The bad news is that we now know that our military will commit war crimes when ordered to by a demented convicted felon and sex offender.

The bad news is that we now know that our military will commit war crimes when ordered to by a demented convicted felon and sex offender.

those difficult interpersonal situations rarely happen and when they do, they can be viewed a deeply traumatizing events, instead of normal shit that people learn to deal with. Anyway, I'm not trying to rant, but I am really worried about how my grandkids are being affected by all this.

impossible to have social interactions that didn't include people who disagreed with you or who were actually hostile to you. It was normal and you learned how to deal. Now kids growing up can have almost wholly curated environments, either online, or from micro managing parents where ...

Moving baselines over generations create a sense of change that's slower and less invasive than it actually is. So my guess, is however bad we think the effects will be, there's a good chance that they are already worse than that. When I grew up, when I wasn't in front of the TV set it was...

I think there is a definite and deleterious effect of substituting time in front of screens - of whatever kind - for social interactions. I've seen it from my dad's TV-less generation, to my broadcast tv one, my kids' cable tv and gaming PCs, and their kids' hand held 24/7 streaming devices.

Admin are continually pressuring us to make the course "more accessible," by which they mean "devastatingly easy to complete," but it's not about access. Many students refuse to read or write in any capacity that isn't tech-aided, no matter how simple the assignment, no matter how process-based.

At this point, our intro comp/first-year English course has been so heavily revised, it no longer includes a novel, or "extended reading" of any kind, no "specialized" or "historical" reading, mostly in-class assignments, no research essay...and we are still seeing a 40-50% rate of AI misconduct.

It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.

And murderers.

Portland is a model in their organization, education, and use of whimsy. Chicago taught us about organization. Charlotte learned and people stood up to ICE. Joy, humor, creativity and community are carrying us through this nightmare.

It's not often that "simple morality" and "effective politics" line up so perfectly, but we have to hope DC's Democrats are smart enough to seize the moment with both hands

Also, Hegseth is coming for Sen. Mark Kelly because he reminded troops that they have a duty not to commit crimes *like this one*

Making an appropriately big deal out of this blunts that attack and demonstrates the need for what Kelly and company did.

Gummy axolotls and you can retire.

#Lowes hates daylaborers. They do not allow them. Instead they do allow ICE to kidnap at their front door (NC) and Portland, OR.
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