This is absolutely the way

They did absolutely vote for this but the fact that they are not quite jumping ship but certainly asking about water temperature is a telling sign.

Too many corporate tech folks say they want a world without Caesars … until get the chance to be one.

WHAT YOU FAIL TO SEE MR. POPE

COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook. "Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"

Debate me bros and the idea that any difference of opinion can be settled by a debate always make me think of this Monty Python sketch. youtu.be/LfRkcJ0BLS0?...

Surely there is a warm body in Brooklyn able to primary him

I'm glad to see House Democrats are pressing to get Rep-Elect Grijalva seated, because the fight over this is just a prelude to what the House Republicans will try in January 2027, when charges of "voter fraud" will lead to "serious questions" that will delay the seating of several new Democrats.

One of the constant strands in the history of the university, dating back to its medieval origins, is the attempt of authorities - especially religious authorities but not exclusively - to control what can and cannot be taught.

I mean, she also flew on a plane, right? To an island, probably? Right?! RIGHT?!?!

Who doesn’t love a “simple analogy” that misrepresents and misunderstands everything it talks about 🤡

Grifters all the way down

anti-fascism puts you on the right side of history

The real scientific insight from Bryan Johnson's immortality quest is that rich people need to be taxed waaaaaay more

Does your teaching touch upon the Black Death? Then don't miss the one and only Dr. Monica Green's open-access, introductory teaching module for the History for the 21st Century (H21) project! www.history21.com/owit-module/... #earlymodern #histmed #medhumanities #medieval #worldhistory

Who knew “democracy dies in darkness” was aspirational

Give the pigs a chance!

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

The idea that an instructor can and *should* be fired for daring to teach something not explicitly mentioned in course catalog is the pinnacle of the "students as customers" idiocy that's been steadily destroying American universities for decades now. You're taking a class, not buying a product.

Pure authoritarian insanity. Also, if it is illegal to teach a class that does not match an official course description, then everyone is guilty because catalog course descriptions are three sentences long at best. Every single course goes beyond the official course description. 🤬

I hope everyone will forgive the bluntness of my language, but it seems like bluntness is warranted: it now seems pretty clear that the president raped children or at least knew about and actively facilitated the rape of children. I think it is time we stopped using coded language to say that.

I mean, he had it coming...

Okay, the filing is here. I’m reading. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This is the way

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

Terrific piece by @mehdirhasan.bsky.social for @theguardian.com. The country desperately needs congressional Democrats to get their shit together, and it needs to happen sooner rather than later.

This is part of the broader enshittification. YouTube search is all but unusable now because every other video is just some monotone AI dreck.

The real ones know that the only way to live forever is to forge a master ring deep in the land of Mordor and to pour into it all your cruelty, your malice and your will to dominate all life.

Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment: "To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."

I’m starting to have a feeling that his super-duper important announcement will be “Be sure to drink your Ovaltine”

Got diagnosed with COVID as a little Labor Day weekend treat. Fml 🤦‍♂️

This! Medieval people absolutely used god as an explanation for disease (with plagues being sent either as punishment or as a test), but they also did their absolute best to prevent the spread of disease (within the limits of their knowledge). They would have loved to have access to modern medicine!

I have a deep urge to rewatch The Death of Stalin.

If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me

I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.

Someone made a false active shooter call at my uni and I just… 🤬

Yes, indeed, these silly medievalists. What can they possibly know about a period they spend their lives studying. Much better to just post based on pure vibes and outdated scholarship. 🙃

You know what I really love about the Dark Agers? That their main argument is how much better life was under the slave-holding, mostly rural, highly militarised, lead-in-the-waterpipes, civil war and usurper ridden state that the Roman Empire was.

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Drove to the airport to pick up my wife (she's been visiting family for a week) and, I kid you not, the very first song that came on Spotify was Tom Waits' "Better Off Without a Wife." 🤣🤣 Stay in your lane, Spotify!

And then if you’re lucky to be transferred to a tenure-track line, you’ll get a button sewn on with each promotion (like stars on a general’s insignia).

The energy and charisma of Mamdani and his campaign is something to behold

Whenever I accomplish something that wasn't on my To Do list, I first add it to the list and then proudly cross it out. Does anyone else do that?

This has nothing to do with whatever stupid point McCarthy is making, but why does CNN color scheme look like Russia's state TV?

"I asked the calculator I'm dating if it was time we got to the second base. It told be to type 58008 and turn it upside down."

we have both computers and science fiction because Byron was so insufferable it inspired all the women around him to come up with elaborate reasons to get away

These white supremacist edgelords *always* look like the biggest goddamn losers.