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· Oct 3
"But out here, on Sunday, October 2, where it rains all day, Dame Mutability never loses"
setting aside the actual problem, i've seen a surprising number of people claim there's /no way/ a college junior could write that badly without it being some kind of intentional slight.
alas, no, the literacy crisis is real & the dis/incentives created by, eg, this situation prevent addressing it
alas, no, the literacy crisis is real & the dis/incentives created by, eg, this situation prevent addressing it
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
setting aside the actual problem, i've seen a surprising number of people claim there's /no way/ a college junior could write that badly without it being some kind of intentional slight.
alas, no, the literacy crisis is real & the dis/incentives created by, eg, this situation prevent addressing it
alas, no, the literacy crisis is real & the dis/incentives created by, eg, this situation prevent addressing it
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
what a fabulous moment to be on the academic job market :)
So, an OU student a shitty reaction paper in a psych course, got failed by a grad student TA for not following directions and threatened legal action, while also getting her uni TPUSA chapter to post the essay. Her mother is on X saying trans people must not be allowed to be professors.
This is…
This is…
OU puts graduate instructor on leave after student claims discrimination on Bible-based essay grade
OU placed a graduate student instructor on leave after a student publicly contested a grade and filed an illegal discrimination claim after she received a failing grade on an essay
www.oudaily.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
what a fabulous moment to be on the academic job market :)
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The very obvious public pressure campaigns for an ongoing disciplinary investigation are ridiculous and punitive, but admins fundamentally care very little about protecting staff.
Meanwhile, the student sees a chance to start her podcasting career, so the case doesn’t matter much to her.
Meanwhile, the student sees a chance to start her podcasting career, so the case doesn’t matter much to her.
December 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The very obvious public pressure campaigns for an ongoing disciplinary investigation are ridiculous and punitive, but admins fundamentally care very little about protecting staff.
Meanwhile, the student sees a chance to start her podcasting career, so the case doesn’t matter much to her.
Meanwhile, the student sees a chance to start her podcasting career, so the case doesn’t matter much to her.
there's an incredibly solemn baby on the bus this morning, wearing a pink fuzzy hat with bear ears. People wave and smile to the baby and the baby waves back with unadulterated seriousness, pun intended.
December 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
there's an incredibly solemn baby on the bus this morning, wearing a pink fuzzy hat with bear ears. People wave and smile to the baby and the baby waves back with unadulterated seriousness, pun intended.
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Radio by Lester Beall for the Rural Electrification Administration (1937)
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Radio by Lester Beall for the Rural Electrification Administration (1937)
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Just kidding, you have a first amendment right to a good grade on all your homework if you're conservative enough
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Just kidding, you have a first amendment right to a good grade on all your homework if you're conservative enough
shoutout to the furries of JP, whose commitment to public art is unmatched
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
shoutout to the furries of JP, whose commitment to public art is unmatched
the winding mechanism on the shitty used camera i bought is broken, is it more of a waste of my time to 1. try to figure out how to fix it or 2. try to learn how to hand-respool film somehow
November 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
the winding mechanism on the shitty used camera i bought is broken, is it more of a waste of my time to 1. try to figure out how to fix it or 2. try to learn how to hand-respool film somehow
another one for the transphobes making things sound more based than they are files. what school was committed (committed!!) to transcending the gender binary?
Yuri Slezkin in NYRB on the cessation of Western civilization as a community. Are weird anti-trans asides of ringing falsehood (as if gender diversity is born of institutions!) now a thing over at the New York Review? (cf Susan Nieman's recent piece on "woke" with a weird bathroom remark)
November 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
another one for the transphobes making things sound more based than they are files. what school was committed (committed!!) to transcending the gender binary?
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It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant
This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics.
To apply, please provide 2 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published within the last year (blogs and YouT...
forms.gle
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
i have applied for another job
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
i have applied for another job
let's be real December will be awful regardless.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
let's be real December will be awful regardless.
josh o'connor film roles this year reads like a speedrun of tboy dream jobs: josh folklorist, museum heist guy, cowboy, priest
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
josh o'connor film roles this year reads like a speedrun of tboy dream jobs: josh folklorist, museum heist guy, cowboy, priest
the day after thankskilling is the start of the traditional heistmas season
November 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
the day after thankskilling is the start of the traditional heistmas season
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Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
watched Parts Unknown for the first time the other day because it was on in the laundromat and all the Bourdain imitations on here really miss how fatuously bad his reporting was lmao.
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
watched Parts Unknown for the first time the other day because it was on in the laundromat and all the Bourdain imitations on here really miss how fatuously bad his reporting was lmao.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
now, i personally am an atheist, but if u use ai to pray that's gotta be a heresy, right?
This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
now, i personally am an atheist, but if u use ai to pray that's gotta be a heresy, right?
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It's not that complicated. if I got paid like $10k/month posting macedonian culture war slop I'd be posting AI pics as a beautiful macedonian woman saying i can't walk around skopje anymore because of albanian crime
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It's not that complicated. if I got paid like $10k/month posting macedonian culture war slop I'd be posting AI pics as a beautiful macedonian woman saying i can't walk around skopje anymore because of albanian crime
if u, like me, find yourself in a city hostile to pleasantries, try delivering them as statements. "hey how are ya." gets way better results than waiting for acknowledgement after each component.
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
if u, like me, find yourself in a city hostile to pleasantries, try delivering them as statements. "hey how are ya." gets way better results than waiting for acknowledgement after each component.