I’m in the Medieval Academy Zoom workshop on using games in teaching right now. It’s really about Reacting to the Past, but informative fwiw

I know this feeling exactly. For fully 9 months out of the year, it is nearly impossible for me to do research and writing. And for the rest, I should do more but end up indulging in restorative leisure activities. It’s just too much to keep nose to grindstone all the time.

Is there a “that’s not how any of this works” meme?

Same here, and the school board too!

A time-honored ritual!

In FACT, at least one high-ranking Portland police commander testified that they were getting calls for help from FPS agents that "just weren't true."

One call said agents were barricaded in the ICE building, but Portland police could see them leaving the building on a live stream.

Also, note that the person making all these decisions is not Secretary Noem; it's Corey Lewandowski, who is still a "special government employee" (and by many reports sleeping with Noem and running the agency while she does mostly TV), as well as Gregory Bovino himself.