Rick Moore
@prairiedogking.bsky.social
Associate Director for Faculty Programming, WashU CTL. Sociologist of culture, cognition, religion, and other fun things who’s out in the wild trying to help support teaching & learning.
And also the Benevolent Overlord of Cynomys ludovicianus 👑
And also the Benevolent Overlord of Cynomys ludovicianus 👑
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We don't take teaching seriously enough.
Update from The Harvard Crimson on Summers: he’ll step back from public commitments, but remain in the classroom, continue his directorship of a center, & keep his University Professorship. How is this in any way holding him accountable for his actions? www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Summers To Step Back from Public Commitments Amid Epstein Scandal | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawerence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a statement...
www.thecrimson.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
We don't take teaching seriously enough.
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Eugene O'Connor Emails Reveal a Lost Birmingham || the controversial sheriff's recently released documents reveal a close-knit police community that wistfully evokes 19th century social customs
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Eugene O'Connor Emails Reveal a Lost Birmingham || the controversial sheriff's recently released documents reveal a close-knit police community that wistfully evokes 19th century social customs
Yes I love 2-factor authentication
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Yes I love 2-factor authentication
why is the Oprah 30 Rock episode not streaming what did Oprah do
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
why is the Oprah 30 Rock episode not streaming what did Oprah do
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if microsoft just made outlook search not suck they'd see triple the productivity gains of any AI integration
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
if microsoft just made outlook search not suck they'd see triple the productivity gains of any AI integration
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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I could smell the mustard and the onions
November 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I could smell the mustard and the onions
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look, people deal with trauma in different ways
Lairmore testifies that other agents gave him a plush sandwich toy, which he placed on the shelf in his office, and a patch that said "Felony Footlong," which he put on his lunch box.
Lairmore has chuckled with the rest of us at times. Defense really trying to underscore the unseriousness of it all
Lairmore has chuckled with the rest of us at times. Defense really trying to underscore the unseriousness of it all
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
look, people deal with trauma in different ways
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
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I like my sprinkles like I like my jazz and my cuisine
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I like my sprinkles like I like my jazz and my cuisine
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Me at this point in the semester trying to keep track of ALL THE THINGS.
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Me at this point in the semester trying to keep track of ALL THE THINGS.
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I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
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You can't make this up.
November 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
You can't make this up.
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
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something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste
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More of this pls
October 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
More of this pls
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The only way this could have ended
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The only way this could have ended
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This is exactly the same argument — and, in parts, even the same language — that segregationists advanced to argue that white people had a “right” not to live next to people who were different from them.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is exactly the same argument — and, in parts, even the same language — that segregationists advanced to argue that white people had a “right” not to live next to people who were different from them.
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the german word for when you very clearly recognize someone in a movie but when you look them up on IMDB you haven't seen anything they've been in
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
the german word for when you very clearly recognize someone in a movie but when you look them up on IMDB you haven't seen anything they've been in