Bits and pieces

 

please enjoy these NH ladyslippers

Some things I've been reading that I'd recommend:

To read this weekend

•  This really lovely open letter to RFK Jr. from the mother of a daughter who is autistic
  
  
• Audrey Watters on "AI Slop Education":
  

  When it's unsafe to take risks (and learning is all about taking risks), unsafe to do hard things (and learning is all about doing hard things), the push-button oracle of essay generation makes a lot more sense than this ridiculous mess we now expect students to "adult" in.