This didn't make it in, but I tried telling the reporter that the reason students use LLMs with impunity is that 70% of faculty are temporary, contingent workers who require perfect student evals to continue having a job. Cheating is a problem we chose to have and pretend to be mad about.

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

Need a recommendation for an electrician for a small light fixture job in Chalmette #nolasky

A damn fine book. Jump on it. Tim’s Slow Readers Club highly recommends 👍👍

Last home game of hope for glory! #whodat #saintsgameday

Always! Go buy your snacks during the beginning of the 3rd, you've got a band to watch.

A little bit of lagniappe (something extra) for everyone! Found out yesterday as part of @wwno.org ‘s The 12 Days of Crescent Classical event, past Holiday concerts of ours will be featured twice on December 18th and 25th at 5pm!

Thanks to everyone who made it out today! Join us for our next concert on Sunday, March 29, 2026 back in the Recital Hall

Last call, last call. Join us at 1pm for our free 50th annual Holiday Concert! Follow the thread below for exact instructions to get to the Recital Hall. See you there!

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Tim’s Slow Readers Club moves on. Who is Government - The Untold Story of Public Service, edited by Michael Lewis is a series of essays on government workers. I’m not an unbiased observer here. The book is great. It will make you laugh and cry (especially the last story. 👍👍

If you see this, post a Comics cover you love.

Another tune on the program is a rare replay from last year’s concert. Russian Christmas Music storms into the hall and demands to be heard! 😉

The Third Thursday Lecture Series Just a gentle reminder that there will be no presentation or the month of December, but we are excited to return in January with all new topics on the history of New Orleans. Please spread the word to those in your circle interested in history.

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Tim’s Slow Readers list rolls on. The anniversary of the execution of Ney reminded me i just finished @bri74.bsky.social ‘s Marshal Ney - Fall from Glory. Lots of tidbits I didn’t know. Ney’s always the right guy in the right place, or the worst guy at the wrong time, with little in-between. 👍👍

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First up on the erratic highlights of our Sunday 12/14 Concert, the warhorse of our 50 years of holiday concerts, Leroy Anderson’s Christmas Festival! The story goes Arthur Fiedler asked Anderson to come up with something for the Boston Pops Christmas album in 1950.

#nolasky join @amandasoprano.bsky.social @therhancock19.bsky.social and yours truly on December 7th for the annual Christmas party @ 12 Mile Limit. This will be year ten for Ryne's annual toy drive! RT and spread the word. Also check out the wish list: a.co/hqYL0Q4

#nolasky if you’re uptown and need to get to the highway, don’t take Carrollton. Lights are out at Washington.

Bring children and pets to have pictures taken with Santa. Festive accessories will be available to use. For a donation of $20, receive a 4X6 matted print with a USB drive of all photos taken. Use your digital photos to make your Christmas cards and photo […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

It’s that time I remember I have to actually tell people I sell prints, and since it’s the season, I’d suggest one of the snow shots from earlier this year. scottcolesbyjr.darkroom.com/products/164...

Once again, I have to advise that you find your local high school and attend their winter choir and/or band concerts. They are inexpensive, the performers are INVESTED, and it’s a really lovely way to build connections in your community.

So, what are we playing on Sunday, 12/14 at 1pm? It’s our 50th Holiday Concert, so there’s some favorites from previous shows, some new/old things, and some things you’ll never hear anywhere else. As we get closer, here’s a taste of what we’re playing.

I need help. I'm thisclose to getting back to MYFT-ing and UberLyft. I need $80 for my phone and $65 for my license. Thank you in advance and if I don't thank you after my phone is cut off. PayPal: @AmandaHiern Venmo: @Amanda-Hiern Cashapp: $AmandaHiern72

My previous lead fell through, so... Does anyone in Western Washington have an electric piano with weighted keys that they no longer use and would be willing to give away? I have a ten year old ADHD kid whose heart is set on one for Christmas but it's not in our budget this year.

It’s happening! Join us for our 50th Holiday Concert, Sunday 12/14/2025 at 1pm at UNO’s Performing Arts Center. Free admission, holiday favorites, and seasonal tunes! What more could you ask for? 😉 #nolasky #concertband

Introduce yourself with five concerts you attended. Chicago Meat Loaf Plant & Page Heart Really tempted to put New Orleans Concert Band here, but @liprap.bsky.social would laugh too hard. 😉 Zebra/Survivor/REO Speedwagon

All these years later I remain grateful that Donald Westlake’s family trusted me when I proposed putting together The Getaway Car—and then I got to publish it with my colleagues! Then Darwyn Cooke made the cover! (And Chicago has a site-wide sale this weekend, 30% off with the code HOLIDAY25!)

Idk what it is about social media that fully grown adults are constantly wrestling with the discovery that smart, thoughtful people often agree on some things and disagree on others.

Join @therhancock19.bsky.social, @nolachick.bsky.social and I for the annual Xmas Tweetup and toy drive benefiting the NOWCS. Click the link for the wish list or bring an unwrapped toy to the tweetup. 📆December 7th 🕒3pm 🍸12 Mile Limit 📭500 S. Telemachus REPOST PLEASE!🎅🏿🎄 a.co/hqYL0Q4

Stevie Wonder releases “Uptight (Everything’s Alright)” 60 yrs ago today. At 15, the child star was in danger of being a has-been. His voice was changing. Motown execs “would give assignments to the various producers,” said songwriter Sylvia Moy. “No one wanted Stevie.” The song saved his career.

I totally did not make any changes to this chart.

I’m seeing so many people and orgs posting food access info on instagram and like, Yayyyyyy except that so much of the info is out of date and hasn’t been fact checked. I know, info changes fast! I’m doing my best to keep up. Here’s the latest New Orleans community fridge update.

I think a lot about the story Carl Reiner told: he’d have been a sewing machine repairman if not for a free WPA drama class. That led to other theater work, to Sid Caesar, to Mel Brooks, and all the rest. All because of one free class paid for by a government that felt the arts were worth teaching.

He fuckin' HATES green cars.

HOW ABOUT AN OPENING NIGHT BEVEL FOR THE PRIVATEERS??!!! UNO TAKES DOWN TCU!! UNO ONLY HAD THREE WINS LAST YEAR!! BEVEL EM

Kent State shooting survivor, John Cleary dies at 74 fox8.com/news/kent-st...

We’re offering discounts for federal employees who present a federal ID the whole time during the shutdown

The Tulane/Carrollton light is still out. Be careful.

Here's a link to help you locate pantries. Also, though most of us are broke and scraping by, it's a good time to donate what you have (time and talent is useful too!) to mutual aid groups, community fridges, and community pantries. foodfinder.us

Unofficial silver alert. Missing person with "multiple serious medical conditions." The bulletin does not say what neighborhood he lives in. nopdnews.com/post/october...

There’s no sleep like doctor’s office sleep.

Thanks to everyone who came out to see us kick off our 50th year! Catch our next concert on December 14, 2025 at UNO’s Performing Arts Center!

This is a step by step guide to finding our free concert tonight at 6pm at UNO’s Performing Arts Center! Come join us! #nolasky #nolamusic #concertband

Just a reminder about tomorrow night. Free concert at 6pm! #nolasky #nolamusic #concertband