“Personally, I love being a lab rat. Most kids are fine being a lab rat, right?”
FOURTH REPORT: Former Alpha School students speak out
“A science experiment that’s been framed as a school” - “pretty much a concentration camp” - “cool the first few months and then it just becomes shit”
Trans Rats!
A promise I made to myself when I was very young that I have tried to keep in mind often is that I should never forget what being a child is like.
Lab Day at Local First Conf 2026
'Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School
Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that sometimes do "more harm than good."
'Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School
Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that sometimes do "more harm than good."
RJ Moreau 🇧🇹 on Twitter / X
Human Ecology (CIA MKULTRA front) gave behavioral scientist BF Skinner $5K to write Beyond Freedom and Dignity, where he argued to abolish the inner man & control behavior. His methods later reached schools, where researchers & drug companies tested kids w/ learning difficulties. https://t.co/TQilUoMYQv pic.twitter.com/sZkr4fDqFN— RJ Moreau 🇧🇹 (@toxictiramisu) March 18, 2026
Review: ‘Chaos Monkeys’ Is a Guide to the Spirit of Silicon Valley (Published 2016)
Underneath the braggadocio and evisceration of professional nemeses in Antonio García Martinez’s book lies the beating heart of a formidable teacher.
Improving scientific mentorship with "Open Labs" — science better
Open Labs would be a place for experienced scientists to post their open questions and curiosities — a list of the ideas they don't have time to pursue personally but wish someone would.
The High Cost of Not Doing Experiments - Behavioral Scientist
We can pay dearly, in blood, treasure, and well-being, for experiments that aren’t done. -Richard Nisbett, Mindware
Why should children program - a review of Seymor Paperts Mindstorms
This is an essay about what it means to teach a kid to program, using Seymor Paperts groundbreaking book Mindstorms as a reference.
Three Questions on Questions: On Asking, Knowing and Noticing
This was Kristen DiCerbo, Khan Academy’s Chief Learning Officer, in a recent Chalkbeat article. She was offering her explanation for why Khanmigo hadn’t lived up to its promise. I was reminded of a…
The Safety Culture at the Labs is Broken
We need the frontier labs to have a deep and robust safety culture.
"There is a contrast between my biological development, confidently realizing its in-built norm, and my fumbling psychological development, realizing partially..one among many apparently possible orders .. Learning what to want is the most radical, the most painful and the most creative art of life"
The lab has a meal from its oven!
On Livtet, ATProto and the First Release — Olamaelcu
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