I’d like to toss my name in the hat for US Secretary of Education. I promise *genuine* educational reform:
Ending the accreditation cartel
Ending the monopoly on teacher certification
Eliminating DEI
Phonics
Cleaning up peer-review
Reinstalling merit
Attention: Howard Lutnick
I’ve been watching The Report of the Week for years at this point. He’s my absolute favourite random rabbit hole to keep up with. He got the wrong order, (it happens), and his lips are pursed like he’s going to lose it. You can’t find this kind of entertainment anywhere else.
When George Widener was a teenager, he came across a passenger list of the Titanic and discovered that one of the victims coincidentally shared his name. This large drawing translates his fascination for this history.
#GeorgeWidener#AFAMfromHome#Savant#SelfTaughtArt
i'm not at all a fan of kimball's "conservative sneering at every single thing that's happened in the last 120 years" attitude but can someone please explain to me the utility of krauss deconstructing the visual out of visual art https://t.co/cEtUrDeBl5
Being born in the US over the last 100 years was the equivalent of winning a genetic lottery. Perhaps no period in human history has seen such a rapid improvement to the average standard of living.
For example, 100 years ago almost no household had...
A couple of years ago I turned 40. That same year I learned about the U-shaped happiness curve. Happiness starts to decline at 18 and bottoms out around 45-50.
This chart shows the consistent U across 7 different large global surveys. A short thread on what I've learned...
pack a pub
give ‘em beer
pints of virus
shots of fear
watch ‘em fall
gutter sick
cull the poor
kill ‘em quick
parliament
let nurses down
clapclapclap
for the clown
open pub
covid beer
pour libations
costs us dear
lies and shame
drink or bust
ashes to ashes
dust to dust
Even Silence Breathes Softly by Brad Birch
Rust by Kenny Emson
Stitching by Anthony Neilson
After The End - Dennis Kelly
My Friend Duplicity by Enda Walsh
Anything is Possible if you think about it hard enough - Cordelia O’Neil
One hour only by Sabrina Mahfouz