doctor of softboyology
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researcher of learning, emotion, and design. personal account.
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
Pocket full of leaked gherkin brine on the transit ride home from the cheese shop
November 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Pocket full of leaked gherkin brine on the transit ride home from the cheese shop
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Reinstate Dr. McCoul. Now.
Faculty committee finds A&M lacked cause in firing instructor
A faculty appeal council found that Texas A&M lacked cause to fire a professor after she discussed different genders in a children's literature course.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Reinstate Dr. McCoul. Now.
I don’t understand how this latte art is even possible
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I don’t understand how this latte art is even possible
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It’s noteworthy that ChatGPT “fills in the gaps” in obviously delusional belief systems, but over the long term it’s not necessarily better that it also fills in the gaps in *plausible* or widely shared belief systems.
In neither case is the necessary thought or criticism going on.
In neither case is the necessary thought or criticism going on.
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It’s noteworthy that ChatGPT “fills in the gaps” in obviously delusional belief systems, but over the long term it’s not necessarily better that it also fills in the gaps in *plausible* or widely shared belief systems.
In neither case is the necessary thought or criticism going on.
In neither case is the necessary thought or criticism going on.
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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"The Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol.
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"The Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol.
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
Buying tickets to Wicked: For Good as mental health strategy
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Buying tickets to Wicked: For Good as mental health strategy
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1. Texas A&M has voted that Professors must seek out official permission to talk about trans people, sexuality, or race.
One of the professors said that the new policy would make routine lessons on things like the Holocaust impossible.
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One of the professors said that the new policy would make routine lessons on things like the Holocaust impossible.
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Texas A&M Votes That Professors Must Have Permission To Discuss Trans People, Sexuality or Race
The Texas Board of Regents said it wasn’t restricting “teaching,” but professors—and a university press release—says otherwise.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
1. Texas A&M has voted that Professors must seek out official permission to talk about trans people, sexuality, or race.
One of the professors said that the new policy would make routine lessons on things like the Holocaust impossible.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
One of the professors said that the new policy would make routine lessons on things like the Holocaust impossible.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Out here in York, PA where @sbworkersunited.org strikers are BLOCKADING the largest Starbucks distribution center in the country to demand a fair contract!!
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Out here in York, PA where @sbworkersunited.org strikers are BLOCKADING the largest Starbucks distribution center in the country to demand a fair contract!!
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Alongside Dr. Jill Hermann-Wilmarth, I am co-editing a special issue of The Reading Teacher. Our topic, LGBTQ+ Literacies: Affirming Identities, Advancing Justice w/ Pre-K-6 Learners, is sure to be of interest to many & is SO NEEDED in these times! Manuscripts are due January 15, 2026! #literacies
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Alongside Dr. Jill Hermann-Wilmarth, I am co-editing a special issue of The Reading Teacher. Our topic, LGBTQ+ Literacies: Affirming Identities, Advancing Justice w/ Pre-K-6 Learners, is sure to be of interest to many & is SO NEEDED in these times! Manuscripts are due January 15, 2026! #literacies
Missing Rainn today
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Missing Rainn today
Sometimes the rains just feel right
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Sometimes the rains just feel right
Headed back to work for the first time since …
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Headed back to work for the first time since …
🚨 New Robyn single 🚨
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🚨 New Robyn single 🚨
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Only 1,700 people follow the next Mayor of Seattle on Bluesky.
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@wilsonkatieb.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Only 1,700 people follow the next Mayor of Seattle on Bluesky.
@wilsonkatieb.bsky.social
@wilsonkatieb.bsky.social
Earlier this week, we said goodbye to our dear friend Rainn. I’m so grateful to have been his guardian for most of my adult life and to have been shaped by him as I grew. 1/
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Earlier this week, we said goodbye to our dear friend Rainn. I’m so grateful to have been his guardian for most of my adult life and to have been shaped by him as I grew. 1/
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Warner is up for reelection. He was widely seen driving towards surrender behind the scenes, but he's voting no in public because it's unpopular. The real question is whether he supports a senate leadership change. If not, someone who supports senate leadership change should primary him.
But I cannot support a deal that still leaves millions of Americans wondering how they are going to pay for their health care or whether they will be able to afford to get sick.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Warner is up for reelection. He was widely seen driving towards surrender behind the scenes, but he's voting no in public because it's unpopular. The real question is whether he supports a senate leadership change. If not, someone who supports senate leadership change should primary him.
They are proud of their wisdom and moderation
It is not moderate to allow millions to go off health insurance in the middle of a cost of living crisis
It is not moderate to allow damage to our institutions and rights—some unknown amount of which will become longterm to permanent
That’s extreme.
It is not moderate to allow millions to go off health insurance in the middle of a cost of living crisis
It is not moderate to allow damage to our institutions and rights—some unknown amount of which will become longterm to permanent
That’s extreme.
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
They are proud of their wisdom and moderation
It is not moderate to allow millions to go off health insurance in the middle of a cost of living crisis
It is not moderate to allow damage to our institutions and rights—some unknown amount of which will become longterm to permanent
That’s extreme.
It is not moderate to allow millions to go off health insurance in the middle of a cost of living crisis
It is not moderate to allow damage to our institutions and rights—some unknown amount of which will become longterm to permanent
That’s extreme.
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
On the “strategy” of scholars changing language they use to get around censors: You will never win. They know where the ideas they hate hide, and they will take the next word and the next word and the next until you are left with the most impoverished language for the world’s most complex problems.
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
On the “strategy” of scholars changing language they use to get around censors: You will never win. They know where the ideas they hate hide, and they will take the next word and the next word and the next until you are left with the most impoverished language for the world’s most complex problems.
I have slept worse and worse every night in this hotel 😵💫
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I have slept worse and worse every night in this hotel 😵💫
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Powerful people are working overtime to keep poor people from eating.
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Powerful people are working overtime to keep poor people from eating.
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100 people. One hundred people. In this economy.
You have got to be kidding me, this is some [signal drops]
You have got to be kidding me, this is some [signal drops]
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
100 people. One hundred people. In this economy.
You have got to be kidding me, this is some [signal drops]
You have got to be kidding me, this is some [signal drops]