Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

There are thousands of people under the rubble. The average temperature is minus 15 degrees. It's going to be very difficult tonight. We need international solidarity. Please push your governments in Europe. Time is so little...
#earthquake
#turkey
#turkeyearthquake

In space, no one can hear you scream.
In cyberspace, no one can shut you up.

There was some mystery surrounding this bill, and I was wondering what they would do to make it worse, so here it is: once it passes, DeSantis will be able to hold future WDW Orlando projects hostage if the corporation at large doesn’t demonstrate an appropriate level of fealty and cater to his whims. https://www.wsj.com/articles/florida-lawmakers-move-to-take-over-disneys-special-tax-district-11675717239

Inviting you to try out this free academic platform, where you simply describe the logic of the game in #English and the system automatically generates the game for you to play and test. It also provides feedback on incorrectly written sentences. https://gc.ece.vt.edu

#EdTech #AI @edutooters

Dell are the latest to layoff a volume of employees. A shame and unfortunate for those that will be affected…

#Dell

A 3.8 magnitude #earthquake struck the suburbs of #Buffalo, #NewYork, early Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey

https://breaking.iavian.net/article/329076

This pastor has guts

“Sometimes, politics feels like a reality show. When it does, it’s important to remember that it is, and that on any given day, it’s the dumbest one on TV — by far.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/steveschmidt/p/marco-rubio-fears-the-chinese-balloon?r=2ibrr&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

how to seal a leaky bucket

HELL OPENS IN TURKEY

Raw footage of 7.8 earthquake damage in Turkey.

Multiple reports of tens of buildings collapsed.

Struck at 4:17 am local time. Most residents were at home sleeping.
#Turkey #BREAKING #news

CBS News pressed Sen. Ted Cruz on why he's running for reelection after he introduced a bill limiting senators to 2 terms in office: 'Why aren't you holding yourself to that standard?'

https://www.businessinsider.com/cruz-seeks-third-senate-term-backs-two-term-constitutional-amendment-2023-2

I taught in a high school where less than half of students went on to post-secondary. Final exams were in no way preparation for these students, so we dropped them for most courses. In senior-level optional science and math classes, we continued with comprehensive finals, because those students were more likely to go to university. Different methods for different students just makes sense.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/education-highschool-exams-1.6735800

#education #teaching #evaluation

@elyseea
It's not working everywhere. Ex. Kiel, WI, which was cited in that bad NYT article on education, just rejected their superintendent and far right school board members. https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/education/2023/01/31/kiel-residents-rebuke-far-right-school-board-members/69848066007/

@AlliFlowers: Agree, and it's working. Once the right saw the success of the culture war approach with Youngkin in VA, they kicked into gear. What seems new are the active legislative tools for attacking individual educators with punitive damages or even 'felonies', similar to attacks on health care professionals for care. The climate of generalized fear will have much more impact than curriculum reforms, assessments, merit pay. Oh, and vouchers. We're sleepwalking into it.