Reposted by Captain ObviousNick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 5hYet mechanics don't drive Indy cars. And if your heart problem is caused by liver disease, it'd be malpractice for a cardiologist to treat it without consulting a hepatologist. "The mechanics of how learning happens" is not the whole story of teaching & learning, why should we treat it that way? 012
Reposted by Captain ObviousChicken WingDings 🇵🇸 @ebridget.bsky.social · 17hMs Rachel from the top ropes 4799512622
Reposted by Captain ObviousJohn Voorheis @johnvoorheis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is a bad chart for one specific reason: the SCF is a household based survey, so it only can tell about the demographics of household heads. Householder status has varied across generations, and has become more positively selected. Same issue as the official homeownership series. 23312
Reposted by Captain ObviousJonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Experts say more research is needed." Of course they will say that about everything. Who is going to say "no more research is needed"? But this framing implies the research has been neglected. The numbers here are out of date, but the point stands. 25717
Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 08/10/2026they are both right. you just have to decide what's more important more housing or making sure all your neighbors are able to afford large yards 000
Reposted by Captain ObviousNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Rubio in Greece: “the West came to feel ashamed of the very things that made us exceptional. We felt embarrassed that our achievements set us apart... so we tore down our monuments…” Nazi, Soviet, and Confederate are the monuments the West tore down. Contra Rubio, defeating them is the achievement. 36464112
Reposted by Captain ObviousJesus Zoidberg: Taller than Willie Lampkin @jesuszoidberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I won't throw dirt on Cam, or really any of the lineman. They all killed themselves for that Super Bowl. 1552
Reposted by Captain ObviousMichael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Go forth and be fruitful, my friend 0161
Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If dombrowski has no answers other then Cora, or mattingly at this point i have no more faith for him. 110
Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Davonta, saquon, bigsby, stowers, goedert, dickerson, Q, baun, greenard, carter, dejean, jurgens all hurt in some way. now Lane retiring unless the health gets better real quick, I'm betting against any coaching changes this off-season. 000
Reposted by Captain ObviousPat Gallen, CBS Sports Philadelphia @patgallen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I posted on IG as well. But I wanted to salute Lane on a fantastic career 0384
Reposted by Captain ObviousLaura Clawson @lauraclawson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Are Massachusetts voters going to let a few private equity assholes decide what form our democracy will take? 02414
Reposted by Captain ObviousMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Big deal for Anduril, funnily enough shortly after CEO Palmer Luckey joined Hegseth’s new weapons group.cnbc.comAnduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after CEO joins Pentagon weapons groupDefense tech leaders are gaining sway in Washington in President Donald Trump's military reindustrialization push 35290128
Reposted by Captain ObviousAndrea Howard @drandreahoward.bsky.social · 06/10/2026More of this please! This team held focus groups with young people and their experiences of “addiction” to social media *do not resemble* typical substance use-derived criteria ❌ withdrawal ❌ tolerance ❌ relapse ❌ need for clinical intervention 0266
Reposted by Captain ObviousGreg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 04/10/2026"One problem is the White House — which fits, given President Trump’s return to power after being found liable for sexual abuse. … [After] a 2025 mass firing … the number of sexual violence cases resolved by OCR [the Office for Civil Rights] that year fell to zero."19thnews.org90% of student discrimination and harassment complaints were dismissed last year. Here's why.Students with disabilities and survivors of sexual misconduct can’t rely on the Department of Education — the target of budget cuts and staff reductions — to intervene for them, new reports find. 26120
Reposted by Captain ObviousJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/10/2026Hot news for the sea lion in my comments bothering everyone about how training data is fair use www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...courthousenews.comAI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third CircuitUsing someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found. 593865915
Reposted by Captain ObviousDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026He can just do his cute, cozy, artsy thing, secure in the knowledge that he's not at risk of being wiped out by a single health problem or economic downturn. He's got a fulfilling life without constantly scrabbling to grow & get bigger. Imagine having nice things. 🥲 718420
Reposted by Captain ObviousMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It does make certain folks, especially in Europe, feel better to tell us that we are uniquely dumb & prone to authoritarianism, though 217214
Reposted by Captain ObviousMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If the lessons Democrats (& democrats) draw from DOGE is “right idea, wrong implementation,” we are doomed. Everyone involved in the unprecedented crime that was DOGE needs to go to jail forever, & Democrats need to rebuild all of the programs & agencies first, not do digital management consulting 🤦♂️ 552170486
Reposted by Captain ObviousHandmaid @handmaid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's true that Mass Ballot Q-3 to establish "Jungle Primaries" is funded almost entirely by Private Equity Vultures, all of whom will not defend their investment to the press. Their silence, and fact that Q3 contributors have spent the most behind any of all 9 Questions, screams "No on 3" to me.bostonglobe.comWhy is the investment world financing a Mass. ballot question to eliminate partisan primaries? - The Boston GlobeA wave of wealthy individuals with ties to various investment, private equity, and venture capital firms has put millions of dollars behind a ballot question to scrap the state's party primaries. 02917
Reposted by Captain ObviousBruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There are right and wrong ways to measure efficiency and productivity, in education or other sectors. AND, the implications are consequential: schoolfinance101.com/2026/09/30/e...schoolfinance101.comEfficiently Mediocre: Why Measuring School Efficiency Requires Measuring CostYou can be highly efficient at producing low outcomes. Why efficiency claims require measuring cost, why spending-vs-scores charts mislead policy, and what a proper frontier analysis of 8,000 distr… 162
Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 30/09/2026maybe turner could do anything useful here. you know change things up 010
Reposted by Captain ObviousCarolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Bruh, you literally JUST SAID "no fatties" and "no weirdos" 923400529
Reposted by Captain ObviousDr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Hey #mapoli read @blackjew.bsky.social on why we need to vote No on 3 www.javawithjimmy.com/whats-percol...javawithjimmy.comVote NO on Question 3 By Jordan Berg Powers — Java With JimmyThe Yes on 3 campaign has raised about $5.6 million, with just 15 donors supplying over $4.09 million. Executives from two of the larger private equity firms, Bain Capital and Berkshire Partners, acco... 11411
Reposted by Captain ObviousBruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Education writers/reporters - take note. Nearly 2 decades of absolute bullshit with real consequences from a single source. 022
Reposted by Captain ObviousMatt Dragon @mattdragon.com · 30/09/2026🧵AI is already killing people by coaching children how to die by suicide, or how to best hide their suicidal ideations and self harm from their parents or other adults in their lives who could help them.newsletter.mattdragon.comAI won't kill us — At least not like thatGen AI companies are laying the groundwork for escaping accountability. Don't let them. 23822
Reposted by Captain ObviousChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yeah, Schmitt is lucky there’s a Speech or Debate Clause. This is inexcusable. Klobuchar focused on the “dirtbag” claim in Schmitt’s conclusion, but Schmitt also said to Smith, “I think you’ve already perjured yourself.” 20560101
Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 29/09/2026one of these is a blatant failure (raley) The other is who knows because of bad luck (Kilian) The other is shitty luck (Arraez) 000
Reposted by Captain ObviousLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Every college in this country decided that expelling and/or sending the police to beat the shit out of their own students for the crime of being opposed to genocide was their top priority. That and giving Trump complete control of what they teach. Contrast that with how they treat rapists. 91953533
Reposted by Captain ObviousDr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I feel like famed UCLA coach John Wooden told us everything we need to know about AI- "If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?" 03912
Reposted by Captain ObviousJeffrey Austin @jaustinedu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Even if you like content of the federal or state “Science of Reading” bills, my stance is that we should be united against legislative overreach into curriculum and pedagogy, which has served to further deprofessionalize teachers and underserve students with unresponsive curriculum and instruction. 251
Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Annually at this point i am Lauded for the fact that super high enrollment in my A.P. Bio class is a good thing, and praised for my handling of students needs, and attracting non typical students to an A.P. Class While simultaneously being criticized because my score average isn't high enough. 110
Reposted by Captain ObviousElizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Several experts also said that schools should think beyond test scores and focus on making learning less boring and more engaging—less passive listening and memorizing for tests, for example, and more open-ended research and project-based learning." But seems hard to square w accountability focus 1111
Reposted by Captain ObviousJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/09/20261. Jay Feely, a former NFL kicker and a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona, has made “protecting women’s sports” a centerpiece of his election campaign. So I reviewed years of Feely’s podcast appearances to see what he actually thinks about female athletes. 🧵 461545567
Reposted by Captain ObviousDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/09/2026I love this paper so much. If I had my way every single journalist, pundit, analyst, and politician in the US would read it & then read it again. I want to quote all of it. www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...frontiersin.orgFrontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i... 14643193
Reposted by Captain ObviousTracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“The defendants were offered the opportunity to mitigate their conduct by submitting essays to the University, according to the lawsuit.” That is not a policy that should cover sexual assault. (Or frankly, a lot of other things.) 161
Reposted by Captain ObviousBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The people who spent 15 years saying that society was George Orwell’s 1984 because rappers could say the N word but you can’t are now saying you must love the great machine that knows all of our wants and desires 251520232
Reposted by Captain ObviousJason O. Gilbert @gilbertjasono.bsky.social · 26/09/2026AI EXECUTIVE (bragging about his product): Using this every day has made me incredibly stupid 133199730
Reposted by Captain ObviousAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026look close and you can see Natalie Harp boarding Marine One to travel with Trump today #TravelWithNatalie 1511387264
Reposted by Captain ObviousBob Calhoun @bobcalhoun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The pro voter ID ad that just ran during the SF Giants game was financed by Nicole Shanahan, who had an affair with Elon Musk while she was married to Google founder Sergey Brin. She was then RFK Jr.’s VP running mate during his presidential campaign. I hate everything BTW. 26421
Reposted by Captain ObviousLaguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The man who ripped these solar panels off the White House also gutted America’s mental health system. 77839
Reposted by Captain ObviousBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This story brought me back to Kara, one of the mothers in my book, There Is No Place for Us. She was homeless with her four kids while driving for DoorDash. They had to pee in bottles so bathroom stops wouldn't make her late. After gas, she earned $6.50 an hour—75 cents less than the minimum wage. 5827312
Reposted by Captain ObviousMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There are like 500 of these books and they all exist in an alternate universe where trying to win over white working class voters is a Bold Forbidden Insight rather than the guiding ideology of the entire party. 621507177
Reposted by Captain ObviousLora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026tech reporters - listen to the informed critics... 19921