglesias.bsky.social
What is so hard to understand about, “I really hate non-white people amd foreigners, and don’t care that much about the bottom 90, 95 or 99% of Americans“?
That seems to explain what you don’t think is reconcilable?
What is so hard to understand about, “I really hate non-white people amd foreigners, and don’t care that much about the bottom 90, 95 or 99% of Americans“?
That seems to explain what you don’t think is reconcilable?
August 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
@mattyglesias.bsky.social
What is so hard to understand about, “I really hate non-white people amd foreigners, and don’t care that much about the bottom 90, 95 or 99% of Americans“?
That seems to explain what you don’t think is reconcilable?
What is so hard to understand about, “I really hate non-white people amd foreigners, and don’t care that much about the bottom 90, 95 or 99% of Americans“?
That seems to explain what you don’t think is reconcilable?
@espiers.bsky.social what are you normal base shoes to travel with? What’s your second pair.
The big thing for my female friends when traveling is needing a bigger bag for shoes. (Men rarely travel with as many.)
The big thing for my female friends when traveling is needing a bigger bag for shoes. (Men rarely travel with as many.)
August 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
@espiers.bsky.social what are you normal base shoes to travel with? What’s your second pair.
The big thing for my female friends when traveling is needing a bigger bag for shoes. (Men rarely travel with as many.)
The big thing for my female friends when traveling is needing a bigger bag for shoes. (Men rarely travel with as many.)
@emilypeck.bsky.social oh, yeah. AirTags in ever piece of luggage I use. In every bag I use around. In my car. Yeah.
Totally changes waiting for checked bag. You can see when it gets closer to the luggage claim area. Way less anxiety.
Totally changes waiting for checked bag. You can see when it gets closer to the luggage claim area. Way less anxiety.
August 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
@emilypeck.bsky.social oh, yeah. AirTags in ever piece of luggage I use. In every bag I use around. In my car. Yeah.
Totally changes waiting for checked bag. You can see when it gets closer to the luggage claim area. Way less anxiety.
Totally changes waiting for checked bag. You can see when it gets closer to the luggage claim area. Way less anxiety.
@felixsalmon.com a chirping AirTag is often low on battery power. Need a new battery.
Don’t get one that with the anti-toddler butter tasting coating. Won’t work.
Don’t get one that with the anti-toddler butter tasting coating. Won’t work.
August 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
@felixsalmon.com a chirping AirTag is often low on battery power. Need a new battery.
Don’t get one that with the anti-toddler butter tasting coating. Won’t work.
Don’t get one that with the anti-toddler butter tasting coating. Won’t work.
@edfuller.bsky.social what has happened your your cycling tweets. I almost miss trying to figure out what they mean.
July 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
@edfuller.bsky.social what has happened your your cycling tweets. I almost miss trying to figure out what they mean.
@kentremendous.bsky.social @joeposnanski.com the politics surveys that Mike is thinking of are generally 650 respondents, not 350.
Margin of error depends on both sample size and the distribution within the population. That 650 was selected based on assuming a 50-50 split.
Margin of error depends on both sample size and the distribution within the population. That 650 was selected based on assuming a 50-50 split.
July 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
@kentremendous.bsky.social @joeposnanski.com the politics surveys that Mike is thinking of are generally 650 respondents, not 350.
Margin of error depends on both sample size and the distribution within the population. That 650 was selected based on assuming a 50-50 split.
Margin of error depends on both sample size and the distribution within the population. That 650 was selected based on assuming a 50-50 split.
@emilypeck.bsky.social @espiers.bsky.social it’s not the cane sugar. It all changes into the same sugars in the coke.
Mexican coke has more salt. Flavor enhancer. Tastes more, even though chemically, no more sweeteners.
This guys walks through the science and the proof.
youtu.be/NY66qpMFOYo?...
Mexican coke has more salt. Flavor enhancer. Tastes more, even though chemically, no more sweeteners.
This guys walks through the science and the proof.
youtu.be/NY66qpMFOYo?...
Everyone is Wrong About Mexican Coke (Even @johnnyharris)
YouTube video by Reactions
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July 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
@emilypeck.bsky.social @espiers.bsky.social it’s not the cane sugar. It all changes into the same sugars in the coke.
Mexican coke has more salt. Flavor enhancer. Tastes more, even though chemically, no more sweeteners.
This guys walks through the science and the proof.
youtu.be/NY66qpMFOYo?...
Mexican coke has more salt. Flavor enhancer. Tastes more, even though chemically, no more sweeteners.
This guys walks through the science and the proof.
youtu.be/NY66qpMFOYo?...
@kenwhite.bsky.social my wife just me that she just replaced all the space-spaces in a brief with single spaces.
She said she did it so I would stop calling her “a lawyer like [my] father” on the internet.
I believe we all have you to thank for this.
🙏
She said she did it so I would stop calling her “a lawyer like [my] father” on the internet.
I believe we all have you to thank for this.
🙏
July 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
@kenwhite.bsky.social my wife just me that she just replaced all the space-spaces in a brief with single spaces.
She said she did it so I would stop calling her “a lawyer like [my] father” on the internet.
I believe we all have you to thank for this.
🙏
She said she did it so I would stop calling her “a lawyer like [my] father” on the internet.
I believe we all have you to thank for this.
🙏
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On this day in 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified. The text is just as clear and relevant today as it was back then. Donald Trump is trying to erase this.
July 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
On this day in 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified. The text is just as clear and relevant today as it was back then. Donald Trump is trying to erase this.
@mattyglesias.bsky.social on the lay podcast, you said:
* “Latinx” instead of “Latin”
* “racialized“ instead of racist.
Both surprised me.
* “Latinx” instead of “Latin”
* “racialized“ instead of racist.
Both surprised me.
July 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
@mattyglesias.bsky.social on the lay podcast, you said:
* “Latinx” instead of “Latin”
* “racialized“ instead of racist.
Both surprised me.
* “Latinx” instead of “Latin”
* “racialized“ instead of racist.
Both surprised me.
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A friend of mine joked that an effective counterprotest might be to dress up as Keystone Cops or Monty-Python-style knights and walk along with them, harrumphing and making over-the-top displays of law enforcement.
July 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
A friend of mine joked that an effective counterprotest might be to dress up as Keystone Cops or Monty-Python-style knights and walk along with them, harrumphing and making over-the-top displays of law enforcement.
What if:
One parent believes that charity towards others is of God and not Caesar, something for the church and not the state.
Another parent religiously believes that charity must suffuse everything we do.
How do schools then teach about The New Deal and the Great Society at all?
#Mahmoud
One parent believes that charity towards others is of God and not Caesar, something for the church and not the state.
Another parent religiously believes that charity must suffuse everything we do.
How do schools then teach about The New Deal and the Great Society at all?
#Mahmoud
July 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
What if:
One parent believes that charity towards others is of God and not Caesar, something for the church and not the state.
Another parent religiously believes that charity must suffuse everything we do.
How do schools then teach about The New Deal and the Great Society at all?
#Mahmoud
One parent believes that charity towards others is of God and not Caesar, something for the church and not the state.
Another parent religiously believes that charity must suffuse everything we do.
How do schools then teach about The New Deal and the Great Society at all?
#Mahmoud
@jonbecker.bsky.social I am not seeing anything that keeps this from applying to library books.
In the opinion, the problem is that the books *themselves* presented a normative view, declaring how students should view/feel about same-sex marriage.
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In the opinion, the problem is that the books *themselves* presented a normative view, declaring how students should view/feel about same-sex marriage.
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June 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@jonbecker.bsky.social I am not seeing anything that keeps this from applying to library books.
In the opinion, the problem is that the books *themselves* presented a normative view, declaring how students should view/feel about same-sex marriage.
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In the opinion, the problem is that the books *themselves* presented a normative view, declaring how students should view/feel about same-sex marriage.
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