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First and foremost an educator. But also! Cats! Chemistry! Pottery! Cooking! And last but not least, exclamation points!!!!
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I have sent a copy of ‘The Onion’ to every member of Congress. To spread its message to less powerful people, I have also taken out an ad in a lesser newspaper. Read my full letter here: theonion.com/why-im-sendi...

submitted 7 days ago • 84 comments

"i asked grok" "i asked chagpt" yeah well I asked a rare books librarian and they found things I didn’t even know I was looking for, while answering questions about provenance

submitted 14 days ago • 29 comments

Not providing customized AI anything in my classes

submitted 22 days ago • 5 comments

bear witness

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Higher ed is completely broken. It has been broken for a long time. Before Trump. But I don’t know if we’ll survive this…

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

I use a wonderful local pharmacy, they are so helpful and care so much about their patients. Today, Blue Cross Blue Shield Illinois told me they will no longer cover my prescriptions if I buy them from my local pharmacy. @govpritzker.illinois.gov how is this legal in Illinois?!

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

A snapshot of our housing market right here

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

I AM 5’10” and this doesn’t even help me me.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

you want to know one reason people are losing trust in the media? it’s the total inability to call things what they are some guy on YouTube: “wow this is the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen” the Times: “critics say it raises appearance of impropriety” who are people going to take seriously?

submitted 48 days ago • 130 comments

To win reelection in 2029, Pope Leo needs to spend less time talking about poverty in Peru and more time focusing on the kitchen table issues that white working-class Catholics care about.

submitted 51 days ago • 34 comments

We forget the impact of physical media. Sure, this is amusing in a screen shot from the @chicago.suntimes.com website. But on physical front page? It’s perfection.

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

I have quite a few undocumented young people in my life. One of them just had her DACA renewed. I keep thinking about the poor souls who are still plugging away in the federal government, trying their best to do their jobs. THANK YOU to the person who processed that application. 1/2

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

My goal working with healthcare grad students is to get them to THINK. Use their real knowledge to synthesize new ideas. I tell them AI won’t ever be able to do that for them. But I guess it can write a $120 book on cancer for you. pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/12/1...

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

"Statistically, most news consumers are not protesting" is fucking brain dead. Statistically most news consumers are not doing any of the newsworthy things you report on!

submitted 70 days ago • 48 comments

Biblical scholars now believe that if Jesus had covered up his gang tattoos, he might’ve avoided crucifixion.

submitted 72 days ago • 62 comments

Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?

submitted 72 days ago • 160 comments

Everything about this administration is best understood as if evil and incompetence are in a foot race www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

submitted 72 days ago • 20 comments

we have had multiple messages saying The Last of Us is a zombie show. that's true. it's a zombie show crying out for a rural history museum

submitted 74 days ago • 12 comments

“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.” — Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize

submitted 75 days ago • 266 comments

Empathy is a strength, not a weakness!

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

I’m seeing a lot of posts about how certain immigrants sent to El Salvador are not actually criminals and this is true but I would also like to remind you that people with criminal records shouldn’t be subjected to this, either.

submitted 84 days ago • 17 comments

when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for

submitted 84 days ago • 871 comments

I spent my five years in Canada trying to figure out what exactly Canadian Tire is, I didn’t succeed. Why were there turnstiles to get in?!

submitted 84 days ago • 2 comments