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Donald DeLand

@dwdeland.bsky.social
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Reimagining education, systems thinking, system dynamics, math/physics nerd; change facilitator

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Aykut Kibritçioğlu @kibritcioglu.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Rethinking Economics Education: What Can "Systems Thinking" and "System Dynamics" Offer? www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
I just created an amazing fractal web app and uploaded it. Try it out right now, on your phone! You can explore the Mandelbrot Set, you can make Julia Sets. You can see the orbits of the points that create the fractals. It’s so fun and beautiful and amazing!!! fractalfoundation.org/frapplets/ma...
Screenshot of a new fractal explorerDetail of the Mandelbrot Set fractalDetail of a Julia Set fractalThe orbit diagram of a point in the Mandelbrot Set
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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Picture reaching for something on a high shelf and coming up short. You don’t give up; instead, you find a stool, carry it over, and climb up. Something remarkable: You held the goal in your mind, identified what you needed, and executed a plan. No training required. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Ivo @velitchkov.eu · 01/10/2026
[[Stafford Beer]] 100 Festschrift book is out. I contributed a chapter on Autonomy & Cohesion, for which you can use my Metaphorum slidedeck as a TL;DR : kvistgaard.github.io/slides/ac/me... The electronic version of the book is free to download: staffordbeer100.com/festschrift
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Donald DeLand @dwdeland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There’s nothing as pragmatic as spending $95 for someone’s thrift store discard featuring the founder of American pragmatism. 🤔
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Peter Greene @palan57.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
www.chalkbeat.org/2026/09/08/p...
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U.S. students score above average in reading. Here’s why that’s not good news.
PISA international test results show concerning global declines in student learning. U.S. students posted some of their lowest scores ever in math and reading, but other countries are doing worse.
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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Millennium math problem solved by OpenAI may have "regurgitated" competitors unpublished work... also they spent more than $22 million in computing power in one week to scoop them. techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/o...
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OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician | TechCrunch
There is a $1 million bounty for the first person providing a solution to the Navier-Stokes existence and smoothness problem.
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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
"The concern is...epistemic centralisation. That arises when a narrowed and selective translation of the science of learning becomes a comprehensive account of learning. It can then become the benchmark by which other educational knowledge is authorised, marginalised or dismissed."
blog.aare.edu.au
The science of learning is not the same as learning sciences – and neither explains the whole of teacher professional knowledge
**This is a modest attempt to clarify several frequently conflated fields, identify what current policy framings leave out, and contribute to an ongoing conversation. In yesterday’s AARE blog, as a re...
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Dave Kung @dtkung.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
If you haven't seen #CountedOut (documentary about mathematics education), here's your chance - from the comfort of your own home! (Aug 8, 4pm) watch.eventive.org/countedout/p...
Counted Out poster. "Math is power."
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Co-Embodied Lab @co-embodied.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Hello! Welcome to the Co-embodied lab, or the CeLAB:) we are a collective research group from all over the world, tackling issues from affective depersonalization to human-robot interactions. We are happy to share our research achievements and group accomplishments with you on this page!
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Donald DeLand @dwdeland.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The USS Constitution firing a ceremonial volley while sailing out of port.
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Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
We revise our writing by reconsidering the substance of what we're saying. AI doesn't do that. Which is one reason it's unsettling that so many people are relying on chatbots to do their professional and personal writing for them: tinyurl.com/yd6vyz4c
tinyurl.com
The Biggest Tell That Something Was Written by AI
Look closely and you’ll see that every part of the text is not quite right.
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Jonathan Wolfe @fractalic.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Important story to learn about! I’ve assumed and trusted that Wikimedia Foundation was an honorable ethical org. But NO, they will destroy Wikipedia if they keep acting like any other tech company. They must not be allowed to destroy this crown jewel of the internet!
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Eli Luberoff @eluberoff.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
.@citizenmath.bsky.social (citizenmath.com) just did something wild. The entire library -- every one of their thoughtfully, beautifully crafted lessons -- is now free.
citizenmath.com
Welcome to Citizen Math
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Paul M. Cray @pmc.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Might be of interest to some in this bailiwick: W. Ross Ashby's "An Introduction to Cybernetics" (1956): pespmc1.vub.ac.be/books/IntroC...
pespmc1.vub.ac.be
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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The next time you find someone pretending to explain quantum mechanics, quantum computers and quantum artificial intelligence like a guru, keep in mind this short introduction to the field given by Prof. Shankar at Yale University. After it, you can start spreading ignorance too. Simply brilliant.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
new laptop sticker
HAL 9000
LOGIC MEMORY SYSTEMS
URBANA, ILLINOIS
"Foolproof and Incapable of Error”
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Donald DeLand @dwdeland.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Currently reading Davis & Sumara, Complexity and Education, who offer this explanation for why this doesn’t work:
Davis & Sumara (2006) on why learning is not predictable
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Human Restoration Project @humanrestorationproject.org · 26/03/2026
Announcing our 2026 Summer Book Club! We'll read and meet to discuss the ideas and implications of Pedagogies of Collapse and be joined by the author, Ginie Servant-Miklos, for a Q&A on July 31. Learn more and register @ www.humanrestorationproject.org/book-club #edchat
"Collapse should not be equated with the apocalypse. If the role of education is to prepare the young for he future, and this is our future, where is the education system in all this?"

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Join us this summer for our book club, where we'll read and meet to discuss the ideas and implications of Pedagogies of Collapse and be joined by the author, Ginie Servant-Miklos, for an extended Q&A session on July 31.

The book is available in paperback or as a free open access e-book. Anyone is welcome to attend!

Dates:

Welcome Session: June 26 @ 11am ET
Ch. 1-3: July 10 @ 11am ET
Ch. 4-6: July 24 @ 11am ET
July 31 @ 11am ET w/ Ginie Servant-Miklos

Learn more and register @ https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/book-club
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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Important announcement from our lab. Since the character limit here is a bit tight, I’ve attached a screenshot with the full details from our LinkedIn post. #ComplexSystems #AI #Emergence
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Benjamin P Taylor @antlerboy.com · 01/04/2026
Big news from me! Please share www.linkedin.com/posts/antler...
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Benjamin P Taylor Foundation for Global Influence | Benjamin P. Taylor
I am pleased launch today the Benjamin P Taylor Foundation for Global Influence, working with partners across government, advisory, capital, and security sectors, including those operating in politically...
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System Dynamics Society @system-dynamics.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🔍 The demand for System Dynamics and systems thinking has never been greater, and it's growing exponentially. Discover your next job on the Society's website. 💼 🔗 Apply Now: ow.ly/FNpJ50YAAhm #SystemDynamics #systemsthinking #career #jobalert #hiring
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Donald DeLand @dwdeland.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Life finds a way quote from Jurassic Park movie
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Donald DeLand @dwdeland.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
But have they posted this on the WAM board? For those of us from a certain vintage that was the source of all truth and wisdom.
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Donald DeLand @dwdeland.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Adding the quant modeling would give deeper insights, especially into how the dominance of feedback loops changes over time, which your qual models can’t illustrate. But I love how you use modeling as the basis for a dialog, exactly what want from EdTech, à la Wegerif.
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System Dynamics Society @system-dynamics.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🚀 FREE ONLINE EVENT! ▶️ International Pre-College Systems Thinking Symposium 2026 by the Pre-College Education Special Interest Group 📅 Saturday, March 21, 2026 🔗 RSVP: ow.ly/GHep50Ywq7o #SystemDynamics #systemsthinking
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Donald DeLand @dwdeland.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
This sounds like it’s straight out of Sir Michael Barber’s “Deliverology,” which I had to suffer through when working in assessments. Didn’t do much to improve UK schools. John Seddon did a pretty thorough dismantling in “Systems Thinking in the Public Sector.”
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Donald DeLand @dwdeland.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Don’t forget mictic. It goes with your egg.
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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I've never heard a curriculum director talk about what it would mean to be faithful to students or to the profession, but I could buy dinner with the number of times I've heard fidelity to a curriculum.
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INDEP @lndep.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
In honor of the late Stafford Beer's 100th birthday, we are collaborating with Metaphorum to present a series of speakers for online events about Beer’s work and its lasting relevance for questions regarding postcapitalism and democratic economic planning. www.indep.network/indepxmetaph...
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INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s Centennial
In honor of the 100th birthday of the late Stafford Beer, INDEP is collaborating with Metaphorum to present a series of speakers for online events about Beer’s work, cybernetics…
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I support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
A few days ago we lost an important hidden figure in the history of 20th century Cold War technology—Gladys West’s work and insights were essential in the creation of GPS: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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UVA School of Data Science @uvadatascience.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
We invite you to apply to our Data is ART competition. Open to all disciplines and mediums. Submit for a chance to win $2,500 and have your work showcased. Click here for more information about applying and other prize details: bit.ly/3Pdt8DF
Promotional poster for UVA Data Science 2026 'Data is Art' competition, featuring a hand reaching towards a cluster of orange and gray dots symbolizing data, with details on submissions and the theme 'Truth'. Submissions are due March 1, 2026, a URL is featured that reads: datascience.virginia.edu/data-art
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Donald DeLand @dwdeland.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I’m reading Seddon now. Many examples, including the call center, mirror what system dynamics calls the rework cycle. The cost of rework is often 2 or 3x the cost of doing something right the first time bc of work that must be undone, and rework is rarely recognized in the accounting.
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Pete Miles @petermiles.eurosky.social · 11/01/2026
@allanpatterson.bsky.social tells the story here of Deming's management philosophy, how it revolutionised manufacturing, and how it can revolutionise public services given half a chance. (Fyi @johnseddon.bsky.social ) open.substack.com/pub/allanpat...
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Aim at Perfection and Miss: Why 1980s Management Philosophy Explains 2020s Manufacturing Dominance
W. Edwards Deming the most important manufacturing guru
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Ingrid Ask Me About Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service @ingridblythe.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Organizing books by colour is pervert shit.
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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Gert Biesta just published a brief reflection on his important 2007 article, "Why 'What Works' Won't Work" in Education: "...whereas policy argues that practice should take research findings seriously, the same doesn't seem to hold for policy." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... A 🧵:
Has Research on “What Works” in Education Been Looking at the Wrong Interventions? Revisiting “Why ‘What Works’ Won't Work”
Gert Biesta
First published: 02 December 2025 https://doi.org/10.1111/edth.70063  view metrics
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In this invited article, I revisit my 2007 essay “Why ‘What Works’ Won't Work: Evidence-Based Practice and the Democratic Deficit in Educational Research.” I provide a summary of the key arguments in the essay, explain why I used the phrase “democratic deficit,” examine what I have observed regarding the discussion about “evidence” in education since the publication of the essay, and show, through an exploration of the educational placebo effect, why the comparison between education and medicine remains problematic. I suggest that this may have important implications for the design of educational research. It also raises the interesting question to what extent existing evidence about educational effectiveness has been looking at the right interventions. Against this background, I reiterate my call for a broader spectrum of research approaches than only those that focus on the question of “what works.” This is as much a call for researchers as it is a call for policymakers and educational practice.
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Donald DeLand @dwdeland.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Not sure if this is what you’re looking for, but you could check out ELIZA, one of the earliest chatbots to use natural language processing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA
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ELIZA - Wikipedia
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Donald DeLand @dwdeland.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Tomorrow hasn’t been invented yet, so how can they know what the workforce needs to look like? Tomorrow they’ll complain education isn’t preparing students for careers, because they insisted education prepare students for today’s workforce.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think: In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels. In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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Donald DeLand @dwdeland.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
youtu.be/AY1NYJQryo8?...
youtu.be
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
YouTube video by The Highwaymen - Topic
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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.eurosky.social · 29/10/2025
The meaning of science education isn't just: ✕ Knowing the content, nor ✕ Knowing how scientists work The major goal is: ✓ Learning to think about content like a scientist Through the content, students should understand the nature of models and learn how to infer explanations from them. #EduSky
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Ivo @velitchkov.eu · 15/10/2025
Boundary Logic is a unary, post-symbolic logic, inspired by Charles Sanders Peirce and George Spencer Brown. The new post in the Containment series gives an overview. www.linkandth.ink/p/boundary-l... #LoF #logic #math #computing
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Boundary Logic
If you could design math and computing from scratch, what would it look like?
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Donald DeLand @dwdeland.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
And why exactly do Cultural Studies and Algebra II need to be mutually exclusive?
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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Every academic career is built on rejection, but we don’t show it. 
CVs list publications, grants & awards, not rejected manuscripts, unfunded proposals, or failures. 
But those invisible rejections shape us more than our successes ever do. 👉 catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette... 🧵
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Fail Better: Why Your Rejections Will Shape You More Than Your Publications
The Art of Learning from Rejection
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Robert Kaplinsky @robertkaplinsky.com · 12/10/2025
If you completely remove a problem's context and can still solve it, can it really be mathematical modeling? robertkaplinsky.com/beware-...
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Shelby Strong 💗💜💙 @sneffleupagus.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
My time with my current employer has come to an end. I am grateful for what I have learned about myself personally & professionally during the last 3 years. If you know any schools/districts looking for professional development, feel free to drop my name and encourage them to visit strongermath.com
strongermath.com
Home, Stronger Math
Replacing math anxiety with math joy.
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Kate Raworth @kateraworth.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Big Doughnutty News. Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Say it often, say it loud: "Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
nepc.colorado.edu
Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education
Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...
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oliver caviglioli @olicav.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
#EduSky #UKEd I'm creating a live sketch note on the global Sketch Your Mind week of seminars. I'm attempting to capture Jono Hey's session (author of Big Ideas, Little Pictures) Sketchplanations. Here's a promotional video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncxI...
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Global Visual Thinking Conference | Sketch Your Mind 2025
YouTube video by Zsolt's Visual Personal Knowledge Management
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