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Welcome, parents. I am excited to lead your children through second grade, and I look forward to discussing all the progress they will make.

Simultaneously, Back-to-School Night is traditionally a time to meet the teacher and learn about their life. If we linger on that, the discussion will not be fun. I predict that outside the classroom, my life will continue to resemble the B-plot in a near-future dystopian series on the CW.

Each day, I will rise in my studio apartment, which I share with Charles. Charles recently lost his electrician’s license due to the misuse of multimeters. I will shower and dress, eating a small amount of toothpaste, trying to balance my need for the trace calories found in toothpaste against the danger of fluoride poisoning. Charles and I will bid each other a formal goodbye. He will, without rising from the couch, tip his ball cap, and I will, in turn, awkwardly hold up my shoulder bag in nonsensical reciprocation. Charles and I are roommates only, hardly more than passing acquaintances. His friends call him Chuck. I do not.

I will then travel to school on foot, walking 2.4 miles along the frontage road. There is no sidewalk.

Veteran Rep. Brad Sherman is a major crypto skeptic — and industry insiders are supporting his youthful primary opponents.

The post Democrats Have a Gerontocracy Problem. The Crypto Industry Is Using That to Its Advantage. appeared first on The Intercept.

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Standing up for the interests of workers means standing with the overwhelming majority of people — home and abroad. That is why our movement, the workers’ movement, is a political force without parallel. It’s why trade unions at our best are not special interest groups but universal vehicles fighting to transform society for everyone. It […]

Past challengers to California Democrat Rep. Jimmy Gomez have run up against big spending from special interest groups.

The post She’s Challenging an AIPAC Democrat. A National Progressive Group Wants In. appeared first on The Intercept.

“A new history exhibit commissioned by the Trump administration has some historians perplexed…. The museum features over 40 AI-generated short videos of these historical figures coming to life to share their stories…. In one video, an artificially generated John Adams says, ‘Facts do not care about your feelings’—a phrase often used by conservative commentator and PragerU presenter Ben Shapiro.” — NPR

“A lot of people are saying, ‘Maybe we like a dictator.’” —George Washington

“You also had some very fine people on both sides.” —John Adams

Listen to the boundless sounds of nature, the great animal orchestra, whose songs imbue the world with fresh meaning

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What units can unexpectedly reveal about fundamental puzzles in physics

The post How to Measure the Universe appeared first on Nautilus.

Can bends in spacetime accommodate a career in physics and a family?

The post The Two-Body Problem for Women in Science appeared first on Nautilus.

The climate movement is at an impasse. It has notched up impressive achievements over the past years, mobilising hundreds of thousands of people in marches and protests, and building popular consciousness about the climate crisis. However, it is now clear that the obstacle to dealing with the climate crisis is not a lack of awareness, […]

Amid the US refusal to provide military support to Nigeria in its fight against Boko Haram in 2014, then-President Jonathan Goodluck turned to Russia and China for arms. New documents show that all the while, British state media was engaged in an influence campaign which would help see the African nation’s leader ousted. This article was originally published by West Africa Weekly. An explosive investigation by The Grayzone has revealed that BBC Media Action, which portrays itself as the “charitable” […]

The post UK funded radio show to sway Nigerian voters, leaked docs show first appeared on The Grayzone.

The post UK funded radio show to sway Nigerian voters, leaked docs show appeared first on The Grayzone.

Sending troops to Chicago could cost $1.6 million per day, four times as much as housing the city’s homeless — plus it’s illegal, experts say.

The post Trump’s Chicago Occupation Could Cost Four Times More Than Housing City Homeless appeared first on The Intercept.

These days, it seems like the only qualification someone needs to opine on what’s best for our nation’s schools is their own dimly remembered time as a student. Combine that with volatile, emotionally charged topics like politics and religion, and suddenly, everyone’s an expert and no one will listen to anyone else.

Well, listen up, smartasses: I’m a teacher. I’m in front of kids every single day. And if I can’t hang the Ten Commandments in my classroom, then how the hell am I supposed to get my students to stop coveting their neighbor’s wife?