I think there's a way to make the precarity of academic work serve a public good, for once. If you fabricate a single source, no matter how inconsequential to your work, you lose your job.

The thing to remember about bigots of all kind, who think they are better than people who are different from them, is that they are always the victims.

Me watching Iowa get slaughtered by UCLA

"We're very much and clearly winning. Like, really, really easily." Writing about a horrific war begun for no legitimate reason in which the U.S. probably bombed a school full of children. Imagine the kind of morally bankrupt person who could write such a thing.

Dear Historians of the Future (if any): Such a thing was possible because the institutions we created were never meant to hold powerful, rich, white men accountable. For all our lofty rhetoric about "equality," we never built institutions dedicated to that idea.

Raising children who are not noxious, selfish assholes is a radical act.

"What coders lose by relying on A.I." I think the most succinct answer would be, your coding job.

At 5:11 this morning. The level of depravity openly exhibited by a sitting president, coupled with the murderous potential of the weaponry at his disposal, is unprecedented.

Europeanists, Ames is a cool town. Do it up!

Also all the people we could have housed, all the children we could have educated, all the lives that could have been saved.

Trump To Americans: ‘You Won’t Have To Pay Your Son’s Cell Phone Bill When He Dies At War’ https://theonion.com/trump-to-americans-you-wont-have-to-pay-your-sons-cell-phone-bill-when-he-dies-at-war/

She did not lose her job because of incompetence but because fascism sucks and people resisted it and she embarrassed her boss while being grilled for it.

There is no bottom to the evil. There is no “reaching across the aisle.” To try to compromise with this depth of depravity, one risks becoming as atrocious as they are. Impeachment and imprisonment of these leaders is the conclusion. Getting rid of DHS and ICE is first.

No matter where you thought this headline was going after you read the first four words of it I promise you you're in for a surprise

Hillary Clinton's "deplorables" line remains undefeated

Also, the idea that people who are not white constitute some kind of get-out-of-racism-free card for any white person who has sex with them is, itself, a racist notion that is one of the most tired tropes out there.

If they want me back they have to go fully Woke 2, sorry. Whole hog. I gotta be able to get an abortion there

The degree to which certain people are obsessed with @jamellebouie.net is just astounding and bewildering to me.

Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?

So this is what we get instead of drinking water and cheaper electricity? You don't hate tech companies enough

This is exactly right

Do you know how easy it is to NOT trip over your own dick into Nazi shit. To not go on Nazi podcasts or retweet Nazis or have Nazi tattoos. It’s the easiest thing most of us have ever done. We all do that every day.

Once again @jamellebouie.net's patience with people who make outlandish claims about him is really admirable. I am really sorry he has to put up with it

Ava Heiden having a great game against Illinois but it may not be enough. Illinois shooting the lights out

Let me see the money first.

Political science folks, is it possible for a politician's approval rating to be above 100%?

The key to an effective politician, and the essence of a courageous human being, is their ability to laugh at themselves.

We used to dream of a future where technology would *do* things for us: prepare meals, clean the house automatically, or complete rote, repetitive tasks for us in our work. We have a future where technology is being marketed to do the *thinking* for us, while we still do the repetitive tasks.

A hearty second from me! @jenmercieca.bsky.social's book needs to happen. I would read the hell out of it, and pester my colleagues to read it, too!

A white woman who is not a doctor & doesn’t believe in science is currently undergoing Senate confirmation hearings to be the US Surgeon General. Black people, don’t EVER let these people tell you that you are a “diversity hire” or don’t deserve the roles you have so richly prepared for & earned.

This looks incredibly silly but I am going to see it anyway www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o-j...

why do you people do this to yourselves

Don't do drugs, kids. But especially don't elect Donald Trump president

Try this cocktail I just made, it's called DOES NOT CONTAIN DONKEY PISS. Anyone?

I long for the days when evil CEOs had ethics.

So many great lines from the Simpsons, but I particularly love every line that Hank Scorpio says. "Why didn't I think of that? Hammocks!"

Trump likes to just change the name of stuff in D.C., members of Congress should have the guts to just start using "Fuck ICE" as its official, technical name. Just change the name. Don't ask permission. Just start doing it.

these people treat being called racist like it is a slur, and treat slurs like they're mere differences of opinion

The stupidity is the point

*chef's kiss*

The Supreme Court:

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TIL that Tim Curry wanted to play Hannibal Lecter in SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (12:05 in the video below) and I can totally picture that and it's the most terrifying thing I can imagine and I may never sleep again www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3VK...

Don't change a thing about your syllabus. Teach the truth. Make them enforce it. And keep doing it. If they threaten to fire you, tell your story to the press. If they fire you, and you have the means, sue them. But don't back down. Teach the truth. Especially when it's illegal to do so.

You heard it here first, folks: only "stupid people, frankly" "rate it the number one phrase in the history of politics in America" -Donald Trump

Calling out and shaming people who defend cruel, malicious views is not only good politics, but good teaching, too. In my classes, it's clear that students are sick of leaders and educators accommodating people who are racist, misogynistic, xenophobic. They are tired of moral equivocation.

Read this whole excellent thread (don't have A.I. summarize it for you). And cite real sources. Do not make stuff up. Do not outsource your mind to a bot that will make stuff up. Do your own work.

@theonion.com called it theonion.com/doj-removes-...

A great post by Kevin Kruse, complete with propaganda posters that make for outstanding teaching sources for whatever level of history--middle school, high school, college--people teach.

The key to getting a lot of rank-and-file moderates on board with "anti-wokeness" was to highlight seemingly "minor" transgressions as evidence that "the woke mob" was "canceling" people, and presume most wouldn't see the connection between these transgressions and what we're seeing now.