Professor Coolbreeze
@bsarginger.bsky.social
Academic. Time-Scientist studying shareholders and shareholder activism. Cocktail Maker. Future Fact Checker of LLM generated texts. He/Him
Discovering that the guy who directed Margin Call aldo directed Kraven the Hunter. This is what everyone upset about Chloe Zhao directing The Eternals must have felt like.
January 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Discovering that the guy who directed Margin Call aldo directed Kraven the Hunter. This is what everyone upset about Chloe Zhao directing The Eternals must have felt like.
Telling my girlfriend that Orson Welles's "The Lady From Shanghai" is my Below Deck.
January 2, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Telling my girlfriend that Orson Welles's "The Lady From Shanghai" is my Below Deck.
More thoughts on this new show they call The Pitt.
December 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
More thoughts on this new show they call The Pitt.
Many people are asking, what if there were a woman Dr. House?
Santos!!!!
Girlfriend trying to get me into some new show with Noah Wyle from Librarian: Quest for the Spear, something about hospitals. Could be good?
December 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Many people are asking, what if there were a woman Dr. House?
Santos!!!!
Girlfriend trying to get me into some new show with Noah Wyle from Librarian: Quest for the Spear, something about hospitals. Could be good?
December 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Santos!!!!
I should donate blood
Girlfriend trying to get me into some new show with Noah Wyle from Librarian: Quest for the Spear, something about hospitals. Could be good?
December 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I should donate blood
Girlfriend trying to get me into some new show with Noah Wyle from Librarian: Quest for the Spear, something about hospitals. Could be good?
December 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Girlfriend trying to get me into some new show with Noah Wyle from Librarian: Quest for the Spear, something about hospitals. Could be good?
Thread. My own brief experience interviewing for a non-tenure job left me without the position because it seemed obvious to them that I didn't want to stay there long term and the last hire also left after a year. Depts. hate the hiring process and they're just as scared of making the wrong choice.
For civilians: an academic dept typically has to out maneuver other depts to get a tenure line! I tell grad students applying to red state jobs to indicate that they are familiar with & would be happy spending a decade or more there. A single sentence has moved them to the top of a pile. 1/
December 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thread. My own brief experience interviewing for a non-tenure job left me without the position because it seemed obvious to them that I didn't want to stay there long term and the last hire also left after a year. Depts. hate the hiring process and they're just as scared of making the wrong choice.
Every time George Bailey yells at a kid I nod in respect.
December 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Every time George Bailey yells at a kid I nod in respect.
Even further thought: Has anyone written anything about how effective altruists went from celebrating agricultural production advancements to being all in on AI?
Further thoughts: I'm a little surprised at how credulous Michael Lewis is towards SBF's defense when the story Lewis tells is about a guy who takes a lot of risks, only focuses on his interests, plays loose with the rules, and has a record of losing a lot of money based on faulty reasoning.
Just finished "Going Infinite" and it's a good read. Pairs well with Zeke Faux's" Number Go Up." You can really tell Michael Lewis did not update any of his conceptions about SBF once the company went under and he went to jail.
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Even further thought: Has anyone written anything about how effective altruists went from celebrating agricultural production advancements to being all in on AI?
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I don't think leftists should do praxis. I think when they do it they're reinforcing organized crime.
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I don't think leftists should do praxis. I think when they do it they're reinforcing organized crime.
Random thought: Fallout 4 would be dramatically improved if they gave the player character the Dark Urge treatment from BG3.
December 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Random thought: Fallout 4 would be dramatically improved if they gave the player character the Dark Urge treatment from BG3.
Love the idea of using a single piece of media to use and revisit to see how your understanding changes in light of new information.
Pop culture and media studies and history and religion and literature and musicology and film studies and folklore. Watch the movie at the beginning, middle and end of the semester. Make students engage with college level work early and often and aggressively and enjoyably.
December 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Love the idea of using a single piece of media to use and revisit to see how your understanding changes in light of new information.
Why did all these guys settle on pull ups? They're genuinely hard! Pro athletes struggle with them. There are other show-off exercises that are more manageable.
December 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Why did all these guys settle on pull ups? They're genuinely hard! Pro athletes struggle with them. There are other show-off exercises that are more manageable.
ACAB includes Mr Rogo in the Poseidon Adventure
December 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
ACAB includes Mr Rogo in the Poseidon Adventure
Talk of worst song ever is a fun distraction but it's also worth keeping in mind that for it to really count the song has to be at least somewhat enjoyable. It's not really fun to talk about otherwise. Which is why I think Starship's "We Built this City" works.
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Talk of worst song ever is a fun distraction but it's also worth keeping in mind that for it to really count the song has to be at least somewhat enjoyable. It's not really fun to talk about otherwise. Which is why I think Starship's "We Built this City" works.
Randomly fired up Dragon Age Ultimate Edition and I had forgotten how that game featured way more fiddly character and tactical bits than the later ones. I can see why people feel dismayed at how the later games got stripped down even though I mostly appreciated the changes.
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Randomly fired up Dragon Age Ultimate Edition and I had forgotten how that game featured way more fiddly character and tactical bits than the later ones. I can see why people feel dismayed at how the later games got stripped down even though I mostly appreciated the changes.
Wrapped up replaying the Mass Effect trilogy for the first time in 5 years and I had forgotten how much that ending kills all the narrative and gameplay momentum. I liked the exposition of the 1st game and those kinds of expository moments fit there, but by the 3rd it just sucks. /1
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Wrapped up replaying the Mass Effect trilogy for the first time in 5 years and I had forgotten how much that ending kills all the narrative and gameplay momentum. I liked the exposition of the 1st game and those kinds of expository moments fit there, but by the 3rd it just sucks. /1
youtu.be/PHt5Y5-6Xe4?... Between this and the Seven Up video, I've got a lot of ideas I need to try out.
5 OFFICIAL Dr Pepper Cocktails from the 1960s
YouTube video by Make and Drink
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
youtu.be/PHt5Y5-6Xe4?... Between this and the Seven Up video, I've got a lot of ideas I need to try out.
Seeing people talk about non-profits and I think this is another great moment to recommend Paul Sabin's Public Citizens. 🗃️
December 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Seeing people talk about non-profits and I think this is another great moment to recommend Paul Sabin's Public Citizens. 🗃️
My College AI take is that its proposed use case is really about how upper management detests large swaths of their human employees and want them to be replaced and that's why we're getting AI for admissions and instructions but not coaching or administration.
December 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My College AI take is that its proposed use case is really about how upper management detests large swaths of their human employees and want them to be replaced and that's why we're getting AI for admissions and instructions but not coaching or administration.
I feel like I'm not bringing anything new but how frustrating is it that Wicked's colors look so dull?
December 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I feel like I'm not bringing anything new but how frustrating is it that Wicked's colors look so dull?
My hotter take about Lane Kiffin is that he should absolutely chase the bag at bigger and richer schools without facing opprobrium. None of the donors, boosters, and administrators care; and with NIL and transfer portal, it's not like the players are confined the way they once were.
My tepid college football take is that Lane Kiffin is a good coach and probably would have looked more impressive if sanctions hadn't hit USC.
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
My hotter take about Lane Kiffin is that he should absolutely chase the bag at bigger and richer schools without facing opprobrium. None of the donors, boosters, and administrators care; and with NIL and transfer portal, it's not like the players are confined the way they once were.
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein review: The voice overs were dumb. The action, dialogue, and acting were expressive enough that anyone could pick up what was happening.
November 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein review: The voice overs were dumb. The action, dialogue, and acting were expressive enough that anyone could pick up what was happening.
Honestly, an article on inexplicable and ritualistic violence is the perfect morning read for Thanksgiving. (More seriously, fascinating article).
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Honestly, an article on inexplicable and ritualistic violence is the perfect morning read for Thanksgiving. (More seriously, fascinating article).
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...