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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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W.E.B. Du Bois on the white takeover of southern public schools after Reconstruction. Not a coincidence that the chapter, "Back Towards Slavery," follows his analysis of the eventual dedegration of the public school system. Attacks on education are vital to (re)instituting authoritarian rule.
February 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
W.E.B. Du Bois on the white takeover of southern public schools after Reconstruction. Not a coincidence that the chapter, "Back Towards Slavery," follows his analysis of the eventual dedegration of the public school system. Attacks on education are vital to (re)instituting authoritarian rule.
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Worst. Episode. EVER.
February 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Worst. Episode. EVER.
Excited to work with my colleague Kristen Wilcox at #ICSEI25 tomorrow for our workshop on universities as community hubs. Read more and if you're in Melbourne, join us! ny-kids.org/internationa...
International Perspectives on School Improvement and Effectiveness | NYKids - University at Albany
by, Kristen C. Wilcox The International Congress for School Improvement and Effectiveness (ICSEI) is a venue for those committed to the ICSEI three-decade old mission “to empower school effectiveness ...
ny-kids.org
February 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Excited to work with my colleague Kristen Wilcox at #ICSEI25 tomorrow for our workshop on universities as community hubs. Read more and if you're in Melbourne, join us! ny-kids.org/internationa...
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Weird how not a single one of the newspapers and magazines that have been breathlessly churning out "cancel culture" thinkpieces for the past four years have managed to use the word "censorship" at all to describe the most rapid and comprehensive campaign of mass-censorship in recent US history.
February 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Weird how not a single one of the newspapers and magazines that have been breathlessly churning out "cancel culture" thinkpieces for the past four years have managed to use the word "censorship" at all to describe the most rapid and comprehensive campaign of mass-censorship in recent US history.
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The universe speaks in mysterious ways.
February 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The universe speaks in mysterious ways.
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"The academic workplace ... tiers and unbundles faculty labor according to hierarchies & in ways that often isolate and segregate colleagues based on areas of specialization-which thwarts inclusion across ranks, differing disciplinary..." #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd
www.aaup.org/article/movi...
www.aaup.org/article/movi...
Moving the Goalposts on Faculty Workloads
Agile Faculty: Practical Strategies for Managing Research, Service, and Teaching by Rebecca Pope-Ruark. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017. Image courtesy of the University of Chicago Press. U...
www.aaup.org
February 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"The academic workplace ... tiers and unbundles faculty labor according to hierarchies & in ways that often isolate and segregate colleagues based on areas of specialization-which thwarts inclusion across ranks, differing disciplinary..." #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd
www.aaup.org/article/movi...
www.aaup.org/article/movi...
We're already seeing schools in high immigrant areas having kids not show up for school. This is going to be a system-wide equity issue with ramifications for some communities that will last years, if not decades.
January 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
We're already seeing schools in high immigrant areas having kids not show up for school. This is going to be a system-wide equity issue with ramifications for some communities that will last years, if not decades.
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I'm still looking for a reviewer for Oral History at a Distance! any takers? 🗃️
Are you interested in either of the 2 following books? As Book Reviews Editor for 'Studies in Oral History', published by Oral History Australia: I'm looking for a reviewer for the following titles: Steven Seilaff etal. 2024, Routledge.
January 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'm still looking for a reviewer for Oral History at a Distance! any takers? 🗃️
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No, Academic Writing is Not Getting Harder to Read:
“What we see in this short article is a case of applying a measure to the wrong inputs. This results in a double standard, where humanities are assumed to be an “easy” discipline in which no complexity exists–so complex language is unnecessary.”
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“What we see in this short article is a case of applying a measure to the wrong inputs. This results in a double standard, where humanities are assumed to be an “easy” discipline in which no complexity exists–so complex language is unnecessary.”
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No, Academic Writing isn’t Getting Harder to Read
— But Serious Journalism is Getting Harder to Find
brandy-schillace.medium.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
No, Academic Writing is Not Getting Harder to Read:
“What we see in this short article is a case of applying a measure to the wrong inputs. This results in a double standard, where humanities are assumed to be an “easy” discipline in which no complexity exists–so complex language is unnecessary.”
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“What we see in this short article is a case of applying a measure to the wrong inputs. This results in a double standard, where humanities are assumed to be an “easy” discipline in which no complexity exists–so complex language is unnecessary.”
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I got to say, "He's the Jay Leno of superintendents" during a meeting today. I don't regret it.
January 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I got to say, "He's the Jay Leno of superintendents" during a meeting today. I don't regret it.
Dear anyone writing about education, stop using phrases like "education is at a crossroads." It's as sophistic as it is prosaic. Be better.
January 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Dear anyone writing about education, stop using phrases like "education is at a crossroads." It's as sophistic as it is prosaic. Be better.
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The Brennan Center is seeking applicants for the Steven M. Polan Fellowship in Constitutional Law and History — a fellowship program aimed at enhancing public understanding and appreciation of the meaning and promise of the U.S. Constitution.
The extended deadline is March 14, 2025.
The extended deadline is March 14, 2025.
www.brennancenter.org
January 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Brennan Center is seeking applicants for the Steven M. Polan Fellowship in Constitutional Law and History — a fellowship program aimed at enhancing public understanding and appreciation of the meaning and promise of the U.S. Constitution.
The extended deadline is March 14, 2025.
The extended deadline is March 14, 2025.
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Having trouble managing the flood of messages from biologist pals chortling that Trump's anti-trans executive order legally defines every American as female, because defines people by their gender *at conception,* and all embryos are phenotypically female (they differentiate after 6-7 weeks).
January 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Having trouble managing the flood of messages from biologist pals chortling that Trump's anti-trans executive order legally defines every American as female, because defines people by their gender *at conception,* and all embryos are phenotypically female (they differentiate after 6-7 weeks).
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Truth.
I wrote about Trump’s inauguration. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
January 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Truth.
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New poll: Most people think scientists should advocate on public policy. #scicomm
📢 Desire for public #engagement of scientists: 83% think that scientists should #communicate about science with the public, only 23% believe that they should not actively #advocate for specific policies.
(5/13)
(5/13)
January 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New poll: Most people think scientists should advocate on public policy. #scicomm
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
January 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
― George Orwell, 1984
― George Orwell, 1984
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I am a political historian pleading with people to embrace NEW and creative modes of opposition.
New ways to fight back.
A true opposition party.
NOT the same old same old.
Howling into the wind.
I’m calling it a day.
See you tomorrow, folks.
New ways to fight back.
A true opposition party.
NOT the same old same old.
Howling into the wind.
I’m calling it a day.
See you tomorrow, folks.
January 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I am a political historian pleading with people to embrace NEW and creative modes of opposition.
New ways to fight back.
A true opposition party.
NOT the same old same old.
Howling into the wind.
I’m calling it a day.
See you tomorrow, folks.
New ways to fight back.
A true opposition party.
NOT the same old same old.
Howling into the wind.
I’m calling it a day.
See you tomorrow, folks.
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Here's how to cover things that are illegal:
(i) this is illegal
(ii) they say it's legal
(iii) It's not
Truth sandwich, extra mustard
(i) this is illegal
(ii) they say it's legal
(iii) It's not
Truth sandwich, extra mustard
Breaking news: The U.S. government will no longer recognize the citizenship of children born in the United States to immigrants who lack legal status, one of 10 immigration-related executive orders President-elect Donald Trump plans to sign Monday, an incoming administration official told reporters.
Trump executive order will attempt to end birthright citizenship
The incoming president plans to take at least 10 actions related to the border or immigration, including ramping up deportations and suspending refugee resettlement.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Here's how to cover things that are illegal:
(i) this is illegal
(ii) they say it's legal
(iii) It's not
Truth sandwich, extra mustard
(i) this is illegal
(ii) they say it's legal
(iii) It's not
Truth sandwich, extra mustard
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The guys who sneer about Gender Studies courses are the ones who most need to take them.
Despite patriarchy's persistence, growing numbers of men believe they have it worse off than women. And, new research shows this "male victimhood" ideology is most common among men who aren't facing hardship. Which means what they're really feeling is status loss. 1/
www.psypost.org/male-victimh...
www.psypost.org/male-victimh...
Male victimhood ideology driven by perceived status loss, not economic hardship, among Korean men
Research published in Sex Roles suggests that male victimhood ideology among South Korean men is driven more by perceived socioeconomic status decline rather than objective economic hardship.
www.psypost.org
January 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The guys who sneer about Gender Studies courses are the ones who most need to take them.
And so begins our most recent collective FAAFO era in this great experiment in democracy.
January 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
And so begins our most recent collective FAAFO era in this great experiment in democracy.
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Sharing an incredible resource for people looking to follow the legal changes on immigration under Trump. A law professor and numerous students at Yale Law and Stanford Law will be tracking and summarizing every change in immigration policy. immpolicytracking.org/home/
Immigration Policy Tracking Project
A comprehensive and dynamic catalogue of immigration policies issued by the Trump administration since January 2017.
immpolicytracking.org
January 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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