why does “Maroon” talk like Rudyard Kipling

Perfect for me as a teacher!

he was the greatest hitter of all time

I keep hearing from people who say “we’ve got to get out of the 2 year cycle mentality. People should spend the $600-$800 on a new phone and plan to keep it for four or five years. Phone technology has plateaued sufficiently to make that a good option.”

You’ll note that I said “young political people,” not “young black political people.” The same dynamic affects them all.

The optics simply could not have been worse. We’re talking about an internet billionaire who was, in a very direct and real way, handed control of a city school district, against the will of city parents, because he could afford to donate enough money and because he had the backing of an ambitious politician. It’s no…

Well, let’s be clear, though: Bernie’s no prince when it comes to ed reform, either. He’s better than your average partisan pol but that isn’t saying much. He voted for charter school expansion in 98, for example. The average BLM activist, I’m willing to bet, is about a country mile to the left of Bernie on ed reform.

Forgot the best example: Adrian Fenty in DC.

Mckesson is symbolic of a really major battle that’s brewing within urban black politics, which is over ed reform. He’s a Teach for America guy and friendly with ed reform writ large; a lot of the emerging black nonprofit class are. But people of color writ large and black parents in particular are generally staunch…

Adolph Reed, as usual, is relevant here: https://t.co/kRLUGw3kPb

One more time: Kickstarter is adamant that Kickstarter is not a store and that you aren’t purchasing a product when you contribute money.

I just want people to understand what they’re doing: in an era of record high corporate profits, in an era of huge economic inequality, in an era where corporations have enormous influence on politics, they’re now turning around and shouldering the burden of financial risk that corporations have always had to shoulder…

That is expressly what Kickstarter says it is not. Kickstarter is adamant: Kickstarter is not a store, and you are not trading money for a product. You are investing in a product... for which you get no stock and no equity.

Why would you see shifting that burden from corporations to consumers as a good thing? That’s bizarre.

Yeah, it’s bizarre that people hate pre-orders but love Kickstarter. Kickstarter is just taking the risk for a for-profit venture and putting it onto consumers without any chance that they’ll share in the profits! That’s worse than pre-orders.

I just hope everyone understands: a lot of companies now are going to be shifting to this model, where instead of for-profit entities paying the upfront costs of development, and taking the risk of financial failure with it, they’re now shifting that risk to the same public that they’ll eventually ask to pay for the…

I can’t wait for Apple to do the same with Mac OS!

winner winner