Butt Praxis
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I teach a lot of working class first generation students at Nicholls in South Louisiana. I will never give up my conviction that my students deserve Homer and Sappho and Sophocles and Ovid and Dante too. It's not too good for them.
(3) But the Democrat view is also bad: while it's fine for people at Princeton and Harvard to study Latin and Sanskrit, public higher education is about job training and $ ROI. There is no room for the idea that curiosity-driven inquiry is a good that should be supported by the public.
February 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I teach a lot of working class first generation students at Nicholls in South Louisiana. I will never give up my conviction that my students deserve Homer and Sappho and Sophocles and Ovid and Dante too. It's not too good for them.
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Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
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Everyone involved in this humanitarian disaster needs to be held accountable and the suffering as a result of this unconscionable cruelty must continue to be reported on as often as possible. The victims cannot be forgotten.
As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Everyone involved in this humanitarian disaster needs to be held accountable and the suffering as a result of this unconscionable cruelty must continue to be reported on as often as possible. The victims cannot be forgotten.
ICE is using their huge budget to buy more warehouses and turn them into prisons for children. The only way this stops is if ICE is completely defunded
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:10 PM
ICE is using their huge budget to buy more warehouses and turn them into prisons for children. The only way this stops is if ICE is completely defunded
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This technology already exists and is widely used. It doesn't involve 'government surveillance' and would not allow ICE or any other government agency to stop individual cars.
Just say you think thousands of kids dying every year is worth it so you can speed!
www.autoweek.com/news/a615322...
Just say you think thousands of kids dying every year is worth it so you can speed!
www.autoweek.com/news/a615322...
Speed Limiters Now Mandatory in All New EU Cars
Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA) isn't an ironclad speeding prevention system, but could be just annoying enough to spark a backlash.
www.autoweek.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
This technology already exists and is widely used. It doesn't involve 'government surveillance' and would not allow ICE or any other government agency to stop individual cars.
Just say you think thousands of kids dying every year is worth it so you can speed!
www.autoweek.com/news/a615322...
Just say you think thousands of kids dying every year is worth it so you can speed!
www.autoweek.com/news/a615322...
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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very funny saga on local reddit of a tiny dog somebody found in the marsh that looks like a teddy bear but won't stop trying to fuck everything. please if you're missing an extraordinarily horny dog contact the foster he's ruining their lives
February 8, 2026 at 3:41 AM
very funny saga on local reddit of a tiny dog somebody found in the marsh that looks like a teddy bear but won't stop trying to fuck everything. please if you're missing an extraordinarily horny dog contact the foster he's ruining their lives
I love Clojure because it feels poetic. There’s a creative freedom in it that I don’t feel with OOP languages. Cool blog post attempting to quantify that by analyzing “DRYness” in various codebases: in unique LOC, Clojure comes out on top! boyter.org/posts/boiler...
Boilerplate Tax - Ranking popular programming languages by density | Ben E. C. Boyter
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February 7, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I love Clojure because it feels poetic. There’s a creative freedom in it that I don’t feel with OOP languages. Cool blog post attempting to quantify that by analyzing “DRYness” in various codebases: in unique LOC, Clojure comes out on top! boyter.org/posts/boiler...
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On 1 February 2026, batteries in CAISO never reached zero discharge rate while the sun was down, displacing gas and imports in California and supplying renewable electricity all night long.
#energysky
www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...
#energysky
www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...
February 3, 2026 at 10:55 PM
On 1 February 2026, batteries in CAISO never reached zero discharge rate while the sun was down, displacing gas and imports in California and supplying renewable electricity all night long.
#energysky
www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...
#energysky
www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...
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somebody’s sweet plums are crowding my icebox
somebody’s cold plums are giving me chills
somebody’s cold plums are giving me chills
February 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
somebody’s sweet plums are crowding my icebox
somebody’s cold plums are giving me chills
somebody’s cold plums are giving me chills
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once again, public opinion on 'trans issues' did not just change out of nowhere. there was little to no constituency for it back in 2018, and after Bostock the conservative movement decided to invest in the issue to create the environment we have.
February 5, 2026 at 3:03 PM
once again, public opinion on 'trans issues' did not just change out of nowhere. there was little to no constituency for it back in 2018, and after Bostock the conservative movement decided to invest in the issue to create the environment we have.
I am officially a San Francisco resident again. We are home.
February 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I am officially a San Francisco resident again. We are home.
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Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
Sick fourth-grader among 4 Columbia Heights students held by ICE
Columbia Heights Public Schools says four students remain detained by ICE after Liam’s return, including 10-year-old Elizabeth, who has fallen ill.
sahanjournal.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
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hello, is this the newspaper. i would like to announce that i can't get laid. no, i don't mean a personal ad. i want to be in the news part of the newspaper. no i will NOT hold for a manager.
📢 “A huge amount of men between the age of 15 and 50 will not pass on their genes. They will effectively die out of the gene pool ... Should society intervene?” Steven Bartlett asked last year.
Two top podcasters have identified a global decline. The problem, they say, is women
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February 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
hello, is this the newspaper. i would like to announce that i can't get laid. no, i don't mean a personal ad. i want to be in the news part of the newspaper. no i will NOT hold for a manager.
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chiefs should win, super bowl . lets invent new disease like cold but worse. cancel, game of thrones. can we make kids, snort cinnamon on tiktok. lady ga ga meat dress
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 8:58 PM
chiefs should win, super bowl . lets invent new disease like cold but worse. cancel, game of thrones. can we make kids, snort cinnamon on tiktok. lady ga ga meat dress
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One of the most surprising things I've learned from my research is that "how hot it's gotten so far" doesn't tell us much about "how hot it's going to get eventually". Long-ago, really weird climates can tell us a lot more about where we're headed.
Recent assessments have found the last glacial maximum implies a climate sensitivity of 2.4C (1.4C to 5.0C): www.science.org/doi/...
And the Pliocene implies a sensitivity of 3.1C (2.3C to 4.7C): www.pnas.org/doi/10....
Paleoclimate evidence generally provides the strongest constraint on high ECS.
And the Pliocene implies a sensitivity of 3.1C (2.3C to 4.7C): www.pnas.org/doi/10....
Paleoclimate evidence generally provides the strongest constraint on high ECS.
February 2, 2026 at 8:37 PM
One of the most surprising things I've learned from my research is that "how hot it's gotten so far" doesn't tell us much about "how hot it's going to get eventually". Long-ago, really weird climates can tell us a lot more about where we're headed.
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February 2, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I am a single-issue voter and it’s this
Children should never, ever, ever be in jail.
February 2, 2026 at 1:01 AM
I am a single-issue voter and it’s this
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I cannot overemphasize enough how important it is every district in the US have someone running on the Democratic line this November. And ideally that it be someone not trash. This is a super important time to be aware of your local primaries. This is actual "Fuck it! Run yourself!" hours
Dems flipped a TX State Senate seat last night which has been held by Republicans for the last 48 years. Trump beat Harris here by 17% -- 58% to 41%. But vet & machinist Taylor Rehmet reversed that, winning 57%-43%.
Reps had pumped $2.5m in compared to Dems $.5m to try to save the seat.
Reps had pumped $2.5m in compared to Dems $.5m to try to save the seat.
Blue wave watch: Democrat flips Trump +17 Texas Senate seat in 32-point swing
A nerdy look at precinct-level data from the TX SD-9 special election
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I cannot overemphasize enough how important it is every district in the US have someone running on the Democratic line this November. And ideally that it be someone not trash. This is a super important time to be aware of your local primaries. This is actual "Fuck it! Run yourself!" hours
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I basically can’t drive thru our little downtown for the foreseeable future despite major roads passing there bc twice in the last week they lobbed tear gas at protesters (which def also affected cars driving by). Tear gas is an abortifacient and I’m pregnant w twins.
Thanks, I feel protected now!
Thanks, I feel protected now!
Are any politicians running on a platform of finally banning teargas? Like, that shit is banned for use in warfare but it seems like everyone is okay with it being lobbed at citizens on a regular basis.
February 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I basically can’t drive thru our little downtown for the foreseeable future despite major roads passing there bc twice in the last week they lobbed tear gas at protesters (which def also affected cars driving by). Tear gas is an abortifacient and I’m pregnant w twins.
Thanks, I feel protected now!
Thanks, I feel protected now!
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A bystander took a heart-wrenching picture of Liam Ramos in his hat and Spiderman backpack, and there was pressure, and he and his father are free. We must not forget all the prisoners still in the camps whose names and faces are known only to their loved ones. We must make miracles for them, too.
Liam Conejo Ramos is on an airplane on his way home to Minnesota. How wonderful.
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5-year-old and father detained by ICE will return to Minnesota Sunday morning
5-year-old Liam Ramos and his father have boarded a flight back to Minnesota, nearly two weeks after being detained by ICE.
kstp.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
A bystander took a heart-wrenching picture of Liam Ramos in his hat and Spiderman backpack, and there was pressure, and he and his father are free. We must not forget all the prisoners still in the camps whose names and faces are known only to their loved ones. We must make miracles for them, too.
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They’re looking at an opportunity to actually break through the nightmare that the last 30 years of American governance has been but they absolutely must act before the political winds shift again.
February 1, 2026 at 2:05 PM
They’re looking at an opportunity to actually break through the nightmare that the last 30 years of American governance has been but they absolutely must act before the political winds shift again.
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Real talk: if the environment is anything close to what yesterday’s special election implies in November, there need to be people working very hard on a serious agenda for a substantial Democratic majority in both houses of Congress, focused on voting rights, democracy, and court reform.
February 1, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Real talk: if the environment is anything close to what yesterday’s special election implies in November, there need to be people working very hard on a serious agenda for a substantial Democratic majority in both houses of Congress, focused on voting rights, democracy, and court reform.
Need people to keep me honest so I’ll be pushing chapters of my second book to my newsletter. It takes place after the death of an Epstein-like figure from the perspective of a couple bitter ladies who want to ruin the lives of all his associates (and also maybe fall in love…?) the-buttlist.ghost.io
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February 1, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Need people to keep me honest so I’ll be pushing chapters of my second book to my newsletter. It takes place after the death of an Epstein-like figure from the perspective of a couple bitter ladies who want to ruin the lives of all his associates (and also maybe fall in love…?) the-buttlist.ghost.io
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The Epstein files are putting a lot of us in the strange position of being not just vindicated but almost too vindicated. Most of us thought the public patterns implied horrendous things but the reality is even worse and all-encompassing
January 31, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The Epstein files are putting a lot of us in the strange position of being not just vindicated but almost too vindicated. Most of us thought the public patterns implied horrendous things but the reality is even worse and all-encompassing