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Kevin Fairchild
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Veteran educator in San Diego. He/him.
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This is The Reverend Doctor Leamington Aloysius Barksdale IV, Viscount Underfoot. It doesn't matter what we call him because he's deaf.
A greyish brown senior pit bull lays in a sunny fall yard full of leaves, recharging his solar batteries.
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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The Republic as we knew it is over. The fight now is whether the new one will be a fascistic, competitive authoritarian regime or a pluralist democracy that, we can hope, is better than what came before. Even if you think restoration is possible, it’s a bad idea. The Constitution has failed. Or, more accurately, the Constitutional order built out of the New Deal, the Second Reconstruction, and the repudiation of the Nixon presidency has failed. This is not a prediction. It’s not a “if we continue on our current course.” The Constitution as designed by the founders, was supposed to prevent the current regime. Its original guardrails did not work. The ones added after the Civil War did not work. The de facto amendments created by the accretion of judicial decisions did not work. The post-Watergate reforms did not work.
October 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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We put a new onesie on our dog to protect him from the sun, and now he looks ready for his shift on the Enterprise.
A large pit bull wears his new onesie, in shades of beige and blue. Cast photo from 1979 Star Trek The Motion Picture
May 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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A brown and white dog holds a stuffed toy in her mouth, daring you to try to get it from her. A greyish dog pants while looking at you. His ears are not the same as other dogs' ears, but he just thinks that makes him even more special.
August 23, 2024 at 12:15 AM
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I really appreciate this article, as well as the Emily Tucker and Emily Bender posts linked within. I feel like they express what I keep trying to explain to "AI"-curious teachers and administrators: There *is no* AI currently, just algorithms.
Quote from Bender's post
June 30, 2024 at 8:04 PM
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This is our new foster pup from sdhumane.org. He's a senior pit bull / bulldog mix who loves his treats. The shelter named him Jolly Giant, but we call him The Reverend Doctor Leamington Aloysius Barksdale IV, as befits his dignitude. If you want to adopt him, see www.sdhumane.org/adopt/availa...
A frosted-face pit bull mix looks out at you, with his tongue hanging out.
June 30, 2024 at 12:03 AM