CA’s Architect of “Equity-Based Algebra” Accused of Academic Fraud
the state's math framework is strongly influenced by the academic work of jo boaler, now accused of significantly distorting citations in research underpinning the framework
the state's math framework is strongly influenced by the academic work of jo boaler, now accused of significantly distorting citations in research underpinning the framework
the debate over tiktok’s divestiture reveals a startling decision: trust a standard reading of the bill and ban the spy app, or admit the country has entirely collapsed
Mike Solanaa primer on the $900-million project to build a brand new city in the bay area
Devon Zuegelinside the DEI hivemind that led to gemini's disaster
Mike Solanaimmigration judges interpret the same asylum laws, but one denies 86% of cases, while another denies only 1.2%. this is happening across the country — what's going on?
River Pagefrom doordash-style paraphernalia delivery to legal teams suing the city each time it clears encampments: the grim story of how sf captures drug addicts so they can get high until they die
Sanjana Friedmanif you squint, michael beckerman tells you all you need to know about who can see the company’s user data
River Pagea florida law that would prevent citizens of foreign adversaries like china from buying agricultural land and land near military bases has been halted by an activist judge for being racist
River Pageis the conservative war on cultivated meat a matter of protecting the beef lobby, protecting consumers, or a third more mysterious thing (owning the libs)?
River Pageas we work at building a better future, let's dig in to how we got to where we are today
we need to make manufacturing better, cheaper, and faster through technology. it should be as easy to make physical things as it is to make software. the end.
Aaron Slodovwhite pill #24 // interview with robert zubrin, world's first humanoid robot factory, artificial wombs update, impact crater that split a mountain in two, neuralink news, and fun stuff at the end
Brandon Gorrellthe case for domesticating raccoons, capuchin monkeys, culpeos, and even dik-diks to be our companions
River Pageas we work at building a better future, let's dig in to how we got to where we are today
Owen Lewiswhite pill #21 // progress on a unique spacecraft, ai enhanced thursday night football, official updated model 3 news, $25m to develop mRNA-based cancer vaccine, and more
Brandon Gorrellis the conservative war on cultivated meat a matter of protecting the beef lobby, protecting consumers, or a third more mysterious thing (owning the libs)?
google’s AI chatbot just erased white people from human history. a grim (if objectively hilarious) warning for the future
Mike Solanadata scraping gone awry triggers backlash, signals escalating conflict in the battle for AI dominance
Sanjana Friedman and Mike Solanameet the company that powers silicon valley's race- and gender-based hiring goals
River Pagecalifornia and european union bureaucrats are working together to take advantage of federal inaction and strongarm tech into onerous restrictions
Luke Hogga new government grant program that aims to build "tech hubs" in the middle of nowhere is littered with political patronage, dei tomfoolery, and self-erected barriers to success
River Pagenewsom is asking taxpayers for billions more to address homelessness after forcing them to foot the bill for his inhumane, pandemic-era program to house homeless people in hotels
california taxpayer money is being laundered through 'funding for the arts' into radical leftist groups, some of which don't appear to do much art at all
River Pagehow private citizens in a major US city sued their local government over a thousand-person tent city — and forced officials to clear it
Sanjana Friedmanfor years, mayor breed has presided over massive budget increases to a now-$100 million a year DEI clientelism scheme
Sanjana Friedmanactivists groups are suing police departments across the country to effectively legalize blocking major transit routes and other destructive forms of protest
Sanjana Friedmana look into AROC, the organization that billionaires and the city of san francisco are paying to stage protests blocking the bay bridge
River Pageclassified tiktok meeting triggers surprise divestment bill, assessing the criticism, trump’s wild pivot, the real motivation for tiktok’s loudest defenders, & questions pertaining to “america first”
Mike Solanawhy is every new disney female protagonist being pigeonholed into the girlboss archetype?
Kat Rosenfieldpirate wires #113 // taylor’s demon bowl, the coordinates of power, torched waymo brings all the commies to the yard, “tech bro” press, and rise of the new elite
Mike Solanathe pandemic is over, but the government continues to blame covid for all-but-dysfunctional key government services
River PageFinally, in the south suburbs of Chicago, one politician has the courage to be as corrupt in public as the rest of them are in private.
River Pageas a foundational text of the western canon and the world's largest religion, the bible is key to understanding art, literature, and occasionally, the news.
River Pagepirate wires #112 // three years following 'extract or die,' the city goes to war with YC's garry tan, inadvertently revealing a path to victory for the "tech elite"
Mike Solanaa plan to save democracy by ending homelessness, reducing the prison population, and creating the first american city that provides universal basic income
George Hotza lightly edited transcript of bryan johnson and mike solana's discussion about bryan's life's work: DON'T DIE.
Mike Solanasubscribe, or die
Mike Solanabryan johnson is trying to defeat the human aging process. everyone on the internet hates him for it. he has never been happier.
Mike Solanapirate wires #111 // from harvard's "yay hamas" campaign to the end of DEI?; twitter abolished the Official Narrative, now culture's up for grabs, and anything is possible
Mike Solanahappy new year: pilots on shrooms, passengers weaponizing urine, planes without windows, mid-flight emergency exit mishaps, tiffany of course, and more
River Pagepirate wires #110 // from vibe shift to backlash, DEI is under siege; court rulings, academia's refusal to comply, and tech at a crossroads
Mike Solanarockets, robots, nuclear power: america's hard-tech renaissance in southern california, a paradise for engineers, and the industry's frontier
Scott Nolanhow a holiday created by a LAPD-armed black nationalist and convicted torturer who advocated the genocide of all white people became mainstream
River Pagepirate wires #109 // benign, moderately popular "yay technology" guy or secret alt-right puppet master? the former of course, but who cares about the truth? this is information war.
Mike Solanathe glory days of stampedes, brawls, and shootouts over parking spaces are over. the old black friday is dead. long live the new black friday.
River Pagea treatise against all those "confront your racist relatives at thanksgiving" articles
River Pagepirate wires #108 // sam altman fired, sam altman hired: the complete story of openAI's board disaster, breakdown of the cult that caused it, and three cheers for total corporate hegemony
Mike Solananew threats on the horizon, subterranean war and the challenge of gaza, troubleshooting the next pandemic, manufacturing, chips, trade, international contracting, and the business of defense
Mike Solanamuslim immigration in the west has become a hot button issue. for some, it's just hot.
River Pagewhy are lgbt activists in hamtramck, michigan shocked that their all-muslim city government isn't socially progressive?
River Pagethe high speed brightline train now connects miami and orlando, but california still has not laid a single mile of rail. what's the difference between these two projects?
River Pageis our species in danger of facing a historical fertility crisis, or are western men just insecure about their masculinity?
Jordan Castrobiden's potential "remain in texas" policy for migrants puts the crisis out of sight, out of mind for his progressive voter bloc — just as they like it
River Pagepirate wires #105 // the internet made up a group of people at a version of burning man that doesn't exist, then celebrated a catastrophe that didn't happen. it was really weird and embarrassing.
Mike Solanapirate wires #104 // looking back on proposition c, tech's san francisco turning point, "doom loop" analysis, a well-paved path to eternal homelessness, and how to solve the crisis
Mike Solanathe committee approved ab 316, sending it back to the senate floor, and if the senate passes it, all that's left is for governor newsom to sign the bill into law
Sanjana Friedmanchinese postage fraudsters are stealing the identities of american businesses, ripping off consumers, and costing the postal service millions
River Pagemy interview with peter thiel, and reflections on ‘the diversity myth’ thirty years later; stagnation, from science and economics to faith and politics; and back to the future
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