Anyone know what the deal is with students sending plain-text emails? Like, it's not a problem, and it's not many of them, but it sure does happen more often than I would think.

I've got a Christian nationalism and ableism paper accepted for publication that I wish was available yesterday.

Grocery stores no longer carry the type of bread my family can eat and the web sites are gouging the price. I seem to recall hearing about people not being able to buy bread when I was a kid now where was that...

The best way for #Disney to repent of its cowardice is to take the reins of #WheelOfTime and renew the show for Season 4.

Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life: 1. New board game smell 2. Hearing "Thank you for your service" at an NSF panel 3. Wind going through trees 4. Kids staying up past their bedtime to read. 5. Clean eyeglasses.

A field trip that RFK Jr. and his HHS staff should be required to take… #USDemocracy

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

Disney reverses course on Kimmel. Lessons: -Trump's anti-Constitutional stances, anti-1A in this case, are unpopular -Popular resistance via expression and spending choices can have an impact -Many corporate leaders are weak, amoral people who'll bow to threats unless they face countervailing ones

Great news but let's please stop mischaracterizing his comments like they do in this article. apnews.com/article/jimm...

Many researchers who study autism caution that there is insufficient data to link autism and Tylenol, or acetaminophen, and that focusing on such a link is no more than a distraction. Nature examines the evidence for a link between the medication and autism. 🧪

The single most frustrating and enraging thing I do on a reguilar basis is deal with the health care and insurance system in these United States of America.

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits." www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

The lifecycle of a research project: "why has no one done this <obvious thing> before?" <5 minutes later> "oh god no."

Saw a student wearing a shirt with Zon Kuthon and I got excited for a fellow Pathfinder player. Hellraiser. Definitely Hellraiser.

When I say Adventures with Emmy will include a Pathfinder/Starfinder compatibility guide, this is the type of fun I have in mind. 🎢 ⬇️

Of all the default settings I loathe, exporting to pdf with comments is perhaps the most annoying.

Windows: "Here's a bunch of programs that'll start right when you turn on your computer, just for funsies!" Me: "I have navigated through the warren of settings to turn them off. But please do open OneDrive when I start my computer." Windows: "What is computor."

When you chronically can't understand song lyrics and everyone is suddenly posting about them.

Former counselor to RFK Jr’s predecessor:

Once more: the best evidence shows that Tylenol taken during pregnancy is not harmful. **This question is settled.** The benefit of reducing discomfort and fever is extremely important at a time when the fetus is developing. Pregnant women - Tylenol is safe. sciencebasedmedicine.org/tylenol-and-...

Nota a bad way to end a #Pathfinder2e book, especially by Bulmahn.

My necromancer is getting into flanking way too many times tonight... #Pathfinder2e

That is the #1 most common religious-y sounding myth people use to reject the need for action. I dismantle it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpjL...

HEY the necromancer's Inevitable Return reaction doesn't actually CAST the create thrall spell so it's not affected by the stupefied flat check. #Pathfinder2e

Also not having been scourged or food-deprived.

Hunger is an underappreciated entry in the Transformers The Movie soundtrack.

Still kinda funny how in Shadow rising(Wheel of time book 4) the town of Taren ferry gets completely annihilated, but no one in rest of Two rivers likes them and so it's fine, we move on and never think about them again

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FDR won 42 states in 1932, it wasn't by pandering to Hoover voters. Then Republicans called him a socialist for 4 years. Then he ran for reelection and won 46 states

Mexican street corn soup with sweet potato planks 🍜

I'm not super happy with the audio here, but I do like the Wheel of Time reference I did in the background of this video youtu.be/XPyuXSyL6oU?...

The Jacksonville omelette is usually eaten on a plate but this one time we almost served it in a bowl that looked super and that's all anyone says about it 25 years later.

My 7yo created a chess puzzle for me with the rare (some tomes say impossible) triple check.

During the Apollo 13 showing yesterday there was a trailer for Back to the Future in Imax October 31 and yes that's exciting woohoo but also wow both those films have Night Train in the soundtrack which we played in middle school fun little coincidence for me.

"THEY DIDN'T EVEN GET TO THE MOON?!" -my son after seeing Apollo 13

HUFF POST: “Trump’s promised “golden age” of high tariffs has spiked inflation to levels higher than during his predecessor Biden’s final year, increasing prices on everything from electricity to coffee.” www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

No the fuck it isn’t. Mastodon is a goddamned garbage fire snd I am sick to death of people extolling its virtues like Black folks haven’t long since pointed out the enduring structural racism of the platform.

My wife and oldest child were at Disney World when the news came out.. she made a note that said “Disney ❤️ Fascism” and pinned it on her shirt all day. I’m proud of her for doing something!

Welp we drove half an hour to get to a movie that isn't showing. Never touching Fandango again.

The thrift store came through again! Literally something I could never get otherwise! It's beautiful to own a small piece of fantasy history and to have The Wheel of Time author's signature in my library!

something something political violence

Cool water fountain at this playground.

I was reliably told celebrating political violence was cause for government reprisal and private sector termination.

IIRC, H1B visas fund the #NSF S-STEM program for scholarships, the only program whose budget is not allocated for in the usual budgeting process. And now it gets tanked, too.

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target

Saw this on Discord. Too good not to share!