Saturday, July 25, 2020

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  • TweetWhen the pandemic shuttered schools, it also put grades on hold, and exposed an underlying problem frequently ignored before the crisis: A-F grades serve several different...
  • TweetTeach Like a Champion, the best-selling guide to effective teaching by Doug Lemov, has sold millions of copies. But a growing group of critics charge that Lemov’s approach...

  •   Chicago Boyz



  • The closer men came to perfecting for themselves a paradise, the more impatient they seemed to become with it, and with themselves as well. They made a garden of pleasure, and became...
  • Quote of the Day

    13 hours ago
  • Helen Pluckrose, quoted in Spiked: Despite what the backing of prominent institutions might imply, I think these woke causes are supported by only a minority of people. It is not so...
  • Medical Genomics

    a day ago

    • This is an area where white privilege is real. We are increasingly able to determine risk scores for conditions that might develop later in life, and the large majority of the research...

  • America is composed of people of every color, creed and faith and they’re past ready to open for business and resume free enterprise Re-posted from the Canada Free Press By A. Dru...
  • United Nations bureaucrats won’t say so publicly, but they must be salivating at the prospect of a Biden presidency Re-posted from the Canada Free Press By Joseph A. Klein, CFP United...

    • Finally then, everyone will fully realize that only Black Communist Presidents Matter Re-posted from the Canada Free Press By Dennis Jamison —— Bio and Archives—July...

  • We're off today, but we've got a BradCast 'RECOUNTED' for your listening pleasure, with two excellent recent interviews you may have missed --- or just need to hear again. [Audio link...
  • Philadelphia's progressive District Attorney Larry Krasner told Democracy Now's Amy Goodman on Thursday that any federal officers who break state law within the City of Brotherly...

    • It was some weeks ago that we warned listeners to "buckle up" for what was to come over the next several month in the lead up to Election Day (and for whatever nightmares are likely to come...

      bluebird of bitterness




  • Friday happy dance

    18 hours ago


    • The boss always scheduled the weekly staff meeting for 4:30 on Friday afternoon. When one of the employees finally got up the nerve to ask why, the boss replied, “Because that’s...

  • Just two days after arrests were made in Ohio related to criminal racketeering that ensured the owners of two failing nuclear plants got massive state subsidies, an arrest has been...
  • Siegfried (Ziggy) Kleinau, wearing his CFRE tee shirt, on his WWOOF.Beyond Nuclear is saddened to share the news that our pro-renewable and anti-nuclear ally in Ontario, Canada...

    • As reported by Ian Cross at News5Cleveland: Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four of his associates have been arrested on charges in relation to “what is likely the largest...

  • The President’s election year caravan of unrequested force will also expand to Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland. President Donald Trump will send federal troops to Milwaukee...
  • Far from restoring order, the arrival of federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Border Patrol in Portland, Oregon has only heightened tensions, with agents...

    • The U.S. government says Russia tested a space weapon earlier this month.

  • Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web
  • By Emily Reynolds. Recipients of money-saving gifts also see a greater status differential between themselves and the gift-giver.

    • By Emma Young. Although suggestion may seem absurd, plants have abilities that in animals would be labelled "cognitive", researcher writes.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • In 1633, the black plague had descended on Europe, killing people by the thousands. In a tiny town in Germany, Oberammergau, the people turned to prayer in the time of crisis. Spare...
  • Halley’s Comet and its clockwork 76-year orbit may be the most famous of its kind, but in July 2020, comet C/2020 F3, known as NEOWISE, has been dazzling skywatchers in the Northern...

    • Reportedly established around 771, Tsuki Shrine in Urawa, Saitama, is notable for its association with rabbits. Instead of the typical komainu statues—a pair of lion-like dogs...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • CHVRCHES - Dead Air
  • Friday Afternoon Links

    13 hours ago
  • Assorted content to end your week.- Amanda Follett Hosgood reports on the environmental damage being done to Wet’suwet’en territory as (pointless) pipeline construction...

    • This and that for your Thursday reading.- Edward Xie and Danyaal Raza make the case for a basic services model to ensure people's needs are met as we recover from the coronavirus pandemic:Meeting...

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