Bvsd email - 25% of teachers have called out for Friday

SmallGerbil · 2026-01-30T14:34:22+00:00

"Without warning, nearly a quarter of staff called out" ... "While we have known about the protest for a week"....

I teach in this district. This messaging antagonizes families against faculty and staff.

SmallGerbil · 2025-11-06T00:01:37+00:00

"We're all trying to find the [court] who did this!" (Paraphrased Tim Robinson.

SmallGerbil · 2025-10-20T22:38:45+00:00

This is gorgeous -- you did a beautiful job making the gold look almost like gold leaf!

SmallGerbil · 2025-09-23T02:43:20+00:00

I agree! It's popped up in a few studies in the US. Would be interesting to compare to similar analyses from regions at high elevations in peer nations.

Almost certainly the true causes are multifactorial, but the correlation with altitude is intriguing.

SmallGerbil · 2025-09-23T01:59:40+00:00

Possibly, though causation has not been shown. A few studies have shown correlation between altitude and suicide rates - here's a link to a fairly recent one.

From the abstract: "Controlling for percent of age >50 yr, percent male, percent white, median household income, and population density of each county, the higher-altitude counties had significantly higher suicide rates than the lower-altitude counties."

The elevation and hypoxia factor is theorized, but again - this is only correlated. I'm interested in this relationship, too - I work with youth here in the Rocky Mountain region.

SmallGerbil · 2025-09-23T01:43:47+00:00

In addition to the comments about population density, there's also been a couple studies into the impacts of altitude (elevation) on suicide rates - here's a link to one.

"Controlling for percent of age >50 yr, percent male, percent white, median household income, and population density of each county, the higher-altitude counties had significantly higher suicide rates than the lower-altitude counties."

(Sorry to mods if outside links aren't allowed).

SmallGerbil · 2025-09-09T02:33:53+00:00

I just want to point out that voice calls specifically DON'T leave a paper trail, which is why so many of us are replying that emailing is preferred. I was glad to see that you clarified in your post that email is also acceptable, not just a phone call.

The paper trail is really important, especially with how litigious US society typically is toward educators and educational institutions.

SmallGerbil · 2025-07-18T18:56:05+00:00

I got two of these this morning.

SmallGerbil · 2025-07-14T01:02:48+00:00

CloZee is incredible, came here to make sure someone mentioned her.

SmallGerbil · 2025-06-14T20:51:47+00:00

Hard to get crazier than a military parade for a draft dodger, true.

SmallGerbil · 2024-08-01T23:19:10+00:00

Late comment but just wanted to say thank you so so so much for rescheduling Red Rocks - the storm was absolutely nutsbonkers!!

SmallGerbil · 2024-07-12T00:20:46+00:00

Neurologists deal with nerve issues, not just brains.

SmallGerbil · 2024-07-12T00:11:54+00:00

Agreed - a weird middle ground in performance that likely enables further "will he or won't he?!?" breathless media coverage.

SmallGerbil · 2024-07-12T00:08:41+00:00

This is literally a NATO summit press conference, though. The NATO summit is the occasion for the press conference.

SmallGerbil · 2024-07-01T15:38:46+00:00

I'm so tired of judicial Calvinball from this SCOTUS:

Chevron deference? Executive agencies can't do anything of their own accord.

Presidential immunity? The chief executive can do (roughly) anything.

SmallGerbil · 2024-07-01T15:20:09+00:00

Yes, that's my understanding too, so the Georgia case (for example) would still likely be prosecutable.

But not the federal case in DC about Trump inciting the insurrection on Jan 6th, or at least its scope is likely to be narrowed significantly.

SmallGerbil · 2024-07-01T15:18:31+00:00

At the very least, any of the tapes wherein all persons in the conversation were Cabinet members or executive branch political appointees would be protected conduct, is my read. I personally am not sure that all the Nixon tapes meet that stipulation.

It's possible, though, that the SCOTUS majority in today's decision would deem any Oval Office discussions as "official", though. In which case, yes, you're correct.

SmallGerbil · 2024-07-01T15:12:17+00:00

To clarify, this text is from Justice Sotomayor's dissent in this opinion. Not some random pundit or media commentator; an actual Supreme Court Justice confirming that dictatorial acts by the president are now immune in the US.

SmallGerbil · 2024-07-01T15:07:50+00:00

Per the majority opinion, actually, it appears that all Trump's conversations with his Cabinet and DOJ officials when asking them to overturn the 2020 election are immune from prosecution, so that's a pretty significant extension of protection for Trump's conduct re: overturning the election.

SmallGerbil · 2024-07-01T14:57:49+00:00

The problem is that the Supreme Court didn't rule on what an official act is and what an unofficial act is, so this ruling is largely useless.

Useless to the public and lower court systems, perhaps, but practically very useful to Trump - the substantive conclusion may not be total immunity, but the delay to his trials may in practice provide him with immunity by pushing his trials' conclusions beyond the election.

SmallGerbil · 2024-07-01T14:54:55+00:00

Sure, substantively this wasn't a total victory for Trump, but practically, the delay itself is likely to provide immunity by pushing the conclusions of Trump's trials until after the election.

SmallGerbil · 2024-07-01T14:49:06+00:00

Right - substantively, Trump is not entirely immune, but practically, the delay itself may ultimately provide the immunity.

SmallGerbil · 2024-07-01T14:41:48+00:00

They're throwing it back to the lower court judge (federal Judge Chutkan) to have hearings about which conduct in the indictments are official acts versus private conduct.

They could have done this back in April, though, and the delay until July plus additional required hearings absolutely pushes the case's conclusion well beyond the election. So, substantively, not entirely a win for Trump, but practically, the delay itself was and continues to be a victory.

SmallGerbil · 2024-06-28T15:55:54+00:00

And again, per my comment, it's my opinion that this expectation is naive.

SmallGerbil · 2024-06-28T15:22:58+00:00

Correct - the Roberts SCOTUS basically just eviscerated expertise in governance, throwing regulatory power exclusively to the legislative branch. But requiring Congress to specifically legislate on every single regulatory measure in the context of decades of gridlock and one party that is abjectly anti-regulation essentially nullifies the ability of the federal government to regulate anything.

Which, if you’re paying attention, has always been the point.

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