Derek Gottlieb
@derekgottliebphd.com
Researching | Indexing | Writing | Skiing
I wrote "A Democratic Theory of Educational Accountability," I work at School Perceptions, and I live in Wisconsin.
I wrote "A Democratic Theory of Educational Accountability," I work at School Perceptions, and I live in Wisconsin.
You don’t stand up to Trump because it WORKS. You do it, at the very minimum, simply because this horseshit is the alternative.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
You don’t stand up to Trump because it WORKS. You do it, at the very minimum, simply because this horseshit is the alternative.
In the form of Nietzsche’s “There is only one true Christian, and he died on the cross,” I just want to say
There is only one true performative reader, and it’s Gavin Newsome
There is only one true performative reader, and it’s Gavin Newsome
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In the form of Nietzsche’s “There is only one true Christian, and he died on the cross,” I just want to say
There is only one true performative reader, and it’s Gavin Newsome
There is only one true performative reader, and it’s Gavin Newsome
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“at least 20 of the nation’s 25 most populous cities have reported budget gaps for fiscal year 2026—and often beyond—based on a review by The Pew Charitable Trusts of news reports, budget documents, and communications with city officials.” www.pew.org/en/research-...
Big Cities Face Deficits: Should States Worry?
Fiscal stress in the U.S.’ largest cities is widespread. In a five-month span from December 2024 to April 2025, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington all experienced credit rating downgr...
www.pew.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“at least 20 of the nation’s 25 most populous cities have reported budget gaps for fiscal year 2026—and often beyond—based on a review by The Pew Charitable Trusts of news reports, budget documents, and communications with city officials.” www.pew.org/en/research-...
Called Tammy Baldwin, the literal least I could do
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Called Tammy Baldwin, the literal least I could do
Whewwwww
Trump and Hegseth booed mercilessly for 2 minutes straight tonight by Washington Commanders fans.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Whewwwww
New life purpose
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New life purpose
My dad has childhood stories involving snakes in the outhouse
15 percent of American homes lacked indoor plumbing in 1960.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
November 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My dad has childhood stories involving snakes in the outhouse
My sicko haul of @princetonupress.bsky.social books showed up yesterday!
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My sicko haul of @princetonupress.bsky.social books showed up yesterday!
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It's official, Wisconsin is the real UW until further notice.
November 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It's official, Wisconsin is the real UW until further notice.
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"The administration ballooned, and inside the administration the financial technocrats took over. There was less and less sympathy with Columbia as a place of thought. It was more about Columbia as an enterprise..."
www.chronicle.com/article/mahm...
www.chronicle.com/article/mahm...
Mahmood Mamdani Doesn’t Want to Talk About Zohran
The Columbia scholar, and father of the mayor-elect, on politics, academe, and antisemitism.
www.chronicle.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"The administration ballooned, and inside the administration the financial technocrats took over. There was less and less sympathy with Columbia as a place of thought. It was more about Columbia as an enterprise..."
www.chronicle.com/article/mahm...
www.chronicle.com/article/mahm...
Snow covering the yard in Milwaukee this morning
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Snow covering the yard in Milwaukee this morning
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LAST CALL! #Sociology Professorships in Copenhagen, Denmark!
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
jobportal.ku.dk
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
LAST CALL! #Sociology Professorships in Copenhagen, Denmark!
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area.
Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15!
Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
This is more or less what Coviello is saying about the NYT, too — really, the parallels are striking.
“Large Language Models (LLMs) cannot do anything else but create plausibly sounding text with no concern for truth”
Print and hang on your bed and on your desk 🧐
Print and hang on your bed and on your desk 🧐
AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This is more or less what Coviello is saying about the NYT, too — really, the parallels are striking.
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Almost like it was never about the kids.
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Almost like it was never about the kids.
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I’m not bailing out the only people in the world who can actually afford to lose $13 billion. Go fuck yourselves.
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:
trib.al/CUazMCQ
trib.al/CUazMCQ
OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
trib.al
November 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I’m not bailing out the only people in the world who can actually afford to lose $13 billion. Go fuck yourselves.
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"Being surrounded by sychophants 24/7” is actually not a bad summary of the experience of talking to LLMs, and the results seem similar.
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Being surrounded by sychophants 24/7” is actually not a bad summary of the experience of talking to LLMs, and the results seem similar.
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA — 2025
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA — 2025
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Great news! Because of a recent court order, November SNAP benefits for Wisconsin recipients were made available overnight. Members should feel free to use the funds as they normally would.
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Great news! Because of a recent court order, November SNAP benefits for Wisconsin recipients were made available overnight. Members should feel free to use the funds as they normally would.
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ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
Modeling liberty on the prerogatives of ownership is a moral and intellectual error of the very most fundamental order.
Until the point they decide to leave home, Rothbard thinks parents own their children, who have limited negative rights. Parents may not directly injure their children, but those children have no entitlement to food, shelter, medical care, etc.
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Modeling liberty on the prerogatives of ownership is a moral and intellectual error of the very most fundamental order.
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Always love to see Brouillette and Sinykin on syllabi!
it’s syllabus query time of year!
The Culture Industries
stab at primary objects to span most decades 1890-2020; anglo context; to stage an aesthetics-economics conflict and merger in each decade; would love to hear supplements and objections
The Culture Industries
stab at primary objects to span most decades 1890-2020; anglo context; to stage an aesthetics-economics conflict and merger in each decade; would love to hear supplements and objections
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Always love to see Brouillette and Sinykin on syllabi!