If I ever leave Memphis it will be due to the pay, resources, and some people in the administration (not the President). It won't be because of my Chair and Dean - that would be amongst the saddest parts if I ever leave, they're cool as fuck.

Yea for some reason this feels very on brand.... MAGA influencer arrested for public masturbation at 250 celebration. www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-i...

As I've said, getting tenure was a goal of mine but it wasn't anything that I really sweat over. I knew for several years that I put myself in a strong position. My reaction are you getting this letter was,"Ok, cool. Appreciate you all." I guess I am now the Associate to the Professor.

It's a total mystery Don... Like most things to them.

Haha my dean clowing me on LinkedIn, I love that dude

Every 4 or 8 years - we're going to replace random people who are trying to build careers keeping the government functioning as needed with loyalists who know jackshit about job. Way to kill any insititutional knowledge and ensure the GOP talking point persists: "Government never works."

Always nice to be cited alongside friends Robert Toutkoushian and Justin Ortagus in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. My view: based on Life University's own statements, I don't see a credible turnaround plan. Probation + a credit downgrade won't help enrollment. www.ajc.com/education/20...

Just chilling to some Guster

Nothing irritates me more to see my name in a mass media article next to one specific person... And they won't stop not pairing us together. One of us got to where we're at because of our merit one of us because of who his mommy is. To me it's everything wrong with this fucking place.

........ 250 celebration closed for

Kevin Steen when he comes back to hug Sami next week...

This is an inarguable fact - there's NO better training montage in any movie that's better than Rocky 4s and the closest one is Rocky 3....

Also me recognizing that Carl Weathers had essentially the body of a Greek God from Rocky - Rocky 4.

Me when reporters call me an Economist and I have to correct them because my field deserves its respect

Oba Femi is gonna murder Sami... But good on Sami! I guess now The Bloodline holds all of the Heavyweight Championships

Well this came in today.... Did a test spray (just a single stage rattle can) to see how much I like Mudbath - and then started painting the rear lid trim a few different colors to see what works with Mudbath, beside black.

Man, it seems like engagement here is cratering... No I'm not trying to shit post Bluesky even in my estimates the larger accounts seem less engaged with.

Reek...

Those food prices are something but someone is going to have to bail out Iran - may as well be MAGA partying with themselves at a party for everyone they've ruined.

Next week it's time to figure out how much I actually like the Toyota Mudbath color on a Caprice panel... The color with this gold isn't bad at all in this poorly shot badly prepped trim piece. Sorry neighbors for sanding shit at 9pm but shit gotta get done.

The only Passport accepted at Epstein Ranch and Island

This part of this interview was one of the more difficult ones that I've been part of. Probing this conversation was hard because, of course, I wanted to be careful and respectful to the person. padlet.com/dcllier6/bal...

I'm humbled by the stories that student loan borrowers have been sharing and that they're consenting me to use clips of the interviews on this website. To me this clip is insane: "Heidi" details a form of spousal manipulation relative to student loan debt. padlet.com/dcllier6/bal...

Just reminder Chris Rufo is a piece of shit but Larry Arnn is even actually worse. Chris will never have the wider acceptance that Larry gets... And Larry can craft his shitty points into pseudo-academic language that passes as respectable enough.

Da fuck? Who you appealing to, this literally sounds like you are "trying" to commit crimes AND keep people from accountability. Hahaha

I bought these Camaro Brembos a few years ago for super cheap. And just friendly advice. If you hear grinding after to do a caliper swap, stop immediately or do it for 25 more miles and grind it good - look how deep those grooves were. Someone messed up the innards of their rims. Doh

Score! Jesse the body Ventura baby in the chase variant... Been looking for one of these for a while. I even left a King Kong bundy Chase.

Now I have it set up to where when I add more transcripts it automatically updates everything. It's not a bad workflow

I'm a more center left person - with that said having former Republicans tell Dems not to move further left reminds me of when they told Dems not to move further left to get their votes and moderates.... Only for moderates and left out Republicans to... Vote for Trump. Ya all played that hand.

Ok, I promised myself that I was not going to sit at my computer all day and do things and then I had a fantastic idea.... my data on #IDR / #PSLF are coded with themes and subthemes so I wondered what kind of mental maps I could ask my #AI Agent to develop. Examples Below, No Pic here for tease

See, something like this was SUPER useful to conceptualize, I would have never thought of this specific journal. After more investigation seems like a pretty strong fit with minor reworks - and JFEI would get more eyeballs on it than a HE journal. We didn't take ALL suggestions but had a roadmap.

Lately I've developed a few AI Agents to help my workflow. I fed it a manuscript and told it to review my paper like a harsh Reviewer 2. Caught gaps in transitions, unintentional causal language and suggested how to tighten up the discussion. Was a decent thought partner - but ass editor.

Ok, everyone this morning is an expert on student loan rates.... Good to see the dumbest of takes on both Bluesky and Twitter - although Twitter by far has the edge regarding dumbest of takes. The government doesn't "make" money on student loans depending on which accounting method they use.

Suck to be a Wrestling fan RN: AEW just sucks and has for some time, I keep hoping that one day Tony will learn how to write a story that's not shit or emo kid losing a friend. WWE is unwatchable, no stories beyond Bloodline and Cody, no fucking wrestling, all of the damn ads and stupid celebs.

Wondered when we would get the lawsuit to have REPAYE reestablished.... I have no idea how this will go but IMO it SHOULD have SAVE reverted back to REPAYE with OBBB doesn't touch. SAVE Plan: New Filing Calls to Stop Transfer of Student-Loan Borrowers - share.google/0hIOqMcjGP23...

The Rock as Real Life Maui...no. He's like 20 years too old to do it now. I mean you can't tell me this doesn't look like ass. And yet I sorta need to see it for hilarity.

Um, friendly advice to colleges under a lot of financial strain and downgraded credit... when reporters ask you about the plan to turn it around, don't respond with, "well lots of institutions are in the same boat as we are."

The only thing that excites me about this is that maybe it will drive down the cost of the Maverick or Rampage (when Dodge actually gets around to doing that shit).

Ah shit kid you got me! Some young guy is going door to door to sign up for a voting activist group - with interests that align w/ my own - first thing be says is, "Oh man, nice Caprice - everyone thinks it's an Impala until they get walked." Buddy, I can't say no to a guy with good taste!

Haha he's holding up a bipartisan bill on affordable housing for a voters "rights" Bill that's not even widely popular within his own party? Man if there was ever an indicator that he just don't give a fuck about his own voters' financial health and security... This would be it.

I'm at a coffee shop listening to two music professors and I'm dying. 🤣 One ranted about the "stupid stuff Christina Aguilera and modern pop stars do" with the "uhhh, UHHH, Uhhh," vocal runs. "And the students love that stupid shit."

It's weird being proud of the Chicago White Sox again... Thank you Da Pope!

Mean Guns... A beautiful B-movie that would be on HBO late at night featuring I-Tea and Christopher Lambert. One of my fave movies to watch with my best friend.

Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and House of Dragons have both been outstanding series... And yes I'm giving HoD a bit of a pass for quality last year because WB told HBO to cut the season short to save cash for the sale.

Remember y'all - always show praise to the staff members of the college and university. They do A LOT of work and often for limited pay. Many go above the call too, for example my pre-grants person had to put in extra time for our government grant that was submitted today. Be kind to your peeps.

Ok... last update for the day on my recent work with borrowers in Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). I've been coding interviews and have some solid higher-level themes put into the website now but will detail in thread padlet.com/dcllier6/bal...

Ok, I spent some time today uploading more interview clips from my #IDR and #PSLF interview: included now are responses from: Real Educator, Phoenix, CO, Doc Vee, Goose Gosling, and Marie Mac. It was a nice break from grant writing to pop this all up. padlet.com/dcllier6/bal...

I think I'm finally over this food poisoning... Fuck that shit man

Food poisioning, do not reccomdend - expecially on days when a $3.2m federal grant is due.

What a fantastic episode of Dance of Dragons..... Also count me out of navy battles... My ass belongs on the ground properly.