Fusion centers (not exactly the most "woke" institution on the planet) are now worried that the Department of Homeland Security's tweets are too racist and attracting the wrong people. theintercept.com/2026/05/21/i...

the ones who walk away from grogu

I've been saying this for years. Democrats have wasted billions of dollars renting airtime for ads that everyone hates. Instead, buy the stations. Fund the podcasts. Own the newspapers.

The Boys finale was so bad it was truly baffling. It felt surreal watching it, like surely this is all some kind of meta-joke thing that's going to be rug-pulled and twisted around in some non-sequitur. But nope. What ya see is what ya get

too late, I have already depicted me as the wide-ranging open-minded web of ideas competing against one another and you as the narrow-minded brainwashed smaller web of ideas collapsing into homogeneity

The whole family put on their graduation regalia for pics and Rollo is so sick of our shit (not pictured: baby in cap and gown)

the funniest thing about this picture is that without context it looks like I am endorsing the messages on those patches. Which I am. Because I am a Thought Criminal

Alright now that the doctorate is done its time to get back to podcasting

Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://bit.ly/44aNdkq

Incredible

Fun fact: I am named after this movie

Gave the dog a whole plain hamburger to celebrate his father becoming a doctor

Hey I'm a Doctor now. Adjust your spreadsheets accordingly

Seven years ago I impulsively moved to Philadelphia to live with a guy who was starting a PhD program there. Today he's Dr. Shano. I'm so proud of you @shanesheehy.bsky.social

It’s because it’s not government policy. It’s not a legal action. It’s not a political move. It’s a heist. You’re watching an armed heist in broad daylight and the man leading it is asking you to be happy about your money being stolen from you and your family

i wrote a book about these kids, what's happening to them, and how to stop it

im also not entirely sure how 'the underlying crime of watergate was actually pretty pedestrian' got so drilled into peoples heads. a criminal conspiracy to weaponize the federal government to sabotage your political opponents is actually pretty bad i would say

I was at home on a reduced salary using my laptop to teach dozens of students while this guy was collecting book royalties checks

I GET LOGGED OUT. BUT I LOG IN AGAIN

"I ask all of you to think of it, graduates and families alike, let yourself dream of a future in which we can harness this amazing new technology to eliminate entry-level jobs entirely. Indeed, that work has already begun, and that future is now." /college kid booing intensifies "Wow okay,"

Divide and conquer is the number-one strategy of the radical right. They target programs and people who aren't widely known. This discipline is incredibly important work, but even if you don't use it, understand that these methods will be turned against disciplines you do use.

essential listening

I'll take $15 worth of Mr. IHOP's time and learn everything I can since you can't put a price on KNOWLEDGE.

had to shave my beard for the first time since my baby was born (3 months!) since I have an event tomorrow. She is devastated that I no longer look like Karl Marx

Constantly reminded that there are people that live entirely different kinds of lives than me

take the fifteen dollars, buy 150 hash brown seeds, 150 grow bags, and 150 bags of soil. use the coffee I have at home for fertilizer. fresh fruit to attract pests

all data is my enemy

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida. Read more: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme...

if i was going to give a college commencement speech i would make sure to start with something the students could rally behind. something like "we will mechanically suck the youth from your bones to feed a mechanical eschaton, which my generation will use to climb heaven and become new gods"

man it's gonna be a long summer

average member of the Trump administration:

Me and my wife are doing the cryptkeeper voice back and forth to eachother until it starts a fight

I’m tired of the dishonesty of this entire debate. The folks calling for “perspectives different from their own“ are shutting down Women’s and African American studies because they hate differing opinions. Marginalized folks had a small foothold, and powerful people decided to push them out.

What's his story?

Get a load of these freeloading babies

Had to Google "George Lucas birthday" this morning to remember if today is our wedding anniversary and it is! What a chaotic and joyful year it's been and what a gift to share it with my favorite person in the world. I love you @shanesheehy.bsky.social & our blurry dog & our beautiful baby

What “distressing” ideas? How are they “cocooned”? It’s amazing how much publicity one can get by reinforcing cliches that accord so little with the experiences of so many of us who actually teach college students.

A classic thought-terminating cliché: whenever you encounter it, ask the people making these idiotic claims to present one example, piece of data, or any basis for what they’re whining about. They will twist in the wind.

Flight! From! Reality!

New from me @notus.com: Internally, FBI agents are now referring to a "payback squad" based in NY or DC. Its remit? Targeting former government officials. www.notus.org/trump-white-...

This is a deep cut but does anyone have the video clip of Baked Alaska (Tim Gionet) dancing/lip-synching to the "Hit or Miss" song. My baked alaska archive got lost in the shuffle the last time I switched computers. Not that that's an excuse; it is my burden to carry this around in my brain forever.

Social Media in 2035

I must say the blockchain is one thing that makes me a little hopeful about the future of AI.

I'm king of the website!

“The Elder Scrolls” is what they say about you when you’re on your phone!

I can live with it....I *can* live with it.