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Chicago Pope says We come to this place for magic.
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if what I did was a "war crime" then how come I'm not in trouble
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
if what I did was a "war crime" then how come I'm not in trouble
Can someone who knows explain the reason Brits seem SO much more willing to give ongoing Harry Potter projects a pass or even happily participate? Is it national pride? Or is it that TERFS are just seen as less hateful there than the average progressive American finds them to be?
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Can someone who knows explain the reason Brits seem SO much more willing to give ongoing Harry Potter projects a pass or even happily participate? Is it national pride? Or is it that TERFS are just seen as less hateful there than the average progressive American finds them to be?
Something I heard from editors when pitching my memoir was that they didn’t feel emotionally “hooked” by the material. To be fair, this can be hard w/a proposal format, but it’s ALSO hard b/c writing about yourself is scary & self-protective mechanisms work counter to the goal of bearing hard truths
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
In her new book, Olivia Nuzzi “makes anyone hungry for prurient details trudge through a grandiose postmodern pastiche that attempts to situate her personal catastrophe in the context of our collective one,” writes our columnist Michelle Goldberg.
In her new book, Olivia Nuzzi “makes anyone hungry for prurient details trudge through a grandiose postmodern pastiche that attempts to situate her personal catastrophe in the context of our collective one,” writes our columnist Michelle Goldberg.
Opinion | Olivia Nuzzi Isn’t Telling All
Olivia Nuzzi doesn’t seem to recognize that her collaboration with Robert Kennedy was a grave professional betrayal.
nyti.ms
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Something I heard from editors when pitching my memoir was that they didn’t feel emotionally “hooked” by the material. To be fair, this can be hard w/a proposal format, but it’s ALSO hard b/c writing about yourself is scary & self-protective mechanisms work counter to the goal of bearing hard truths
The way people’s logistical brains (I’m sure I’m guilty of it too) break on airplanes due to manufactured scarcity of space & resources is really something. If you need to get something BEHIND me & you step in FRONT of me, you have now blocked YOURSELF from the item. But you ARE “in front,” I guess!
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The way people’s logistical brains (I’m sure I’m guilty of it too) break on airplanes due to manufactured scarcity of space & resources is really something. If you need to get something BEHIND me & you step in FRONT of me, you have now blocked YOURSELF from the item. But you ARE “in front,” I guess!
This was something I worried about when the Covid shutdowns narrative was a generalized panic of “Kids are ‘falling behind’!” w/out a robust pedagogical convo about how to ACTUALLY support learning. Like so many Covid “opportunities” to change systems for the better, we let this one get away from us
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
December 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This was something I worried about when the Covid shutdowns narrative was a generalized panic of “Kids are ‘falling behind’!” w/out a robust pedagogical convo about how to ACTUALLY support learning. Like so many Covid “opportunities” to change systems for the better, we let this one get away from us
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A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
There is a vast chasm btwn the assumed norms of someone who thinks it’s fine to bring a “surprise friend” to an intimate get together/outing & someone who thinks this is a fundamental breach of trust & it would save everyone SO much time if these two types of people just steered clear of each other.
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
There is a vast chasm btwn the assumed norms of someone who thinks it’s fine to bring a “surprise friend” to an intimate get together/outing & someone who thinks this is a fundamental breach of trust & it would save everyone SO much time if these two types of people just steered clear of each other.
Btw, being open re:your personal beliefs AND making it clear to your students that you’ll always grade them on the merit of their arguments even when their beliefs differ from yours is actually the ONLY way to win any respect/trust from conservative students, it’s just that it doesn’t always work.
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Btw, being open re:your personal beliefs AND making it clear to your students that you’ll always grade them on the merit of their arguments even when their beliefs differ from yours is actually the ONLY way to win any respect/trust from conservative students, it’s just that it doesn’t always work.
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The thing about the Oklahoma University student's shitty paper that I keep thinking about is how much it reminds me of when Bari Weiss's sister got national media attention for writing an open letter to all the schools she didn't get into.
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The thing about the Oklahoma University student's shitty paper that I keep thinking about is how much it reminds me of when Bari Weiss's sister got national media attention for writing an open letter to all the schools she didn't get into.
Every one of these kids thinks they’re William Jennings Bryan in the Scopes fucking Monkey Trial but they don’t know that even HE knew his biblical premise was shit but he did it anyway b/c he was worried about the (very real) threats that SOCIAL Darwinism posed for mainstreaming eugenics¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I’m going to get an engineering degree from OU by saying bridges can only be measured in cubits and shekels
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...
OU puts graduate instructor on leave after student claims discrimination on Bible-based essay grade
OU placed a graduate student instructor on leave after a student publicly contested a grade and filed an illegal discrimination claim after she received a failing grade on an essay
www.oudaily.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Every one of these kids thinks they’re William Jennings Bryan in the Scopes fucking Monkey Trial but they don’t know that even HE knew his biblical premise was shit but he did it anyway b/c he was worried about the (very real) threats that SOCIAL Darwinism posed for mainstreaming eugenics¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Welp, I can cross “flight cancelled because the fuel truck busted a hole in the plane” off my bingo card apparently
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Welp, I can cross “flight cancelled because the fuel truck busted a hole in the plane” off my bingo card apparently
I named my fists Kamtza and Bar Kamtza cuz they’re the reason you’re gonna get destroyed.
I named my fists White and Noise because you're about to experience an airborne toxic event.
I named my fists Chekhov and Gun because you know they're coming but you don't know when
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I named my fists Kamtza and Bar Kamtza cuz they’re the reason you’re gonna get destroyed.
This specific three paragraph AI slop format insta account shit is fucking everywhere now. I keep blocking on site but it’s a scourge.
November 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
This specific three paragraph AI slop format insta account shit is fucking everywhere now. I keep blocking on site but it’s a scourge.
Watching The Rock for the first time. Already losing my mind.
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Watching The Rock for the first time. Already losing my mind.
My favorite fact about Tom Stoppard is that he uncreditedly punched up the script to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and if you rewatch it it is extremely obvious where he laid his hands on it & that he undoubtedly made it at least 2x better than whatever they started with.
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
My favorite fact about Tom Stoppard is that he uncreditedly punched up the script to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and if you rewatch it it is extremely obvious where he laid his hands on it & that he undoubtedly made it at least 2x better than whatever they started with.
So glad all the level heads that told us we were being hysterical to sound the alarm on maga fascism way back in 2015 prevailed.
‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
November 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
So glad all the level heads that told us we were being hysterical to sound the alarm on maga fascism way back in 2015 prevailed.
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
He’d be a tragic figure if he was actually capable of learning anything from his own suffering.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
He’d be a tragic figure if he was actually capable of learning anything from his own suffering.
My father-in-law’s reactions watching When Harry Met Sally for the first time are priceless lol
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
My father-in-law’s reactions watching When Harry Met Sally for the first time are priceless lol
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what i love is that in 1990 judas priest got brought to trial over the claim that subliminal messages in the recording "better by you better than me" caused two suicides and now in 2025 openai seems to be generating a suicide a week with its superliminal messages and the US government is funding it
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
what i love is that in 1990 judas priest got brought to trial over the claim that subliminal messages in the recording "better by you better than me" caused two suicides and now in 2025 openai seems to be generating a suicide a week with its superliminal messages and the US government is funding it
Who can play the most ethnicities without people getting offended and why is it Tony Shalhoub?
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Who can play the most ethnicities without people getting offended and why is it Tony Shalhoub?
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