Officer, I swear I was practicing my fishing cast 🤞

And the new Toxic Avenger

You don’t have to take the SATs unless you’re trying for college. You’re not necessarily seeing reading and math skills drop. You’re seeing more kids who wouldn’t have taken the SATs doing so. You’re sampling from a more complete population, not just the top 75%.

(And yeah I’m fully ignoring the postCOVID brain drain. That’s going to be a shadow in test scores for years.)

This looks expected and not a bad thing at all. Higher pressure to graduate and higher expectation that a college degree is necessary means more kids attempt the test - including those kids who might’ve dropped out in previous years. I think it’s fair to assume that on average the kids who dropped out probably wouldn’t’ve scored as highly on their standardized tests.

ADAB

Everybody loves buttons. Cheap to make, super creative outlet, and if you become part of any group they’re great for building the community.

Razor fish are so cool. I thought I was fully tripping balls when I saw what looked like a mirage of sea grass dancing meter above the sand. Then I got close and they fucking scattered. Was the scuba version of an Alice In Wonderland side story.

Immersion blend two egg yolks with a tsp of water and lemon juice, then stream in your melty hot butter from the sauce pan while you keep immersion blending and you got a banger hollandaise.

A very good but corporate option is Todoist. I’ve tried most and this one ticks all the boxes, including that the free version is way adequate for how I use it.