Politics & Education

Ryan Allen—Associate Professor, @SokaUniv. International ed, China, place & space. Read my long-form at College Towns.

[Politics & Education @PoliticsAndEd]

We are so back.

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These things sucked. Some things aren’t worth our nostalgia.

[Nostalgia @Nostalgiaa90s]

Who remembers these Hand Held games?

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@LengelDavid I don’t get it!

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It does seem like small business owners are the most clueless about this stuff.

Insanity to use grubby slop photos instead of your own food.

[Celene @toasterlighting]

Didn't expect to see this here, but

[Politics & Education @PoliticsAndEd]

It does seem like small business owners are the most clueless about this stuff.

Insanity to use grubby slop photos instead of your own food.

[Politics & Education @PoliticsAndEd]

@favwontmiss Yes https://t.co/CSX7jfYbyh

[Politics & Education @PoliticsAndEd]

We were also watching old shows from previous eras like I Love Lucy.

It wasn’t weird to see 50s coded Simpsons because we also watched Nick at Nite.

[Politics & Education @PoliticsAndEd]

@derektmuller I had a bunch of people in some California rail downvote me into oblivion because I dared to say this was a stupid decision. They said it's better than nothing.

Our state has so low standards when it comes to billions spent decades late.

[Politics & Education @PoliticsAndEd]

Many parents would love to unshackle themselves from horrid school car pickup traffic.

It’s not about turning places into Manhattan but rather traditional environments like being able to walk to school.

[Politics & Education @PoliticsAndEd]

I think it's going to be like the question 'What did everyone do in the office before computers?' Different worlds.

[VB Knives @Empty_America]

In 20 years it will be extremely hard to explain what non-Ai computers even were to younger people.

It would be like trying to tell people now how everyone was somehow able to buy airline tickets and drive places before cell phones and internet.

[Politics & Education @PoliticsAndEd]

@Hopperfan @JackPastor11 Right, but the data shows that kids do not walk or bike even when living closer. It's a built environment problem.
https://t.co/walCZIg29T

[Politics & Education @PoliticsAndEd]

Many parents would love to unshackle themselves from horrid school car pickup traffic.

It’s not about turning places into Manhattan but rather traditional environments like being able to walk to school.

[Politics & Education @PoliticsAndEd]

@Msgland True, it is our built environment. But it doesn't have to be that way.

Parents can and should try to take the streets back little by little.
https://t.co/phNTi2sont

[Politics & Education @PoliticsAndEd]

Look at the data. We have gotten away from tradition to the detriment to families.
https://t.co/OrNJVNLhSM

[Politics & Education @PoliticsAndEd]

Confirmed: AI was trained on writing from academics.

[Zhizhuo (Z) Zhou @zhizdev]

Why is AI slop so frustrating to read?

AI writing often obscures main ideas and invents awkward phrases, making sentences more complex than necessary.

Many of these slop patterns violate writing principles established in English writing books.

In our benchmark, AI writing breaks these principles far more often than human writing, with Claude Code replies by far the worst offenders.

We show examples of the most common slop patterns in this thread

[Politics & Education @PoliticsAndEd]

Actually I don’t think this is a problem for football at all. People love 10 seconds of action and then can go back to scrolling social media.

Football is perfect sport for smartphone age.

[Andrew Petcash @AndrewPetcash]

This is a MAJOR problem in sports!

For how long the games are...so little of it is actual "game play".

Definitely creating an opportunity for new leagues (and showing the need for alternative ways to monetize beyond just media rights & ads).

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Another reason post-War America of the Boomers resonates so much with Millennials.

A lot of monoculture that everyone shared up until the early 2000s.

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I cover this kind of dorm news and adaptive reuse in my weekly-ish links roundup article on College Town. Follow there for all the update. https://t.co/J6BfTqn7uz

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Converted old temple into a student clubhouse for dorms in Syracuse. Pretty cool historic preservation.

I just wish the attached dorms looked better. Missed opportunity to match that vernacular design!

[lej @_lej44]

MEHKO permits were one of the best changes to CA law/local zoning statewide ever - just a few years ago this would be illegal in 99% of cities

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@agraybee It was relatable! We watched all kinds of old TV.
https://t.co/CSX7jfYbyh

[Politics & Education @PoliticsAndEd]

We were also watching old shows from previous eras like I Love Lucy.

It wasn’t weird to see 50s coded Simpsons because we also watched Nick at Nite.