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Woke up in Bradbury's world again.

AI surveillance is becoming a key instrument of state terror.

In one California town, Flock misread license plates in 71% of the alerts it sent to policeFlock sent 1,427 alerts to Roseville police over two years, flagging cars as stolen or used in a felony. In 71% of them, Flock read the plates wrong.www.businessinsider.com

This new data compiled by @mattbarnum.bsky.social is invaluable. It makes clear that worries about the teacher shortage, downplayed by contrarians, were and are warranted. Importantly, it raises a largely ignored factor affecting student mental health, behavior, and academic success.

A ‘lost generation’ of teachers left the classroom. Schools are still dealing with the consequences.Veteran teachers left, principals cycled through too, and high-poverty schools likely faced the greatest strain. Here’s what years of churn did to classrooms.www.chalkbeat.org

Among other things, this story highlights the fatal flaw in the long time strategy of trying to ask men to imagine if it was their wife or daughter who was being abused. Bernie Moreno has not called for this man’s resignation because male supremacy and power is thicker than blood.

Domestic Abuse Allegations Rock Max Miller’s Ohio House RaceRepresentative Max Miller, a Republican, is facing accusations of abuse from his ex-wife in a bitter family feud that might put his otherwise safe seat in play.www.nytimes.com

My sister is always worth listening to.

Starting shortly...

Mediterranean life:

France, Spain and Greece battle wildfires as Europe sweltersSpain brought one blaze under control but faced new threats as intense heat, dry vegetation and powerful winds kept much of southern Europe on alert.www.reuters.com

Good analysis of "Late-Stage Trumpism" in Greg's latest:

Rand Paul in particular was keen to exploit the pandemic. He was among the first to blame teachers for school closures in the early months when dozens educators had already died in NYC. It was clear to me then the right saw their opportunity to crush unions and spread vouchers.

"...the latest Bentley-Gallup survey shows Americans have cooled toward the technology in 2026. The shift is especially pronounced among young adults, who have become more skeptical across multiple measures in the study, including AI's overall impact, businesses’ use of AI and its effect on jobs."

Americans Cool Toward AIA Bentley University-Gallup survey finds that Americans are more familiar with AI but more cautious about businesses' use of AI and its effect on jobs.news.gallup.com

Radical suggestion.

Happy to hear directly from students. Sad that they don't have a functioning government.

Congress hasn't passed AI rules for schools. So these 98 teens did it themselvesShould students be allowed to use AI on assignments? What about on tests? Who should teach AI literacy? About 100 teenagers got together to try to decide.www.npr.org

"When talk turns to how stakeholders can come to trust AI, skepticism, rather than the technology, becomes the problem. The goal and result isn’t greater public trust, which depends on honesty, respect, and transparency...'"trusted autonomy’ discourse serves as a smokescreen for faith...'"

With AI, Americans Aren't Being Asked To Trust but To BelieveCome worship at the altar of technologynobody-wants-this.ghost.io

It's Ray Bradbury's world and we just live in it.

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Last week Trump badgered local leaders to embrace data centers. His effort reminded me of a recent paper that I found fascinating, so I wrote this:

With AI, Americans Aren't Being Asked To Trust but To BelieveCome worship at the altar of technologynobody-wants-this.ghost.io

David Barton is a zealot.

The fake historian advising Trump's anti-Smithsonian crusadeLast Friday, President Trump released an executive order directing officials to install signs outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) informing visitors that the museum pr...popular.info

MAGA ofc has been fighting civic action projects as "woke."

UPDATE: Civic education in U.S. includes instruction, but little participation, report saysThe latest education news updates from EdSource.edsource.org

America is at war with its children.

Several US schools to install pepper-spraying drones to respond to school shootingsCompany supplying drones said Ukraine-war inspired effort, where technique was effective in face of Russian attackwww.theguardian.com

And the reason dems keep effing up on education is because of people like Rahm Emanuel and Arne Duncan, who legacy media also loves to platform so he can regurgitate his failed "bipartisan reform" ideas.