this sentence alone, my goodness

I hate these “summit“ things that bring together folks like this (such as the NYT one, aside from Halle Berry, who’s okay by me)? They being out the worst, yielding up arrogant, uniformed pronouncements from dorks who know little about the world outside their own (tiny) bubbles. Bah!

Of note for Detroit-area folks: The presence of Jim Farley of Ford and Antonio Filosa of Stellantis (the latter of whom seems like he wants desperately to escape, and his PR people should have warned him). Mary Barra of GM sent a (pro-Trump?) plant manager. Rep. Lisa McClain is a bad banana.

RFK, Jr.’s whole head has taken on odd, Barry Bonds-like proportions in a *very short* number of years, way fewer than the period of comparison used for Bonds. He also does nothing halfway. Seems germane for health policy if he’s injecting anabolic steroids linked to mood and reasoning disorders.

“During the holiday season, mothers are spending the equivalent of an extra work week on housework and shopping compared to fathers.” Read Kate Prickett and Jennifer Augustine on a maternal Third Shift: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

5yo: "When I'm eating peas too fast, I say 'Peeeeeeasy does it.'"

Residents of the Leland House received notice a day after Thanksgiving that the storied building would be shutting down in less than a week, leaving them frustrated and confused. bit.ly/4pBGdGq

Looking forward to participating in this Congressional Briefing on U.S. birth rates with @econmsk.bsky.social & @prbdata.bsky.social's Jennifer Sciubba next week, sponsored by @popassocamerica.bsky.social. If you're in the DC area, join us! RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

He was second-to-last in his high school class (bootstraps apparently lost on the bus or something), AND, despite that abysmal display of non-effort and non-merit, his dad gave him $25k to start his business at age 19. As all white Midwestern 80s dads were prone to do 🙄.

I found this genuinely enlightening. It explains a lot that has puzzled me over the years.

Our university’s campus-wide heating problem, allegedly repaired over the holiday week, has not been resolved, likely necessitating a pivot to online for the final week of classes.

A thought pertaining to college discourse on this app: When we analyze students, teaching, and research in 2025 we must acknowledge an actively hostile social, political, and economic context Our leaders constantly demonstrate their contempt for universities, their workers, and their students

Per a news story they just struck a SIXTH alarm. Six! I am just… holy hell

Gross. I feel bad for the rest of the Portugal team. Infantino has somehow managed to make FIFA even more corrupt than it was before.

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The 25/26 Premier League ball always looks like it rolled through a bloodbath and will be introduced in court as evidence.

Some good popular sociology here on another important revelation of the Epstein files: elite networks and their mechanics of exchange. The article describes "capital conversion" and laundering across forms-money, prestige, research, access and intel. Echoes of C. Wright Mills, Bourdieu, Shamus Khan.

That’s nothin’. Wait til you see my new AI Bris Kit.

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81

Whoever this gal is, she did a real star turn in the 1971 Willy Wonka.

Maybe it is/was the only option, but I kind of hate the idea of throwing all the attackers on the pitch to chase the match. I think it signals desperation and lowers player confidence. It’s like loading up a Christmas tree with ornaments to cover bare spots, until it naturally tips over. #LFC

I think RFK got confused, remembering the advice to hold an animal’s *mouth* closed while massaging its throat to get it to swallow a pill. You don’t suffocate the animal. Woof

The loveliest story I've read in a long while. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The anti-Muslim protest on Sunday in Dearborn was comically sad. There was a rift between two factions when one decided sharia law wasn’t happening, so the other stole his campaign bus and painted a vulgarity next to his name. Also, a man aged ~50 or so was still wearing his Let’s Go Brandon shirt.

Sinclair is trying to take over Scripps, and thus WXYZ Detroit (Channel 7, an ABC affiliate). For now, Scripps appears not to be actively interested, but Sinclair has bought up 8% of their shares on the market and they’re in talks. 😔 This likely would affect other Scripps properties as well.

Serious TW on this video This is right here in Oak Park, MI

Sean Rositano is my first cousin once-removed, and I support him wholeheartedly for this position! He will do a great job representing alumni, students, faculty, and Michigan taxpayers.

Political Gap Between Pastors & Pews “Political partisanship of the average mainline pastor diverges significantly from the politics of the folks sitting in their pews.” Ryan Burge analyzes recent PRRI data to highlight pervasive pattern in Mainline Christianity 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ryanburg...

I was in grad school when Larry Summers made his comments about women’s aptitude in science. It was demoralizing, damaging, and enraging. Come to find out, based on The Crimson’s report, Larry is not only a sex pest, but he has no common sense. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Noooo

[Cuddling by a Malibu fireplace] “Yeah, that reads great, honey! I sound so virile. Maybe also say something about how my eyes are the color of flame?” “Orange?”

i thought about this, and wasn’t there a story about RFK Jr. keeping one of his side-women in an apartment at some point? Did I imagine this? Anyway, it seems kind of weird that Nuzzi ”fled” to LA (of all places!), and somehow has the dough to reside in Malibu and drive a convertible around.

Some city centers become deserted once it gets dark. That's when Utrecht really starts to shine!

Just what we need at this time: Gordon Gee (paid adviser to Bari’s University of Austin) in the Chronicle of Higher Ed, asserting that “universities” have become “isolated and arrogant.” I suppose he may be right if by that he means “prone to hiring self-involved twerps at unconscionable salaries.”

Travel with me now to the Guatemalan Highlands to meet Pedro and Ana: classroom.ricksteves.com/videos/small.... 🧵: 1 of 4

I barely have time or the inclination to call my insurance to change my primary care doctor when the prior one leaves the state (has happened twice in 6 years). The idea that I would enjoy calling around to negotiate my health care plan is one held by people who’ve never have to finagle real life.

Marty Makary is exceedingly unlikeable.

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They’ve got a couple tugs out there attempting to free her this morning, we’ll see what happens

We keep receiving those holiday catalogs with gifts that might appeal to “elderly ladies,“ and I was miffed until I saw the addressee is the woman who had this house for decades before dying in her 80s in 2013. (She had good taste, though, so she too would have swiftly deposited them in the bin.)

1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad 2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

This opinion defies logic. Why can’t people be called what they want to be called? The idea that the bigots’ right to be bigoted overrides common sense is nothing short of infuriating. It isn’t hard! I teach people and ask them what they want to be called. Always have. NBD. 6th Circuit is tripping.

My chilling week on Roblox: sexually assaulted and shat on as a child avatar roaming the online world

Academia runs on three fuels: caffeine, impostor syndrome, and poorly documented code from 2017

When I think of possible Cuomo voters, I recall the (also famous) wife of a rock star/actor (from the 70s forward). She was anti-Trump but started following/retweeting lots of those sensational NYC crime accounts. She also became very irate about car congestion pricing. Twitter made her so angry.

For all my #academicsky folks who can afford to: Check and see if your campus has a food pantry for students in need. The one on my campus takes cash and food donations.

There's accumulating snow in Michigan's U.P., National Weather Service reports

Hold on. What about shiplap and grey walls? Or does this mean Staten Island?

Last night I had a dream where a person gave me a gentle head-bump to show approval of something I said, as the cat does.