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And she has since been deported. Link here: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Me, sending the zoom link to my student, thinking, "please skip this meeting, please skip this meeting, please skip this meeting."

Eleanor Roosevelt, Demon Slayer is honestly kind of a fantastic idea. Dropping the Bomb opened up a portal to Hell. Eleanor, former First Lady, closet gay girl (check your history, that part is true), and gun-toting badass is going to send every demon back where they belong.

It's beautiful

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the trump administration is selling this country wholesale to rapacious, extractive industries that will destroy our collective resources for private profit morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

I’ve been through the desert On a horse with no cake And he felt like this was by mistake. He’s a good horse And would like to try cake. He ask for someone to cut him a break.

“go back to the moon but this time we have really good cameras” was a fantastic idea

Oh my god, this is amazing.

That's not concerning at all.

Absolutely read @catvalente.bsky.social's post "Blood Money: The Anthropic Settlement." I feel the same way. If an author received money from the settlement, good for them. But it doesn't change the harm done by Anthropic and other companies. 1/ catvalente.substack.com/p/blood-mone...

When I talk about texts, I typically just refer to them by the author's last name. So I'll say, "Oh, read the Allende for next week." Okay, so I'm teaching "The Minority Report" next week. So I say to my students, "The Dick is old and long, so give yourself extra time." Yup.

Incredibly accurate alt text on this one.

And make sure to record your claim number when you submit. Print the screen as a .pdf. Not everyone is getting the confirmation email.

Student email: WHY DID I JUST GET ZEROES ON TWO ASSIGNMENTS? Me: Because you used a story that wasn't assigned in class. Student: Oh, I'm so sorry, I just got excited and read ahead in our textbook. Can I redo the assignments? Me: The story you used isn't in our textbook.

@scalzi.com Oh, just a quick reminder -- one class of my students will be reading your Grokipedia essay for Thursday, and they have to post a reply of at least 250 words, and send me a screenshot. So, when you suddenly see 22 oddly formatted and low-level surly replies, that's just them.

Thanks to Lish McBride and Marissa Meyer, authors of MOST LIKELY TO MURDER and THE HOUSE SAPHIR respectively, for a great YA fiction talk on Friday! Thanks to all who helped us celebrate these wonderful local authors. @lishmcbride.bsky.social #booksky

"I must away and tend to my ravens" was the greatest line ever written in THE GOOD PLACE. Possibly one of the greatest lines in all of television. FIGHT ME.

Study: Infants Respond To Rustling Of Potato Chip Bag As Early As 3 Weeks https://theonion.com/study-infants-respond-to-rustling-of-potato-chip-bag-as-early-as-3-weeks/

Oh, goody, now a pile of AI hallucinated reading quizzes. This online class is ROUGH.

Aaaaand now we're at the fifth one. Oh my god. Listen, I realize that this was an online class, and I knew that the AI usage was going to be worse, but this is..... bad. Very bad.

Fourth AI homework in a row. This one named characters, but all were hallucinated and did not exist in actual story. Jesus Christ.

Third AI bullshit homework. Honestly, I don't want to do it, but going back to blue books is becoming more appealing every day. (except the part where then I have to correct awful blue book essays. Plenty of students who don't use AI really do need more than a fucking hour to write decently)

I am so, so tired of seeing AI slop this semester. When I read a four-page homework that reads like a thesaurus vomited onto it and somehow never manages to name a single character or any specific event from the story, that's basically a certainty that AI was involved.

GOD'S JUNK DRAWER by @peterclines.com www.blackstonepublishing.com/products/boo...

Incidentally, the Eric Carter necromancer audiobook versions for all 9 books from DEAD THINGS to CULT CLASSIC are 50% off until 3/31.

fly my little friend. deliver my ebay package for me

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

Things are tough. Wouldn't you like a break from the news and to read something awesome? Yes, I know you would. So go read @lishmcbride.bsky.social's MOST LIKELY TO MURDER, because it's her release day! And it will be so much fun! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771719...

Happy release day to @lishmcbride.bsky.social! MOST LIKELY TO MURDER is out today! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771719...

Damn, that is one particularly cursed staircase.

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Drop a movie that traumatized you as a child.

Because it was and is...

Aesop: I TOLD YOU

This is your reminder that if you are a class member and have NOT yet filed a claim in Anthropic v. Bartz, the AI copyright lawsuit, you have 9 days to do so.

The real magic of Disney World is that, at any moment, you can look around one of the parks and see a couple who are in the middle of the very worst day of their entire marriage.

Yeah, ma'am, that's all of us.

Study: 93% Of Baby Boomers Fathered By Single Virile Milkman https://theonion.com/study-93-of-baby-boomers-fathered-by-single-virile-milkman/

I really want gmail to stop summarizing my fucking emails and suggesting replies, and, if possible, for its AI to go die in a fire.

Loved this book and named my cats after it

Your regular reminder that your body needs water, food, and rest. If you do not give it those things, eventually it will declare a strike and make you cry uncontrollably. This reminder is brought to you by another crying student in my office hours. Please, folks. Water, food, rest. Maybe a shower.

Everyone needs this adorable article right now. bbc.com/news/article...

Okay, I know someone took this photo in order to sell a dress, but I argue that they almost might've been trying to create a cover for a gothic horror fantasy while they were at it. Possibly one written by @cheriepriest.com or @silviamg.bsky.social. IIt's giving "magic fungus powers, no eyes" vibes.

Today it was warm, so the kids were running around at recess in tee-shirts, while there was still three inches of standing snow on the ground. Fucking peak New England.

Okay, but that is kind of the BEST description of author earnings EVER? @peterclines.com @stephenblackmoore.com @lishmcbride.bsky.social @charishkristi.bsky.social @djangowexler.bsky.social Look at this fucking gem.

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

My late Mother tried to open a bank account in her own name, with her own money here in the town where she lived her whole life. But the bank wanted her to put my Father's name on the account. Because she was a married woman, the bank thought she was not entitled to HER OWN MONEY.