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Librarians and Reading

A Podcast Studio, 18,000 New Books — How 3 School Librarians Won National Award
The honorees were among 10 recognized by the American Library Association for transforming their libraries and boosting student engagement.

In a survey of more than 1,200 K-3 educators in the fall of 2025, researchers at the Fordham Institute, an education reform nonprofit, found 30% of teachers don’t “favor phonics,” a major pillar in the science of reading that teaches students how letters represent sounds and how to blend those sounds together. The number of teachers “less informed and committed” to the science of reading is even greater in high poverty schools, according to the From the Teacher’s Desk: A Science of Reading Progress Report.

Anatomy of a ‘Learning Recession’: Academic Losses Began in 2013, Report Finds
Latest release from Education Scorecard argues that the spread of social media — and a rollback of accountability — hurt students long before COVID.

Florida removed more library books than any state last year
Florida’s 2023 law, HB 1069, created a legal process for removing books, including a requirement that they be pulled while schools respond to challenges filed by parents or citizens. The list compiled by PEN includes books permanently removed from schools, removed pending investigation, and restrictions based on grade level or requiring parental permission.

BITCOIN

BILLIONAIRE MICHAEL SAYLOR SAYS “WE CAN BUY MORE #BITCOIN THAN THE SELLERS CAN SELL”
“WE DO NOT HAVE BUYER FATIGUE”
840,000 BTC AND COUNTING
SUPPLY SHOCK IS REAL

FREE EDUCATION

Carpentry, masonry and welding are important
WHERE CAN WE FIND FREE EDUCATION ABOUT THESE SUBJECTS?

AI Sparks
@AiSparks12
NotebookLM from Google DeepMind is a game changer. Upload all your textbooks and PDFs for one course, ask questions across all of them. Anna’s Archive for free textbooks is a lifesaver. Perplexity replacing 90% of academic Google searches with citations. Zotero saving 20+ hours a semester on bibliographies. Wolfram Alpha showing step-by-step solutions. The students with the biggest head start aren’t smarter. They just found the right tools earlier. Thanks for sharing. Saving this. Will share with every student I know. Really helpful.

Ihtesham Ali @ihtesham2005
10 WEBSITES EVERY STUDENT SHOULD USE BEFORE GRADUATION.

Bookmark every single one. Your university will never tell you about most of these.

1. http://notebooklm.google
Upload every textbook, lecture, and PDF for a course. Ask questions across all of them. Built by Google DeepMind.

2. http://sci-bot.ru
Search scientific research fast. Ask any question and get answers with links to relevant papers in seconds.

3. http://annas-archive.gl
The world’s largest open library. Almost any textbook your professor assigned is on here for free.

4. http://perplexity.ai
Research assistant that cites every source. Replaces 90% of Google searches for academic work.

5. http://zotero.org
Free reference manager that builds your bibliography automatically. Saves 20+ hours per semester.

6. http://wolframalpha.com
Solves math, physics, chemistry, and engineering problems step by step. Shows the full working.

7. http://handshake.com
The job platform built specifically for students. 1.4 million employers actively recruiting on it right now.

8. http://fastweb.com
Matches you to scholarships you actually qualify for. Over $3.4 billion awarded to students every year.

9. http://coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
Free Barbara Oakley course taken by 4 million people. The science of how to actually study and remember.

10. http://linkedin.com/learning
Free with most university logins. 16,000+ courses on everything from Excel to AI engineering.

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ECP NetHappenings Memorial Day and remembering the past

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Remembering my great great great grandfather,
great great grandfather, great grandfather,
grandfather, my dad and all my grandmas who defended this country on Memorial Day.
All Defenders of liberty. All Legends

My Dad Jerome H. Ellis past President of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
SETTING PRECEDENT The Captain of the Ship Doctrine – Jerome H. Ellis, Philadelphia, for appellee
http://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/superior-court/1978/255-pa-super-381-2.html
Case Law Yorston v. Pennell
Yorston v. Pennell, 397 Pa. 28, 153 A.2d 255 (1959). However, the master must have control not only over the agent but over the work and the performance thereof before liability can be extended to him. Collins v. Hand, 431 Pa. 378, 246 A.2d 398 (1968). And the determination of whether a resident was the servant of a senior surgeon is a factual issue to be determined by the trier of fact. Thomas v. Hutchinson, 442 Pa. 118, 275 A.2d 23 (1971).
Grubb v. Albert Einstein Medical Center, 387 A. 2d 480 – Pa: Superior Court 1978

Today I’m working on The Educational CyberPlayGround
http://edu-cyberpg.com which has been going through some changes to keep up with the times, and found that some of my .pdfs made in 2001 were corrupted and are now blank. I need to go into my 2001 backups from 30 years ago and find them again to reclaim the info so we can all see it. My website has captured info since the the early early 90’s and stayed operational – so if you ever wonder how or why we got here in 2026 this we can see what happened on my site. http://edu-cyberpg.com

AI

“Asking the right question is the most powerful skill in the AI era. Joe Carlasare @JoeCarlasare” 

or maybe just owning all the companies like scumbag David Sacks!
David Sacks a private citizen killed AI regulations.

After living in the world with Adults who cared about the country and about the citizens who live here, we now have to suffer this breed of scumbag like David Sacks who could care less about what is right and what is good for the common wealth.

Ryan @bitstratford
The example I keep coming back to – there is not a single LLM that would have advised the early colonists to revolt against Britain. It would have told them that they’d be crushed, no chance, forget it.
The early patriots weren’t driven by probabilistic outcomes.
I wonder what pivotal moments we’ll miss because we’re relying on boring NPC probabilistic advice.

New York passes law requiring ads to disclose if AI actors are in it They’ve also banned deepfakes of deceased performers without their estate’s consent

BITCOIN

Compute scales overnight. Factories don’t.
US money supply growth is the fastest it’s been in 4 years.
Got Bitcoin?

Michael Saylor Interview
https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2058531082278961205

Saifedean Ammous @saifedean
SAIFEDE : AMMOUS
THE BITCOIN STANDARD
The DECENTRALIZED ALTERNATIVE to CENTRAL BANKING
WILEY
• Jun 22
It seems some people are pirating early drafts of my book. Please only
pirate the final version! It’s much better and it’s easily available thanks to
Library Genesis:

NEW CONGRESSIONAL PUSH FOR THE US TO STOCKPILE 5% OF ALL BITCOIN
Republican lawmakers are pushing to get the new ARMA Act signed into law while their party still controls both parties of Congress.

TRUMP ERA OF CRIME PAYS

CITADEL SECURITIES FINED 1 MILLION FOR 42 BILLION IN CRIME
1 Million for 42 Billion in crime is not even a speeding ticket
Ken Griffin Citadel Securities is the biggest opponent against the Consolidated Audit Trail CAT WHY??
Because the CAT was designed to track all trading activities.
Which is a big problem when you Counterfeit the Stock Market.
FINRA fined Citadel 1 MILLION
back in October 2024 for failing to accurately report data for YEARS in the amount of 42 BILLION
Where did the fine go??
Into FINRA’S GENERAL FUND TO PAY SALARIES.
ORGANIZED CRIME SYNDICATE
Regulatory Reporting & Fines
Because Citadel Securities processes billions of equity and options order events daily, it has been a heavily scrutinized entity under the CAT mandate. TA ThinkAdvisor
• FINRA Penalties: In October 2024, FINRA fined Citadel Securities $1 million for failing to timely and accurately report order event data. The firm reportedly failed to accurately report data fields for approximately 42.2 billion order events spanning multiple years. © Steel Eye +1

“I Decompiled the White House’s New App”
https://thereallo.dev/blog/decompiling-the-white-house-app
White House App Found Tracking Users’ Exact Location Every 4.5 Minutes via Third-Party Server. The app requests access to precise user locations, biometric fingerprint scanners, and internal storage modification.
The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy’s GitHub Pages.
Under the Presidential Records Act (PRA), we are generally required to retain information until the end of the current Administration, at which time it will be transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
People who installed this deserve it.

FEAR MONGERING DON’T LISTEN TO HIM
The CEO of BlackRock, Larry Fink, says ordinary people’s savings accounts and pension funds, worth trillions of dollars will be used to build data centers and power grids for AI
He says that people will be forced to invest in it
“Much of this will come from savings accounts and pension accounts.”
Larry Fink, BlackRock: VIDEO
“Trillions are needed for AI infrastructure…”
Where will that money come from?
“From savings accounts and pension funds.”

God @TheTweetOfGod
I dislike most of you.

Officer Caroline Edwards was attacked by the insurrectionists on January 6th. They cracked her heac open, resulting in a permanent brain injury. For all those who support Trump’s pardons and say you “back the blue”. You don’t. You support fascism.

Johnny AGI @JohnnyAGI
They loved Marjorie Taylor Greene, now they hate her.
They loved Thomas Massie, now they hate him.
They loved Lauren Boebert, now they hate her.
They made fun of Biden for nodding off (“Sleepy Joe), now they ignore Trump outright falling asleep.
They put “I Did That” Biden stickers on high gas prices, now they ignore gas prices being even higher.
They bragged about Trump being the no wars President, now they support war.
They bashed Biden for sending money to Ukraine, now they ignore Trump sending money to both Ukraine and Israel.
They demanded the Epstein files, now they bash anyone asking for the Epstein files.
To be a MAGA is to be a slave. Not physically, but mentally.
They stand for nothing. We’re up against people who stand for nothing.
And with the most misplaced confidence you’ve ever seen, they try to tell us whats-what.
We shouldn’t even acknowledge these people.
The Trump supporters that remain are mentally too far gone.
I don’t even want to argue with them anymore.

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ECP NetHappenings David Sacks a private citizen killed AI regulations.

David Sacks a private citizen killed AI regulations.

ESSAY Ricardo @Ric_RTP
https://x.com/Ric_RTP/status/2058901265698955742

Trump was about to sign the biggest AI executive order in history.

CEOs flew to Washington and the pens were ready.

But then ONE phone call killed the whole thing. And the guy who made that call literally owns 449 AI companies.

Here’s what happened:

On Thursday, every major tech CEO in America was either in Washington or on their way. Sam Altman, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella, Mark Zuckerberg, and more.

The White House had invited them to watch Trump sign an executive order that would have given the federal government up to 90 days of access to test the most powerful AI models before they were released to the public. It would have created a coordinated response to AI-enabled threats against banks, hospitals, and critical infrastructure.

The order had been in development for months. White House staff believed everyone was on board.

Then at some point, David Sacks called the President directly.

Sacks is the venture capitalist who served as Trump’s AI and crypto czar until March 2026. His firm Craft Ventures holds stakes in 449 companies with AI products.

The New York Times investigated his portfolio and found he remained invested in hundreds of AI companies despite divesting from some holdings. A government ethics expert at Washington University called his ethics waivers “sham waivers” that were “like a presidential pardon in advance.”

On Thursday morning, Sacks told Trump the executive order could slow AI development and hand China the lead. He argued that the voluntary review process could one day be made mandatory. His pitch was simple:

Regulate AI, lose the race.

Elon Musk called Trump with the same message. So did Mark Zuckerberg.

Three billionaires who collectively own or invest in the majority of America’s AI infrastructure called the President in the span of a few hours and told him NOT to regulate their industry.

Trump walked into the room where the ceremony was supposed to happen and told reporters he didn’t like the order. Pulled the plug on the spot.

Now here is the part that makes this truly insane:

The executive order was VOLUNTARY. Companies did not have to submit their models.

There was no licensing requirement, mandatory approval process, or penalties for non-compliance. The government was simply asking to look at frontier AI models before they went live so they could test for dangerous capabilities.

And even THAT was too much.

Politico reported that White House officials believed Sacks supported the order all the way through the review process earlier that week. He raised zero objections during the meetings.

Then on Wednesday night, he suddenly had concerns. By Thursday morning, the order was dead.

The draft leaked to Axios on Friday. Now every AI company in America is operating in a policy vacuum because nobody knows what rules apply.

The national security team that spent months writing the order got overruled in 12 hours by a phone call from a man who profits directly from the industry staying unregulated.

But the companies that killed it are the ones building the most powerful systems with the least oversight. Musk’s xAI and Zuckerberg’s Meta AI are both developing frontier models. And both called the President to make sure nobody gets to test those models before release.

David Sacks officially LEFT his White House role in March 2026. But on Thursday morning, one phone call from a private citizen with 449 AI investments was enough to override months of national security policy work and cancel a presidential executive order hours before it was signed.

Nobody elected David Sacks or can vote him out. And he just decided what the rules are for the most powerful technology on Earth…

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SOMETHING TO MAKE YOU HAPPY

Through the Tracks of Time, the Blues Carries Us Home
Jack Dappa Blues Heritage Preservation Foundation is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich cultural legacy of African American traditional music, oral history, and folklore. All aboard the Blues Line — where history hums, stories sing, and every stop echoes with the soul of a people.

THE BLUES LINE
https://jackdappabluesradio.tv/archive-v2/

Duck Soup Mirror Scene
Starring Groucho, Harpo and Chico Marx so we don’t lose our minds.

Invisibility Cloak” fabric from Alibaba

EDWARD SNOWDEN WAS RIGHT

It’s the money! They want digital CBDC that can turn your money off if you are buying too much food for your family size. Booze, cigs anything.
The data centers will have that data.
The chip is the final remedy they can just turn you off.
You people have no idea how dark this really is.

 

Knockoff Alert!
Larry & this administration are copycats!
In The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), the CIA uses a covert intelligence and surveillance network called Operation Blackbriar to track targets globally. Led by Deputy Director Noah Vosen, the program utilizes advanced, real-time access to public and private CCTV feeds, allowing analysts to monitor and follow individuals across cityscapes instantly.
While the network is heavily featured in the films as a tool for the CIA, the initial tracking in the first movie, The Bourne Identity, was focused more on conventional logs and local camera feeds managed under Operation Treadstone.

TRUMP AND SCOTUS did all of this!

https://x.com/chiky_handlr/status/2058652768282521899

CBS blocked Stephen Colbert’s public access show yesterday on youtube. Paramount claiming ownership of a Public Access show in Michigan is wild work.

Hasan reads out Elon Musk’s texts sent to Ashley St. Claire (baby mama) right before the 2024 election.

Minnie Musk spills the beans:
video “We’re in SpaceX & we just quietly do whatever we want”
“They’ll never know!”

He gets his kid to say this crap so he can laugh it off as a kid being silly. But, it’s Elmo’s own words.
Case in point
The fix is in and musk is in control of the elections. We may never see a Democrat in office again.

“Tomorrow we unleash the anomaly in the matrix..this is not something on the chess board so they will be quite surprised “lasers from space”… I have over 10,000 lasers in space right now”

Trump is now single handedly responsible for 27.7% of the national debt. This is dramatically more than any President in American history.
27.7% of the national debt and a war to go with it.
Make America Great Again was always on credit.

Nobody does debt like Trump. The best debt. Historic debt. People are saying they’ve never seen numbers this beautiful before. Truly tremendous deficits..

CBS canceled Stephen Colbert to appease Trump. Now a growing movement across the United States is calling for a boycott of CBS.

LARRY FINK says America needs trillions in AI infrastructure spend, and YOU must “invest” in it
“to be the leader in AI…[will] require trillions… in investments”
“Much of this… [will come] from…savings accounts, pension accounts…insurance companies”
“This is a must”
He’s saying he will tokenize every last cent we own and make it the world economic forums’ money. Every dollar in your pension, 401k, saving account, you name it. These people are mad. The tokenization scheme is really insane. Especially the idea of tokenizing nature :/

A 387-word document was just quietly posted on the DOJ’s website declaring the US government is “forever barred” from auditing Trump’s taxes. It’s not normal. It’s not legal. And it’s not going to stand.

ESSAY

Sammi @StoriesBySammi
Over a million acres of pristine wilderness lakes in Minnesota.
The most visited canoe country in America.
Generations of families have paddled it, fished it, camped it.
The Senate just sold it out outright.
They called it “America First.”
Then handed it to a Chilean billionaire — so his company can ship the copper to China.
The Senate voted 50-49 to gut 20 years of Boundary Waters mining protections.
Here’s the deal they made.
A Chilean billionaire’s company digs the mine.
America can’t smelt the copper — we don’t have the capacity.
So the ore ships to China.
China processes it.
Sells it on the world market.
Chile keeps the profits.
Minnesotans don’t even get the jobs.
Minnesota keeps the pollution.
And Americans get to buy it back from China at full market price.
This same company has a documented history at their Chilean mines: pipeline spills, regulatory fines, and locals fighting back for years.
They paid a former Trump Interior Secretary $380K.
The protection died by one vote.
Here’s exactly how it happened — and who made it happen.
Who do YOU think this mine actually serves?

Elias Al @iam_elias1
ChatGPT diagnosed 40 million people with a disease that was invented as a joke.
Not a real disease. Not a misunderstood disease. A completely fictional condition with a fake name, fake papers, and fake statistics.
And it told patients to see a specialist. <continue>

Farhad Nassiri Afshar, MD
@DrNassiriAfshar
As a physician building AI tools for healthcare, I see a real warning here, but the viral framing overstates it.
Bixonimania was a completely fake disease created to test AI. Some systems treated it as real and gave clinical advice. That matters.
However, 40 million people using AI for health questions does not mean 40 million people received fake diagnoses.
The solution is not to abandon AI in medicine.
It is to stop using raw consumer LLMs as diagnostic tools. <continue>

Rimsha Bhardwaj@heyrimshaA Wharton economist ran a randomized controlled trial on almost a thousand high school students in Turkey.
The result was so brutal for the AI-in-education narrative that it had to be peer-reviewed by PNAS before people would believe it.
Her name is Hamsa Bastani. She teaches operations and information at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the study she published in 2025 alongside her co-authors is one of the cleanest experiments anyone has run on what AI actually does to learning when you remove it from the equation and check what is left.
The setup was a randomized controlled trial, the same methodology used in clinical drug trials. Nearly a thousand high school math students in Turkey were split into three groups and put through four sessions of ninety minutes each. One group practiced with GPT Base, a standard ChatGPT-4 interface that could answer any question directly. One group practiced with GPT Tutor, a version of the same model that had been prompted to guide students with hints rather than hand them the answer. One group practiced with nothing but their textbook and their own head. <continue>

BITCOIN

FACT: STRATEGY NOW OWNS MORE #BITCOIN THAN EVERY GOVERNMENT ON EARTH COMBINED
IT’S RAISING BILLIONS AND STILL BUYING MORE
TRADE OF THE CENTURY
Soon, the US Government will buy BTC from Strategy for it’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. It’s coming and it will propel Strategy & Shareholders into a new era of parabolic gains. Stack sats and stay humble.

Strategy isn’t just buying Bitcoin — it’s forcing the world to rethink what a corporate treasury can be.
Governments print. Strategy accumulates. That’s the trade.

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