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Exploring the history of bizarre and often super creepy representations of babies in art. Mostly for absurdist humor - but also for what they say about adults, societies, cultures… (🏳️‍🌈 Born of the winter solstice)
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Hi 👋 #BlueSky - moving #CreepyBabiesInArt over from the MetaNightmare. Exploring the history of bizarre and often super creepy representations of babies in art. Mostly for absurdist humor - but also for what they say about adults, societies, cultures… Hope yall enjoy #creepy #weird #art #babies !!!

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That look on your face when you’re born with a sash on. Gonna grow up totally normal… (Also: nice baby high chair, Hapsburgs!!) #CreepyBabiesInArt CBIA Post#1 #arthistory #babiesinart #babies #art #artlovers #creepyart #scarybaby #arteducation #childhood #Hapsburgs #highchairs #dogs

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No warnings because government services are gutted to serve greed. But the wealthy die in hurricanes too. Stay safe. We’re on our own.

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This🧵 on widespread student AI use. Nope. Totally flipped classroom. In-class handwritten quizzes, responses, bluebook exams. No laptops allowed. I am not dealing with this nonsense. My entire course prep this summer is researching in-class exercises/assignments. I look forward to my war on AI.

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OpenAI is featuring a "Looksmaxxing GPT" that provides "PSL ratings" for photos. It will rate people as "subhuman", and advise men to get invasive procedures like jaw surgery to "increase their sexual market value" among women, who it describes as "hypergamous by nature".

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Fleck Prize winner for 2025! Lisa Yin Han’s Deepwater Alchemy: Extractive Mediation and the Taming of the Sea Floor 4sonline.org/2025_lisa_yi...

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Fuck Columbia University

submitted 87 days ago • 7 comments

As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.

submitted 90 days ago • 41 comments

Pure genius.

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Happy 71st Birthday to the one and only Catherine O'Hara, Emmy-winning actress, comedian, screenwriter, and all-time legend! #BOTD in 1954

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This is why the rhetoric of obsolescence is misguided. AI is not going to render humanities professors obsolete. AI is a permission structure to university administrators and state legislatures to continue shrinking our presence in education and defunding our research.

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“The Biden administration is officially withdrawing its sweeping proposals to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans, effectively closing the door on mass loan forgiveness in the waning days of Joe Biden’s presidency.” Oh they’re just asking for a full revolt at this point

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I know there are reasons journalists take this pseudo-historian/legalese style of writing, but what about just stating things directly? "Trump backs multiple nominees credibly accused of rape and assault" seems fine. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/u...

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