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Dan Mielcarz
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Immunology, flow cytometry, music, beer. Opinions 100% my own. He/him. ⭕️ Director of @dartlab.bsky.social “To science, I felt that I could help” Mostly on mastodon: @[email protected]
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Like I said, I am happy he is learning. If he had a 4 or 5 year record in the Maine state legislature or something voting for progressive causes I wouldn't be concerned at all. But he doesn't, and this stuff is a liability! Anyway, ultimately Maine voters will decide.
I am happy he is learning but the Reddit rape comment I was referring to was when he said that people should "take some responsibility for themselves and not get so fucked up they wind up having sex with someone they don't mean to." That comment was posted towards the end of his military service.
It's wild — no one knew who this guy was 2 months ago! Why are they going to the mattresses for him? I found him appealing too but the election is about a year away. There is still time to back a third candidate that doesn't have a Nazi tattoo (& Reddit rape apologia) and isn't 77 years old.
I have great news for Jon Lovett, Janet Mills got her BA from UMass Boston.

(I would rather someone younger but as you said, time to move on from Platner)
(Found this incriminating item while searching my Reddit history for a potential Senate run)
I forgot I made this. Early COVID was a special time. #phish
Not at all.

But it's a tattoo that would raise questions for me, my guess would be that it was biker gang related.
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If you get a flu shot, you can get a donut after.

It's not free I just had two good ideas.
A friend of mine got a cameo from James Austin Johnson (pre-SNL) to roast our group chat in his Trump voice, it was maybe the hardest I've ever laughed.
As a dad with two kids who got mailers from this place it always seemed a bit off: super long and flashy but emphasizing "life skills" instead of academics. I kind of assumed it was a Liberty University knockoff for dumber born-again Christians but apparently it is mainline protestant (Methodist).
I'm quoted in this Wall Street Journal piece on High Point University, which has gone all-in on amenities (a $40,000-per year housing and dining plan!) to attract modest-achieving, high-income students.
How a Small North Carolina College Became a Magnet for Wealthy Students
As Trump slashes funding, schools are trying to attract the limited pool of higher-end families. High Point University is a blueprint.
www.wsj.com
According to Wikipedia this place got put on accreditation warning in 2023 due to "significant non-compliance with its standards of student support, student outcome, and disclosure of accreditation status."
I don't know Dan Klenban's politics, in his announcement he sounded pretty much like a mainstream Democrat but his brewery made a pledge to donate 1% of sales to environmental causes when they were founded, and seems to have made good on it over the years: mainebeercompany.com/do-whats-right
Do what's right
From day one, our core belief has been to do what’s right, no matter what.   Our Purpose To do good through great beer. Our Values Take care of the…
mainebeercompany.com
I know he endorsed Janet Mills already but it might be nice if the 48-year-old Maine Beer Co. co-founder was still in the Maine senate primary.
Of all the people I would expect to have that take he was dead last!
To be clear, I did not in any way let that impede with my enjoyment of what has to be the best movie I've seen this decade. Just an unrelenting ride that felt nowhere near its 3-hour length. A masterpiece.
Keeping this vague to avoid outright spoilers: I regret to inform you all that the DNA test in One Battle After Another is kinda bullshit, and what is described in that scene as evidence for something is not evidence of anything.

Or was that maybe the point?
I am no fan of violence and people have a right to counter-protest.

But if you start yelling slurs you reap what you sow. I'd rather that people refrain from yelling slurs out of a sense of propriety but if it takes a threat of violence so be it.
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This, FWIW, is my current teaching policy on AI, always subject to revision. It is, I recognize, easier applied to creative writing, which draws students who *want* to take the course rather than have to.
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ISABELLA STEWAHT GAHDNAH MUSEUM HEIST OF 1990 WAS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. LOUVRUH AIN'T SHIT COMPARED TO THAT.
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For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.
A few more pics from the West Lebanon, NH/White River Junction #NoKings protest. A great turnout!
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Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
It’s a joyful day here on the New Hampshire/Vermont border. Get out there everyone! #NoKings
Yeah, I mean this is how Charlie Kirk got popular, being a good performer and going up against people who had sincere (and correct!) beliefs but couldn't match his performance. And then of course, selectively elevating the worst performers for his videos.