GenAI is a fascist product. Sorry you don’t have the moral fortitude to do your own thinking, but fascists love that

Omfg how did I miss the turtleneck thing!

My Insta algorithm is so carefully curated that all I get are baby hippo vids and Ariana/Cynthia memes.

Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea

DOGE was a failure if the goal was saving money. It was a huge success if the goal was giving a bunch of techbro adjacent people unfettered access to govt data in ways that, thus far, are evading the Privacy Act.

Really disappointing none of these scholars was on this recent On Point about MTV, but more scandalous was that other than a cursory treatment of Thriller, everything about Black artists, rap/hip hop, & politics was edited out of the podcast: no Fab Five Freddy, no Tupac… one.npr.org/i/fis-510053...

Very simple lesson here: Faculty governance will defend academic values, like academic freedom, even when it is unpopular. Political appointees who serve as Regents will blow with the ideological winds, which in Texas are anti-speech.

It is abhorrent that the President just threatened death upon members of Congress. We must condemn all threats of political violence, especially when they come from someone who has incited a violent attack on the Capitol.

Famously, countries who blame all of their ills on a single demographic...end up doing pretty horrible things AND fail to address the ills they claim they want to eliminate. Not great, Bob!

A lot of people criticized Black Mirror for being too didactic in its critiques of the dangers of technology, but compared to reality it was very subtle and nuanced. www.cnn.com/2025/11/19/t...

"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged." www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...

great. just what I need, my tax software telling me to kill myself

New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Donald Trump could have just kept his mouth shut about Jamal Khashoggi. But to smear a dead journalist, while sitting with the person accused of orchestrating his murder is just vile. Every time this administration hits rock bottom, a trap door seems to open. Cretin behavior.

The disrespect is reaching new lows.

Jamal Khashoggi's severed limbs disagree

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen. Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage: “Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers” “Church members flee as federal agents arrive” “Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee” “Border Patrol questions people at Walmart” “Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.

I’m gifting this article so you can read it without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

You know the economy is tanking when Ollie’s has to change its slogan from “Good Stuff Cheap” to “Good Stuff”

If you get ethered by Joyce Carol Oates the same week you got paid $1 trillion and the first thing is what’s on your mind then you are the world’s biggest chump. A huge dolt. A single celled organism wearing sunglasses.

I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:

Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...

So moving seeing this wonderful elder statesman of hip hop get teary as he contemplates his legacy ❤️ OutKast is everlasting

In 2024, Trump said if I voted for Harris, the economy would collapse and millions of Americans would be standing in bread lines. Sure enough, I voted for Harris and that's exactly what happened.

Because, as I have said, it’s only good universal use case is disciplining labor.

Everything is going great

We have taken products off the market for being far less dangerous. We also have a clear signal that all the money we’re dumping into AI could be better spent addressing a serious mental health crisis.

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800+ flights cancelled today because Elon took a chainsaw to the federal government and Trump won’t pay the remaining airport personnel. Elon’s on his way to becoming a trillionaire. Trump’s net worth has more than doubled inside a year. Glad everything worked out for them. How about you?

Brother Warnock lays it plain.

The best thing RFK JR could have done is flee the scene when Novo Nordisk collapsed. WHY? Because he's not a doctor or medical or health care professional. I wish he'd flee the room when professionals start talking about vaccines and health care.

The first house my husband and I bought together was a Scheibler townhouse. I still miss it 20 years later.

once again, Canvas isn't working. Thank God every assignment, grade, and means for communicating with my students aren't locked inside it!!!

USDA says they will give out 50% but that upset Trump so he's just gonna illegally hold up the system even after the judge ruled as expected. He's starving people & masturbating to the thought of peoples tears. Are we really going to let this man starve over 10% of the US? Hunt them down.

I remember weeping after Bush/Cheney were elected for a 2nd term. I thought our country had hit rock bottom. Man, I had no idea what was coming.

Trump still has not followed a court order to release SNAP funds for millions of people. Meanwhile, he hosted a "Great Gatsby" themed party at Mar-a-Lago this weekend. And he posted seven times about renovating a White House bathroom with marble and gold. Priorities.

In light of the cut to SNAP this coming month, I'd like to share that Aldi grocery stores have a "Feast for 10" deal for $40 until 12/24. It includes everything for making turkey, sides, and dessert. www.aldi.us/products/tha...

So they edited out the part where he said 60 Minutes had to pay him for editing things out???!?!?!? MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!

I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

I’m here to say that I am a Ridiculousness scholar if you want to talk about its end, journalists.

Today I met Teddy the Thrift Store Dog whose face looks like her butt. She watches cartoons. Her owner told me she is a Tik Tok celebrity. Today was a good day.

I asked my 80 Intro to Film students to complete their weekly discussion post IN CLASS with pen & paper. Truly relieved to see the majority of them answered the ? in detail, using details from the film & concepts discussed in class. Yes, my bar is low, but I'll take it!

thinking about potato house this halloween