Jasper Conner
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PhD candidate in History working on Black disability in the modern US. Proud member UCW-CWA at W&M fighting for $15/hr & fully funded healthcare. #COYS
No teachers, just AI: A new elementary school is opening in Chicago this fall. The school says students can master core subjects in two hours a day. Researchers say the evidence for replacing teachers with tech is still shaky blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/25/an-…
🚨 Melania Trump this morning: Proposes an AI system—“Plato”—as a replacement for teachers. “Literature, art, science, mathematics, history… the entire corpus of knowledge… at home.” Replace teachers? With a machine? AI over teachers. That’s the idea. Instead of calling for better pay for our nation's educators/heroes. Sad day!
U.S. nursing homes are fabricating schizophrenia diagnoses to hide their use of dangerous antipsychotic drugs to subdue dementia patients, a government watchdog report found. The drugs increase risk of falls, strokes and death. wapo.st/4tfSUsr
Yellow card Lookman.
The Senegalese Football Federation posted a video on its social media channels shortly after the Confederation of African Football’s decision to award Morocco the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, showing the open-top bus celebrations in Senegal following the final. Several members of the squad also posted their reaction on social media. Crystal Palace winger Ismaila Sarr posted an Instagram story with several laughing emoji, while West Ham United’s El Hadji Malick Diouf wrote: “Champions, speak up!” Lyon’s Moussa Niakhate said: “Come and get them (the medals). They are crazy.” Goalkeeper Yehvann Diouf reposted an image of Senegal’s trophy celebrations, with the caption: “In the eyes of the whole world.” “You can add three more goals in favour of the crybabies,” Rayo Vallecano midfielder Pathe Cis wrote, with a laughing emoji. “Champions of Africa!” Senegal, who previously won AFCON in 2021, said on Wednesday that they would take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. bit.ly/4dt8k7N
Soccer in the U.S. is a sport dominated by wealthy families. The system is designed to extract as much money as possible, while many parents have no idea what real player development looks like. They end up spending thousands of dollars, only to stand on the sidelines frustrated, shouting, because despite the investment, their child struggles with basic skills like executing a simple one-two pass or changing direction with the ball, even without pressure. 🤷♂️⚽️
Does it help children enjoy their football if parents are asked not to shout from the sidelines? This is the idea behind the FA's 'Silent Support' weekend. Our writers explain what they saw and heard at some of the games - and if the scheme had any effect. nytimes.com/athletic/71206…
This has been quite interesting to watch. I’ve been skeptical about 2 recent developments in the Autism field: “masking” & people with autism supposedly misdiagnosed with personality disorders, primarily BPD. Until this week, there has been little to no criticism of these claims.
What on earth is Kinsky doing. Slipping happens, but he has pulled his hand back there, I guess thinking its going out.
I don't get why Dr Frith is sharing these concerns not in academic spaces, with a call for more research, better diagnostic criteria but in mainstream media, with people who don't know that autism already has different support needs and a diagnosis process that is not just vibes.
Any discussion about why America can't dominate football that doesn't identify the pay to play model as a bigger obstacle than their "top athletes not caring about soccer" is fundamentally unserious
This is the “freedom” America brought to Iraq.
