Die Maus
@diemausimhaus.bsky.social
Social Democrat, Devoted Advocate of Food, Drink, and Merriment. Spent way too much time on IMDB in college but it paid off. Pronouns are he/him/his
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Hooooooooooooly shit, this is scathing.
@umich.edu faculty call for an honorary degree for Trump
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
“We have proven that we have no hard moral principles and no hill on which we will die.”
www.michigandaily.com/opinion/op-e...
Why Trump would be perfect for an honorary U-M doctoral degree
Awarding Trump an honorary doctoral degree would be an opportunity to recognize the long way the University has walked in less than two years. U-M juniors may still remember times when the campus code...
www.michigandaily.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hooooooooooooly shit, this is scathing.
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Absolutely obsessed with framing your employees sleeping on the floor as a humble brag
“Look how hard my team works” no dude you’re just bad at project management.
Competent companies ship products without cosplaying being homeless
“Look how hard my team works” no dude you’re just bad at project management.
Competent companies ship products without cosplaying being homeless
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Absolutely obsessed with framing your employees sleeping on the floor as a humble brag
“Look how hard my team works” no dude you’re just bad at project management.
Competent companies ship products without cosplaying being homeless
“Look how hard my team works” no dude you’re just bad at project management.
Competent companies ship products without cosplaying being homeless
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Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
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giving the "no, you go ahead" wave when you have the right of way is just as wrong as not respecting someone else having the right of way
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 20, 2025 at 1:22 AM
giving the "no, you go ahead" wave when you have the right of way is just as wrong as not respecting someone else having the right of way
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
October 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
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If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
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“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”
October 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”
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OK there's my Unhinged Literary Opinion: Pratchett is the greatest humanist/philosophical writer of our era.
and since he really does have a quote for everything, in the wise words of Sir Terry Pratchett: “Susan hated Literature. She’d much prefer to read a good book.”
October 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
OK there's my Unhinged Literary Opinion: Pratchett is the greatest humanist/philosophical writer of our era.
Sometimes you think you're an original, unique person and then Creature Commandos comes along and uses the soundtrack of your life circa 2009-2011.
a purple sign that says start wearing purple in white letters
ALT: a purple sign that says start wearing purple in white letters
media.tenor.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Sometimes you think you're an original, unique person and then Creature Commandos comes along and uses the soundtrack of your life circa 2009-2011.
As someone with many opinions about the Assassin's Creed series, I'm not surprised that Ubisoft backed away from an engaging premise like "Assassins Creed in Reconstruction." This is the company that centers the series plotline around an ideological fight about rights and calls it "apolitical."
October 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
As someone with many opinions about the Assassin's Creed series, I'm not surprised that Ubisoft backed away from an engaging premise like "Assassins Creed in Reconstruction." This is the company that centers the series plotline around an ideological fight about rights and calls it "apolitical."
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my daughter really captured my essence in this portrait of me “at work”
September 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
my daughter really captured my essence in this portrait of me “at work”
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"I gotta say protect trans youth. I gotta say fuck ICE. And with my whole fucking chest, I gotta say free Palestine. Anybody watching at home, anybody walking by, you wanna know who said it, you tell em it's the mother fucking Wonder Years from Philadelphia."
youtu.be/xIj2Ozlp1y8?...
youtu.be/xIj2Ozlp1y8?...
The Wonder Years | Vans Warped Tour Music Festival 2025 | Full Set
YouTube video by RemasterKingdom8.0
youtu.be
June 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"I gotta say protect trans youth. I gotta say fuck ICE. And with my whole fucking chest, I gotta say free Palestine. Anybody watching at home, anybody walking by, you wanna know who said it, you tell em it's the mother fucking Wonder Years from Philadelphia."
youtu.be/xIj2Ozlp1y8?...
youtu.be/xIj2Ozlp1y8?...
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Huh an awful lot of rhetoric shifted from Old Testament to New Testament over the past few hours
September 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Huh an awful lot of rhetoric shifted from Old Testament to New Testament over the past few hours
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September 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Me, forgetting Sam Raimi is and always will be a horror director: yeah the 3-year old can probably handle Spider-man 2
September 7, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Me, forgetting Sam Raimi is and always will be a horror director: yeah the 3-year old can probably handle Spider-man 2
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There are some incredibly vital issues at this moment in time that go beyond like, oh we disagree on marginal tax rates but we can still be friendly. Trans rights are one of those issues. Trans rights are human rights and those are not negotiable. (see also: genocide; fascism. not unrelated!)
September 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
There are some incredibly vital issues at this moment in time that go beyond like, oh we disagree on marginal tax rates but we can still be friendly. Trans rights are one of those issues. Trans rights are human rights and those are not negotiable. (see also: genocide; fascism. not unrelated!)
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FYI you’re a shit “socialist” if you don’t understand intersectionality.
We are either all liberated, or no one is.
We are either all liberated, or no one is.
August 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
FYI you’re a shit “socialist” if you don’t understand intersectionality.
We are either all liberated, or no one is.
We are either all liberated, or no one is.
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One thing that strikes me about this story is that AI (unsurprisingly) lacks one important human quality. Because it doesn't "understand" anything, it cannot understand the gravity of death.
Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death.
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
One thing that strikes me about this story is that AI (unsurprisingly) lacks one important human quality. Because it doesn't "understand" anything, it cannot understand the gravity of death.
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A video on the hate campaign against Ms. Rachel for being pro-Palestinian children, but really a video about right-wing attacks on children's early education, but really a video about the importance of emotional literacy. Fantastic watch
August 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A video on the hate campaign against Ms. Rachel for being pro-Palestinian children, but really a video about right-wing attacks on children's early education, but really a video about the importance of emotional literacy. Fantastic watch
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I wanted the cyberpunk future where there's dense walkable neighborhoods with yakitori stands on every corner
August 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I wanted the cyberpunk future where there's dense walkable neighborhoods with yakitori stands on every corner
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(Humanities professors after decades of STEM pushes)
August 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
(Humanities professors after decades of STEM pushes)
Wild to me how difficult some vendors make it to give them money. Currently in a month-long back and forth where I have been chasing/correcting/begging a vendor for any kind of information that would help me buy their product on our campus.
Like, c'mon APA...
Like, c'mon APA...
a cartoon character from king of the hill is riding a bike .
ALT: a cartoon character from king of the hill is riding a bike .
media.tenor.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Wild to me how difficult some vendors make it to give them money. Currently in a month-long back and forth where I have been chasing/correcting/begging a vendor for any kind of information that would help me buy their product on our campus.
Like, c'mon APA...
Like, c'mon APA...
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one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules
August 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules
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The two best movie lengths are “just under 90 minutes” and “just over three hours”
Just found out Naked Gun is 85 minutes long. Movies are so fucking back
July 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The two best movie lengths are “just under 90 minutes” and “just over three hours”