Mark D. Urban

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Mark D. Urban

Mark D. Urban

@MarkUrban

508 Expert and former medical practitioner. USN(FMF Doc). opinions are my own and not of any other org or agency. I am NOT the UK reporter.

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Mark D. Urban
Mark D. Urban@MarkUrban·
My lunchtime policy suggestion: by EO, add a clause in FY26 to all Federal contracts and grants - "funded activities must be conducted by US citizens only.". Then let IGs do audits and you'll be amazed how much hiring picks up.
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Mark D. Urban
Mark D. Urban@MarkUrban·
@Legacy411 '72 Fury III. 400 cubic inches wrapped in steel. Approximately 2 battleships long.
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Mark D. Urban@MarkUrban·
@educator4ever36 @gohogsgirl Agree, but purely ELL students need basic direct instruction and immersion, not a disability accommodation and modified classrooms. I would argue we have enough ELL students in middle and high school to have a dedicated basic English class not tied to age or grade level.
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The Principal’s Office@educator4ever36·
This is when you know special education services have absolutely failed. Time for a complete overhaul. Many teachers have inclusion classes where the number of students with IEPs is higher than those without. It’s a disservice to every student.
DJ@DPJ06525113

@educator4ever36 I teach middle school, and I have more students with IEPs and 504s than the SPED teachers do! SPED classes are capped at 15 students, meanwhile I will have 20 student with IEPs or 504s in one class.

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Mark D. Urban@MarkUrban·
Sweet Italian and hot sausages, shrooms, sauteed onions and garlic, hand-crushed san marzano tomatoes, basil, a dash of crushed red pepper, and oregano. 4 hours and it'll be ready for the ricotta and pasta!
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Mark D. Urban@MarkUrban·
It's raining here in central NC. Good. We need the rain badly!
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Mark D. Urban
Mark D. Urban@MarkUrban·
@MargoinWNC Exactly! 💯 I support increased pay for teachers, TAs, and bus drivers, but I don't support punishing kids to get it.
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Margo@MargoinWNC·
I advocate for teacher pay increases. I DO NOT advocate those same teachers abandon their jobs on a scheduled work day to protest. And-teachers here are 14 miles from Tennessee AND Georgia. I understand. It's the method they choose I adamantly disagree agree with.
deezel@deezelme

@MargoinWNC Let’s play devils advocate. NC teacher pay is ranked 46th in the county. They have for years for an increase and yet nothing happens. You can literally drive across the border to VA and 15-25k more year. Maybe you can use your platform to shine light on NC Educational system.

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Shawn Farash@Shawn_Farash·
Good morning X! Today, I turn 35.
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Mark D. Urban@MarkUrban·
@MargoinWNC It's actually worse than just giving them the day off, as it adds a false veneer of accountability, without changing the outcome at all.
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Margo@MargoinWNC·
Wake County is now telling parents kids will "remote learn" tomorrow. Code for "you keep your kid and figure it out."
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Wayne@netcurious·
@BBMagaMom My senator is Thom Tillis who's about as useful as wet paint in a water bowl. Why do we even have a Republican Party at this point?
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Bethany O’Leary 🇺🇸 🦅
🚨BREAKING: House just SOLD OUT our privacy, 235-191 vote renews FISA 702 warrantless surveillance for 3 more years. 192 Republicans + 42 Democrats rammed it through. Only 22 Republicans voted NO. This is the Uni-Party handing the surveillance state unlimited power to spy on Americans with zero warrants or accountability!!! What’s next?!! What the HELL is wrong with these people? Call your Senators. This is a direct assault on the 4th Amendment. Do something now before you CAN’T!!
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Mark D. Urban
Mark D. Urban@MarkUrban·
Teachable moment. Fact: including inputs, Nuclear is one of the lowest carbon power sources. Opinion: nuclear power is a good option for our country. Feeling: I am concerned about nuclear power. Facts are just facts. Opinions and feelings matter, but don't change facts. End of lesson.
Tom Chivers@TomChivers

This seems really bad and I don't know what to do about it: not so much the differences in political attitudes, that's fine, but there's a strong gender divide in belief on straightforward factual questions like "is nuclear energy low-carbon?" yougov.com/en-gb/articles…

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Mark D. Urban@MarkUrban·
@BrianBalfourNC Yep. Salaries for administrative roles, for "virtual instruction" and for supplemental tutoring. All of it basically flushed down the toilet, with not an iota of student improvement, along with disjointed budgets when the one-time funds ended.
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Brian Balfour
Brian Balfour@BrianBalfourNC·
Remember the $6.2 Billion in federal Covid funds NC public schools received? More than half went to employee salaries, bonuses & benefits. Less than 6% went to HVAC improvements. #ncpol johnlocke.org/yes-more-money…
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Mark D. Urban
Mark D. Urban@MarkUrban·
Anyone else getting weird double-audio with some X videos? (I don't use the app, just the website)
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John Ʌ Konrad V@johnkonrad·
Did this post trigger a staffer immune response so severe my phone kept ringing until 2:53 a.m.? Were there veiled threats to tank maritime legislation, strip NDAA provisions I care about, and slow-roll future maritime appointments for friends like @HungCao_VA? Is the Pope Catholic? I owed one staffer who reached out a serious favor, so I moved the post to subscribers only. They call it the Blob for a reason. She didn’t ask for it to be deleted. He definitely didn’t want it deleted. But the message from the powers that be was clear: leave it up, and there would be consequences. Who ordered the takedown? Nobody will say. I could have called out her former boss @SenatorCantwell until the cows came home and absolutely nothing would have happened. But name one mid-level staffer who’s built a fiefdom blocking literal life-saving appropriations at sea? All hell breaks loose, and rogue waves start crashing across the decks. Our elected officials don’t run the Senate. A handful of very powerful staffers do. And guess what? It’s not just the Senate. These staffers are embedded across the administration as political appointees too. That’s the price any new administration pays to get its appointees confirmed, federal judges included. That’s how the Blob reaches into all three branches and touches everything. The worst part? The best staffers get poached by K Street. What’s left behind is a small handful of true patriots (yes, some staffers are excellent), and a much larger group who either stayed behind because they love power or aren’t offered jobs anywhere else.
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Mark D. Urban
Mark D. Urban@MarkUrban·
@Distilled123 @GuntherEagleman Don't forget Birx. She was the main driver moving the "two weeks to slow the spread" to "keep everything shut down until there is a vaccine".
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Distilled@Distilled123·
@GuntherEagleman Crimes against humanity. Try him Nuremberg style, the punishment will fit the crime.
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Mark D. Urban@MarkUrban·
Serious storms in the Midwest. Take care, everyone.
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