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Sure, everyone ought to do what they can to better themselves. That's for another comment, because the question was, what is it about America that has literacy skills at such a sha…

How does Finland do it? Copy them as much as possible, since it's clearly working. Gaps in Finlands system? Pay experts to figure it out. I don't claim to be an expert - you don't …

I was stunned to learn that the average American reads at a 5th grade level. It's true though. I've been wondering why for a while, since it explains so much... Here's my best gues…

The state used preliminary results from railroad-funded sampling to declare that East Palestine's drinking water was safe in the wake of the toxic spill.

"Come on guy" is "rude and personal"? A "swipe"? Shit. I bumped that down about three levels of rudeness before posting. That's my max. And people were pointing out tptacek's error…

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I didn't. In fact, tptacek is right above you making a thinly veiled personal attack at me and others here. What is your relationship to tptacek dang? Every time I see him winding …

I wonder, if it were your favourite childhood author, would you be okay with hundreds of sneaky little cuts and changes being inflicted? Agreed on the 'dedicated to doctors' being …

He did make those changes. And I think he was right to. But he wouldn't have approved of 99% of these changes. No way, no how. It's shockingly disrespectful of his estate to do thi…

Even if you dislike Dahl, the idea that we need to "update" 60 yo books for the sensibilities of our time is dystopian, and dangerous. Would you like your favourite author's work e…

> It's easy to figure out why these changes are being made in particular, once you take a position of empathy. Come on guy, it's not that hard to see. People have been pointing it …

The word gold is antisemitic. Why would you reference such a hateful trope? 'Gold' also refers to a color, and so is doubly offensive. /s - but they really did make changes like th…

Here's an undeniable fact: WTC7 wasn't hit by a plane, but collapsed at free-fall speed anyway. Here's another fact: Weapons inspector David Kelly was found dead in a field with hi…