Only part way through, but this podcast on this reporting is absolutely astounding. My wife who is a teacher was completely floored by the series. Mindblowing that this can happen in our education system. I’ve told my wife I don’t understand why more open-source curriculum doesn’t exists and this just underscores the issue. Fun fact: Open source curriculum is actually one of the things @Michael Saylor contributed before getting famous in bitcoin.

Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong

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Has anyone on nostr bought a newer robo vac with a mop and all the high end mapping features? Is it worth it? The more we’ve looked into it it seems like a no brainer even with a steep up front cost

Interesting US political read for your Friday

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The Left Has an Authoritarian Problem (but Doesn’t Know It) — Presser

Luke Conway explains how it’s not just right-wing extremists who long for an authority figure to crush their enemies, silence opponents, and rest...

Nostur rendering YouTube thumbnails in zap comments is a perfect example of the absurd innovation in modular systems I love about nostr.

One of the saddest parts about going onto the dead bird site is watching the remnants of bitcoin twitter getting played by the algorithm. I spent way too much time today trying to save lost souls

For anyone in wildfire country, download “Watch Duty”. Great app to keep track of current wildfire incidents. Definitely on iOS but I think Android is available as well. Stay safe, folks.

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Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps App - App Store

Download Watch Duty: Wildfire Maps by Sherwood Forestry Service, Inc. on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more g...

Pouring one out for our local Colter’s Creek Winery today. One of the many wildfires in the US took out their entire operation and I doubt they will have any chance of recovering economically. I can only hope they had some amount of fire insurance to ease the pain. 😔

This is what happens when I go on the dead bird site… I get triggered 😂 View quoted note →

The subset of bitcoiners that are most commonly yelling in politicians ears online are, frankly, embarrassing. Hope I don’t get cancelled for saying this - good thing I’m on nostr.