James Widman
@jameswidman.bsky.social
People are supposed to help each other. It's the only job worth doing, and we could probably do it a lot more efficiently.
he/him or they/them.
he/him or they/them.
TIL this viewpoint has dominated basic literacy education in the u.s. since the late 1980's:
![quote from near the end of the linked article:
> He [Ken Goodman] brought up the example of a child who comes to the word "horse" and says "pony" instead. His argument is that a child will still understand the meaning of the story because horse and pony are the same concept.
I pressed him on this. First of all, a pony isn't the same thing as a horse. Second, don't you want to make sure that when a child is learning to read, he understands that /p/ /o/ /n/ /y/ says "pony"? And different letters say "horse"?
He dismissed my question.
"The purpose is not to learn words," he said. "The purpose is to make sense."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f7qgvss3n6aymjhrsofvfwao/bafkreihjewojd7pjlkyf3ebchmdou6zk6q4dfhbynj5audnlypyafykdxa@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
TIL this viewpoint has dominated basic literacy education in the u.s. since the late 1980's:
i think of myself as mostly normie, and this is one of the demands i arrived at in the past month or so:
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
i think of myself as mostly normie, and this is one of the demands i arrived at in the past month or so:
oh hey, it's time for this meme again:
September 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
oh hey, it's time for this meme again:
holy shit, there's a
July 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
holy shit, there's a
yes; attached is the entry from ISO 10646:2014* which includes an example glyph (in which both hands belong to the same person) as well as possible uses.
[*] it's been a while since i downloaded the Unicode standard; i should probably fix that...
[*] it's been a while since i downloaded the Unicode standard; i should probably fix that...
July 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
yes; attached is the entry from ISO 10646:2014* which includes an example glyph (in which both hands belong to the same person) as well as possible uses.
[*] it's been a while since i downloaded the Unicode standard; i should probably fix that...
[*] it's been a while since i downloaded the Unicode standard; i should probably fix that...
the non-evil mirror of jordan peterson has been with us for decades.
June 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
the non-evil mirror of jordan peterson has been with us for decades.
right-wing americans *clearly* hate brown immigrants.
*Obviously*.
i mean look at this:
www.google.com/search?q=202...
at the same time, immigrants are part of america.
this means that right-wingers hate america.
qed.
*Obviously*.
i mean look at this:
www.google.com/search?q=202...
at the same time, immigrants are part of america.
this means that right-wingers hate america.
qed.
June 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
right-wing americans *clearly* hate brown immigrants.
*Obviously*.
i mean look at this:
www.google.com/search?q=202...
at the same time, immigrants are part of america.
this means that right-wingers hate america.
qed.
*Obviously*.
i mean look at this:
www.google.com/search?q=202...
at the same time, immigrants are part of america.
this means that right-wingers hate america.
qed.
times when democrats should have seen who biden is, and then nominated someone else:
- january 2024, after he sent would-be covid relief funds to the police;
- in the 1980's, when he championed an anti-drug bill that targeted black neighborhoods much more than white neighborhoods;
- the 1970's?
- january 2024, after he sent would-be covid relief funds to the police;
- in the 1980's, when he championed an anti-drug bill that targeted black neighborhoods much more than white neighborhoods;
- the 1970's?
February 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
times when democrats should have seen who biden is, and then nominated someone else:
- january 2024, after he sent would-be covid relief funds to the police;
- in the 1980's, when he championed an anti-drug bill that targeted black neighborhoods much more than white neighborhoods;
- the 1970's?
- january 2024, after he sent would-be covid relief funds to the police;
- in the 1980's, when he championed an anti-drug bill that targeted black neighborhoods much more than white neighborhoods;
- the 1970's?
tbh i'm not sure it makes sense to refer to the united states as a "developed nation".
we have, at best, some of the components of a developed nation.
we have, at best, some of the components of a developed nation.
January 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
tbh i'm not sure it makes sense to refer to the united states as a "developed nation".
we have, at best, some of the components of a developed nation.
we have, at best, some of the components of a developed nation.
the phrase "blue sky", meaning "unconstrained by practicalities" is a little odd, because if the sky looks blue from wherever you are, then you're definitely very, very, *very* close to the ground.
November 26, 2024 at 11:41 PM
the phrase "blue sky", meaning "unconstrained by practicalities" is a little odd, because if the sky looks blue from wherever you are, then you're definitely very, very, *very* close to the ground.