What if we gave AI control of our killing machines and it bombed a school, killing dozens of children?

Vs. No It Won't

A real black eye to the FIFA peace prize selection committee

Seeing a lot of cynicism on the timeline. What if this is one of the good wars?

"War, right from the beginning, is already a defeat, always (2024)." #PopeFrancis #PrayForPeace

John McCain is smiling up at us today

Never forget who you’re fighting for.

When academia's stars mistreat people, they're "punished" with relief from teaching, mentoring, and service responsibilities. This frees them to spend more time on the more valued work of research. And dumps less valued responsibilities onto colleagues, making it harder for them to become stars.

The global wellness industry, at $6.2 trillion a year, is 4 times larger than the global pharmaceutical industry.

We're back up to two NBA players older than me

Taj Gibson, 40, agrees to deal with Grizzlies after Kyle Anderson buyout to rejoin Timberwolves - via @ESPN App https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48044804/taj-gibson-40-agrees-2-year-deal-grizzlies

Obi's back???!!!

The best case scenario is for the Pacers to draft #2 behind the Kings, because if there's a bust in this draft, the Kings are guaranteed to pick him

I can confirm Ivica Zubac is tall

Just one problem. Sell it to who?

The university ecosystem that was created post WW2 is being destroyed. Large classes in 'service' departments were intended to help schools balance needs elsewhere. Completion metrics in many states will lead to a collapse of institutions because this isn't how managed cost per FTE works.

I believe they speak through history with one voice

Revenge bedtime procrastination

They typeset the numbers in a circle so they ended up with 666 lol

You can't find an image of the newspaper ninja from Dexter's Lab commiting hara Kiri with a newspaper anymore. Because of woke

Tomorrow it could have his clarinet in it

I can’t believe this is real

“You finished those DC metro stations?” “Sure thing boss, beautiful, moodily lit and oddly unsettling, just like you asked.” “What?”

there's a new trend among young people called "microliving" they close their eyes for a few seconds and experience a rich and fulfilling life from start to finish in their minds. birth. friendship. love. heartbreak. joy. loss. grief. death. but how does this affect their productivity at work

how come there's a thousand songs about love but only one song about some guy named "Bruce" who's bringing you down

Saw this in Discord and it’s amazing

[whispering to my date when Ishmael says call me Ishmael] That's Ishmael

Love the glimpse into the beautiful mind that notated this used copy of Moby Dick I got

Our Somali neighbors make Minnesota better.

Oh, is there a politcsball happening tonight? 🙄

Hockey parents falling for the sunk cost fallacy and refusing to let their kids quit

@ Indiana legislature

Inside Higher Ed got our asses

The Fan Death of the Universe

you know someone’s mad as hell when they post the bluesky daily active users chart

Reading the Wikipedia page for the highway I'm currently driving on (dudes rock)

It's a neat argument because he's not leaning at all on the quality of the homily's prose or the creativity required to write it, but the intersubjective exchange it consummates.

as far as i can tell “bio hacking” is just a goofy term for giving yourself some combination of an eating disorder and a drug addiction

A metric cover of Vanessa Carlton called One Megameter

“I’m walkin here!" -- Midwesterners

Turning a big dial taht says tariffs and looking over my shoulder at the Brett Kavanaugh like a contestant on the Price is Right

To the tune of "Lap Dance" by N*E*R*D: Ooh baby, you won't eat! You can get this lap band surgery

TIL that in the US there’s a “Mexican” food chain founded by a white American dude, last name Bell. I’d like you all to guess what the name of said chain is. Do not spoil it if you know.

The worst part of the British Mexican restaurant called Wahaca is they pronounce it "Worcestershire"

I can’t believe “overstanding” never caught on

homie what set you from

I hope this email doesn't find you dead!

They should ticket all the people who parked in the staff lot for preview day, but then offer to apply the fine toward their enrollment deposit