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December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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just a reminder that *lots* of countries have universities, and (to my knowledge) none of them but the U.S. treat their universities as largely minor league sports franchises
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
SOURCES: Lane Kiffin is expected to accept LSU's offer to become the Tigers next head coach. Kiffin is set to meet with his Ole Miss team this morning at 9 AM CT. As we reported yesterday morning, LSU has been very confident it was going to land Kiffin. www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
just a reminder that *lots* of countries have universities, and (to my knowledge) none of them but the U.S. treat their universities as largely minor league sports franchises
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One of my favorite Stoppard monologues. From Arcadia.
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One of my favorite Stoppard monologues. From Arcadia.
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Car Salesman: *slaps roof of car* this
bad boy can fit so much fucking strong floor no ceiling in it.
bad boy can fit so much fucking strong floor no ceiling in it.
November 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Car Salesman: *slaps roof of car* this
bad boy can fit so much fucking strong floor no ceiling in it.
bad boy can fit so much fucking strong floor no ceiling in it.
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These Stoppard remembrances from actors, directors, and producers who worked with him are just lovely www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Glenn Close, Ethan Hawke and Others Mourn Tom Stoppard
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
These Stoppard remembrances from actors, directors, and producers who worked with him are just lovely www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
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Tom Stoppard has died. 50 yrs ago in my first degree year at Bristol Poly I was totally immersing myself in his plays. Saw both Travesties & After Magritte in the flesh that year. Travesties had a huge effect on my sense of 'what if'. Absurdist Theatre at its best. Dim the houselights tonight. RIP
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tom Stoppard has died. 50 yrs ago in my first degree year at Bristol Poly I was totally immersing myself in his plays. Saw both Travesties & After Magritte in the flesh that year. Travesties had a huge effect on my sense of 'what if'. Absurdist Theatre at its best. Dim the houselights tonight. RIP
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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Tom Stoppard, and only Tom Stoppard, could make a laugh line out of Fermat’s last theorem.
RIP to a true master.
RIP to a true master.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Tom Stoppard, and only Tom Stoppard, could make a laugh line out of Fermat’s last theorem.
RIP to a true master.
RIP to a true master.
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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Conservatives believe getting an A for nonsense is a human right but food isn’t.
OU student says essay grade was a violation of her rights. Read the essay
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OU student says essay grade was a violation of her rights. Read the essay
In the essay, she wrote traditional gender roles should not be considered stereotypes. What do you think? Read the full essay and professor responses here.
www.yahoo.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Conservatives believe getting an A for nonsense is a human right but food isn’t.
As a teenager, I remember being so electrified seeing the film version of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (it came out when I was 15) that I absolutely had to find every play this guy had ever written and devour it right away. RIP Tom Stoppard.
November 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
As a teenager, I remember being so electrified seeing the film version of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (it came out when I was 15) that I absolutely had to find every play this guy had ever written and devour it right away. RIP Tom Stoppard.
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Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” has a lot to tell us about culture today, including why reading is so important. UCSB professor Julie Carlson & author @kierstenwhite.bsky.social say, “Reading is where the creature discovers feeling and thought, & the history of the world.” #VelshiBannedBookClub
Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Shelley
Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” is a pioneering work of both science fiction and patriarchal criticism. It’s a warning that science can go too far, an examination of maternal guilt, or a story of how monsters get created. Regardless of your reading, there are few stories, literary or otherwise, that have such ubiquitous recognition, fascination, and appeal across generations.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” has a lot to tell us about culture today, including why reading is so important. UCSB professor Julie Carlson & author @kierstenwhite.bsky.social say, “Reading is where the creature discovers feeling and thought, & the history of the world.” #VelshiBannedBookClub
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
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When I ask them: "What are you reading? What are you watching? What are you listening to?" Often, the answer is: nothing. Which has a direct effect on their over-use of prompts and AI, because they can't think of ideas, because they are literally not engaging with a single figurative thing.
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
When I ask them: "What are you reading? What are you watching? What are you listening to?" Often, the answer is: nothing. Which has a direct effect on their over-use of prompts and AI, because they can't think of ideas, because they are literally not engaging with a single figurative thing.
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I don't know how to teach students who hate reading/writing, when reading/writing are the foundations of what I'm supposed to teach. Yes, I engage with audio technologies, digital narratives, cinema, material culture...but it's all forms of reading. I just don't know what they want out of this.
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I don't know how to teach students who hate reading/writing, when reading/writing are the foundations of what I'm supposed to teach. Yes, I engage with audio technologies, digital narratives, cinema, material culture...but it's all forms of reading. I just don't know what they want out of this.
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I am allowed to fail students for AI use, and I do, and I say I will, repeatedly and emphatically. As a result, I wind up having to fail very few students for AI use.
I read the thread and know why they're not failing the students. They gotta let colleges fail the students for the sake of the curriculum and other students
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.
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I am allowed to fail students for AI use, and I do, and I say I will, repeatedly and emphatically. As a result, I wind up having to fail very few students for AI use.
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Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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“Are you wearing flip-flops on a plane?”
November 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“Are you wearing flip-flops on a plane?”
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incredible quote lol
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
incredible quote lol
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Sarah with a great write up. I’ve been frustrated to see several people with theater backgrounds dismiss the film as only for musical theater heads. It’s not about musical theater, it’s about realizing the world has passed you by while attending what amounts to your own funeral.
BLUE MOON 📽️🏳️🌈 continues Richard Linklater's hot streak of analysing the stories men tell themselves, Ethan Hawke is extraordinary, and its kindness about human delusion is really appreciated movieswetextedabout.com/blue-moon-fi...
'Blue Moon' Film Review - Richard Linklater's Latest is Worth Watching More Than Once
This could have been a play and may well get a second life as a play, because its single set, very talky script and clever staging keep us in the room for the 100-minute runtime. It is heavily inspire...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Sarah with a great write up. I’ve been frustrated to see several people with theater backgrounds dismiss the film as only for musical theater heads. It’s not about musical theater, it’s about realizing the world has passed you by while attending what amounts to your own funeral.
“‘I think the B.Q.E. has just bedeviled and frustrated everybody who’s ever driven on it, looked at it, and worked on it — it’s like a curse,’ Ms. Birnback said.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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New York’s BQE Is Falling Apart. The City Can’t Agree on How to Fix It. (Gift Article)
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway has exceeded its life span. Clashing visions have hindered a solution.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“‘I think the B.Q.E. has just bedeviled and frustrated everybody who’s ever driven on it, looked at it, and worked on it — it’s like a curse,’ Ms. Birnback said.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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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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So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
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Are you still massively against me breaking into your home and stealing all your stuff so I can sell it or have you moved more towards acceptance?
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Are you still massively against me breaking into your home and stealing all your stuff so I can sell it or have you moved more towards acceptance?