This was entirely about purging a trans instructor from the school and they succeeded. It was aided by a lot of dumb liberals taking it at face value arguing the minutia of grading rubrics while ignoring the obvious bad faith efforts behind this.

the grinch is just a modern krampus tale that's palatable to advertisers computer send post

I normally hate it when ppl cite ancient Chinese wisdom, but as children we’re taught 揠苗助长, a parable about a smartass who pulled up his sprouts in the field to help them grow taller faster, only to kill them. Slow thoroughness of a process often can’t be hacked without destroying them altogether.

I think everything in this thread is spot on, but the thing that most non-specialists miss is that individual historians are also the ones who decide there's even something to investigate! Based on their deep reading and expertise, they frame new questions to create new knowledge we didn't have!

Hmmm, it seems I need to have an apartment to get a visa, but I thought I needed to have a visa to lease an apartment, but I need a mailing address in Czechia, but I can't get there to see a place until I have a visa, but

Well, my first day of driving is complete now. I had to drive 8 hours up to Chicago to turn in paperwork for my visa application tomorrow. Not my favorite way to spend two days, but if that's the worst thing I have going on right now, then I'm doing pretty ok.

The future of education

Setting up a new laptop because my motherboard crapped the bed on Wednesday. It seems like there was some sort of crazy solar storm that day. Lots of laptops in the area went wonky, and my folks in CA had their power out for a few hours. But now I have a powerful one for my time in Czechia.

Hooray! My laptop refuses to boot up! And gives me a different recovery message or endless Dell logo each time! This is the best! Yay!

Well it's time to drop the good news I've been sitting on: I am happy to announce that I will be starting as an assistant professor in January at Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. I am very excited to be part of a big Asian Studies department again.

Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it

"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard

This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong. I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.

you will be visited by 3 spirits

you will be visited by 3 spirits

me during character creation for a new campaign www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrmh...

After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT. Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.

Hope everyone is ok with the earthquake up in Aomori.

Well it's time to drop the good news I've been sitting on: I am happy to announce that I will be starting as an assistant professor in January at Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. I am very excited to be part of a big Asian Studies department again.

It was amazing. We hadn't been in the area for months, and when we walked past they immediately came down and gave us the "food?" glare. Corvids are incredible.

When the new pres at Yale had a "listening session" with contingent faculty, this was what I shot up my hand to ask: what supports/procedures does the university have in place to protect contingent faculty from bad-faith attacks/harassment? I was actually surprised she rattled off some resources.

We need to know who is vulnerable among us and how we can protect them so they can continue to do their work with integrity. This is not a "grading essays on controversial topics" problem. This is a "protecting our colleagues from bad actors" problem.

December 1st, it's snowing outside and I plan on staying inside all day; I open my Christmas playlist on my Zune media player and press shuffle; the first song that comes on is Last Christmas. Perfection.

Actually doing Whamageddon at Christmas is a moral failing, you should be listening to Last Christmas at least once a day if not ten

This is a wonderful piece. Also, this is superb.

Well, I seem to be pretty squeaky clean compared to some of you degenerates I'm mutuals with.

you heard it here: reclining is blasphemous i don't make the rules

Wow. The Peacock stream of the parade sucks. How is it this hard to do live TV in 2025?

Re putting out there that I consider AI "music" on the same level as the Rick and Morty "human music."

Tired: AI is/isn't conscious Wired: AI "won't stand in wonder before the beauty of God's creation"

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

LRS: yeah, using poetry to hack LLMs means that the real key to the future is studying poetry. Switch majors, you Stem Scrubs! Or at least take a dang elective!

“Adversarial poetry.” Love this. Obvs.

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The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!

Day 10. カメちゃんに 伸びてあくびで 恵まれた By my turtle Stretching and yawning I have been blessed.

I was being trained to navigate these hotel room interviews right when covid hit. I breathe a sigh of relief that I never had to do them, because they're creepy sounding even as a straight white cis guy.

Don't make me tap the sign.

Had a very productive tag sale today. By random chance, an undergrad came by after seeing us on their jog, and it turned out to be someone in their last year studying Japanese mingei art history. We had a lovely chat about that.

I just remembered a very lovely DnD plot device that worked perfectly well for me as a DM, so I wanted to share it with all my TTRPG people. So, in act 1, I knew that a certain character would want to visit the shop in town because that's his character's schtick: merchant man.

I just remembered a very lovely DnD plot device that worked perfectly well for me as a DM, so I wanted to share it with all my TTRPG people. So, in act 1, I knew that a certain character would want to visit the shop in town because that's his character's schtick: merchant man.

You guys wanna see a dead body?

Sometimes I ponder if I should stop taking my phone into the washroom with me; is it screen addiction? But then I remember in 5th grade I would take in a Calvin and Hobbes anthology and sit there for just as long as I do now.

Ahhhh, I am so close to being able to announce some good news that I've been sitting on for months! The wait is killing me!

me when the AI bubble bursts

Well, I was disappointed enough with last night's political fumble that I got out a pad and a fountain pen and wrote a physical ass letter to Schumer letting him know how angry and disgusted I was with his latest Charlie-Brown run at the football. Unbelievable.

If you're not playing your DnD characters like this, what are we even doing here? www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMaQ...