This is another reason why BCPS doesn’t have the resources to safely go back…or just function in general. https://twitter.com/BaltSunBrk/status/1478777292331565068
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@ianpowerOMG There’s been 0 community spread at my kids prvt school. Private schools are back in person because they have access to resources that have been squandered by BCPS incompetence.
Signed, 10yrs in BCPS
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The Placebo Button
Over the summer, a former student “interviewed” me over e-mail about placebo buttons. If you’re unaware, placebo buttons are buttons that don’t actually do anything and are instead used to make a person feel in control of the situation. The most commonly referenced buttons are elevator close buttons (they just close on their own) and pedestrian press-to-cross buttons at intersections. Patrick did a small, informal study that he wrote about at EXBERLINER entitled Idiot buttons: The brutal truth about Berlin’s pedestrian crossings. He found this:
@JoshClarkDavis Do you know if that’s city or metro?
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@eric_hontz @BaltCitySchools No. And no.
North Ave f’d up the whole response to the pandemic by being unprepared for this foreseeable scenario.
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@jasoncyip Yo Joe!
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@jasoncyip Now I know…
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@jvitak You need to leave it open over night with some cookies…that coaxes the elves to do it.
Although that might be how make shoes over night…
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A new article on our simulation board game was just published. https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1eG1G1dCDjOph
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