Histgovguy @histgovguy

#NYGiants Harbaugh - never met LT or carson before.. was kind of starstruck at lunch...got a picture with them

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Tom Malinowski @Malinowski

2 hours ago

Take it from someone who's run in several elections: No matter how unscrupulous a candidate might be, committing fraud in America at a big enough scale to rig an election above a tiny town council race is laughably impossible. Let's look at what it would actually take. 1/

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We hear a lot about the science of reading but is there a science of writing? There are a lot of bad ideas in this space but one idea that wider reading will, by itself, turn into good writing or that it's "caught not taught" is among the most widely held-beliefs in English teaching, but also very damaging because it excuses us from teaching writing explicitly. The "caught not taught" absorption idea is to writing what whole language was to reading. The reading wars were a fight over whether decoding is caught or taught; the writing version of that fight is the same argument with the productive skill substituted for the receptive one. Another important element is that writing ability is just assumed at secondary level and not taught explicitly. This is a mistake. researchgate.net/publication/38…

Maybe because he literally just put an entirely unqualified political hatchet man in charge of the DNI — while we’re at war — and the only reason he could give was that he would look into the “stolen” election bullshit? He’s making hugely important decisions based on a lie. That seems worth paying attention to. He also tried to set up a compensation fund for people who, inspired by his promulgation of that lie, laid siege to the Capitol. Oh and the only legislation he cares about is all wrapped up in his delusions about how elections are stolen. I can keep coming up with reasons. But the fact that the president still thinks his lie should drive policy and personnel (several J6ers work in the administration) that makes it relevant, imho.

Charles Gasparino @CGasparino

a day ago

Ok I hate the “stolen election” stuff from the president BUT why keep asking him? It’s not exactly news that he thinks it’s stolen. The question seems performative, merely to elicit the reaction he delivered

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@dilanesper @WhickTv Dan Willingham is probably the best source here, and he's definitely giving the topic more nuance than I'm providing here (and much food for thought on a reread!): danielwillingham.com/uploads/5/0/0/…

@dilanesper @WhickTv I suspect you are not giving enough credit to your own deep expertise and experience in the law. I'm also applying my own years in education. Most teachers will argue that they are ALREADY focused on critical thinking above all else. Why has it failed so miserably then?

@dilanesper @WhickTv I agree completely that poor critical thinking is a crisis, but there's no panacea for it short of a deep, content-rich education.

@dilanesper @WhickTv The problem: most cognitive scientists argue that "critical thinking" is not a skill which can be taught, because critical thinking is completely dependent on subject knowledge; e.g. my ability to think critically about history is not transferable to biology or any other field.

Last night, the House chose to stand with Ukraine, and I was proud to cast my vote. We passed military and reconstruction aid for Ukraine, plus hard new sanctions on Russia. We did it over the objections of Mike Johnson and Republican leadership, who spent over a year trying to keep this bill from ever hitting the floor. Eighteen Republicans crossed the aisle and did the right thing. Why does this matter? Because when a giant authoritarian state invades a smaller democracy, there is no gray area. There is no “both sides.” Vladimir Putin is a thug. He started an unprovoked war. He flattened cities. He stole children from their families. Helping Ukraine isn’t charity. It’s the test of whether we still mean a single word we say about freedom. I heard every excuse. The war’s winding down, they said, so let’s wait and see. Nonsense. You don’t strengthen a democracy by going wobbly the second things get hard. You don’t stop the next invasion by telling the world American resolve comes with an expiration date. Putin is watching. So is every dictator who dreams of taking what isn’t his by force. This bill still has to clear the Senate and survive a presidential signature. The odds are long. But the House did its job. And we said it plainly: no country gets swallowed whole just because a tyrant wants it. I’ll keep fighting to see this through. Ukraine’s fight is our fight, and we do not abandon our friends. ms.now/news/house-pas…

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WVSports.com @WVSportsDotCom

2 days ago

#WVU is up 14-1. There's a guy holding a raccoon in the crowd. I don't know what else to tell you.

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There was a time when the principles he spoke of here were taken so seriously that Americans willingly risked their lives and died for them. Listen to those principles closely.

WW2 The Eastern Front @ShoahUkraine

2 days ago

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the man who led Allied troops on D-Day, reflects on that historic day 20 years later, in 1965.

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Judge made this catch on May 3rd... Have to wonder if this is what caused the rib injury.

The Yankees have announced that Aaron Judge has a stress fracture. He will be reimaged in approximately 4-6 weeks. The team does expect him to return this season.

The last time the Knicks had a lead in the NBA Finals was June 17th, 1994. Yes, the same day as this:

@Football_expert It's pretty mind-blowing that Pikiell survived this.

Justin Penik @JustinPenik

5 days ago

Really impressive by Rutgers basketball to have Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey on the same team and still he absolutely abysmal

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@yankschic23 May 3, one year to the date after Volpe

Billy W @Bwebs622

6 days ago

Was probably this play

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@potatoslav Damn you for explaining nuanced differences! You may have to turn in your Jersey card. 😂

"It's part of the game, everybody that averaged 30 points wasn't a good leader." @CharlesOakley34 explains why Patrick Ewing WASN'T a good leader and why Jalen Brunson IS.

I’m surprised this conversation wasn’t more congenial given Earl Weaver’s reasonable opening position of “You’re here and this crew is here just to fuck us” …

@whignewtons There's a version of that joke where Bill and Hillary Clinton pull into a gas station, and the attendant was one of Hillary's ex's. Bill smirked and asked where she'd be if she married him, and Hillary replied, "I'd be First Lady."