James Enge
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“The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize
The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.
www.theatlantic.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
“The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
Beneath contempt.
Northwestern Settles With Trump Administration
Northwestern will pay $75 million and walk back a 2024 deal with student protesters, among other concessions, in order to restore hundreds of millions in research funding. https://bit.ly/4ivJYej
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Northwestern will pay $75 million and walk back a 2024 deal with student protesters, among other concessions, in order to restore hundreds of millions in research funding. https://bit.ly/4ivJYej
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Beneath contempt.
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A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
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The diehards are starting to decide after much prayerful consideration with their beautiful brides that being in the minority next year sounds like a shit sandwich.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The diehards are starting to decide after much prayerful consideration with their beautiful brides that being in the minority next year sounds like a shit sandwich.
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WOLFERS: “When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.” #MedicareForAllNOW
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
WOLFERS: “When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.” #MedicareForAllNOW
When confronting several stacks of grading, whichever one you dread the most (because of its size or any other reason), that's the one you should tackle first. I know this is true, because I never do it that way.
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
When confronting several stacks of grading, whichever one you dread the most (because of its size or any other reason), that's the one you should tackle first. I know this is true, because I never do it that way.
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
In Greek myth, there are a lot of demigods who have gods for fathers and mortal mothers (e.g. Heracles, offspring of Zeus and Alcmena). These guys often have a mortal father on earth and an immortal father in heaven (e.g. Herc and his two fathers, Amphitryon and Zeus).
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November 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In Greek myth, there are a lot of demigods who have gods for fathers and mortal mothers (e.g. Heracles, offspring of Zeus and Alcmena). These guys often have a mortal father on earth and an immortal father in heaven (e.g. Herc and his two fathers, Amphitryon and Zeus).
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🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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Hollingsworth Hound reveals the real culprit behind the housing crisis! 🦆
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Brought to you by the proud and mighty Inner Hive, including long-time member Blingy O. and new member @nathansmith.bsky.social
(Join us at bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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Hollingsworth Hound reveals the real culprit behind the housing crisis! 🦆
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Brought to you by the proud and mighty Inner Hive, including long-time member Blingy O. and new member @nathansmith.bsky.social
(Join us at bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug
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Hollingsworth Hound reveals the real culprit behind the housing crisis! 🦆
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Brought to you by the proud and mighty Inner Hive, including long-time member Blingy O. and new member @nathansmith.bsky.social
(Join us at bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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Hollingsworth Hound reveals the real culprit behind the housing crisis! 🦆
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Brought to you by the proud and mighty Inner Hive, including long-time member Blingy O. and new member @nathansmith.bsky.social
(Join us at bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
Gumby and Pokey knew what was coming and tried to warn us.
November 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Gumby and Pokey knew what was coming and tried to warn us.
Typo of the day: _masculing_ (for an intended _masculine_).
This suggests a verb _to mascule_, which I guess would be to perform masculinity.
"Where's Bob?"
"He's masculing on the internet."
"Okay, maybe we'd better deal him out."
This suggests a verb _to mascule_, which I guess would be to perform masculinity.
"Where's Bob?"
"He's masculing on the internet."
"Okay, maybe we'd better deal him out."
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Typo of the day: _masculing_ (for an intended _masculine_).
This suggests a verb _to mascule_, which I guess would be to perform masculinity.
"Where's Bob?"
"He's masculing on the internet."
"Okay, maybe we'd better deal him out."
This suggests a verb _to mascule_, which I guess would be to perform masculinity.
"Where's Bob?"
"He's masculing on the internet."
"Okay, maybe we'd better deal him out."
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One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
You can be as terrified or nonplussed or unperturbed as you like; the sun will still rise tomorrow & the rent will still be due on the 31st. The world has no romantic narratives for its fate except those we invent, because the world does not die. That is our privilege.
I said it elsewhere, but it’s weirdly exhilarating and addictive to be terrified all the time, and the people addicted to it, when they say this, may as well be saying “I can stop at any time, it’s just the world doing this *to* me.”
December 31, 2023 at 3:23 AM
One of the reasons i love tolkien is the theme that despair is an enemy
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
and it makes clear you don’t need to have constant hope, you can get by with grim determination or spite but never despair
Happy Thanksgiving to my compatriots; happy Thursday to all.
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outsideinmusic.bandcamp.com/track/thanks...
Thanksgiving Theme, by Isaiah J. Thompson
from the album A Guaraldi Holiday
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November 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to my compatriots; happy Thursday to all.
outsideinmusic.bandcamp.com/track/thanks...
outsideinmusic.bandcamp.com/track/thanks...
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won't have em for this weekend, but i've been getting a few more people at my table than I'd like lately asking *very pointedly* if i drew everything myself, so i designed a new sticker this afternoon that will hopefully quell some of those concerns.
#art
#art
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
won't have em for this weekend, but i've been getting a few more people at my table than I'd like lately asking *very pointedly* if i drew everything myself, so i designed a new sticker this afternoon that will hopefully quell some of those concerns.
#art
#art
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My thoughts on AI anything, really.
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My thoughts on AI anything, really.
For a small fee, I will go to your enemy and exact a larger fee for doing something, which I will not do.
For a small fee, I will go to your historian enemy’s seminar presentation and say “I guess I’m just wondering what the “so what” of this paper is?”
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
For a small fee, I will go to your enemy and exact a larger fee for doing something, which I will not do.
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The plan for 2026 is to be open to submissions these three times:
April 19-25
July 19-25
October 18-24
I’ll be updating Kaleidotrope’s submissions guidelines page accordingly soon.
April 19-25
July 19-25
October 18-24
I’ll be updating Kaleidotrope’s submissions guidelines page accordingly soon.
Do you have a specific date for opening back up for submissions in 2026? If you care to share...
November 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The plan for 2026 is to be open to submissions these three times:
April 19-25
July 19-25
October 18-24
I’ll be updating Kaleidotrope’s submissions guidelines page accordingly soon.
April 19-25
July 19-25
October 18-24
I’ll be updating Kaleidotrope’s submissions guidelines page accordingly soon.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE!!!!!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE!!!!!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
Woke up with the energy of 1,000 Dolly Partons 💅🏼✨ A new poll has us just 2 points behind. It’s the LAST day to early vote! COLLEGE KIDS COMING HOME: hug your fam, kiss the dog, then find your polling place at iwillvote.com?utm_so.... Let’s flip TN-07!
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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Y'all, It's TOMORROW.
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
#Lit #OctaviaEButler
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
#Lit #OctaviaEButler
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Y'all, It's TOMORROW.
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
#Lit #OctaviaEButler
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction, Octavie E. Butler, and her masterwork,
"Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy". My favorite is"Dawn"
Mon, Nov 24 from 6- 7pm EST
Online, Free
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
#Lit #OctaviaEButler