to summarize the disney/kimmel situation

"I'm a historian of China, and so I'm really used to when governments are stepping in trying to whitewash history and censor history like that. And it really upset me to see this being threatened in the United States as well." www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...

No doubt.

With malice toward my opponents, with charity for my minions, with firmness in the grift as God gives us to see the grift, let us strive on to finish the work we are in to pour salt on the nation's wounds, to pardon him who shall have done my bidding, & to do all which may line my family's pockets.

Was discussing the Odyssey with my 14-year-old daughter, who commented that men will start the Trojan War instead of going to therapy.

Like Scaramucci has become a unit of time (11 days), can Homan become an internet unit of money ($50,000)?

"The lack of affordable housing and available jobs is contributing to broader economic immobility." www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there

Of course some fish are known for their musical ability, such as drum, bass, and trumpetfish.

I thought they just played scales. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

This place could use a little more joy so here's a video of Chappell Roan singing Pink Pony Club last night.

America's working class is getting squeezed and spending less of what little they have. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Everyone should start referring to him as Tom "Bag of Cash" Homan www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.

Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.

Trump relentlessly running extortion schemes against American businesses.

Where's the beef?

A wonderful colleague passed away recently. Our student newspaper wrote a beautiful story about him. I wanted to share it with you. Ricardo Ortiz was a great scholar, teacher, and colleague, and an even better person. He will be missed. We are lucky to have known him. thehoya.com/news/ricardo...

Left: new study of the effects of AI Right: Adam Smith in the Wealth of Nations

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

They will hash it out

"I send you a moment’s amusement at my expence in the Connecticut paper." -TJ to JM

Might as well defend your faculty.

There should be more bookmobiles.

Listen, it's not always the fastest but if I ever wrote a mystery novel the detective would definitely be an ILL librarian. They are bloodhounds.

One of my dreams is for Interlibrary Loan to have Amazon Prime-level logistics.

Might as well defend your faculty.

I was told that the era of big government would be over. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

The Founders did not intend for the Constitution to apply to late night shows.

Washington, D.C. Councilmember Robert White announces he'll challenge Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton—who is his former boss—in next year's Democratic primary. Norton, 88, has repeatedly insisted she'll run again despite serious concerns about her health and recent job performance.

You threaten to conquer a country a whole bunch of times and all of a sudden people get all mad bsky.app/profile/step...

Woody Allen once had a bit about how he suspected all his appliances were anti-semitic. Now that you can buy a "smart" refrigerator with AI connected to the internet, it's just a matter of time before that becomes true. www.t3.com/home-living/...

@bcdreyer.social are you going to any of these shows?

Musicals coming to the Kennedy Center this season: How To Get Ahead in Business Without The Rule Of Law Bye Bye Vaccines Damn Yankees

The Hamilton sequel will have a big number called "The Room Where Nothing Happens"

People in power do not like to be laughed at. It undermines their claim to authority.

Today was Constitution Day, ironically.

I went out to dinner and was vilely accosted by the bill.

I went out to dinner and was vilely accosted by the bill.

It is not happenstance. It is an inevitability when the president goes out to eat in a city where 90% of the people voted against him & he is even less popular now.

The national guard was just window dressing for intensified surveillance and policing of poor black and immigrant DC. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

No 14-year-old should be tried as an adult. None. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

This is quickly mushrooming into a real international incident www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Amused at all the tributes that are basically like here lies Robert Redford, who was hot

A lot of ink is being spilled over this study www.npr.org/2025/09/16/n...

"In America, the majority draws a formidable circle around thought. Within these limits, the writer is free; but woe to him if he dares to go beyond them." - Tocqueville, Democracy in America

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Has he factored in the cognitive effects of people wearing smart glasses constantly getting punched in the face?

I guess Harpers Ferry is now going to be a place to celebrate pre-bridge infrastructure.

I have no problem being replaced by an octopus. AI, on the other hand...