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If #iufb can win the Football national championship, then I think we should be able to cure #MultipleSclerosis or come up with better treatments for Mrs. Mendoza. My mom was diagnosed in 1982. My aunt in 1980. My aunt passed away from the disease. RT if you agree! #heisman2025 #FernandoMendoza @IU Bloomington @American Academy of Neurology

RBG dissented; perhaps in heaven she's repented, when she died, two justices lied, now roe had ended. nine eleven attack; lies about Iraq; no one trusts anything, only suckers get vaccines First black President; stellar human being; racist cats scare their base so much progress goes to waste

If Billy Joel's song "We Didn't Start the Fire" was made today with references from the last 30 years, what are some of the moments or people that would be in the song?

Nas, your wisdom retains its value - and I will unlikely be able to meet or experience you in person, despite living close to your parents (comparatively). AI will not replace the humanity that you bring with your lived experience. What worries me is that there are those who only want what fits neatly into a mission driven narrative or the screamers that fill the world with hate. Continue your very important work and don't cannibalize yourself.

AI is eating my industry alive. The value of everything digital is going to zero. Expect more creators to pivot to physical.

@DanielBShapiro Have you ever had the canned kind? I tried it last night for the first time. Don't do it. The four of us had a seder, but my heart wasn't in it. But, at the end, missiles and all, my kids were very sweet and I felt gratitude. Until I read the news when I woke up.

As every year, reposting my thread on my obsession with charoset (3 kinds ready for our Seder!). Wishing everyone who is celebrating our festival of freedom a Hag Pesach Sameach, a happy, peaceful Passover.

@elmo Much appreciated, Elmo.

Happy Passover, everybody! ❤️

@WeinsteinEdu just finished - it's midnight

One of the hardest parts of being an educator is the lack of downtime. You have to be on all day long. This is mentally and physically draining.

@DanielBShapiro I don't think Cyrus ever said that about anyone.

"Good, I'm glad he's dead."

Lesson Plan: Edit And Analyze the Post a. Parallel structure problem or purposeful? b. hyphen vs. em dash c. Fair comparisons: ISIS vs Israel??? d. He has a right to his opinion, but is it a good essay strategy to blame the victim? e. Fact Checking: Russian Orthodox churches do stand with Russia...Do you mean eastern Orthodox?

People who dislike Israel should not conflate it with American Jews -just as people should not conflate the PRC with Chinese Americans or ISIS with American Muslims. And (not but) synagogues should not say "We stand with Israel" because it encourages that conflation. It makes congregants less safe but, more importantly, given what Israel is doing, it's morally indefensible. It's like a Russian Orthodox church saying "We stand with Russia" after the invasion of Ukraine. peterbeinart.substack.com/p/lessons-from…

@elongilad @zoharejacobi I love teaching about the Bund when I teach about Jewish History. It's also very sad to teach about the Bund.

1/7 A popular video by @zoharejacobi claims early Zionists internalized antisemitism and abandoned Europe, while the "Bundists" correctly stayed to build solidarity. But history demands we ask one devastating question: Where are all the Bundists? 🧵

my longest friend died rest in peace, Zaki

There is privilege in war. I have lived that privilege. I’ve also looked into the eyes of a former student on a Christmas Eve when I opened my computer announcing he was killed in his tank. I’ve out run a missile attack with my son twice with no shelter nearby. I’ve stood in silence as my neighbors finally were able to bury their son whose body was held for … can’t finish. A siren

What has life taught you about… war? Posting a daily question to inspire reflection and connection. We all learn from experience. We all are human. What might we all learn from our experiential existence? What has life taught you? #ExperienceHumanity

@Sally_Sharif1 Use exam.net lockdown browser high security. I don’t make money from this. Students handwriting exams is very hard on you and them. But the secure browsers work. I promise you’ll thank me.

I just gave a closed-book, pen-and-paper midterm exam in my 300-level course at UBC with 100 students. All exams were graded by an experienced graduate-level TA according to a rubric. *** The average was 64/100.*** My class averages at UBC are usually 80-85. Context: • This was the first midterm, covering ONLY 4 weeks of material. • Students had a list of possible questions in advance: no surprise questions. • Questions included (a) 3 concept definitions, (b) 3 paragraph-long questions, and (c) a 1.5-page essay. • I have taught this class multiple times. Nothing in my teaching style changed this semester. • We read entire paragraphs of text in class, so students don't have to do something on their own that wasn't covered during the lecture. • Students take a 10-question multiple-choice quiz at the end of every class (30% of the final grade). • Attendance is 95-99% every class. Attention during lectures and participation in pair-work activities are very high → anticipating the end-of-class quiz. *** But unfortunately, I suspect many students are not reading the material on the syllabus. They are asking LLMs to summarize it instead.*** After the midterm, students reported: • They thought they knew concept definitions but couldn't produce them on paper. • They thought they understood the arguments but struggled to connect them or identify points of agreement and disagreement. My view: It might be “cool” or “innovative” to teach students to summarize readings with ChatGPT or write essays with Claude. But we may be doing them a disservice: reducing their ability to retain material, think creatively, and reason from what they know. If you only read what AI has summarized for you, you don’t truly "know" the material. Moving forward: We have a second midterm coming up. I don't know how to convey to students that the best way to do better on the exam is to rely on and improve their own reading skills.

@MonteSyrie I spent the 36 weeks of my pregnancy ensuring that my child would have a healthy relationship with food. It was a lot of work. It paid off. I'm so happy for her.

What has life taught you about… eating? Posting a daily question to inspire reflection and connection. We all learn from experience. We all are human. What might we all learn from our experiential existence? What has life taught you? #ExperienceHumanity

@piersmorgan I'll go on your show @PiersUncensored. Have your people call my people. Well I have no people - I'm my people.

I think this is a powerful point, and it allows genuine antisemites to operate under the radar.

@DanielBShapiro @nytimes @washingtonpost @WSJ publish this

With extraordinary U.S. firepower arrayed in the Middle East, and negotiations with Iran unlikely to reach a nuclear deal (let alone one on ballistic missiles, proxies, or human rights), war seems close to inevitable. Now is the time to hit the pause button. Before engaging in this kind of conflict, President Trump needs to speak to Congress and the American people and make his case. He should be clear about what his strategic objectives are, how he believes military force can achieve them, and how to mitigate the risks of US casualties, attacks on our allies and partners, a wider regional war, and the economic shock of rising oil prices. He has arguments in favor of military strikes. The Iranian regime's persistent refusal to relinquish its nuclear program (even after the severe damage it suffered in US and Israeli strikes last June), its dangerous ballistic missile capability, and -- how this all started -- its brutal slaughter of protesters, whom the President pledged to defend. There are also arguments against such action. Iran was significantly weakened by last June's war. US and Israeli forces could do severe damage in Iran, but Iran could impose costs in the other direction. If the goal is to kill the Supreme Leader, destabilize the regime, or even bring about its collapse, what follows? Trump himself has argued forcefully against the United States getting involved in new regime change wars in the Middle East. So the President should make his case. He can start with his State of the Union speech on Tuesday. The American people deserve to hear what he plans to do and why. At present, most Americans have little notion that we could soon be entering a large-scale military conflict. Then Congress should do its job. Call Administration officials for hearings. Ask hard questions. Express its views. There is no one vehicle for Congress to speak, but silence is dereliction of duty. If the President thinks this mission is important, he is stronger if he goes into it with Congressional backing. Of course, it is also possible Congress will find its voice to express misgivings. The U.S. military power now deployed in the Middle East is awesome. The servicemembers who could be called upon to fight are brave and skilled -- no one should doubt their ability to accomplish any mission they are given. They deserve our support and pride. But there is no reason to rush them into battle. Waiting a week or two, to allow Congress and the American people to consider the stakes, will not change the outcome of any conflict that follows. But it will make any action the U.S. takes more legitimate. And, it could even give cause to reconsider if a war of this scale is the right thing to do.

@PeteButtigieg @MaggieG603 He wouldn't want me to second guess my choices. But, as my 10 year old says he can't really remember him all that well, how can I not? It's the biggest mystery how so many people I grew up with in South Bend are pro life, but would not give one cent toward subsidizing day care.

@PeteButtigieg @MaggieG603 In 2013, the annual cost in Illinois was $25,000-$30,000 for child under one at a day care. I paid 1 paid $6000 a year for health care premiums.

It’s far too expensive to raise a family in America right now - and the cost of child care is a big reason why. Congresswoman @MaggieG603 is leading on this, and I was grateful to spend time with her and local advocates in Concord working to ease the burden on working families and on the providers who teach and care for our kids. concordmonitor.com/2026/02/20/pet…

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@piersmorgan Is there a big fear that the other seven will be taken out? Is this urgent business? Don't you guys have other stuff to do?

@JeremyTate41 Have you read all of them? Just curious.

These are some of the books on the new Texas state reading list (grades 9–12) Yes, students will have to read these in their ENTIRETY.