Greg Driscoll
@dukenumbers.bsky.social
AKA Fluttertwi. I love cooking, Baseball (especially the Giants), Soccer (especially Feyenoord and the Thorns), video games, D&D, and making music. I hate white supremacy. He/him. Hablo Español, en ik spreek Nederlands (at a Duolingo competency level)
It’s frustrating to me seeing how many people view higher education as a competition between the students. That’s a toxic mindset. You learn WAY better if you view it like a team sport.
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It’s frustrating to me seeing how many people view higher education as a competition between the students. That’s a toxic mindset. You learn WAY better if you view it like a team sport.
As a student who came back 10 years later, my experience is different but similar. I see a number of younger students who have these issues but less extreme than they’re presented here. There is one thing that I haven’t seen talked about before that is huge, though.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
As a student who came back 10 years later, my experience is different but similar. I see a number of younger students who have these issues but less extreme than they’re presented here. There is one thing that I haven’t seen talked about before that is huge, though.
I have to give it to American football that its “silly name for rivalries” game is unmatched. I went to look at what games were active to try to guess which one was “the Egg Bowl” and I would have been better off throwing a dart at a dartboard.
I’d say I hope the Egg Bowl never changes but nothing about it indicates it ever would
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I have to give it to American football that its “silly name for rivalries” game is unmatched. I went to look at what games were active to try to guess which one was “the Egg Bowl” and I would have been better off throwing a dart at a dartboard.
Well, I’m awake now
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Well, I’m awake now
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i documented the progression of tofu's sleepy smushface over the course of an hour last night
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
i documented the progression of tofu's sleepy smushface over the course of an hour last night
It’s fun for me how I finished school the first time just as the labor market went into “a little bit of quiet time”, and then I went back, and now am finishing the second time just as the labor market is going into “a little bit of quiet time”
* WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER HASSETT: THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF ALMOST QUIET TIME IN THE LABOR MARKET
@reuters.com #QuietTime
@reuters.com #QuietTime
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It’s fun for me how I finished school the first time just as the labor market went into “a little bit of quiet time”, and then I went back, and now am finishing the second time just as the labor market is going into “a little bit of quiet time”
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I want to reiterate that gambling addiction is incredibly destructive and if you're trying to apply logic to it you likely won't find it. Addictions are irrational. Saying “I don't get why someone would do this” is applying non-addict thinking and it won't help you understand.
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I want to reiterate that gambling addiction is incredibly destructive and if you're trying to apply logic to it you likely won't find it. Addictions are irrational. Saying “I don't get why someone would do this” is applying non-addict thinking and it won't help you understand.
I watched Moneyball, and it was worth my time to see what people were (and still are) talking about, but my sincere opinion is that it’s not a very good movie.
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I watched Moneyball, and it was worth my time to see what people were (and still are) talking about, but my sincere opinion is that it’s not a very good movie.
Tom Murphy got badly injured (and possibly medical malpracticed) and it’s weird to see a giants beat writer call his signing an unforced error
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Tom Murphy got badly injured (and possibly medical malpracticed) and it’s weird to see a giants beat writer call his signing an unforced error
I hope this goes 19 innings
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I hope this goes 19 innings
This was an absolute classic World Series even if the Jays had closed it down quietly in the ninth. Now we’re talking top 3 all time.
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
This was an absolute classic World Series even if the Jays had closed it down quietly in the ninth. Now we’re talking top 3 all time.
Do I want a game 7 more or do I want the Blue Jays to win more?
October 31, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Do I want a game 7 more or do I want the Blue Jays to win more?
As a giants fan who has not gotten over 2021 I will brook no complaints from dodgers fans over check swing calls.
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
As a giants fan who has not gotten over 2021 I will brook no complaints from dodgers fans over check swing calls.
Rob Manfred looking completely miserable watching a classic World Series is so on brand
October 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Rob Manfred looking completely miserable watching a classic World Series is so on brand
Shut up when the manager is working challenge
October 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Shut up when the manager is working challenge
… did the intro to this game just say “unlike ever before, a truly international series”? … As if the blue jays haven’t played a US team in the World Series before?
October 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
… did the intro to this game just say “unlike ever before, a truly international series”? … As if the blue jays haven’t played a US team in the World Series before?
I have a massive head and an spoiled by fitted caps. Bought a one-size-fits-all and it’s too small for my head on the biggest setting.
October 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I have a massive head and an spoiled by fitted caps. Bought a one-size-fits-all and it’s too small for my head on the biggest setting.
I have… concerns about Vitello. But this time I am simply going to choose to be optimistic. That will work, I’m sure.
October 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I have… concerns about Vitello. But this time I am simply going to choose to be optimistic. That will work, I’m sure.
John Smoltz hit 60 batters in his career, regular and postseason combined. So if he says if you hit somebody by mistake it’s because of bad mechanics, did he have bad mechanics, or did he hit 60 people on purpose?
October 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
John Smoltz hit 60 batters in his career, regular and postseason combined. So if he says if you hit somebody by mistake it’s because of bad mechanics, did he have bad mechanics, or did he hit 60 people on purpose?
I think this year’s ALCS matchup is the most interesting championship series in a good, long while
October 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I think this year’s ALCS matchup is the most interesting championship series in a good, long while
I forgot that they don’t do the Manfred Man in playoffs
October 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I forgot that they don’t do the Manfred Man in playoffs
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when big storms hit rural alaska communities, i struggle to sleep until it passes and we get word that they’re safe
"our greatest fear is a storm will hit shaktoolik in the middle of the night and, when we pick up the phone in the morning the line is dead, and the whole community is wiped out."
"our greatest fear is a storm will hit shaktoolik in the middle of the night and, when we pick up the phone in the morning the line is dead, and the whole community is wiped out."
October 9, 2025 at 5:38 AM
when big storms hit rural alaska communities, i struggle to sleep until it passes and we get word that they’re safe
"our greatest fear is a storm will hit shaktoolik in the middle of the night and, when we pick up the phone in the morning the line is dead, and the whole community is wiped out."
"our greatest fear is a storm will hit shaktoolik in the middle of the night and, when we pick up the phone in the morning the line is dead, and the whole community is wiped out."
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Important context for out-of-state folks: all of these communities are off the road system. Think about all the struggles communities face to evac in more typical situations when you can drive some place safe, and then imagine there's no road and no flights. That's what we're talking about here.
The city of Kotzebue is under mandatory evacuation orders. That's as the community prepares for flooding the National Weather Service warns could be worse than last year's, which led to dozens of evacuations and two families losing their homes.
Mandatory evacuations ordered in Kotzebue as flooding from coastal storm begins
Water could rise as much as 10 feet above the high tide line, according the National Weather Service.
akpub.io
October 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Important context for out-of-state folks: all of these communities are off the road system. Think about all the struggles communities face to evac in more typical situations when you can drive some place safe, and then imagine there's no road and no flights. That's what we're talking about here.
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Wtaf? That's Anchorage
October 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Wtaf? That's Anchorage