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Captain Obvious

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Go Birds Trust the Process, only to have your heart broken Fan of seeing the world through evidence Educator Passionate about learning over token collection

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Nick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 8h
Yet 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?
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Chicken WingDings 🇵🇸 @ebridget.bsky.social · 20h
Ms Rachel from the top ropes
From Ms Rachel's account on Threads, she writes, "CORECIVIC, a company that makes hundreds of millions locking up KIDS in immigration detention
has a PAC that's sending campaign checks to Senator Susan Collins of Maine.
Susan Collins chairs the Senate committee that writes ICE's budget.
ICE is CoreCivic's customer.
The company gets paid out of a budget she controls, and it pays into her campaign."
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John Voorheis @johnvoorheis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This 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.
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
static.klipy.com
Star Wars Anakin: I Want More
Alt: Star Wars Anakin: I Want More
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
did they change someone in the training staff?
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Jonathan 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 The numbers here are out of date, but the point stands.
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
they 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
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Rubio 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.
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Jesus Zoidberg: Taller than Willie Lampkin @jesuszoidberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I won't throw dirt on Cam, or really any of the lineman. They all killed themselves for that Super Bowl.
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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Go forth and be fruitful, my friend
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If dombrowski has no answers other then Cora, or mattingly at this point i have no more faith for him.
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Davonta, 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.
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Pat Gallen, CBS Sports Philadelphia @patgallen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I posted on IG as well. But I wanted to salute Lane on a fantastic career
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Drew magary
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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
RIP math, amirite?
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
the thing is, the owners will only work on things that will decrease their labor costs, not things that would improve the product. I also wouldn't be surprised if many are invested financially in the youth sports culture that perpetuates this madness.
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Laura Clawson @lauraclawson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Are Massachusetts voters going to let a few private equity assholes decide what form our democracy will take?
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Big deal for Anduril, funnily enough shortly after CEO Palmer Luckey joined Hegseth’s new weapons group.
cnbc.com
Anduril lands $2.9 billion Navy submarine shipyard contract days after CEO joins Pentagon weapons group
Defense tech leaders are gaining sway in Washington in President Donald Trump's military reindustrialization push
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Andrea Howard @drandreahoward.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
More 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
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Greg 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.org
90% 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.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/10/2026
Hot news for the sea lion in my comments bothering everyone about how training data is fair use www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...
courthousenews.com
AI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third Circuit
Using someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
He 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. 🥲
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
if you can't get a loan to a specific school that's a regulation on a school. and something that they should have to share with applicants
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
no, if you can't get a loan based on major it's a regulation of the student.
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
assume that's true, regulate the schools, not artificially limit people's careers. because we know with this administration they would be fine with scammy schools as long as the majors they offer fit some weird world view they hold
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It does make certain folks, especially in Europe, feel better to tell us that we are uniquely dumb & prone to authoritarianism, though
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
but he did time, he was punished and worked to make amends. we need to have space for guys to do that now none if these guys do, that's the problem
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
agree on this. but success here is a big dombrowski blind spot lots of failure signing this spot
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
isn't he a worse defensive shortstop than Turner?
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If 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 🤦‍♂️
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Handmaid @handmaid.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It'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.com
Why is the investment world financing a Mass. ballot question to eliminate partisan primaries? - The Boston Globe
A 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.
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I disagree on your analysis of safety, i think mukuba is good. last year he got better each week then got hurt. This year it's harder cause he doesn't have blakenship to help him see what he's doing. I think he will be fine with time. Epps I worry his athleticism is too degraded
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I think context matters. in the context of the vaccuous appearence obsessed lunatics in charge, this seems ridiculous and just another example of their focus on appearance or lies over substance. if that wasn't the case, it might be an interesting discussion.
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm up and down on long, but when they replace mattingly i have high hopes they keep Cotham, he seems really good at what he does
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Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There 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.com
Efficiently Mediocre: Why Measuring School Efficiency Requires Measuring Cost
You 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…
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
never a doubt
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
maybe turner could do anything useful here. you know change things up
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bruh, you literally JUST SAID "no fatties" and "no weirdos"
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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hey #mapoli read @blackjew.bsky.social on why we need to vote No on 3 www.javawithjimmy.com/whats-percol...
javawithjimmy.com
Vote NO on Question 3 By Jordan Berg Powers — Java With Jimmy
The 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...
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Bruce D. Baker @schoolfinance101.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Education writers/reporters - take note. Nearly 2 decades of absolute bullshit with real consequences from a single source.
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Matt 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.com
AI won't kill us — At least not like that
Gen AI companies are laying the groundwork for escaping accountability. Don't let them.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yeah, 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.”
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
and the discourse around "Good match for you" and what doing a Job for long term means, or even what a normal healthy amount of transition in careers is/means/how you feel about that.
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Captain Obvious @ocaptmyobvious.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
one of these is a blatant failure (raley) The other is who knows because of bad luck (Kilian) The other is shitty luck (Arraez)
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every 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.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I 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?"
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Jeffrey Austin @jaustinedu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Even 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.
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