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Mike Tueller
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Professor of the Classics, and director of the School of International Letters and Cultures, at Arizona State University. Epigram fan; currently revising the Greek Anthology for the Loeb Classical Library. He/him.
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from "Classical Studies memes for Hellenistic teens" on FB
June 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Yeah, this definitely does sound familiar....

A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-c...
A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine
Hey team. It’s your CEO. I know your time is valuable, so I’ll cut right to the chase: It’s come to my attention that some of you have been bad-mou...
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June 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Socialism is what they called public power.

Socialism is what they called social security. 
 
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
 
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.

—Harry Truman, 1952
May 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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In case you hadn't noticed:
April 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Christopher Newfield, bold as ever!

I'm not sure about some of this—but then again, I'm not the expert he is. In any case, he's certainly right that the way higher education is defended (starting with his point number 2) is a big part of the problem.

utotherescue.blogspot.com/2025/04/line...
Liner Note 23. Popularity of Thinking, or the Duty to Know
London on April 18, 2015    This is the talk I gave at the National Day of Action for Higher Education on April 17. My co-panelists and I, T...
utotherescue.blogspot.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
What do you think?

“Bribe Force One” or “Bribey McBribeface”?

www.axios.com/2025/05/11/t...
Scoop: House Democrat seeks probe into reports Qatar plans to gift plane to Trump
Rep. Ritchie Torres asked for an "immediate" ethics review into what he called a "flying grift."
www.axios.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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"Are you a girl or a boy?"
Scylla: I AM DEATH INCARNATE FOR FOOLS WHO PLY THE WAVES
"No, like.. what do you have, 'down there'?"
Scylla: HUNGRY DOGS
April 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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This is high art
April 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Just to be clear, two of the things that make America great are 1) immigrants and 2) strong scientific (and, for that matter, academic) communities independent of government interference.
Just a reminder that Germany led the world in science until the Nazis came to power and fired, exiled, and/or killed all the non-Nazi scientists, which was most of the scientists 🧪 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Documents reveal Trump’s plan to gut funding for Nasa and climate science
Critics say Nasa faces ‘extinction-level event’ with budget plan, with climate research funding also to be slashed
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.

A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.
April 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The first really nice surprise of 2025!

The Non-Adventures of Wonderella » Archive » Hello friends nonadventures.com/2025/01/01/h...
The Non-Adventures of Wonderella » Archive » Hello friends
nonadventures.com
January 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Buckle up, Massholes.
Massachusetts Road Signs
Massachusetts<br> Road Signs
buff.ly
January 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A Banner Year - Futility Closet

A set of observations for fans of math oddities....

www.futilitycloset.com/2024/12/26/a...
A Banner Year - Futility Closet
Next year’s date, 2025, is remarkable: It’s a square (452), the sum of two squares (272 + 362), the product of two squares (92 × 52), and the sum of three squares (402 + 202 + 52). It’s the sum of the...
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January 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM