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new pope is from Chicago, wonder if he's ever been to a Mekons/Waco Bros concert

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Want proof? You can (and should!) buy the book right here: www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/978...

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Read Santa Ono's declaration for why he is going to be President of Florida, and contrast it with the actual situation in Florida. (Thread below). He believes and endorses assault on campus speech and academic freedom, at least if it will get him $3M a year. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

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2018 retweet from the now Pope on Trump's family separation

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Don’t love some of the new pope’s prior statements on gender and sexuality. On one hand you don’t really get into the pope pipeline without thinking that stuff; on the other hand, since in other ways he appears to be anti-fascist, one might hope for a kind of … seamless garment anti-fascism

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Would love to see a Midwestern redecoration of the Vatican. Fake wood panelling, stackable seats, florescent light fixtures, linoleum floors.

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TWO REMINDERS: 1. Mother's Day is Sunday. Do something nice for your mom (or for yourself if your mom isn't worth celebrating). 2. It's time for @nationalbailout.bsky.social's annual #FreeBlackMamas fundraiser to get Black women too poor to defend themselves out of jail and home with the kids.

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I have read Midwest Futures and I can attest that this is in it and Phil totally called it.

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The most recent retweet from the new pope is 👀.

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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

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Also Midwest Futures, page 76 of which says, in its entirety, “By the way, in 2025 there will be a pope from Chicago.“ At the time people were like “Phil what’s up with this bizarre digression” and several reviewers were like “I think this man may have a mental illness“ but now who’s laughing

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he’s reverse JFK lol

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Santa Ono's word is his bond in the sense that it's a fungible asset that he is happy to exchange for some real estate in Florida

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the College Board is an ed tech company, the AP program mechanizes writing at scale, has zip to do with the liberal arts ideal the brand once represented

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Fiona Apple is great because Fiona Apple is good

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to take on and rebut @philipchristman.bsky.social's "'twas ever thus policeman" character: yes, the drive to plagiarize isn't new. the ease of doing so through technology is in its 3rd-4th decade. parents of college freshmen now were freshmen when the iPhone launched. what's new about genAI? well,

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a little more on that article, though I will be thinking further about it I'm sure philipchristman.substack.com/p/the-worst-...

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if we take seriously Neil Postman's idea that school should be thermostatic, the best solution to ChatGPT in writing instruction may be not to go back forty years to blue books or 100 years to diagramming sentences, but 2300 years to Athens. walk around, recite bits of poems, talk about 'em

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Let me run down some other things in the bill: • 9-year delay of the Biden safe staffing rule that ensured a minimum amount of nurses per nursing home resident. So they're paying for tax cuts by cutting down on who watches your grandma.

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So that's what Big Balls did with the terabytes of data he stole from the National Labor Relations Board a few weeks ago.

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They almost never have the proper warrants and expect to get through on fascist bravado. Regular people who hold the line can make a big difference.

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It’s as John Adams once said: I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study those things so their sons can develop a personal brand.

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The moment to opt out of giving me all your money has passed. Those who still resist giving me all their money, citing reasons like "I need that money" and "it's not yours," will be left behind in the new "me having your money"-based economy.

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El Salvador's President Bukele is reportedly preparing to arrest the journalists who have reported on the secret deals Bukele struck with Salvadoran gangs that have enabled his consolidation of power.

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damn my university's useless president just quit

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I first really noticed this during the W Bush years and it's gotten hilariously noticeable since then

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If you’re not familiar with them, look up the opinion polls asking American adults who was at fault for the deaths of four unarmed college students.

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