A new brief by Linda Darling-Hammond (Linda Darling-Hammond) and Anne Podolsky shows why teacher experience matters—and how to keep great teachers in the schools that need them most. 🔗 fordhaminstitute.org/national/resea…

Stripe's CEO never studied finance. Instead, he reverse-engineered PayPal’s docs—and built a $95 BILLION company at 22. How? A learning method so powerful, it's now taught in colleges. Here's his genius framework for learning anything fast: 🧵

6/28 Tired of waiting and calling for prey, O1 takes matters into own talons and heads to Tree 4 closer to the sidewalk for morning hunting. Ever vigilant Arthur observed on corner of Bradfield watching over O1 practicing bird hunting. Scaps courtesy karels BOGette stream.

GIFTED NYT article: Gorgeous photo of courage and resolve. nytimes.com/2025/06/28/wor…

We can do this over and over and the answer will be the same. Imagine if Jeh Johnson as Secretary of Homeland Security had taken an $80,000 bribe. The media would be at nonstop Defcon 1. Kristi Noem does it, and radio silence. The double standard gets worse and worse.

Senate Republicans just sold out the sick and the hungry to cut taxes for the rich and the powerful. What would Jesus do about this “Big Beautiful Bill”? I think he would flip over the tables of injustice and call on us to do the same.

Keilar: You’re taking issue with the CBO estimate? Burchett: The office is very partisan… Keilar: So in January 2024, there was a Republican who trusted the CBO so much that they reintroduced a resolution to require the house clerk to read the CBO estimate of any bill. I

The Republican Rep with, by far, the largest % of Medicaid recipients in his district votes to advance a bill that cuts Medicaid spending by over $1 trillion.

This is what empire decay looks like. A nation turned against itself. Power flowing upward. And the people cheering while it happens.

In 1933, the U.S. was on life support. 25% unemployment. Banks collapsing. Families starving. And the so-called “free market” had nothing left to offer but despair. Then came FDR. He didn’t throw tax cuts at the rich or blame immigrants. He threw government resources at the

Why was the state offer so small? While the state has identified $54 billion in flood control needs, the Legislature has funded only a fraction of that. They have other priorities: This year, lawmakers approved $51 billion in tax relief. 8/9

7/10 The O's settle on the Fernow Patio railing in the morning light in CornellHawks Land. Gorgeous scaps courtesy karels BOGette stream.

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Epstein survivor Annie Farmer to Kaitlan Collins: “I appreciate how persistent you were. This isn’t something to smile about. You handled it appropriately.” When survivors are thanking journalists for doing their jobs, it tells you everything about who’s failing them.

The White House one hour ago: It's a meme video of the Lion King, stop with the fake outrage The White House ten mins ago: It was erroneously posted by some staffer* * a staffer apparently is allowed to post videos directly to Trump's account at all hours through the night?

Texas A&M's Board of Regent Chair Albritton stated that John Hagler (and others who agree with him) have every right to disagree and be heard, while at the same time keeping his knee on the neck of academic freedom in the classroom. In the classroom, only those with whom he (and

Trump Says He Wants to Cancel Elections, but Here Is the Real Threat nytimes.com/2026/02/12/opi… via @NYTOpinion