He said, of Omaha beach on D-Day (which was a slaughterhouse), "We put the bodies up by the rocks on the beach, under the cliffs. That way the waves couldn't wash them out to sea. The quarter masters who collected the bodies? They were all Black."

😆 my theory is that posting into the void is a research method b/c it activates responses that may be useful. (Although this could also be described by existing theories)

For my MAE, we had to pass the EdTPA (which is a bitch, but is a nationally standardized test). The bar exam is standardized (per state). I understand why a PhD exam can’t be *standardized* b/c you’re supposed to be doing original work in your field but it would be nice to see examples.

Oh I should find that. Was Paula poundstone in it or is that just a coincidence? I thought she was great in home movies

Ig I shouldn’t make fun of my own discipline but

Other named! Researched! Cited! Theories:
People sometimes find information that they aren’t looking for.
Different people in different situations search for different things.
Some people are afraid of librarians.
Sometimes people will pass on a piece of information they know someone is looking for.

Cool! I see you’re also involved in one of my other favorite shows! Do you guys all move from project to project together?

The audiobook is good!

You can delete that now if you want

I’m assigning part of “Everything is tuberculosis” to my gender studies class — it is also about all these relationships (beauty, deadly virus, post viral syndromes, thinness, power) — I can email you the excerpt if you want

If multiple people have written entire books on the thing, that thing is not a question for a timed test. imo. but I’m sure he was able to fill the whole hour!

This reminds me of a horror story of oral exams (they only had oral, and they’re supposed to be an hour, right) when I was at Buffalo and the examinee walks in to the room and Rodolphe Gasché goes, “so what is Heidegger’s concept of time?”

Between limited access to abortion and hormones, weight loss imperatives and drugs, and COVID denial and limited post-viral care, I’m wondering who they think is going to solve the “male loneliness epidemic” if we’re all dead

lol! The 1800s headshot is my great-great grandmother but I am trying to be a bit harder to find considering the state of the state right now

I should have some cake.

“Your answer is in here somewhere.”

(Smith 2025)

The focus on being thin lately is out of control. I feel like I’m back in 1995.

Let’s think about WWII and Citizens United instead