Brought Ragnar to public speaking today as an activity participant. Students had to do a demonstration of something with him, and I even brought bag of his grooming supplies, toys, and treats. Ragnar was so excited to meet everyone that he slept solid for two hours.

Idiot GOP in Senate and House: this illegal war is now on them as much as Trump. I hope they are charged in the Hague.

Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone. But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.

Holy shit! David Finley! @AEWDynamite

Gamers shouldn't be running a war. This is the ultimate desensitized, dehumanized response to war.

The Trump crowd circulating messages about how the war with Iran is to bring back Christ. I don't think he'd be happy with them if he did.

IT'S HERE, from me: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... "Participatory Democracy and Its Limits"

Beware of false profits.‼️

If I were elected President, my inauguration speech would be full of apologies for all the wrongs done by the United States, inside and out, and my pledge to do better to atone and rebuild.

How often is R2D2, when in shots with others, composed to be in the center of the shot?

I finished a book yesterday. I feel horrible celebrating because of Trump-Netanyahu's War. And I know self-care is important. Maybe that's why I celebrated with a meal I wanted but knew was bad for me today. Guilty pleasure meets guilty pain. Anyway, book is off to publisher. Badlands in snow.

Ragnar is back from his 3-week boarding-training program. Just in time for us to run for the border if we criticize the regime for their war.

So he got cocky after Venezuela and thought he could do the same with Iran. Great.

Look, I like the Danhausen gimmick, but he's not a good wrestler. He belongs in WWE. Can we get Fenix and Penta back in AEW?

On loop: "I hate the world today" /morissette

Honestly, right now, CNN can be sold for parts. Their glamorization of the Gulf War set the stage for everything since.

How are there ads during war coverage? How can people still be concerned about profit as people die? What is wrong with humanity?

Thinking of... - The people of Iran, who mostly hate their government - The people of Israel, who mostly hate their government - The people of Palestine, who mostly hate their government - The people of the USA, who mostly hate their government

We are simultaneously spectators to our own lives, writers of the story(s) we want to tell of our lives, and performers of our story(s) to others for them to understand our lives.

Woke up for the documentary course to see more war in the Middle East. Reflecting on how the Gulf War woke me up to a larger world beyond me at 12 years old. Then how at 15 years of uncle's disappearance woke me up to uncomfortable truths about my family. Waking up to utter powerlessness always.

As a professional military strategist, I just wanted to make sure everyone has a full understanding of the American strategy in Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter

People just want to live their lives, and these fucking elites with greed and grudges keep launching wars at each other that cause us to die. These elites should not be allowed to rule us any more. Fuck their greed. Fuck their grudges. Make them fight each other instead. I stand with all peoples.

fell for it again award

To the world from a real American: I am so fucking sorry. Fuck Trump. Fuck Netanyahu.

So let’s think about this. A private company refused - on principle - to yield to the government’s demands. The government then cancelled its contracts with the company and has set about destroying it

Today, in public speaking, we did a Taskmaster for their demonstration speech unit. With a partner, they had to explain a common human activity to an alien who could only say "hello!" when happy and "what?" when confused. My husband, whose class it is, was the alien. He had to do push-ups!

the consolidation of major media institutions by the president’s oligarch friends is obviously bad, but i do wonder about the ultimate impact. it is clear that trump and his allies believe that you can buy up media and pull an orban or a putin. but…

New rule: if you don't accept other humans as humans, then you are no longer human yourself.

Dispatches from MN: it's getting really hard, guys. The media has left, the donations are drying up, and ICE is still here kidnapping people. It's hard not to be resentful that other people have the option of setting this aside for.other things.

Tonight, at 7PM MST, I'll livestream via YouTube finally going through the boxes my aunt gave me. I can't open the evidence bags for legal reasons, and I won't show personal items on camera. But I'll make sense of the artifacts with you all. Since that's what we do now. @fanstudies.bsky.social

About 30 years ago, my uncle went missing and my aunt went looking for him. The story ended up on Unsolved Mysteries and helped tear apart my family. Tonight, I'll livestream going through boxes of documents given to me by my aunt of what happened as I make sense of it. Follow here for more.

At what point does just living become a subscription plan: pay $4.99 per month or die.

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

Any communication campaign should draw on cybernetics to form a closed system.

Just learned about looksmaxxing and bonesmashing, and if you have teenage children -- especially insecure ones -- look into it.

My experience so far with metformin when I eat something too high in GI...aversion therapy in action.

Reading about the RATE online tool by U Minnesota College of Liberal Arts and thinking about how I proposed a 21st century skills tagging system to update gen Ed requirements at my past institution. Maybe the NDUS folks would be interested in something like this. #AcademicSky #EduSky

Ya know, good governance isn't hard. It just requires wanting to do it.

If the exemption for hate speech to the First Amendment is meant to protect people, then I propose another exemption to protect people: no intentional use of AI to create disinformation.

Theodore Roosevelt: The first pop culture president? ##AcademicSky

11 years ago today on Lucha Underground S01E28, Angelico hit this INSANE FLYING DROPKICK from the top of Dario Cueto’s office! #AEW

Hmm, perhaps the pursuit of knowledge stems from two primary questions: what am I, and what is that?

I always love talking about professional wrestling! @thepwsa.bsky.social @mpcaaca.bsky.social

I'm at the It's a Wonderful Life phase of my exhaustion.

Hey, you know what...the Star Tours video, as a text, makes no sense...https://youtu.be/nK7zy82LtYU?si=rQ0-fQFl06m0rxbO

A student submitted the assignment instructions instead of their assignment responding to the instructions. I have never seen that before.

Sigh. Using AI to generate an outline for a wedding toast without any personal or identifying information. Maybe we just say: hey, you don't care about being successful in the future, then rely on AI and let it do the work you'll not be able to do -- and piss off your family with a bland speech.

So many organized hate groups, aka militia emerging in the 21st century make me think Fight Club has something to do with it: youtu.be/EwxncYTfESg?...

Not just a tax: it's a grift. He's pocketing the money.