🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Trump asks for conviction to be overturned after immunity ruling'

2 July 2024 - kudos:

Look, I’ve been trying to approach the SCOTUS decision with an open “I’m not a legal expert” mind, but I think this quickly demonstrates how dangerous the decision is. There’s no way this is an official act, and Trump’s insistence that it could be shows his confidence that he can get away with what he wants as president. This is not good for democracy. link to “Trump asks for conviction to be overturned after immunity ruling”

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'Major American Companies to Schools: Expand Access to Computer Science'

12 July 2022 - kudos:

Look, I’m not opposed to expanding computer science education, but if the motivation is to fill jobs and keep tech giants thriving, that seems to me to be a red flag. Education ought to focus on democracy above the economy; we need to be producing citizens, not employees. There are ways to teach tech in a way that supports democracy and produces citizens, but if I get grumpy about computer science educstion, it’s because we rarely talk about it that way.

🔗 linkblog: my thoughts on 'U.S. Supreme Court takes on the independent state legislature theory : NPR'

30 June 2022 - kudos:

Worrying ideas here—American democracy feels more and more tenuous. link to ‘U.S. Supreme Court takes on the independent state legislature theory : NPR’