First quarantine haircut. About two months overdue. Definitely turned out lopsided so I'm styling it like this instead. #selfie
#quarantine #haircut #quarantinehaircut #selfie
Anyone who knows me knows that I approach Twitter-the-company with extreme skepticism and wariness. But those headlines about "50% of covid tweets are from bots" are irresponsible journalism based on flimsy research. This thread from Twitter's head of site integrity is good.
We've seen no evidence to support the claim that "nearly half of the accounts Tweeting about #COVID19 are likely bots.” 🧵 with a few thoughts on the subject... npr.o...

I don’t think I’ve had anything to drink (in terms of alcohol) in like a month now? Like I haven’t yearned for it (last thing I had was Barbancourt). Going to see how long I can keep this up, lol. No carnivals to interfere with it.

this is why we can’t have nice things lol https://twitter.com/daniamluc/status/1264679042449649666

Appreciate Twitter reminding who to re-add to the block-list (not everyone here just one of the protected among PoC in the React community). I should have exported it when I made my new account.

So, lol. My hair manages to break picks a lot. I finally dropped some money on a higher quality pick and this thing does NOT bend. It’s like made out of an adamantium and vibranium alloy, lol.

Languages that enable documentation to be embedded are top-tier and save SO MUCH TIME. One of my gripes with JavaScript is that it’s mad work to match code to the current version for docs because of a lack of uniformity. Python, Rust and Elixir do SUCH a good job at this.

Is open access preprint really just code for academic samizdat
#indieweb #academic-samizdat #open-access #preprints

Tackling a Wicked Problem Online

I rode 76 miles this week.
I recently started tutoring a very bright 17 year old and one thing it's made clear is that "learning disability" means "you don't conform to our preconceived notion of what a child should be" -- I now realize this applies to all disability but I'm a slow learner sometimes myself
Got out for a bit… isolated but needed air

Switch Code: SW-0570-5629-3508

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Why! Oh, why! I cannot begin to fathom the cause and surely my bafflement shall continue for tens of years hence with nary an insight.
Differentiated Reading Instruction: What and How: jgregorymcverry.com/readings/Ankru…
What Counts? Literacy Assessment in Urban Schools: jgregorymcverry.com/readings/Teale…
The little waiter looks like the dancing guy from the old Six Flags commercial. #NoirAlley