Eric Borer
@ericborer.bsky.social
Journalism operations manager at the University of La Verne. Bon vivant. International man of mystery. Zen existentialist. He/they.
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this question drives me absolutely bonkers. 9 times out of 10 the strangest art you see was made by someone stone-cold sober.
"what kind of drugs would you have to be on to make something like this?" store brand advil
December 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this question drives me absolutely bonkers. 9 times out of 10 the strangest art you see was made by someone stone-cold sober.
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Seeing lots of posts about Stranger Things and reminded me that a crucial skill to have is to be able to bail on any show or movie or book or whatever that even seems like it has the potential to fucking suck. Nope. Dump it. Not my problem.
December 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Seeing lots of posts about Stranger Things and reminded me that a crucial skill to have is to be able to bail on any show or movie or book or whatever that even seems like it has the potential to fucking suck. Nope. Dump it. Not my problem.
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love this thread
A very important thread. When I was probably no more than 10, I saw this picture of the woman known as Harlow in the Philly Inquirer. A little babygay, I was shocked that such a glamour queen could live in my hometown and even more shocked to see her described as "a former man."
December 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
love this thread
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Ariana Grande reacts to Adam Sandler saying “6 or 7” during their ‘Actors On Actors’ convo.
December 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Ariana Grande reacts to Adam Sandler saying “6 or 7” during their ‘Actors On Actors’ convo.
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lvcampustimes.org/2025/12/firs... Watch the University of La Verne Volleyball team in the final championship game today Saturday at 2pm PST on ESPN + @lvcampustimes.org (my sister the AD is holding a watch party on campus!)
First Person Experience: All our hard work pays off with regional championship - Campus Times
BALTIMORE—The La Verne women’s volleyball team became NCAA Regional Champions on Nov. 22, after an intense reverse sweep against Johns Hopkins. The Leopards closed off the game, 15-13, in the five set...
lvcampustimes.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
lvcampustimes.org/2025/12/firs... Watch the University of La Verne Volleyball team in the final championship game today Saturday at 2pm PST on ESPN + @lvcampustimes.org (my sister the AD is holding a watch party on campus!)
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SMASH BROS ANNOUNCER: ED AND LORRAINE WARREN!
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
SMASH BROS ANNOUNCER: ED AND LORRAINE WARREN!
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It's great that Bluesky users are mostly good about using alt text on images. Bravo to many of you! But not many people know that using weird fonts or fake italics/bold fucks up your posts for people who rely on screen readers. Eschew decoration in favor of legibility to everyone!
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It's great that Bluesky users are mostly good about using alt text on images. Bravo to many of you! But not many people know that using weird fonts or fake italics/bold fucks up your posts for people who rely on screen readers. Eschew decoration in favor of legibility to everyone!
Oops, someone leaked all your poop pics
NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted.
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Oops, someone leaked all your poop pics
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obsessed with tammie brown
December 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
obsessed with tammie brown
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
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people on this site will say anything. “the grinch song didn’t have to go so hard.” yes it did. that was the whole point. it was actually pretty important to making the movie work that it went that hard
December 13, 2023 at 1:13 AM
people on this site will say anything. “the grinch song didn’t have to go so hard.” yes it did. that was the whole point. it was actually pretty important to making the movie work that it went that hard
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It's become normal now for high-level political figures to argue that an entire generation was brainwashed through fake videos into mass anti-Israel political mobilization by TikTok. Complete conspiracy thinking, rooted in zero evidence, based on nothing
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
It's become normal now for high-level political figures to argue that an entire generation was brainwashed through fake videos into mass anti-Israel political mobilization by TikTok. Complete conspiracy thinking, rooted in zero evidence, based on nothing
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Trump has been trying to go full dictator this entire time, if he could just do it he already would have. His public support plummeting isn’t going to make the task easier
Reality Time:
If Trump truly intends to go full dictator, it'll happen in the next 11 months. The way he's destroying the country, there is a full on GOP bloodbath coming next Nov, and when that happens and Dems take ALL of Congress, he knows he's going to be impeached, removed, and jailed.
If Trump truly intends to go full dictator, it'll happen in the next 11 months. The way he's destroying the country, there is a full on GOP bloodbath coming next Nov, and when that happens and Dems take ALL of Congress, he knows he's going to be impeached, removed, and jailed.
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Trump has been trying to go full dictator this entire time, if he could just do it he already would have. His public support plummeting isn’t going to make the task easier
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i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life
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The worst thing to happen to academia was the emergence of a nomadic administrative class like the one in corporations who just move from institution to institution setting fires and walking away.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The worst thing to happen to academia was the emergence of a nomadic administrative class like the one in corporations who just move from institution to institution setting fires and walking away.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
This is a really great thread that, among other things, helps explain what I've seen with my colleagues – namely, those who are able to connect with their students and those who are struggling because they don't understand how so many paradigms have shifted
I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is a really great thread that, among other things, helps explain what I've seen with my colleagues – namely, those who are able to connect with their students and those who are struggling because they don't understand how so many paradigms have shifted
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Please keep this safety tip in mind this Thanksgiving:
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Please keep this safety tip in mind this Thanksgiving:
Shoutout to the people at the Stater Bros at 2 this afternoon buying frozen turkeys. Vaya con dios, my friends
November 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Shoutout to the people at the Stater Bros at 2 this afternoon buying frozen turkeys. Vaya con dios, my friends
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Adolescence lasts until first taste of Modelo, say brain scientists
Adolescence lasts to 32, say brain scientists
Adolescence lasts to 32, say brain scientists
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Adolescence lasts until first taste of Modelo, say brain scientists
So... Kind Hearts and Coronets with a bigger cast?
Watch the trailer for John Patton Ford’s How to Make a Killing starring Glen Powell 👀
In theaters on February 20, 2026 via A24.
In theaters on February 20, 2026 via A24.
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
So... Kind Hearts and Coronets with a bigger cast?
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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Goodbye Jimmy Cliff. His vocal in this 1976 SNL performance, good lord---one of the best singers of his generation, of any generation. vimeo.com/155135842
many rivers to cross
jimmy cliff on saturday night live, 1976.
vimeo.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Goodbye Jimmy Cliff. His vocal in this 1976 SNL performance, good lord---one of the best singers of his generation, of any generation. vimeo.com/155135842