Wonderful to hear my old friend @NickNehamas on the @TheRunUpNYT. I remember when he and I were cub reporters. And the quote "right where we want him, 30 points up" is hilarious.
Every time I read about Ed Blum's quest to redefine racial equity, (i.e. tinyurl.com/mrxbk7fb), I remember this deep dive interview @MorePerfect did with him some years back.
"There’s that saying that goes, 'White privilege is when your history is the core curriculum, and mine is an elective....' [A] state is using its power to eradicate the (elective!) inclusion of the African American experience in education." wapo.st/3H5vkYU
Before you put Martin Luther King Jr. Day entirely in your rearview, we just released an ep of @civics101pod that tracks the ugly and inspiring history of what it took to get all of America to honor the holiday. pod.link/1195657423
EXACTLY. My 1st grader got strep on DAY 3 of school. This week he was down for the count with some super-virus (not covid, not flu) and missed FOUR DAYS of school, which was chaos. Glad I'm not a health reporter anymore. wapo.st/3uIssuU
Of the 85 judges appointed by Joe Biden so far, 64 (or 75%) are women. Nearly a quarter are African-American; two-thirds are non-white. Donald Trump’s appointed judges are mostly male (76%) and white (84%) econ.st/3UqqNow
Happy Monday. Don't take yourself too seriously. Here's a short doc about a woman who takes in a baby squirrel. Damn the torpedoes. nytimes.com/2022/12/05/opini…
As I've stated here before, nothing scarier to me. Also nothing better than a local news story about ANYTHING. Stay tuned for the end of the piece for the dramatic close up of the shocked dog's face. bit.ly/3X4hKvQ@OutsideInRadio@laurenpassell
I am terrified of great white sharks, have been since I was a kid. Recently, I became obsessed with tracking down YouTube clips of them killing seals on New England beaches. These videos scare my to my core, but I watch them again and again. Why? youtube.com/watch?v=SyTdPxzP…
Also, you'll eavesdrop on an augmented-reality treatment session, where a woman with arachnophobia overcomes her fear by coming close to "spiders", like this tarantula...