These people are taking Althusser and the idea of the Ideological State Apparatuses too far.
Trump continues to dismantle Department of Education
Labor will now administer K12 education grants including Title I
(bc of course education is for the purpose of labor)
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
Labor will now administer K12 education grants including Title I
(bc of course education is for the purpose of labor)
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
U.S. Department of Education Announces Six New Agency Partnerships to Break Up Federal Bureaucracy
ED announced six new interagency agreements to break up the federal education bureaucracy, ensure efficient delivery of funded programs, activities, and move closer to fulfilling the President Trump's...
www.ed.gov
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
These people are taking Althusser and the idea of the Ideological State Apparatuses too far.
Reposted by Joe Crook
"Uh, yeah, hi Mr. President. Thank you for taking my call. You see, I am in class right now and a student has asked an astute question about race. Can you please let me know if I can answer? Thanks..."
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Uh, yeah, hi Mr. President. Thank you for taking my call. You see, I am in class right now and a student has asked an astute question about race. Can you please let me know if I can answer? Thanks..."
October 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Reposted by Joe Crook
Not only is our peer review process now inflected from writing to review (to proofing/editing 🤢) with “speed it up with AI”, using AI summaries to “read” a paper eliminates researchers’ ability to *critically* assess a paper’s methods and practices. A summary cannot tell you if the claims are valid!
one thought I have halfway through is that the practice of sharing or citing without a full reading is *the exact thing* actively encouraged by AI “summaries” embedded in every PDF reader, Google Scholar, freaking Proquest, etc.
October 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Not only is our peer review process now inflected from writing to review (to proofing/editing 🤢) with “speed it up with AI”, using AI summaries to “read” a paper eliminates researchers’ ability to *critically* assess a paper’s methods and practices. A summary cannot tell you if the claims are valid!
www.gao.gov/assets/gao-2...
FEDERAL SOCIAL
SAFETY NET
PROGRAMS
Millions of Full-Time
Workers Rely on
Federal Health Care
and Food Assistance
Programs
FEDERAL SOCIAL
SAFETY NET
PROGRAMS
Millions of Full-Time
Workers Rely on
Federal Health Care
and Food Assistance
Programs
www.gao.gov
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 AM
www.gao.gov/assets/gao-2...
FEDERAL SOCIAL
SAFETY NET
PROGRAMS
Millions of Full-Time
Workers Rely on
Federal Health Care
and Food Assistance
Programs
FEDERAL SOCIAL
SAFETY NET
PROGRAMS
Millions of Full-Time
Workers Rely on
Federal Health Care
and Food Assistance
Programs
“If the Pelican can, then so can you.”
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August 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“If the Pelican can, then so can you.”
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The prediction of the “Bell Riots of 2024”
Seems like DS9 missed it by +/-2 year
Seems like DS9 missed it by +/-2 year
August 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The prediction of the “Bell Riots of 2024”
Seems like DS9 missed it by +/-2 year
Seems like DS9 missed it by +/-2 year
@bencollins.bsky.social Dear Mr. Onion, My first issue of the 🧅 arrived in the mail yesterday, and my 10-year-old was intrigued by the ads. Today, he asked if he could read all of it because he thought it looked funny. Thank you for making something that might help my kid fall in love with reading.
August 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
@bencollins.bsky.social Dear Mr. Onion, My first issue of the 🧅 arrived in the mail yesterday, and my 10-year-old was intrigued by the ads. Today, he asked if he could read all of it because he thought it looked funny. Thank you for making something that might help my kid fall in love with reading.
Reposted by Joe Crook
Linking to this Scientific American interview again: www.scientificamerican.com/article/were...
We’re Light-Years Away from True Artificial Intelligence, Says Murderbot Author Martha Wells
Today’s large language models are hardly related to the kinds of machine intelligence we see in science fiction, according to Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries series
www.scientificamerican.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Linking to this Scientific American interview again: www.scientificamerican.com/article/were...
College dorm room life ~1910 @ the University of Illinois
With “A Perch of Birds” by Hector Giacomelli
With “A Perch of Birds” by Hector Giacomelli
July 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
College dorm room life ~1910 @ the University of Illinois
With “A Perch of Birds” by Hector Giacomelli
With “A Perch of Birds” by Hector Giacomelli
June 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
“No one wins. One side just loses more slowly.”
– Prez
The Wire (S4E4) (2006, Oct. 1)
– Prez
The Wire (S4E4) (2006, Oct. 1)
June 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
“No one wins. One side just loses more slowly.”
– Prez
The Wire (S4E4) (2006, Oct. 1)
– Prez
The Wire (S4E4) (2006, Oct. 1)
84 Lumber Super Bowl Commercial | The Entire Journey
YouTube video by 84 Lumber
youtube.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Remember when Mark Thatcher was arrested at his home in South Africa, in August 2004 and was charged with contravening 2 sections of South Africa's Foreign Military Assistance Act, which bans S.African residents from taking part in any foreign military activity. 🤔
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Th...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Th...
Mark Thatcher - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
May 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Remember when Mark Thatcher was arrested at his home in South Africa, in August 2004 and was charged with contravening 2 sections of South Africa's Foreign Military Assistance Act, which bans S.African residents from taking part in any foreign military activity. 🤔
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Th...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Th...
If the meager Film and TV Tax incentives offered State-by-State were to be made competitive with some of the international offers, then maybe more films would be produced domestically
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Film and TV Tax Incentives: A State-by-State Guide
Incentives won’t be the only factor for producers deciding where to base projects as anti-LGBT laws in the South are sure to be a hot topic at the Association of Film Commissioners International's Loc...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
If the meager Film and TV Tax incentives offered State-by-State were to be made competitive with some of the international offers, then maybe more films would be produced domestically
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Around what time did we stop using Symbol known as wingsings; unicode symbols or unicode glyphs?
May 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Around what time did we stop using Symbol known as wingsings; unicode symbols or unicode glyphs?
#OceanCalling
1. Select a stone and place it in the chute
2. When ready, pick up the phone and speak to your long lost loved one
3. Let the wind and the waves carry your words
4. Say goodbye for now and hang up
1. Select a stone and place it in the chute
2. When ready, pick up the phone and speak to your long lost loved one
3. Let the wind and the waves carry your words
4. Say goodbye for now and hang up
April 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
#OceanCalling
1. Select a stone and place it in the chute
2. When ready, pick up the phone and speak to your long lost loved one
3. Let the wind and the waves carry your words
4. Say goodbye for now and hang up
1. Select a stone and place it in the chute
2. When ready, pick up the phone and speak to your long lost loved one
3. Let the wind and the waves carry your words
4. Say goodbye for now and hang up