When I had dinner with No Doubt in 1992, the guys were really friendly but she never acknowledged my existence. Also, the OC punk/ska scene had significant conservative undertones.

Just wildly irresponsible to report betting odds in the exact format we are conditioned to recognize as poll results. Of course, I could have stopped after the first 7 words. But this just makes it 🥵😡

Phew! Got Tame Impala tickets. Lower level in American Airlines Center (Dallas). First time I won't be on the floor/GA to see them -- but, given the whack-ass demand and all of the scamming, I'm grateful to be going at all.

Went to the National Zoo and then to a Thai restaurant in Bethesda. We got a parking ticket.

That was fantastic. Thoroughly entertaining and moving. (My love for Puerto Rico made up for not knowing any of his songs.)

I guess there are 3 types of SB commercials: 1: AI 2: Gambling 3: An ad for something else, in which the punchline is a celebrity cameo.

This looks really cool.

Fantastic work. Folks, be skeptical of media-bias charges (and their new media forms like shadow-banning), regardless of their valence.

Love Shack

Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: 1. Environmental Science 2. U.S. 1945-1960 3. Gay and Lesbian Literature 4. Intro to Journalism 5. Intro to Voice and Movement #1 rewired my brain more than any other. I still think about it often.

This is a conservative paper with automated SM posts, so the double meaning here is purely accidental.

Given the views of his advisors and supporters, it's only a matter of time before he confuses Greenland with Greenberg.

I brought ‘80s robot to class last week and told students I had kidnapped ChatGPT.

I can assure you that Ecuador's largest airport isn't "now closed." Why are they still so, so bad at this?

"Syllabus" is one of those words that, after reading and typing it a few times, makes no sense and looks like it's spelled wrong.

I was 17 in 1991. . .

Political scientists today

I'm starting a band that mimics the vibe of millennium-era pop. Our name will be Third-Chorus Key Change.

I finally did a TCU list. I've seen 32 bird species at my place of employment. (Saw 24 yesterday, and then went through old phone photos)

The ones that cut deepest are the compliments with subtextual insults. A few years ago, a great student finishing his first of 4 classes from me said, "your reputation is unfair. I really enjoyed this class."

No quality control 😡

I married Becky Schiffer 20 years ago today! All told, that day still stands as the bright line between the sad and happy phases of my life.

Crazy-late foliage peak this year. Our campus looks like this, and no one is on it.

Me: *logs into institutional website* Site: want me to stamp your hand Me: what? Site: stamp your hand. So you can get back in. Me: sure Site: ok confirm it’s your actual hand and that I stamped it Me: k ~ 10 mins later~ Me: hi I’m back, here’s my stamp Site: the fuck is that, I don’t know you

Hard Mode -- aka Easy Mode if you were a weirdo in grad school.

Another robot malfunction

This is excellent. He even discusses the base-rate fallacy, one of my favorite concepts.

Agreed. And actually, that's evolved into my general approach to teaching. Once I let go of "avoid being a sucker at all costs," it saved a lot of work on my part and a lot of trouble for students facing various challenges.

Michelle Branch (8) Duran Duran (5) Tame Impala (3) The Cure (3) Alanis Morissette (3)

I went to high school with someone who ended up producing/directing some of the top comedy TV shows of the past 20 years. I recently found a note from her in a scrapbook, given after a play we were in, that said she admired my sense of humor.

My wife tells me how to vote in local elections. E.g., we had 17 constitutional amendments on the last ballot and I walked in w/ a piece of paper in her handwriting. I don’t care if my students know this. Reliable heuristics are a virtue.

The bot that posts content from the local paper is malfunctioning.

You can tell which hot-shot posters never read comments nor interact with normal people. How could you possibly get dragged for that on Bluesky?

I lived life as an autistic person for 41 years, and frankly it's wild to see someone who views your existence as a blight elevated to a position of such consequence. I generally see no reason to discuss being on the spectrum publicly, but I'll make an exception for this vile eugenicist. 1/x

A cool study. But a part of me dies -- or at least a part of my career dies -- every time a published paper calls mainstream outlets "left leaning" without even a sentence of justification.

Has anyone ever studied the Republican Smirk? I’m generally not a fan of trying to divine meaning from facial expressions — but seriously, what’s with the ubiquity of that distinctive smirk, going back at least to Gingrich?

I get why millennials are crying over this. But think about how I feel - I was alive during the reference year.

"Fight fight fight!" Yeah, I get it. But your theory of the case goes something like: 1) "Fight! Don't cave!" 2) "FIGHT! DON'T CAVE!" 3) ???? 4) Victory! I'd love to hear a story that at least tries to account for Democrats' structural constraints.

Did Women Ruin the Lilith Fair Scene? My interview with John Mayer and Ben Shapiro.

If the existence of billionaires is a “policy failure,” then do we even have a term for the existence of a trillionaire?

I genuinely want to get into British soccer. But every time I turn on a game, it’s like, “hmm which petro-state airline should I root for?” and then I get bored.

The blue jays are being extra loud on campus this morning. Seems a bit incongruous.

Amazing day for new music yesterday. The Charlatans released their first album in 8 years, and it's their best in 25 years. And my favorite singer/songwriter/producer put out this gorgeous harmonic soundscape. kathleenbr.bandcamp.com/track/back-d...

Man, I’m just 2 letters away from a presidential callout.

This is worth a read. The scale of data-center spending and energy consumption is insane.

Good morning! Hey, how about more crowd pics and fewer AI videos of planes dumping their cargo?

Fox with an uncanny ability to capture the news hook.

Happy Tame Impala Release Day to all who celebrate.