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ian, the mouth of madness @illpod.bsky.social · 17h

This atop SNAP cuts atop [50 other things] and it has never been clearer that Republicans are pro-death for kids

NPR @npr.org · 23h

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY

Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally

The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.

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ian, the mouth of madness @illpod.bsky.social · 17h

John Leguizamo as Tybalt, Prince of Cats, is another highlight. Paul Rudd as Paris! Pete Postlethwaite as the quarantined priest! I'm a certified Baz Luhrmann hater and it's still a wild, energetic mess. (Also v funny that he has that insert shot of the pistols labeled "SWORDS")

ian, the mouth of madness @illpod.bsky.social · 17h

A local school board member, upon successfully removing ROMEO + JULIET (1996) from the school library, called it "not even cinematically enjoyable to watch." This is not only a fascistic approach to culture, it's fundamentally wrong. Harold Perrineau's Mercutio is a damn delight, for starters.

a blurry picture of a man with the words `` a plague on both your houses ''

ALT: a blurry picture of a man with the words `` a plague on both your houses ''

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ian, the mouth of madness @illpod.bsky.social · 1d

The most beautiful phrase in English is not “cellar door,” it is actually “it’s beer o’clock—and I’m buying!”

ian, the mouth of madness @illpod.bsky.social · 2d

20 hours after the Dodgers had delivered the kill shot to the scrappy but doomed Jays, Toronto regains HFA and assures LA cannot win the Series at home

ian, the mouth of madness @illpod.bsky.social · 2d

that’s just bad broadcast mix

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ian, the mouth of madness @illpod.bsky.social · 2d

A "brother-in-law" could be a sibling's spouse or a spouse's sibling in our language. We're already very comfortable being a bit opaque in this realm because it doesn't matter unless you're an estate lawyer!

ian, the mouth of madness @illpod.bsky.social · 2d

I had to structure class time devoted to 1:1 oral reviews of research papers mostly as a guard against this—and still students tried to BS their way through fabricated essays

Corinne Gressang @corinnegressang.bsky.social · 3d

I had 9 meetings about students using Chat GPT/LLMs on their papers today.

If you want to know why professors burn out, ask anyone trying to teach critical thinking and writing skills to Freshmen....