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Bridget 🧟‍♀️ Oooo Brains @bridgetemob.bsky.social · 13h

Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.

a photograph of the interior of a church. Several people are visible sitting in pews. In the pew immediately in front of the photographer, a black human-sized cardboard cutout in the outline of a woman is visible, as though a shadow is sitting in the pew in front of you.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 1d

It ys the seasoun of decoratif gourdes you knaves

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 1d

You: Yeah I get these glasses are really useful for registered sex offenders, but what about me, how will it help in my daily life as an electrician?

Zuckerberg: well, you buy them and I become richer.

You: that's not a very persuasive argument

Zuckerberg: But I get more money

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Cooterdoodle @cooterdoodle.bsky.social · 1d

If you can’t appreciate the fact that Oronde Gadsden scored the very first touchdown during National Tight End week on TNF after a Minnesota defensive pick 6 was called back to make way for his glory… You don’t know poetry. You don’t know art. And you don’t know fuckin ball.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 1d

Wrecking Ball, Emmylou Harris. Arguably my favorite album ever, and a landmark in the musical genre of "Americana."

The cover to Wrecking Ball by Emmylou Harris

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Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 1d

Apologies for my last skeet, which disparaged toddlers by comparing them to the president. Toddlers are far more capable of multitasking, understanding object permanence, and moral reasoning

Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 1d

The president is so simple-minded he can only focus on one priority at a time. Like a fuckin toddler

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 1d

The president is so simple-minded he can only focus on one priority at a time. Like a fuckin toddler

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 1d

Today's quote from @mattsheridan.bsky.social I'll be stealing for later use:

"They've been being fed this shit for so long that now their only two options are either admitting they've been eating shit this entire time, or spending the rest of their lives pretending they love the taste of shit."

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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · Aug 7

Did a new one

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Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 5d

The presidential administration speedrunning the plot of “Clear and Present Danger” …. Blowing up drug smuggling vehicles, dropping special forces in country…. Except…. That novel was not a “how-to manual”.

Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 8d

More and more convinced these are the bros who never did the reading in English class

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8d

This ain’t it.

Nick Turley, the head of ChatGPT, told me earlier this month that the best way to teach the world about a new technology is putting it out in the world. He said that’s what the company learned with ChatGPT, and that’s what OpenAI is finding with Sora, too. It seems the company is learning something about how to distribute this technology, as well.

Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 8d

TechBros please read a book in a humanities class i beg of you

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8d

If only OpenAI could have foreseen the entirely predictable hazards of irresponsibly releasing this tech. I guess the estate of every dead person will have to individually request a special dispensation to no longer have disgusting videos made by OpenAI’s tools.

OpenAI pauses Sora video generations of Martin Luther King Jr. | TechCrunch

OpenAI is pausing AI video generations of Martin Luther King at the request of the late civil rights activists' estate.

techcrunch.com

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Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 13d

I’m not really surprised that a Catholic church did this in Chicago. But I couldn’t help making this.

A meme of a scene from Lord of the Rings. Gimli,a dwarf, looks at Legolas the elf. In this edit, gimli says “I did not expect to be fighting the fascists alongside a Catholic Priest.” In the next panel, Pope Leo is superimposed over Legolas’ face, and replies, “How about alongside a friend?” Gimli replies, “Aye, I could do that.” (All in reference to the protests in which ICE agents turned away a priest bringing the communion to detained prisoners in chicago.

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Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 15d

So while there is ostensible freedom to range far and wide, practice is mainstream normcore masquerading as liberal-ish.

Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 15d

But teachers steal from those who come before, and districts/school cultures may impinge the freedom to reeeeeallly get wild with curricula. On the ground, lots of Lang course and lots of Lit courses fall back on the “classics” that are mostly middle of the road and not controversial

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Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 15d

That said, what happens in a classrooom cnman be very different. A school might give tons of leeway. I have experimented with a “no dead white guys” AP Lang course, And I bet you could make a killer Lit course without touching (sonorous voice) the Canon of Great Works. Would be fun!

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Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 15d

On the Lit side, there’s a wide range of texts, lots of them modern & diverse.

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Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 15d

I was mulling this over b/c I think there’s a lot that CB does to at least toss a bone to lefties. AP Lang test frequently centers passages from women & minorities (just off the dome, Joyce Carol Oates, Sonia Sotomayor, Benjamin Banneker, all appeared as recent test Qs).

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Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 15d

Partly ai suppose because many people see College Board AS “the left,” not imagining there’s more. CB’s tepid defense of Af Am Hist., and the general breadth of the suggested reading list for Ap Lit, are enough for many

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Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 16d

Reading this thread, so it’s “pay for this product BUT ALSO pay for an attorney to review our slop.” Why not skip step #1?

Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 16d

The bros are at it again! and make no mistake, they are LITERALLY calling it "Vibe Lawyering"

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Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 17d

Something something “not-for-profit corporation” something something….

As others note— there are benefits to students when merit aid is tied to PSAT/SAT test scores. It sucks but it’s the game, and at least some part of our mission is cynically giving students every edge in the money chase

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David Sloane @davidcsloane.bsky.social · 19d

A disturbing timeline for a disturbing timeline

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 22d

3c) Want to take the opportunity to share this great article from @truthout.org about racism/fascism and The Punisher character

Marvel’s “Punisher” Was a Hate Symbol Long Before Police Co-opted His Character

The Punisher has long been embraced as a classic superhero, but his comics spread reactionary ideology.

truthout.org

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Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 22d

Midway through this our life’s journey, I found myself in a dark wood. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Charles Richter, in my Crypt Keeper SCAREa! @richterscale.bsky.social · 22d

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 22d

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Drew Daudelin @drewdaudelin.bsky.social · 22d

It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Charles Richter, in my Crypt Keeper SCAREa! @richterscale.bsky.social · 22d

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 22d

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 24d

This piece on student loan debt held by older adults will get a lot of attention (or at least would during a normal news cycle). I'm surprised that Parent PLUS loans also didn't get a mention.

Student-Loan Debt Is Strangling Gen X

For many in the “forgotten generation,” the promise of higher education has become an albatross of debt and regret. And it’s only getting more burdensome.

www.wsj.com

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