Elves, Singing Beside Their Longbows🇺🇸 🌠 🦌
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What people in every part of higher education need to understand is that Republicans now want to do to universities what they’ve tried to do to labor unions: erase them from the institutional landscape. The question is how much you want to collaborate in your own destruction.
Prelude: I am not proposing a legit read of Lord of the Rings in this thread. I AM proposing a legit read of #Project2025 and its circle. 1/6
I'm now wanting to recommend Holly Black's short story "A Reversal of Fortune" to absolutely everyone.
Is the three second rule a global cultural custom? Has every culture come up with this independently?
This is a genuine question, please help
This is a genuine question, please help
That moment when you drop a medication on a sketchy floor in a hotel and have to decide whether to take it or not. I usually blow on it real hard. Germs hate wind. True fact.
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I'm now wanting to recommend Holly Black's short story "A Reversal of Fortune" to absolutely everyone.
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So the “peace broker” is threatening the side that was attacked with “harsher” terms to benefit the aggressors?
As 🍊 likes to be “frank” in its description of people it is time for Europe to be frank to the 🍔 munching surrender 🐵
As 🍊 likes to be “frank” in its description of people it is time for Europe to be frank to the 🍔 munching surrender 🐵
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
So the “peace broker” is threatening the side that was attacked with “harsher” terms to benefit the aggressors?
As 🍊 likes to be “frank” in its description of people it is time for Europe to be frank to the 🍔 munching surrender 🐵
As 🍊 likes to be “frank” in its description of people it is time for Europe to be frank to the 🍔 munching surrender 🐵
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I think I’ve found most of the typos this contained when it first went out; really, EVERYONE needs and editor.
But it’s also the kind of concept a publication wouldn’t assign.
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Ok, however much you've thought about this Nuzzi business, I promise I've thought about it more.
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Notes on Your American Canto Draft
I read it. Everyone deserves a good editor, even people who don’t get one. Olivia, Thank you so much for this. I’m impressed with the scope of your ambition...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I think I’ve found most of the typos this contained when it first went out; really, EVERYONE needs and editor.
But it’s also the kind of concept a publication wouldn’t assign.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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“When it comes to the AI technology industry, we refuse their frames, reject their addictive and brittle technology, and demand that the sanctity of the university both as an institution and a set of values be restored.”
zenodo.org/records/1706...
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Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
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September 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“When it comes to the AI technology industry, we refuse their frames, reject their addictive and brittle technology, and demand that the sanctity of the university both as an institution and a set of values be restored.”
zenodo.org/records/1706...
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On this day in 1991, #TheAddamsFamily was released in cinemas!
The movie was a box-office smash, grossing over $110m, gaining a #GoldenGlobes nomination for Huston as Morticia and the winning the 1991 "Best #Horror Film of the Year" award from the Horror Hall of Fame.
The movie was a box-office smash, grossing over $110m, gaining a #GoldenGlobes nomination for Huston as Morticia and the winning the 1991 "Best #Horror Film of the Year" award from the Horror Hall of Fame.
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
On this day in 1991, #TheAddamsFamily was released in cinemas!
The movie was a box-office smash, grossing over $110m, gaining a #GoldenGlobes nomination for Huston as Morticia and the winning the 1991 "Best #Horror Film of the Year" award from the Horror Hall of Fame.
The movie was a box-office smash, grossing over $110m, gaining a #GoldenGlobes nomination for Huston as Morticia and the winning the 1991 "Best #Horror Film of the Year" award from the Horror Hall of Fame.
TFW you read a few quote posts and end up going down the rabbit hole to the Omegaverse...
... because of a post about how not enough people dive into the rabbit holes.
... because of a post about how not enough people dive into the rabbit holes.
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
TFW you read a few quote posts and end up going down the rabbit hole to the Omegaverse...
... because of a post about how not enough people dive into the rabbit holes.
... because of a post about how not enough people dive into the rabbit holes.
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It's also way more fun to find out someone doesn't know something and be the person to be like "Ok, hold on to your pants because we are about to dive down some rabbit holes!"
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's also way more fun to find out someone doesn't know something and be the person to be like "Ok, hold on to your pants because we are about to dive down some rabbit holes!"
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the fae actually have the rights to take anyone into their realm who pressed "accept" on the GPL which is why you aren't supposed to put it in your installers. you have to do the whole transforming into a flaming sword and shit thing from tam lin to get out of it
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
the fae actually have the rights to take anyone into their realm who pressed "accept" on the GPL which is why you aren't supposed to put it in your installers. you have to do the whole transforming into a flaming sword and shit thing from tam lin to get out of it
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While said soldier is allied with the country's most prominent open Nazi.
Who just destroyed Heritage Foundation.
While the Christian right falls apart over internal child abuse scandals.
As the Catholics denounce Trump.
And oh also QAnon is done, because Epstein files.
Who just destroyed Heritage Foundation.
While the Christian right falls apart over internal child abuse scandals.
As the Catholics denounce Trump.
And oh also QAnon is done, because Epstein files.
“trump is ecstatic to meet the muslim socialist immigrant mayor of new york while MAGA’s strongest soldier from georgia-14 resigns in disgust” is a fucking coalition-breaking disaster for the hard right
no, it’s fucking terrible for trump, lol
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
While said soldier is allied with the country's most prominent open Nazi.
Who just destroyed Heritage Foundation.
While the Christian right falls apart over internal child abuse scandals.
As the Catholics denounce Trump.
And oh also QAnon is done, because Epstein files.
Who just destroyed Heritage Foundation.
While the Christian right falls apart over internal child abuse scandals.
As the Catholics denounce Trump.
And oh also QAnon is done, because Epstein files.
I'm idly wondering if this will turn out to be a health thing.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I'm idly wondering if this will turn out to be a health thing.
After an attempt or three to find music streaming services that aren't evil and have the music and podcasts I like, I went back to freebie Spotify and 👎 a bunch of ads as "Offensive." And they haven't returned!
Now I get this:
Now I get this:
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
After an attempt or three to find music streaming services that aren't evil and have the music and podcasts I like, I went back to freebie Spotify and 👎 a bunch of ads as "Offensive." And they haven't returned!
Now I get this:
Now I get this:
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There is a CRUCIAL state senate runoff election in Terrant Co. TX in January.
The GOP candidate is a Moms For Liberty (aka Nazi Nanas) right wing nutter who has been instrumental in dismantling public education in TX
The Dem is a decent guy with a good chance to win if we help
www.taylorfortx.com
The GOP candidate is a Moms For Liberty (aka Nazi Nanas) right wing nutter who has been instrumental in dismantling public education in TX
The Dem is a decent guy with a good chance to win if we help
www.taylorfortx.com
Taylor Rehmet | Texas SD 9
Taylor Rehmet is a union president, Veteran, and working-class Texan running for State Senate District 9 to fight for public schools, affordable housing, and real results for everyday people.
www.taylorfortx.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
There is a CRUCIAL state senate runoff election in Terrant Co. TX in January.
The GOP candidate is a Moms For Liberty (aka Nazi Nanas) right wing nutter who has been instrumental in dismantling public education in TX
The Dem is a decent guy with a good chance to win if we help
www.taylorfortx.com
The GOP candidate is a Moms For Liberty (aka Nazi Nanas) right wing nutter who has been instrumental in dismantling public education in TX
The Dem is a decent guy with a good chance to win if we help
www.taylorfortx.com
There are a lot of things I do not believe in. Officially.
I went ghost-hunting with some friends as one of two designated skeptics, so of course I was the one who got the wild heebiejeebies 50 yards from the derelict asylum. I blame subsonics through a steam tunnel under the sidewalk. 1/
I went ghost-hunting with some friends as one of two designated skeptics, so of course I was the one who got the wild heebiejeebies 50 yards from the derelict asylum. I blame subsonics through a steam tunnel under the sidewalk. 1/
do you believe in ghosts or are you like me, a person who finds themself saying all the time “I absolutely don’t believe in ghosts, but this place has ghosts.”
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
There are a lot of things I do not believe in. Officially.
I went ghost-hunting with some friends as one of two designated skeptics, so of course I was the one who got the wild heebiejeebies 50 yards from the derelict asylum. I blame subsonics through a steam tunnel under the sidewalk. 1/
I went ghost-hunting with some friends as one of two designated skeptics, so of course I was the one who got the wild heebiejeebies 50 yards from the derelict asylum. I blame subsonics through a steam tunnel under the sidewalk. 1/
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Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
It's much easier to oppose the will of the majority ("No, actually, we don't want an oil well next to the grade school") in an authoritarian society. There's a much smaller number of people to bribe.
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It's much easier to oppose the will of the majority ("No, actually, we don't want an oil well next to the grade school") in an authoritarian society. There's a much smaller number of people to bribe.
Oh, Texas.
Two dumbasses, 87,000 islanders. How badly could it have gone?
Two dumbasses, 87,000 islanders. How badly could it have gone?
Gavin and Tanner, planned and trained for nearly a year, legal documents say, in an elaborate attempt to invade a Haitian island, kill its Black men, enslave its Black women and Black children and fulfill their "rape fantasies."
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment
Two North Texas men have been indicted for an alleged scheme to sail to a foreign island, murder all the men, and enslave the women and children.
www.fox4news.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Oh, Texas.
Two dumbasses, 87,000 islanders. How badly could it have gone?
Two dumbasses, 87,000 islanders. How badly could it have gone?
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This Is Just To Say
I have thwarted
the LLM
that was in
your algorithm
with which
you were probably
planning
world domination
Forgive me
it was delicious
so banal
and so stupid
I have thwarted
the LLM
that was in
your algorithm
with which
you were probably
planning
world domination
Forgive me
it was delicious
so banal
and so stupid
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This Is Just To Say
I have thwarted
the LLM
that was in
your algorithm
with which
you were probably
planning
world domination
Forgive me
it was delicious
so banal
and so stupid
I have thwarted
the LLM
that was in
your algorithm
with which
you were probably
planning
world domination
Forgive me
it was delicious
so banal
and so stupid
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Sorry spider, I know it's raining, but you're too big to ignore and have to toss you back outside.
Actually the size wasn't that bad, but the screaming chihuahua sized rat you were dragging inside in a web bag and going across the room to who knows where was too much
Actually the size wasn't that bad, but the screaming chihuahua sized rat you were dragging inside in a web bag and going across the room to who knows where was too much
November 21, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Sorry spider, I know it's raining, but you're too big to ignore and have to toss you back outside.
Actually the size wasn't that bad, but the screaming chihuahua sized rat you were dragging inside in a web bag and going across the room to who knows where was too much
Actually the size wasn't that bad, but the screaming chihuahua sized rat you were dragging inside in a web bag and going across the room to who knows where was too much
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A botulism outbreak that has sickened more than two dozen babies in 15 states has been linked to ByHeart formula sold nationwide. Here's what to know about it. n.pr/3Kf6Ly2
Recalled baby formula linked to a botulism outbreak may still be in some stores
A botulism outbreak that has sickened more than two dozen babies in 15 states has been linked to ByHeart formula sold nationwide. Here's what to know about it.
n.pr
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A botulism outbreak that has sickened more than two dozen babies in 15 states has been linked to ByHeart formula sold nationwide. Here's what to know about it. n.pr/3Kf6Ly2
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It's great that AI is giving scammers a way to spray us all with oceans of zero effort dogshit. If the modern world previously had one problem, it was that there wasn't enough zero effort dogshit around.
October 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It's great that AI is giving scammers a way to spray us all with oceans of zero effort dogshit. If the modern world previously had one problem, it was that there wasn't enough zero effort dogshit around.
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Something I wrote last year:
"Soldiers don’t have to obey 'palpably criminal' orders ... stated the prosecutor, U.S. Brigadier General Telford Taylor, at the 1947 Einsatzgruppen trial."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
"Soldiers don’t have to obey 'palpably criminal' orders ... stated the prosecutor, U.S. Brigadier General Telford Taylor, at the 1947 Einsatzgruppen trial."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: A little-known Canadian wartime tragedy left a lasting mark on international law
Toward the end of the First World War, the unarmed hospital ship Llandovery Castle was heading to England to pick up wounded servicemen. That’s when German torpedoes struck
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November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Something I wrote last year:
"Soldiers don’t have to obey 'palpably criminal' orders ... stated the prosecutor, U.S. Brigadier General Telford Taylor, at the 1947 Einsatzgruppen trial."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
"Soldiers don’t have to obey 'palpably criminal' orders ... stated the prosecutor, U.S. Brigadier General Telford Taylor, at the 1947 Einsatzgruppen trial."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
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The cost of ‘conflict carbon’: Russia faces €37 billion climate reparations bill for war in Ukraine | Euronews www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
Ukraine to claim €37 billion in climate compensation from Russia
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created global heating emissions equivalent to 236.8 million tonnes of CO².
www.euronews.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The cost of ‘conflict carbon’: Russia faces €37 billion climate reparations bill for war in Ukraine | Euronews www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...