<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.3.4">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://roub.net/atom.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://roub.net/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-03-02T13:27:17-05:00</updated><id>https://roub.net/atom.xml</id><title type="html">roub dot net</title><subtitle>Paul Roub, mostly rarely blogging. Music is at paulroub.com</subtitle><author><name>Paul Roub</name></author><entry><title type="html"></title><link href="https://roub.net/blahg/2026/03/02/132300/index.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="" /><published>2026-03-02T13:23:00-05:00</published><updated>2026-03-02T13:23:00-05:00</updated><id>https://roub.net/blahg/2026/03/02/132300/132300</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://roub.net/blahg/2026/03/02/132300/index.html"><![CDATA[<p>“If you can teach people to recognize the common rhetorical tricks that are used to sell falsehoods, they can identify them for themselves in the wild, instead of relying on scientists and doctors to chase down every individual claim, meme, or video (which is impossible).” (<a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-189509127">5 Logical fallacies in the era of RFK Jr.</a>)</p>]]></content><author><name>Paul Roub</name></author><category term="micropost" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[“If you can teach people to recognize the common rhetorical tricks that are used to sell falsehoods, they can identify them for themselves in the wild, instead of relying on scientists and doctors to chase down every individual claim, meme, or video (which is impossible).” (5 Logical fallacies in the era of RFK Jr.)]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"></title><link href="https://roub.net/blahg/2026/02/28/145343/index.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="" /><published>2026-02-28T14:53:00-05:00</published><updated>2026-02-28T14:53:00-05:00</updated><id>https://roub.net/blahg/2026/02/28/145343/145343</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://roub.net/blahg/2026/02/28/145343/index.html"><![CDATA[<p>Brevard County Schools will face many serious challenges in the next few years, and Megan Wright is ready and willing to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DVSGy8IjDjS/">step up, posture and distract</a>.</p>]]></content><author><name>Paul Roub</name></author><category term="micropost" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Brevard County Schools will face many serious challenges in the next few years, and Megan Wright is ready and willing to step up, posture and distract.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"></title><link href="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/09/09/09-43-56/index.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="" /><published>2025-09-09T05:41:00-04:00</published><updated>2025-09-09T05:41:00-04:00</updated><id>https://roub.net/blahg/2025/09/09/09-43-56/09-43-56</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/09/09/09-43-56/index.html"><![CDATA[<p>There is no autism epidemic, just a <a href="https://news.immunologic.org/p/there-is-no-autism-epidemic-just">public health threat named RFK Jr.</a>: “RFK Jr. has profited off this ableist lie for decades. Now he’s using his power to make it health policy.”</p>]]></content><author><name>Paul Roub</name></author><category term="micropost" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[There is no autism epidemic, just a public health threat named RFK Jr.: “RFK Jr. has profited off this ableist lie for decades. Now he’s using his power to make it health policy.”]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"></title><link href="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/08/04/38044/index.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="" /><published>2025-08-04T10:34:00-04:00</published><updated>2025-08-04T10:34:00-04:00</updated><id>https://roub.net/blahg/2025/08/04/38044/38044</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/08/04/38044/index.html"><![CDATA[<p>micro.blog, the service I use to cross-post to various social platforms — and a great, non-billionaire-controlled blogging platform in its own right — is now <a href="https://www.manton.org/2025/08/01/microblog-now-free-for-teachers.html">free for teachers and nurses</a>. (<a href="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/01/18/a-timely-reminder-own-your-name-and-content/">previously</a>)</p>]]></content><author><name>Paul Roub</name></author><category term="micropost" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[micro.blog, the service I use to cross-post to various social platforms — and a great, non-billionaire-controlled blogging platform in its own right — is now free for teachers and nurses. (previously)]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"></title><link href="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/07/30/20-40-01/index.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="" /><published>2025-07-30T16:35:00-04:00</published><updated>2025-07-30T16:35:00-04:00</updated><id>https://roub.net/blahg/2025/07/30/20-40-01/20-40-01</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/07/30/20-40-01/index.html"><![CDATA[<p>The Florida DOE upheld Melissa Calhoun’s teaching credentials. Brevard Schools are in dire need of qualified teachers in — for example — her former position. Now would be a great time to <a href="https://istandwithcalhoun.com/action/">contact the School Board</a>. #istandwithcalhoun</p>]]></content><author><name>Paul Roub</name></author><category term="micropost" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Florida DOE upheld Melissa Calhoun’s teaching credentials. Brevard Schools are in dire need of qualified teachers in — for example — her former position. Now would be a great time to contact the School Board. #istandwithcalhoun]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"></title><link href="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/06/28/170838/index.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="" /><published>2025-06-28T17:08:00-04:00</published><updated>2025-06-28T17:08:00-04:00</updated><id>https://roub.net/blahg/2025/06/28/170838/170838</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/06/28/170838/index.html"><![CDATA[<p>My threads account has been suspended for unknown reasons. Hope to get that undone, but Meta support is not exactly a shining beacon of transparency and feedback. Stuff that matters starts at <a href="https://roub.net/blahg/">my blog</a> and radiates from there, so, ¯\<em>(ツ)</em>/¯. #posse</p>]]></content><author><name>Paul Roub</name></author><category term="micropost" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[My threads account has been suspended for unknown reasons. Hope to get that undone, but Meta support is not exactly a shining beacon of transparency and feedback. Stuff that matters starts at my blog and radiates from there, so, ¯\(ツ)/¯. #posse]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"></title><link href="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/06/09/21-25-21/index.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="" /><published>2025-06-09T17:21:00-04:00</published><updated>2025-06-09T17:21:00-04:00</updated><id>https://roub.net/blahg/2025/06/09/21-25-21/21-25-21</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/06/09/21-25-21/index.html"><![CDATA[<p>The Brevard County School Board meets tomorrow morning at 9am. We have a prep packet if you want to speak: how to sign up, what can you talk about, and more. Find all the details at <a href="https://istandwithcalhoun.com/rally/">istandwithcalhoun.com</a></p>]]></content><author><name>Paul Roub</name></author><category term="micropost" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[The Brevard County School Board meets tomorrow morning at 9am. We have a prep packet if you want to speak: how to sign up, what can you talk about, and more. Find all the details at istandwithcalhoun.com]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"></title><link href="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/04/14/23-35-11/index.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="" /><published>2025-04-14T19:33:00-04:00</published><updated>2025-04-14T19:33:00-04:00</updated><id>https://roub.net/blahg/2025/04/14/23-35-11/23-35-11</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/04/14/23-35-11/index.html"><![CDATA[<p>So proud of our community and the support they’ve <a href="https://www.change.org/p/reinstate-ms-calhoun-advocate-for-respect-and-student-rights">thrown behind Ms. Calhoun</a>. More to come.</p>

<p><img src="/images/fiftyk.jpg" alt="Screenshot of the &quot;Reinstate Ms. Calhoun&quot; petition having passed 50,000 verified signatures." /></p>]]></content><author><name>Paul Roub</name></author><category term="micropost" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[So proud of our community and the support they’ve thrown behind Ms. Calhoun. More to come.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"></title><link href="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/04/10/33008/index.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="" /><published>2025-04-10T09:10:00-04:00</published><updated>2025-04-10T09:10:00-04:00</updated><id>https://roub.net/blahg/2025/04/10/33008/33008</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/04/10/33008/index.html"><![CDATA[<p>“I’m seeing people who never got involved before signing the petition and commenting on Facebook,” said Amy Roub. “I think people have just had enough of this from the school board. They’ve <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/04/10/florida-teacher-loses-job-gender-identity/">gone too far</a> this time.”</p>]]></content><author><name>Paul Roub</name></author><category term="micropost" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[“I’m seeing people who never got involved before signing the petition and commenting on Facebook,” said Amy Roub. “I think people have just had enough of this from the school board. They’ve gone too far this time.”]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html"></title><link href="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/04/09/104942/index.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="" /><published>2025-04-09T10:49:00-04:00</published><updated>2025-04-09T10:49:00-04:00</updated><id>https://roub.net/blahg/2025/04/09/104942/104942</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://roub.net/blahg/2025/04/09/104942/index.html"><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2025/04/09/brevard-teacher-loses-job-after-calling-student-by-preferred-name/82999144007/">Satellite High teacher loses job after using student’s preferred name</a>. The fascism is no longer creeping, it’s sprinting.</p>]]></content><author><name>Paul Roub</name></author><category term="micropost" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Satellite High teacher loses job after using student’s preferred name. The fascism is no longer creeping, it’s sprinting.]]></summary></entry></feed>