teacher @santaclarauniv / parent @sfunified
San Francisco, CA
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I went to the Olivia Rodrigo show with thousands of screaming preteens last night in San Francisco. I lost my hearing and it kicked ass. For @sfchronicle @SFC_Datebook, with photos by @_estefancy:
sfchronicle.com/entertainmen…
This was a great episode. Really helped me to understand some of the dynamics at work
What do last week’s election results mean for San Francisco?
@FitzTheReporter breaks it down on @TheBayKQED
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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When summarizing facts, ChatGPT technology makes things up about 3% of the time, according to research from a new start-up. A Google system’s rate was 27%. nyti.ms/466DACe
Love Baby Prop C AND this episode. What a hopeful story about parenting in SF ❤️❤️
📢NEW EPISODE📢
In 2018, San Francisco voters approved a tax that’s supposed to make childcare more affordable and accessible.
So far, it seems to be paying off. @daisynguyen explains. kqed.org/news/11949357/child…
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In honor of Dave Bartholomae, I said this today in a talk at Pitt on Generative AI. If you knew Dave, you know the irony of me dedicating comments about AI to him. But what I wrote defends writing for productive uncertainty in an age of false certainty.
annettevee.substack.com/p/ch…
Really appreciated this historical framing of the reading wars
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“Much more to the point are Heller’s interviews with students, who explain the fundamental problem quite clearly: universities do not value the humanities.” A cathartic reading experience if ever I’ve had one! Ty, @drunkenbee!
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Free Idea: a cookbook for parents called Twenty Thousand Meals that tells you how to make it through eighteen years of preparing food for your children
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So much about American education and its associated politics is neatly summarized in this graph.
Fave local journo @idamoj interviewing fave anti-diet journo @v_solesmith
Our fixation on size and weight stigma is already hurting young kids' self image, educators and parents can see.
The new childhood obesity guidelines that include weight loss meds & surgery recommendations has some worried it could just get worse
sfstandard.com/education/new…
2006 me: Assiduously searches MLA program for all talks by academic stars
2023 me: Only attends MLA panels with the word LABOR in the title
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My favourite study of "how often does a family with small children get a respiratory infection?" is this one, from the USA:
doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ486
Children <5y have one of 16 common respiratory viruses detected in a nasal swab 50% of the year!
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This may be my favorite course eval comment of all time. From research methods.
ALT Discussion of course evals as neoliberalism with bibliography
Was overjoyed to hear @idislikestephen highlight my favorite cultural moment of 2022: the out-of-nowhere appearance of Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush’s “Don’t Give Up” in the final scene of the Somebody Somewhere pilot. Truly a sublime moment of TV
The Core Four each pick their three favorite things from 2022 pop culture, including a variety of specific moments, exchanges, outfits, songs, and more.
npr.org/2022/12/13/114245652…
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