Heather Lynn
@drheatherlusty.bsky.social
sibyl | cynic | crumbling academic | \m/
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Chiming in here as your Friendly Neighborhood NTT, but NTTs, grad students, and other instructors of varying levels of precarity are often the ones on the front lines here. Our tenured colleagues keep talking about tenure as an umbrella or shield, and it would be nice to see those actually deployed.
December 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Chiming in here as your Friendly Neighborhood NTT, but NTTs, grad students, and other instructors of varying levels of precarity are often the ones on the front lines here. Our tenured colleagues keep talking about tenure as an umbrella or shield, and it would be nice to see those actually deployed.
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Bad news for Hegseth, it turns out the Pentagon is a big bureaucracy filled with people who got there because they know how to fight bureaucratic battles and they will wait for you to lie about something then leak details about it. Who knew?
A most important question on the Sept. 2 double-tap strike is who had "target engagement authority" (TEA).
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
Wall Street Journal:
"A Defense Department official ... said Hegseth was the 'target engagement authority,' the key figure who authorized the strike."
www.wsj.com/politics/whi...
December 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Bad news for Hegseth, it turns out the Pentagon is a big bureaucracy filled with people who got there because they know how to fight bureaucratic battles and they will wait for you to lie about something then leak details about it. Who knew?
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well y'all call your food "cuisine" so naw. sit down.
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
well y'all call your food "cuisine" so naw. sit down.
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“Without a strong emotional idea behind it, generative AI can make luxury feel less human at a moment when people want human presence more than ever…”
Valentino criticised over 'disturbing' AI handbag ads
Social media users have called the luxury Italian fashion brand's artificial intelligence-made adverts "cheap" and "lazy".
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“Without a strong emotional idea behind it, generative AI can make luxury feel less human at a moment when people want human presence more than ever…”
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Indie and non-traditional authors! Today is the day to tell thousands of readers looking for holiday gifts about your books! Follow the link for all the details and leave a post (there, not here)!
Musicians/crafters/artists, etc: Your day is tomorrow!
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/02/t...
Musicians/crafters/artists, etc: Your day is tomorrow!
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/02/t...
The 2025 Whatever Holiday Gift Guide, Day Two: Non-Traditional Books
Today is Day Two of the Whatever Holiday Gift Guide 2025, and today the focus is on Non-Traditionally Published Books: Self-published works, electronically-exclusive books, books from micro presses…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Indie and non-traditional authors! Today is the day to tell thousands of readers looking for holiday gifts about your books! Follow the link for all the details and leave a post (there, not here)!
Musicians/crafters/artists, etc: Your day is tomorrow!
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/02/t...
Musicians/crafters/artists, etc: Your day is tomorrow!
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/02/t...
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james cameron every couple of years for some reason:
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
james cameron every couple of years for some reason:
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#legenda: desenho de uma terra tentando dirar foto do sol e uma lua pulando na frente gritando "Photobomb!". E, abaixo, escrito "What really happens during a solar eclipse"
October 14, 2023 at 3:18 PM
#legenda: desenho de uma terra tentando dirar foto do sol e uma lua pulando na frente gritando "Photobomb!". E, abaixo, escrito "What really happens during a solar eclipse"
Ha ha, jokes on you, we dropped the admissions essay because advisors didn’t want to read them. 🫣
AI may be scoring your college essay. Welcome to the new era of admissions apnews.com/article/ai-c...
AI may be scoring your college essay. Welcome to the new era of admissions
Students applying to college know they're not supposed to use AI chatbots to write their essays. So it might come as a surprise that some schools are now using artificial intelligence to read those es...
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Ha ha, jokes on you, we dropped the admissions essay because advisors didn’t want to read them. 🫣
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Very cool radioactive fungus news
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only move...
www.sciencealert.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very cool radioactive fungus news
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
From @chelleraiser.bsky.social
www.sciencealert.com/chernobyl-fu...
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found out earlier this week that my car vendor sells my car information to insurance companies including: how long im driving, speeds, braking information, and the number of times i merge
anyway, here is the opt-out information
optout.lexisnexis.com
anyway, here is the opt-out information
optout.lexisnexis.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
found out earlier this week that my car vendor sells my car information to insurance companies including: how long im driving, speeds, braking information, and the number of times i merge
anyway, here is the opt-out information
optout.lexisnexis.com
anyway, here is the opt-out information
optout.lexisnexis.com
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i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
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NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”
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As debate about the cost and purpose of higher education intensifies, the humanities are often the first target. Yet evidence shows that far from being outdated or indulgent, humanities degrees cultivate critical skills, resilience and, yes, viable career paths: https://ow.ly/2sER50XAzQx #HigherEd
The case for degrees that teach us how to think
As debate about the cost and purpose of higher education intensifies, the humanities are often the first target. Yet evidence shows that far from being outdated or indulgent, humanities degrees cultivate critical skills, resilience and, yes, viable career paths
ow.ly
December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
As debate about the cost and purpose of higher education intensifies, the humanities are often the first target. Yet evidence shows that far from being outdated or indulgent, humanities degrees cultivate critical skills, resilience and, yes, viable career paths: https://ow.ly/2sER50XAzQx #HigherEd
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Take a moment to watch performance artist Guillaume Juncar. You won’t regret it.
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Take a moment to watch performance artist Guillaume Juncar. You won’t regret it.
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Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
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A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nobody's stopping the company and others like it. n.pr/4awb0jo
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A Florida-based company is charging military veterans as much as $20,000 for help with disability claims, even though the VA has said that may be illegal and the service should be free. But so far nobody's stopping the company and others like it. n.pr/4awb0jo
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Remember in May when Trump gave asylum to 17 family members of the Sinaloa cartel after making a deal with El Chapo’s son? And did you know in 2013, El Chapo bribed Juan Hernandez- who trump just pardoned - in exchange for protection in Honduras? I’m sure it’s all just a coincidence.
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Remember in May when Trump gave asylum to 17 family members of the Sinaloa cartel after making a deal with El Chapo’s son? And did you know in 2013, El Chapo bribed Juan Hernandez- who trump just pardoned - in exchange for protection in Honduras? I’m sure it’s all just a coincidence.
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The one thing Donald Trump has always and will always be afraid of is the truth. And right now, he’s scared.
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The one thing Donald Trump has always and will always be afraid of is the truth. And right now, he’s scared.
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Not enough folks know that the Foo Fighters are massive AIDS denialists and ran fundraisers for proto-RFKJ types that refused to treat children with HIV.
FWIW: Courtney Love and Pearl Jam have both worked extensively with responsible AIDS orgs. #noalternativescience
FWIW: Courtney Love and Pearl Jam have both worked extensively with responsible AIDS orgs. #noalternativescience
World AIDS day is important to me as I have lost people to it and I know people living with HIV.
It is a disease I wouldn't wish on anyone, but hell with the power of medical science, people can now live normal lives thanks to medication.
Also fuck Dave Grohl. Man was only good in Nirvana.
It is a disease I wouldn't wish on anyone, but hell with the power of medical science, people can now live normal lives thanks to medication.
Also fuck Dave Grohl. Man was only good in Nirvana.
December 2, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Not enough folks know that the Foo Fighters are massive AIDS denialists and ran fundraisers for proto-RFKJ types that refused to treat children with HIV.
FWIW: Courtney Love and Pearl Jam have both worked extensively with responsible AIDS orgs. #noalternativescience
FWIW: Courtney Love and Pearl Jam have both worked extensively with responsible AIDS orgs. #noalternativescience
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America: Did you order the code Red?
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
America: Did you order the code Red?
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
Hegseth: YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT I DID!
America: Uhm, it’s a crime.
Hegseth: Ok, someone else ordered the Code Red.
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Like I know this is supposed to show an opening door but all I can see is SHARK ATTACK lol
December 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Like I know this is supposed to show an opening door but all I can see is SHARK ATTACK lol
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real Valhalla shit here
you know he’s cooked if the ny post is publishing this lmao
December 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
real Valhalla shit here
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to