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University writing center guy (The Ohio State University at Newark). Composition and literacies researcher. Chicago Cubs fan. Teacher, learner, molder of minds and minder of molds.
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Honestly this is just incredible content.

the guardians and white sox have the same run differential

ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."

US kids are going to get two dolls, while the president gets 6,600 GI Joes.

A belated happy five-year anniversary to this tweet, the most vivid souvenir of life during quarantine.

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In an old issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly I noticed that in a list of the top 10 biggest news stories of 2001, 9/11 came in fourth. Number 1 was Sega going third party.

You may remember Dom Lucre from his previous work: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here

Willie Mays it ain't but . . .

The Trump administration continues to ignore the courts. 278 men are still in CECOT prison without a trial, sentence, or any form of due process. Here's one of their stories. Dad is in CECOT. Mom, deported to Venezuela. Their beautiful toddler, in foster care in the US, whereabouts unknown.

2 days until the end of #NationalPoetryMonth, 3 days until the end of classes, 9 days before the end of the semester. This feels like the right poem for right now.

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Leavitt responding to the Amazon tariff label with all the poise of a drunk Andy Stitzer. giphy.com/gifs/bathroo...

Please highlight this story. ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago. kfor.com/news/local/w...

Taking the kids to ALIEN, 1979.

Biden, 52%: “low end approval” Trump, 39%: proceeding “as expected”

do your fucking job you hack

A Chicago Doctor’s Office during the 1910 World’s Series

BREAKING: @aclu.org says Trump deported a child (U.S. citizen) with metastatic cancer without medication or consultation with physicians. This is the second child with cancer he's deported. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... @rollingstone.com

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Hear no evil, hear all evil, hear some evil.

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💥BOOM💥 “The preservation of one institution’s integrity is the concern of all, and an infringement against one member university of the Big Ten shall be considered an infringement against all.”

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The best Englilsh paper I never graded. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YpF...

Chicago 1904

Imagine reading this headline and giving a shit.

Just the US government trying to identify the Jews at a university. No biggie. They're here to help. #academicsky

there has never been a better time to join the "Hit the Guardrail at 80 mph and flip your Tesla on Purpose" movement

Yesterday, I went to meet with Rümeysa Öztürk and Mahmoud Khalil at ICE detention facilities in Louisiana. Rümeysa is being held 1500 miles from Somerville. They must be released now. youtube.com/shorts/VS4NG...

This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...

My hat is doffed to Professor Jefferson, who sets the example for all of us on how to stand up to those who would promulgate a false and hateful narrative.

Anyone who internalizes this line of bullshit will absolutely always be outflanked by people who know how to actually do things

And like that, my NSF grant studying STEM microclimates with my amazing colleagues (Tabbye Chavous & Tim McKay) has been terminated for ‘they no longer effectuate the program goals or agency priorities.’

Very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very bad.

We used to be a proper country.