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model citizen, zero discipline. grants guy. higher ed guy. ohio guy.
The Quick and the Bread. thank you.
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"now those capitalist pigs will pay for their crimes, eh comrades? eh?" 🕺
November 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
RIP/obsessed with this tune

youtu.be/ISCFeQ7963A?...
D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Back to the Future (Part I) (Audio)
YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
FYI CVS is basically paying you to get a COVID vaccine right now (gave me a $10 off $20 coupon), and they don't ask any questions about any required conditions.
October 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.
October 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
in my office we play celebratory music after a big grant deadline. my deadline is tomorrow but i'm starting early with my latest favorite song ever.

youtu.be/b-WJQzcnEKY?...
Mario Jimeno - Banda 20 de Julio de Repelón / Discos Fuentes
YouTube video by Discos Fuentes Edimusica
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
love a looming federal government shutdown two days before a federal grant deadline
September 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
i've been messing with federal grants a long time, through multiple government shutdowns or risks thereof. seems like we should've already been getting notices about the possibility?
September 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
i once heard daniel diermeier, then of NU's kellogg now chancellor at vanderbilt, give a talk about tylenol's reputation problem in the 80s and management thereof. he wrote a book about it, and i would like to see how a new edition covers today's link to autism.
September 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
poll: are you a northeast committee for public safety guy or a west coast committee for public safety guy? also we need a great lakes one (but i'd still have to move).
September 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
caught the in memoriam part of the Emmy’s and was completely floored by the number of household names from my youth who died in the past year. Seemed like half of 80s tv.
September 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
fox news host advocating systematic murder of people with mental illness
Fox News host on mentally ill people who commit crimes: “Just kill them”
www.mediamatters.org/fox-friends/...
September 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"stock market goin up...jobs...goin down"
September 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Right here
I genuinely think one thing that trips up folks on the left is that they can't imagine not sharing certain core values. Lemme explain. Here's an intuition pump:

Say you're in negotiations with counterparty X. And there are two possible deals on the table ...
August 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
just saw a grant cancellation letter that an area college received today and the mfin letter from the education department refers to and i shit you negative...

'...excelence in education'
August 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Where my dogs at
August 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
i keep thinking of this cartoon lately - that was still airing regularly in 1981 - for no good reason i'm sure.

youtu.be/b7wq--FB_lY?...
Fifth Column Mouse (1943)
YouTube video by CCCartoons
youtu.be
August 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“eg-no-ra-moose” iykyk
August 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
David Brooks stfu x ♾️
August 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Making Up Dumb Band Names: The Vag Rants
August 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM