Ed Gerrish
@edgerrish.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Public Administration at the University of South Dakota. South Dakotan. Public Policy, democracy, and sarcasm.
Hey, Fuck my Fucking shit up. @profanity.accountant
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Hey, Fuck my Fucking shit up. @profanity.accountant
“And look who is coming down the street! It’s the wildly popular kids character Snarkal the Sargozian. And on his float is ‘lil Boughie singing eat the rich from her gold plated album, snortcialism.”
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“And look who is coming down the street! It’s the wildly popular kids character Snarkal the Sargozian. And on his float is ‘lil Boughie singing eat the rich from her gold plated album, snortcialism.”
AWS crashed because a college sophomore asked Chat GPT to write his “what’s the ‘meaning of life” essay for PHIL-101
October 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
AWS crashed because a college sophomore asked Chat GPT to write his “what’s the ‘meaning of life” essay for PHIL-101
Reposted by Ed Gerrish
with a little poetic license
April 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
with a little poetic license
Is a self-imposed stock market crash usually the first sign of an emerging galactic civilization? Asking for my K customer.
April 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Is a self-imposed stock market crash usually the first sign of an emerging galactic civilization? Asking for my K customer.
VIX hits its third largest peak today after COVID, GR.
April 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
VIX hits its third largest peak today after COVID, GR.
It’s only champagne if it’s from the champagne region of France. Otherwise it’s just sparkling mercantilism.
March 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It’s only champagne if it’s from the champagne region of France. Otherwise it’s just sparkling mercantilism.
Reposted by Ed Gerrish
You’re only reskeeting yourself because you are convinced your joke is better than it is.
February 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM
You’re only reskeeting yourself because you are convinced your joke is better than it is.
You’re only reskeeting yourself because you are convinced your joke is better than it is.
February 20, 2025 at 6:05 AM
You’re only reskeeting yourself because you are convinced your joke is better than it is.
My favorite jerseys are the ones where the player puts “Sr.” On the jersey because they are concerned that fans might confused them with their 1 year old child.
February 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
My favorite jerseys are the ones where the player puts “Sr.” On the jersey because they are concerned that fans might confused them with their 1 year old child.
Explaining to my kids that Santa understands mens rea.
December 25, 2024 at 3:31 AM
Explaining to my kids that Santa understands mens rea.
Using The Force to hit snooze on my alarm.
December 17, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Using The Force to hit snooze on my alarm.
If you do one thing to learn about how unqualified Trump’s NIH pick, Jay Bhattacharya, is watch this video from 3/31/20. In it, he makes specific and wrong claims about Covid mortality rates (0.01%!) and much more. NIH director should be scientifically literate; he isn’t.
youtu.be/-UO3Wd5urg0?...
youtu.be/-UO3Wd5urg0?...
Questioning Conventional Wisdom in the COVID-19 Crisis, with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
YouTube video by Hoover Institution
youtu.be
December 9, 2024 at 3:22 PM
If you do one thing to learn about how unqualified Trump’s NIH pick, Jay Bhattacharya, is watch this video from 3/31/20. In it, he makes specific and wrong claims about Covid mortality rates (0.01%!) and much more. NIH director should be scientifically literate; he isn’t.
youtu.be/-UO3Wd5urg0?...
youtu.be/-UO3Wd5urg0?...
Reposted by Ed Gerrish
A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore
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November 11, 2024 at 5:54 PM
A Brief History of Nobody Wants to Work Anymore
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The best evidence that we live in a simulation? I saw photos of boxes of top secret documents next to the former president’s golden toilet and now he has a 50/50 shot to be president again.
November 5, 2024 at 4:59 PM
The best evidence that we live in a simulation? I saw photos of boxes of top secret documents next to the former president’s golden toilet and now he has a 50/50 shot to be president again.
Senator Chris Coons ends his speech.
a man sits at a desk in front of a computer screen
ALT: a man sits at a desk in front of a computer screen
media.tenor.com
August 20, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Senator Chris Coons ends his speech.
Look people, we can’t just ban Mordor from the Olympics because of their policy of binding humanity in darkness. That would go against the spirit of Olympism.
July 27, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Look people, we can’t just ban Mordor from the Olympics because of their policy of binding humanity in darkness. That would go against the spirit of Olympism.
Living through history is very tiring.
July 21, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Living through history is very tiring.
I'm an extremely honest thinker who isn't beholden to anyone and has a lot of hands-on life experience at a quirkily wide array of activities.
December 25, 2023 at 7:20 PM
I'm an extremely honest thinker who isn't beholden to anyone and has a lot of hands-on life experience at a quirkily wide array of activities.
The social norm should be that as soon as the bell rings, everyone on the plane should recline their seats at the same time. Seats that don’t recline should be discounted appropriately.
December 17, 2023 at 3:12 PM
The social norm should be that as soon as the bell rings, everyone on the plane should recline their seats at the same time. Seats that don’t recline should be discounted appropriately.
Reposted by Ed Gerrish
I'm starting to get tired of apps (or is it the phone?) "correcting", which is to say, randomly changing, words I typed correctly into different words that make less sense. It was bad enough when typos were changed into different words, but now casual typing on a phone feels like a battle of wills.
November 29, 2023 at 3:23 AM
I'm starting to get tired of apps (or is it the phone?) "correcting", which is to say, randomly changing, words I typed correctly into different words that make less sense. It was bad enough when typos were changed into different words, but now casual typing on a phone feels like a battle of wills.