After reading a ton of rec letters for an internal student grant, I can say with confidence that every single faculty member at my university is using a different, unauthorized version of the university letterhead

I’m in a hotel, and I forget how wild live tv is. I passed by a news channel that was just eight other news channels in split screen. I’m watching Mike Huckabee sell pills made of red grapes that “widen blood vessels”

Some cold water on the idea that a massive sea change of public opinion is happening. Good to keep in mind.

A student peer support service promising you’ll get to chat with a person. My university, like so many others, is embracing GAI. But when you talk to students on the ground, they’re more ambivalent. Having grown up through the rise of commercial social media, they see the mixed bag of big tech.

I have been teaching about communication tech for a long time, and if there's one through line it's people will use things they find useful even if they see a lot of downsides to society or their self-interest. Survey after survey says it's leadership/management pushing the current iteration of AI.

As President Trump approaches one year back in office, the policies his administration pursues — and how those policies are communicated — have been increasingly shaped by social media.

The ‘deck’ in “Deck the Halls” means “to decorate.” But, it is not related or a shortening of ‘decorate.’ It comes from the Dutch word meaning “to cover.” You also use it when you’re all “decked out.”

“I made it simple for baby boy”

ahh, december. wherein i determine whether organizing my desktop wallpapers is "work"

Seems extra relevant after today’s news

okay but is this headline an AI summary?

a decade after I threw away all my DVDs, I’ve bought my first 4K blu-ray. discs, vinyl, hardbacks. physical media as luxury item is a funny streaming-era byproduct.

I have a John Henry's Hammer mentality about AI. I can write emails better and faster than you, and I will die proving it.

If you have ‘dibs’ on something, you claim or declare rights to that thing before anyone else. ‘Dibs’ comes from an old children's game called ‘dibstones,’ which resembled the game of jacks.

I feel one million years old here, but we do actually have a pretty reliable way of knowing what news is true. Did a real newspaper publish it? Then probably yes. Can’t find it in a real newspaper? Maybe not.

those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station

I'm happy to report I just put on The Big Hoodie for the first time this season

I’m reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra inside a video game where your only objective is to pass time. Been sitting here for an hour clicking A to make my little goblin advance the page. A model Übermensch

my kids are still young but this is basically our strategy. even video games are something that we first and foremost play together, as a family, in the living room.

This summer, you can find me at the pool

Alvin and the Chipmunks is on Hulu. The Squeakquel is on Disney Plus. Chipwrecked is on Peacock. But you have to pay 14.99 for Road Chip.

I regret to inform you this essay did not live up to my standards.

screaming WELCOME TO CHARLESTON the second we land so the captain can’t be the first one to do it

had my first foodtruck Philly cheesesteak and it’s challenging the döner kebab for street food supremacy

me: damn we're spending more on groceries than on our mortgage my escrow shortage: I have good news for you :)

reviewing a dissertation and really happy to see where the field has gone

Honestly for a huge number of content creators, podcast hosts etc, I don't think they think they have a responsibility to try to find out if something is true or not. Rogan feels like a dorm-room bull session for a reason. But of course when you have millions of viewers you can do real damage!

Grammarly needs a "leave me alone, it's poetry" option.

and they say community is dead.

This is what’s keeping me up at night. I’m worried about fall enrollments. At a mid-size college like mine, missing enrollment targets by even a couple hundred is a big hit to the bottom line.

me watching Severance: why is their whole job to drag things around their screen me sorting emails: oh no

went to the museum of the moving image and made my stop motion debut.

don’t tell the feds about the pop culture wing at the Smithsonian. It’s full of thoughtcrimes

NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes

Every day I have to hear about some asshole

Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13. I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.

At a Carl Bernstein talk. He’s dismantling how our media and political systems did their job during Watergate and are failing us today. It’s chilling.

Since I have defended and supported the WaPo in the months since the election and the infamous pulled endorsement, I feel obliged to say: this is very, very bad. A dear friend at a Post vet says it's the worst thing to happen to the Post in its long history, and I can't argue.

disturbing uptick in "we post tweets and talk about them." servile behavior tbh. bluesky is not the Greek chorus for the main character action of twitter, that's loser thinking, have some pride. twitter is dead. post bangers. thank you

Update: My husband was just laid off If you know anyone looking to hire remote large scale grant and contract management folks, DM me

1. I walked 500 miles 2. I walked 500 more 3. Just to be the man who walked 1000 miles 4. To fall down at your door 5. Dah dah duh dah

Exemplary audio journalism from The Daily. Fired federal workers recounting step by boggling step

i accidentally called pillar 2 of our strategic plan "academic extinction" instead of "academic distinction," and i'm trying not to read too much into that

Apparently how you deal with “normal and appropriate” anxiety is mostly the same way you deal with generalized anxiety so back to the gym I guess

My heart ached when I was reminded that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for trying to make academic knowledge more accessible to the public. Meta, meanwhile, is doing it for their own bottom line. I'm going to guess that no one at Meta will be looking at spending 35 years in jail for this.

South Carolina implemented a K-12 phone ban. Kids are solving entertainment problems by buying retro cameras and mp3 players. But they used phones to upload assignments, access materials, communicate with classmates, etc. So they’re leaving high school less prepared for the world than before.

The Riddler has the alias “Patrick Parker” in The Batman (2022) because someone vandalized Riddler’s Wikipedia page 10 years earlier and nobody corrected it

"will the federal government shiv my entire industry out of existence" sure does change the household budgeting equations