Dave
@davesanderson.bsky.social
Dad, Music Ed Prof., & South Dakotan
Monae Johnson needs to be impeached.
Adding legally protected personal information into a public database only results from deliberate choices. There is no excuse for violating citizens' rights nor placing state taxpayers on the hook for financial liabilities because of wanton stupidity.
Adding legally protected personal information into a public database only results from deliberate choices. There is no excuse for violating citizens' rights nor placing state taxpayers on the hook for financial liabilities because of wanton stupidity.
Thousands of South Dakotans have been publicly labeled as applicants for government assistance and thousands more have had their email address and phone number exposed, due to a new state law and the way the state’s election office is implementing it. buff.ly/FDBjkbt
SD election office publishes voter list labeling thousands as public assistance applicants • South Dakota Searchlight
Thousands of South Dakotans have been publicly labeled as applicants for government assistance due to a new state law and its implementation.
southdakotasearchlight.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Monae Johnson needs to be impeached.
Adding legally protected personal information into a public database only results from deliberate choices. There is no excuse for violating citizens' rights nor placing state taxpayers on the hook for financial liabilities because of wanton stupidity.
Adding legally protected personal information into a public database only results from deliberate choices. There is no excuse for violating citizens' rights nor placing state taxpayers on the hook for financial liabilities because of wanton stupidity.
How South Dakota is impacted by the federal Department of Education eliminating ESSER funds and canceling reimbursements:
You know the professional development support for teachers to implement the controversial new social studies standards?
Gone.
You know the professional development support for teachers to implement the controversial new social studies standards?
Gone.
April 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
How South Dakota is impacted by the federal Department of Education eliminating ESSER funds and canceling reimbursements:
You know the professional development support for teachers to implement the controversial new social studies standards?
Gone.
You know the professional development support for teachers to implement the controversial new social studies standards?
Gone.
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Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
www.propublica.org
March 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near outbreaks where vaccination rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
Glad to see this bill go this far.
Biggest surprise has been the number of folks unaware student teachers weren’t paid until a couple area districts offered stipend amounts during the pandemic.
Wild that ed majors largely stand alone as the last professional program requiring an unpaid internship.
Biggest surprise has been the number of folks unaware student teachers weren’t paid until a couple area districts offered stipend amounts during the pandemic.
Wild that ed majors largely stand alone as the last professional program requiring an unpaid internship.
SD legislators advanced a bill that would budget $500,000 for the creation of a student-teacher stipend program.
With about 200 teacher openings statewide and neighboring states aggressively recruiting young educators, said the bill's sponsor, "this is a simple and strategic step."
With about 200 teacher openings statewide and neighboring states aggressively recruiting young educators, said the bill's sponsor, "this is a simple and strategic step."
SD House endorses student-teacher stipends to address educator shortage • South Dakota Searchlight
The South Dakota House of Representatives voted to budget $500,000 for the creation of a statewide student-teacher stipend program.
buff.ly
February 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Glad to see this bill go this far.
Biggest surprise has been the number of folks unaware student teachers weren’t paid until a couple area districts offered stipend amounts during the pandemic.
Wild that ed majors largely stand alone as the last professional program requiring an unpaid internship.
Biggest surprise has been the number of folks unaware student teachers weren’t paid until a couple area districts offered stipend amounts during the pandemic.
Wild that ed majors largely stand alone as the last professional program requiring an unpaid internship.
How is the fact that student teachers are largely unpaid interns unknown to so many people?
January 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
How is the fact that student teachers are largely unpaid interns unknown to so many people?
No Amazon, I am not interested in Beast Games.
Squid Game was a top-notch parable.
Beast Games is an uninspired reboot of a knock-off cash grab by a guy lacking the awareness that through his opportunism and thirst for attention he’s become a villain from the original parody.
Squid Game was a top-notch parable.
Beast Games is an uninspired reboot of a knock-off cash grab by a guy lacking the awareness that through his opportunism and thirst for attention he’s become a villain from the original parody.
January 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
No Amazon, I am not interested in Beast Games.
Squid Game was a top-notch parable.
Beast Games is an uninspired reboot of a knock-off cash grab by a guy lacking the awareness that through his opportunism and thirst for attention he’s become a villain from the original parody.
Squid Game was a top-notch parable.
Beast Games is an uninspired reboot of a knock-off cash grab by a guy lacking the awareness that through his opportunism and thirst for attention he’s become a villain from the original parody.
My thoughts on the Panama bill are that I’m incredibly disappointed Rep. Johnson (SD) doesn’t seem to respect sovereignty, which is particularly egregious for someone looking to be governor of a state sharing borders with nine native nations.
January 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
My thoughts on the Panama bill are that I’m incredibly disappointed Rep. Johnson (SD) doesn’t seem to respect sovereignty, which is particularly egregious for someone looking to be governor of a state sharing borders with nine native nations.
Good riddance.
Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles
Meta is killing off its own AI-powered Instagram and Facebook profiles
Instagram profile of ‘proud Black queer momma’, created by Meta, said her development team included no Black people
Meta is deleting Facebook and Instagram profiles of AI characters the company created over a year ago after users rediscovered some of the…
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Good riddance.
I see the Washington Post is attempting to pass the LA Times in the editorial race to the bottom.
January 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I see the Washington Post is attempting to pass the LA Times in the editorial race to the bottom.
I see Facebook is tired of Twitter getting all the attention for having bot accounts.
The amount of wasted time, effort, and energy into such an infantile pursuit of clicks to appease the c-suite is criminal.
The amount of wasted time, effort, and energy into such an infantile pursuit of clicks to appease the c-suite is criminal.
January 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I see Facebook is tired of Twitter getting all the attention for having bot accounts.
The amount of wasted time, effort, and energy into such an infantile pursuit of clicks to appease the c-suite is criminal.
The amount of wasted time, effort, and energy into such an infantile pursuit of clicks to appease the c-suite is criminal.
Happy New Year’s Eve!
Farewell 2024, or as we say in my house, 2020: Part V.
Farewell 2024, or as we say in my house, 2020: Part V.
January 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Happy New Year’s Eve!
Farewell 2024, or as we say in my house, 2020: Part V.
Farewell 2024, or as we say in my house, 2020: Part V.
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The biggest difference you can make in politics is always going to be local.
I can write Josh Hawley about school vouchers and get a canned response. I can write my State Rep and tell him our town is watching his votes on vouchers and he has to listen. We are too close to him — we can replace him.
I can write Josh Hawley about school vouchers and get a canned response. I can write my State Rep and tell him our town is watching his votes on vouchers and he has to listen. We are too close to him — we can replace him.
December 31, 2024 at 1:04 AM
The biggest difference you can make in politics is always going to be local.
I can write Josh Hawley about school vouchers and get a canned response. I can write my State Rep and tell him our town is watching his votes on vouchers and he has to listen. We are too close to him — we can replace him.
I can write Josh Hawley about school vouchers and get a canned response. I can write my State Rep and tell him our town is watching his votes on vouchers and he has to listen. We are too close to him — we can replace him.
If some of you want to go back to incandescent bulbs in some ill-informed crusade to bring back massively inefficient lighting, be my guest.
I’ll continue to enjoy my lower electric bill while I’m not replacing bulbs annually.
I’ll continue to enjoy my lower electric bill while I’m not replacing bulbs annually.
December 30, 2024 at 7:23 PM
If some of you want to go back to incandescent bulbs in some ill-informed crusade to bring back massively inefficient lighting, be my guest.
I’ll continue to enjoy my lower electric bill while I’m not replacing bulbs annually.
I’ll continue to enjoy my lower electric bill while I’m not replacing bulbs annually.
Three kids coloring together:
Oldest: “All right, you two are going to practice writing your R’s”
Youngest: “Okay”
Middle kid: “I already know how to do that”
Oldest: “Dude, I’ve seen your R’s. They’re either backwards or look like H’s.”
Middle: “That’s fair”
Oldest: “All right, you two are going to practice writing your R’s”
Youngest: “Okay”
Middle kid: “I already know how to do that”
Oldest: “Dude, I’ve seen your R’s. They’re either backwards or look like H’s.”
Middle: “That’s fair”
December 30, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Three kids coloring together:
Oldest: “All right, you two are going to practice writing your R’s”
Youngest: “Okay”
Middle kid: “I already know how to do that”
Oldest: “Dude, I’ve seen your R’s. They’re either backwards or look like H’s.”
Middle: “That’s fair”
Oldest: “All right, you two are going to practice writing your R’s”
Youngest: “Okay”
Middle kid: “I already know how to do that”
Oldest: “Dude, I’ve seen your R’s. They’re either backwards or look like H’s.”
Middle: “That’s fair”
Rest in peace Jimmy Carter.
December 30, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Rest in peace Jimmy Carter.
I wish we had better journalism in South Dakota than the amalgam of bloggers, neophytes, man-children, and handful of competent veterans we’re stuck with.
It shouldn’t be surprising we have such a problem with corruption given our fourth estate’s inability to provide effective oversight.
It shouldn’t be surprising we have such a problem with corruption given our fourth estate’s inability to provide effective oversight.
December 28, 2024 at 10:17 PM
I wish we had better journalism in South Dakota than the amalgam of bloggers, neophytes, man-children, and handful of competent veterans we’re stuck with.
It shouldn’t be surprising we have such a problem with corruption given our fourth estate’s inability to provide effective oversight.
It shouldn’t be surprising we have such a problem with corruption given our fourth estate’s inability to provide effective oversight.
Report was somehow worse than I expected. How exactly was Gaetz remotely qualified to even be considered for AG?
December 23, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Report was somehow worse than I expected. How exactly was Gaetz remotely qualified to even be considered for AG?
Journalists:
Please describe what “statistically significant” means when you decide to use the phrase in a news article.
A good chunk of your audience lacks statistical literacy.
Also, to put it nicely, defining “statistical significance” may help you improve your own descriptions and analyses.
Please describe what “statistically significant” means when you decide to use the phrase in a news article.
A good chunk of your audience lacks statistical literacy.
Also, to put it nicely, defining “statistical significance” may help you improve your own descriptions and analyses.
December 22, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Journalists:
Please describe what “statistically significant” means when you decide to use the phrase in a news article.
A good chunk of your audience lacks statistical literacy.
Also, to put it nicely, defining “statistical significance” may help you improve your own descriptions and analyses.
Please describe what “statistically significant” means when you decide to use the phrase in a news article.
A good chunk of your audience lacks statistical literacy.
Also, to put it nicely, defining “statistical significance” may help you improve your own descriptions and analyses.
The Drone Panic of 2024:
Conspiracy, Idiocy, & Science/ Media Illiteracy
Conspiracy, Idiocy, & Science/ Media Illiteracy
December 20, 2024 at 3:10 AM
The Drone Panic of 2024:
Conspiracy, Idiocy, & Science/ Media Illiteracy
Conspiracy, Idiocy, & Science/ Media Illiteracy
WBD is one of those companies I just can’t say enough bad things about right now.
December 19, 2024 at 5:04 PM
WBD is one of those companies I just can’t say enough bad things about right now.
Yeah, unfortunately that’s not going to happen because petty partisanship is prioritized over public good.
Currently, Idaho, Alaska, Wyoming, South Dakota, Iowa, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida are set to potentially not participate in the program for this coming summer, according to FRAC.
10 Million Kids at Risk of Hunger Unless GOP-Led States Embrace Summer EBT Program | Common Dreams
"Summer can be the hungriest time for children," said one anti-hunger advocate.
www.commondreams.org
December 19, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Yeah, unfortunately that’s not going to happen because petty partisanship is prioritized over public good.
Is there a single newspaper left with decent, non-meddling ownership anymore?
Seriously asking.
Seriously asking.
December 19, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Is there a single newspaper left with decent, non-meddling ownership anymore?
Seriously asking.
Seriously asking.
The South Dakota Department of Education has an established track record of ignoring our state’s school boards, administrators, teachers, parents, and community members, so it should be no surprise those groups are shut out of their school voucher planning.
December 19, 2024 at 3:50 PM
The South Dakota Department of Education has an established track record of ignoring our state’s school boards, administrators, teachers, parents, and community members, so it should be no surprise those groups are shut out of their school voucher planning.
Rewatching “the Dropout.”
All of the main story beats on the company: lack of transparency, compartmentalization, deification of the owner, dismissal of scientific expertise, and lack of any serious scrutiny from any stakeholder have too many contemporary parallels many have chosen to ignore.
All of the main story beats on the company: lack of transparency, compartmentalization, deification of the owner, dismissal of scientific expertise, and lack of any serious scrutiny from any stakeholder have too many contemporary parallels many have chosen to ignore.
December 18, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Rewatching “the Dropout.”
All of the main story beats on the company: lack of transparency, compartmentalization, deification of the owner, dismissal of scientific expertise, and lack of any serious scrutiny from any stakeholder have too many contemporary parallels many have chosen to ignore.
All of the main story beats on the company: lack of transparency, compartmentalization, deification of the owner, dismissal of scientific expertise, and lack of any serious scrutiny from any stakeholder have too many contemporary parallels many have chosen to ignore.