The ADK Homeroom

Let's take a look at the tangled web of morality in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

A self-help episode! Many people, including MSNBC's Hayes Brown, are starting to doubt the CDC. Some might say: about time! But plenty of people are still struggling with their CDC trust issues. This episode is for them!

I traveled through four states over the holidays. New York's mask culture is the worst, but it is useful for highlighting the futility and harm of mask mandates.

A teacher's perspective.

Evergrande is a perfect example of the CCP walking the line between socialism and capitalism. This comes after China has for three decades been consistently more capitalist than the US. The US's slide into socialism and the CCP's embrace of capitalist economics coupled with authoritarian politics increases the chance we will see the Worst Black Swan.

Even the APS recently ran a misleading piece about fusion energy at the NIF. Let's learn about energy and see how two recent news pieces either get it wrong or mislead readers.

How do you put students first in a lesson plan? I use a lesson on Millay's "I being born a woman and distressed" sonnet to demonstrate one way.

Ghostbusters has a 95% audience score at Rotten Tomatoes. Does it deserve it? Heck yes it does! Let's look at what makes this such a fun film. Plus the news of the day including new Twitter CEO and a South African doctor on the Xi variant.

It's too early to know much for certain about the Xi* variant, but the politics are pretty clear. Also politics of NCAA football and more news from the Thanksgiving weekend.

*Omicron, if you want to use the CCP-approved term.

Audio quality warning: my kids were causing a ruckus.

Let's run down the news and all the poor word choices that people are making. Eddie Redmayne forgets what the word 'actor' means, Biden and Yellen forget what the word 'transitory' means, and more.

Also, I did make a mistake here. I said that Jimmy Carter tapped the strategic oil reserves. He didn’t! Although the construction on the Strategic Petroleum Reserves did start under Carter, he didn’t ever enact a drawdown. I blame the kids for distracting me. :)