robert jackson

Chalkbeat, COVID guidance for NYC schools https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/9/12/23870420/nyc-schools-covid-guidance-2023-2024-testing-vaccines

UNESCO report, An Ed Tech Tragedy? https://www.unesco.org/en/digital-education/ed-tech-tragedy

NY Times article about the UNESCO report https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/technology/unesco-report-remote-learning-inequity.html

Class Size Matters presentation on the ways DOE is putting student privacy at risk https://classsizematters.org/the-many-ways-in-which-doe-is-putting-student-privacy-at-risk

Class Size Matters testimony on dangers of DOE plans to expand online learning and ed techhttps://classsizematters.org/testimony-on-the-dangers-of-doe-plans-to-expand-online-learning-and-ed-tech

FAQ on the new state class size law https://classsizematters.org/faq-on-the-states-new-class-size-law

Class Size Working Group (CSWG) public engagement sessions to present their proposals for feedback:

Tuesday, September 26th – 5- 7:30pm online (Manhattan/Brooklyn);
Wednesday, September 27th – 5- 7:30pm online (Queens/Bronx/Staten Island)
Monday, October 2nd –  5- 7:30pm in person at MLK Campus Auditorium, 122 Amsterdam Ave, Manhattan  (Citywide) .
Register for these sessions here: https://learndoe.org/class_size/

More information on the CSWG and their proposals here: https://infohub.nyced.org/reports/financial/contracts-for-excellence

In his majority opinion in the 1943 case of West Virginia v. Barnette, Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson wrote, “…compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.”

It stands as one of the great holdings in First Amendment jurisprudence. 

The Biden administration has essentially taken the opposite view: that only through the elimination of dissent can we truly be free. Thus, the rollout of Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy’s Truth Ministry.

The same social media platforms that banned a certain former President of the United States aren’t doing enough to quash cognitive dissonance on COVID, says Minister Murthy.

“Misinformation” must be banned to “save lives,” they say. 

What constitutes misinformation? Who decides?

Any statement that doesn’t come from a “credible source,” they say.

Which are the credible sources? Who decides?

We get no answers to questions that would define the parameters of legitimate discussion because the Surgeon General isn’t interested in winning an argument or even making one, but rather only in enforcing an opinion.

And to the graveyard goes a free society.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In his majority opinion in the 1943 case of West Virginia v. Barnette, Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson wrote, “…compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.”

It stands as one of the great holdings in First Amendment jurisprudence. 

The Biden administration has essentially taken the opposite view: that only through the elimination of dissent can we truly be free. Thus, the rollout of Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy’s Truth Ministry.

The same social media platforms that banned a certain former President of the United States aren’t doing enough to quash cognitive dissonance on COVID, says Minister Murthy.

“Misinformation” must be banned to “save lives,” they say. 

What constitutes misinformation? Who decides?

Any statement that doesn’t come from a “credible source,” they say.

Which are the credible sources? Who decides?

We get no answers to questions that would define the parameters of legitimate discussion because the Surgeon General isn’t interested in winning an argument or even making one, but rather only in enforcing an opinion.

And to the graveyard goes a free society.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robert Jackson works at Aptible and is a member of the Ember core team. In this episode, we discuss how he got into Ember, his past experience with running a business, how he manages his OSS workflow at Ember's scale, working remotely, work/life balance, and more.

Show Links:

• Robert Jackson on Twitter
• Robert Jacskon on Github
• Ember Land podcast
• EmberConf 2014 - Contributing to Ember: The Inside Scoop by Robert Jackson
• Aptible
• Pomodoro Technique
• Ember CLI
• Trek Glowacki
• ember-cli-deprecation-workflow