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History professor. Posts about Ottoman history, post-Soviet (primarily Armenia) culture and politics, Wisconsin sports, and Pearl Jam.
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the fact that people were told “today you are going to an elementary school to lie to teachers and kidnap kids” and didn’t immediately tell their bosses to go fuck themselves is all you need to know about why ICE should be dismantled

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AI is trash and it’s fine for people to just say so. It’s a giant plagiarism machine that’s built on theft, steeped in anti-worker ideology, fueled by environmental destruction, and intricately tied to the hopes, dreams & schemes of the richest fascists on the planet.

submitted 107 days ago • 4 comments

Every single offseason since the 2019 ECF loss Bucks fans have to deal with this nonsense. Media would be better served dreaming up much more realistic SGA or Embiid trades.

submitted 41 days ago • 1 comment

Fitting end to the Doc era. My word.

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

/puts hoops hat on/ This is exactly why any talk of the Bucks “getting lucky” with injuries in the 2021 playoffs with Irving/Trae is ridiculous. Not only did Giannis go down with the ECF tied 2-2 THAT year, you’d also be hard-pressed to find a more “unlucky” injury team in the playoffs since.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

At least the Doc era is over

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Carol Folt (USC) predictably failed to sign this: www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

It's either going to be Pacers in 5 or Bucks in 6

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

So very, very done with Doc Rivers

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

I will sell girl scout cookies to help the Bucks pay off the Kuzma buyout next deadline

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

Breaking: a judge in GA ordered that the fed'l gov't CANNOT pull the visas of foreign students. The order applies ONLY to students who are part of the lawsuit. If you want to join the lawsuit, reach out to: [email protected] and [email protected] youtu.be/FS6B8CM8uf4

submitted 54 days ago • 1 comment

Variable is one way to describe the officiating standard in this Bucks-Pistons game

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

Variable is one way to describe the officiating standard in this Bucks-Pistons game

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

Great piece on our union battles here at USC, where our employer is fighting democracy in the most extreme, reactionary way possible (arguing that the NLRB shouldn't even exist). If you have a job in America, this affects you too.

submitted 63 days ago • 2 comments

Many have been asking

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

Name something more annoying than the Milwaukee Bucks

submitted 68 days ago • 1 comment

About 20 years ago, the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies won an NEH Challenge grant. For a relatively small public investment, a research, education and outreach program was created that still thrives. It brought me to Knoxville for 13 incredible years.

submitted 69 days ago • 2 comments

Name something more annoying than the Milwaukee Bucks

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Honest question: when did students stop knowing how to use footnotes?

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

My favorite genre of student email is "did I miss anything important?"

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Tyler Ford has all the competence of either a Democratic lawmaker or a university administrator

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Carol Folt's stewardship of USC has been an unmitigated disaster. There was no way she could have been worse than her predecessor, but my lord did she try.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

This is correct. That beautiful UNM court makes my memories of UW's improbable 2000 Final Four run all that much sweeter. To say nothing of Brian Cardinal's kneepads. youtu.be/_qRwSdLaYbg?...

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