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privacy, security, and compliance; university administration; the liberal arts
I know a lot of people whose liberal arts skills make them practically irreplaceable in their corporate jobs: reading and writing proficiency, critical thinking, conscientiousness. These skills are treasured beyond compare in the actual work world but society pathologically refuses to acknowledge it
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I know a lot of people whose liberal arts skills make them practically irreplaceable in their corporate jobs: reading and writing proficiency, critical thinking, conscientiousness. These skills are treasured beyond compare in the actual work world but society pathologically refuses to acknowledge it
yeah, I don't think people are necessarily wrong for making that assessment, but the discourse on what college is for is so busted that it seems we're doomed to make the exact wrong conclusion and just double down on "concrete job skills," which will continue being totally counterproductive
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
yeah, I don't think people are necessarily wrong for making that assessment, but the discourse on what college is for is so busted that it seems we're doomed to make the exact wrong conclusion and just double down on "concrete job skills," which will continue being totally counterproductive
the irony is that learning for itself at least used to be connected to later earnings because (among other reasons) it developed the foundational skills needed to learn job skills later, i.e. on the job. The foundational skills are still just as useful but no longer recognized or rewarded as such
November 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
the irony is that learning for itself at least used to be connected to later earnings because (among other reasons) it developed the foundational skills needed to learn job skills later, i.e. on the job. The foundational skills are still just as useful but no longer recognized or rewarded as such
I went through some old boxes from college and was so chastened by how much better and more fluid my own handwriting used to be that I immediately decided to get off technology for journaling, daily planning, list-making, and anything else I can realistically replace with paper.
November 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I went through some old boxes from college and was so chastened by how much better and more fluid my own handwriting used to be that I immediately decided to get off technology for journaling, daily planning, list-making, and anything else I can realistically replace with paper.
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and coming right on the heels of Evanstonians putting it all on the line fighting CBP and ICE. We're about to see entirely new depths town/gown relations can sink to.
November 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
and coming right on the heels of Evanstonians putting it all on the line fighting CBP and ICE. We're about to see entirely new depths town/gown relations can sink to.
and coming right on the heels of Evanstonians putting it all on the line fighting CBP and ICE. We're about to see entirely new depths town/gown relations can sink to.
November 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
and coming right on the heels of Evanstonians putting it all on the line fighting CBP and ICE. We're about to see entirely new depths town/gown relations can sink to.
this is a chart of US usage, and WhatsApp is nowhere near as big within the US as it is elsewhere. If anything I'm surprised it shows up so high here and that it's apparently growing that rapidly
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
this is a chart of US usage, and WhatsApp is nowhere near as big within the US as it is elsewhere. If anything I'm surprised it shows up so high here and that it's apparently growing that rapidly
I don't even want to think about what happens when these people encounter clingstone peaches
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I don't even want to think about what happens when these people encounter clingstone peaches
apparently a lot of people think the bad way is to remove the pit with the knife tip and that they're being safe by whacking it with the knife edge instead. No! That is the exact dumb manuever that causes this problem! Why are people so stubborn about this?
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
apparently a lot of people think the bad way is to remove the pit with the knife tip and that they're being safe by whacking it with the knife edge instead. No! That is the exact dumb manuever that causes this problem! Why are people so stubborn about this?
as a bonus, using a chef's knife like a cleaver and thwocking it into hard avocado pits will dull your knife blade and make it more likely to slide around while you're trying to make cuts, making it even more dangerous
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
as a bonus, using a chef's knife like a cleaver and thwocking it into hard avocado pits will dull your knife blade and make it more likely to slide around while you're trying to make cuts, making it even more dangerous
this is precisely how people injure themselves, and lacerating your palm is a very bad injury. Avocados are slippery. You should simply never ever move the knife toward your hand to make a cut.
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
this is precisely how people injure themselves, and lacerating your palm is a very bad injury. Avocados are slippery. You should simply never ever move the knife toward your hand to make a cut.
it pops right out with a small spoon. I honestly have no idea what people think they're accomplishing with the knife thing
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
it pops right out with a small spoon. I honestly have no idea what people think they're accomplishing with the knife thing
it's like UK politics has kind of the same ingredients as US politics except for the absence of tech lords promoting evil blogger-philosophers to give the whole thing recognizable shape, so there's even less of a check on politicians just blasting out every self-contradictory infantile impulse
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
it's like UK politics has kind of the same ingredients as US politics except for the absence of tech lords promoting evil blogger-philosophers to give the whole thing recognizable shape, so there's even less of a check on politicians just blasting out every self-contradictory infantile impulse
No, the scandal is that they're abducting, jailing, and deporting people without any of the due process that we are all due, whether we have prior criminal convictions or not. Please don't piss away our fundamental human rights on mealy-mouthed crap like this.
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
No, the scandal is that they're abducting, jailing, and deporting people without any of the due process that we are all due, whether we have prior criminal convictions or not. Please don't piss away our fundamental human rights on mealy-mouthed crap like this.
many people would know it as the neighborhood that the Chicago Skyway passes over on its way to Gary. Actually I wonder if there are any cases of CBP/ICE venturing into NW Indiana to kidnap anyone?
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
many people would know it as the neighborhood that the Chicago Skyway passes over on its way to Gary. Actually I wonder if there are any cases of CBP/ICE venturing into NW Indiana to kidnap anyone?
so, the people who showed up there were almost definitely just people who live and work in the neighborhood
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
so, the people who showed up there were almost definitely just people who live and work in the neighborhood
plenty of Chicagoans don't even know about that part of the city, and I think that's actually slightly relevant here. It's geographically isolated and extremely far away from Broadview or anywhere else that CBP/ICE might try to point to as a center of organized "resistance"
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
plenty of Chicagoans don't even know about that part of the city, and I think that's actually slightly relevant here. It's geographically isolated and extremely far away from Broadview or anywhere else that CBP/ICE might try to point to as a center of organized "resistance"
that's Avenue N, not Avenue North. It's on the far southeast side of the city, in the East Side neighborhood.
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
that's Avenue N, not Avenue North. It's on the far southeast side of the city, in the East Side neighborhood.
that's why roku is roku and I'm just me I guess
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
that's why roku is roku and I'm just me I guess
this is reminding me to go back and check on why the account holders there had those uh idiosyncratic cash management practices
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
this is reminding me to go back and check on why the account holders there had those uh idiosyncratic cash management practices
I remember an NBER working paper from Marty Feldstein in 2006-7 that was like "hmm looks like the housing market is about to cause a massive historic recession through the following three mechanisms," and then both he and the entire rest of the discipline just went about business as usual
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I remember an NBER working paper from Marty Feldstein in 2006-7 that was like "hmm looks like the housing market is about to cause a massive historic recession through the following three mechanisms," and then both he and the entire rest of the discipline just went about business as usual
watching it alone was great but now it means I still have nobody to gush over it with in person. really a definitive film for our time
November 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
watching it alone was great but now it means I still have nobody to gush over it with in person. really a definitive film for our time
I was surprised they were targeting a city in a swing state to begin with. Their invasion of Charlotte has been radicalizing the largest city in the state against them. I wonder if North Carolina Republicans got them to call it off?
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I was surprised they were targeting a city in a swing state to begin with. Their invasion of Charlotte has been radicalizing the largest city in the state against them. I wonder if North Carolina Republicans got them to call it off?