We should not go to war with Europe, or Minnesota.

Wow, this looks like 1,000 times more interesting than the Odyssey: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8h7r...

Gotta say: it takes a white guy emeritus prof from Yale to proclaim that faculty life hasn't changed in 40 years — amidst adjunctification, platformization, public funding cuts, the substitution of tech for competent support staff, the disappearance of those jobs *my* senior advisors enjoyed...

A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department.

Attention #boston #BostonICE 24 new vehicles were just delivered to the Burlington ICE facility. Be ready to meet them with determination and courage.

a friend in the Twin Cities told me that the debate about whether or not the US will fall into civil war is moot there - the war has already come to Minnesota as federal funds are choked off and the capital is invaded by the President's personal army

Democratic socialism is the new Beatlemania.

hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress

The State Department is urging US citizens to flee Venezuela, while the President is urging US oil companies to go to the country to take its oil.

The crackdowns are intensifying. The Maduro regime remains in power, with Delcy Rodríguez in command. This was never about democracy or protecting the people of Venezuela. They continue to live in danger and fear while Trump cuts deals with the regime to seize their oil.

Best use for Waymos right now would be to assign them to tail vehicles driven by ICE.

Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE: "No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested". "Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".

On day 8 of our Administration, @governor.ny.gov and I announced the beginning of universal childcare in NYC. No longer will New Yorkers be forced to choose between starting a family and continuing to live in the city they love. This only happened because of you.

Ignore everything the regime says about Venezuela, the dictator is mad. Oil company execs may be depraved but they are not insane, and will not be waltzing casually into a country that the US does not in fact control. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Weird to be commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Am Rev while living under a government that has a) sent armed troops to occupy cities perceived to be too rebellious, b) rendered largely irrelevant the representative branch of government, and c) claimed imperial right to rule other countries.

This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

The National Weather Service used AI to create a forecast for Idaho. Low chances of wind for the nonexistent towns of Cocrerrireod, Orangeotild and Whata Bod www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...

i think american life would improve significantly and quickly if society was more encouraging of people to have Hobbies. the most perfect and serene state of mind that exists is when one is Doing one's Little Things

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In reality, Trump’s ’liberation’ of Venezuela was just like his ’liberation’ of, say, LA, or Iran: he went and made noise, fucked some shit up, but, some unprovoked murders aside, the places remain as they were, more or less.

Attention architectural historians: Vincent Scully's house is for sale... @langealexandra.bsky.social @christinecipriani.bsky.social @bgoldst.bsky.social www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

I think Walz retiring in the face of a totally bogus scandal is a clear indication that no one needs to pay any attention to his political career ever again.

NEW RECORD: Africa imports 2GW of solar panels for the first time in a month. And this is happening EVERYWHERE in Africa...

“We recently conducted three separate searches for Data Scientist positions. Each received more than 500 applications… But the problem was not just the number. It was how alike they all felt.” #higheredjobs

Congratulations, President Bush III!

WOW!!!!!!!

2026 begins with a bang.

Bernie keeping warm at the Mamdani inauguration

i am losing my mind over this listing that staged a condemned philly trap house with AI

One of my fav NYE fun facts: We celebrate the new year on Jan 1 in large part because the Roman senate needed to hastily appoint Q. Fulvius Nobilior as consul before the start of the year (then, the Ides of March), so that he could go fight the revolting Celtiberi in Hispania

THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context

Every academic monograph means the world to the author; but then the world treats the monograph like this:

So true.

USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked

How can anyone object to the Western Canon?

Can AI tell me whether our final grades are due today, like the college calendar says, or on January 5, like the grade entry system says?

Learned from University Challenge that 'litmus' has an Old Norse etymology en.wiktionary.org/wiki/litmus

From school and university canteens to football stadiums and theaters, venison is muscling in on beef as UK chefs hunt for greener options. Wild venison's carbon footprint is dramatically lower than other meats - about 38 percent less than beef and 49 percent lower than lamb,

The world is undergoing a technological revolution the speed at which we have never before witnessed and few currently comprehend. What a time to be alive We are hitting the tipping point and things are only accelerating as costs continue to drop

Nature boycotting 'White Christmas' this year.

Odysseus and the other protagonists of Greek epic love to talk. They would rather tell the most elaborate lies than shut up. All the modern adaptations of Greek epic that have warriors stoically grunting out little chinese-fortune cookies of dialogue are not wrong, but they are boring.

Nearly of the US's garlic comes from China. Another quarter of it from Spain. At least it did before the trade war. It's possible some of the garlic being sold rn is the tail end of garlic that was shipped in before the tariffs started. wits.worldbank.org/trade/comtra...

The future!

Mustela Dei

The Life of Brian is a Christmas movie.

lol. This new Iowa Christmas snow map put out by the local news is worthy of @terriblemapshq.bsky.social status.

It took the academy several hundred years to properly quarantine forgeries like the Donation of Constantine, and now it's like we're getting new ones every single day.

Ban all use of AI in academic publishing. If there's a useful aspect to it, carve it out, make it reliable, and rename it. Until then, ban it all.