Koalagaming08
@koalagaming08.bsky.social
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Sonoran Desert resident, Monsoon enjoyer
moar trains and houses good imo
Sonoran Desert resident, Monsoon enjoyer
moar trains and houses good imo
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I hope those of you with accepting family never take it for granted. My entire life and future career path would be immensely easier if my dad wasn't so transphobic
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I hope those of you with accepting family never take it for granted. My entire life and future career path would be immensely easier if my dad wasn't so transphobic
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There are schools whose names I will seldom know, and little remember, that will make this country better in major and substantive ways that will go largely unnoticed.
The Normal Schools are a great example.
As are HBCUs and HSIs and TCUs and a great many categories entire.
The Normal Schools are a great example.
As are HBCUs and HSIs and TCUs and a great many categories entire.
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM
There are schools whose names I will seldom know, and little remember, that will make this country better in major and substantive ways that will go largely unnoticed.
The Normal Schools are a great example.
As are HBCUs and HSIs and TCUs and a great many categories entire.
The Normal Schools are a great example.
As are HBCUs and HSIs and TCUs and a great many categories entire.
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John Adams, to Abigail from Paris, 1780
"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Painting and Poetry Mathematicks and Philosophy.
My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History...
"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Painting and Poetry Mathematicks and Philosophy.
My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History...
November 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
John Adams, to Abigail from Paris, 1780
"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Painting and Poetry Mathematicks and Philosophy.
My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History...
"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Painting and Poetry Mathematicks and Philosophy.
My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History...
This is the thing that always inspiried me about the US public higher-ed system. That a country could be so wealthy that it can have schools where people build rocket ships under sports stadiums and somehow these are considered "unprestigious" to elitist snobs
I always think of Tony Judt on this (though I'd hold the condescension and double down on the public university systems in the heartland)
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is the thing that always inspiried me about the US public higher-ed system. That a country could be so wealthy that it can have schools where people build rocket ships under sports stadiums and somehow these are considered "unprestigious" to elitist snobs
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he met 4 trans women for lunch and banned polyamory what did they tell him
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
Pope Leo and the Vatican reject polygamy in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
www.sltrib.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
he met 4 trans women for lunch and banned polyamory what did they tell him
the fracophone understanding of secularism is actually just nuts
November 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
the fracophone understanding of secularism is actually just nuts
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What the fuck.
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
What the fuck.
thanks dad for trying to get me to detransition while I'm doing homework and applying to UCLA! real parent of all time behavior !!!
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
thanks dad for trying to get me to detransition while I'm doing homework and applying to UCLA! real parent of all time behavior !!!
Been sitting on this one for a while, here is an article I've written going over exclusionary zoning and some of the research behind its effects.
timesanddiscourse.substack.com/p/what-is-ex...
timesanddiscourse.substack.com/p/what-is-ex...
What is Exclusionary Zoning?
An overview of the practice and some policy suggestions
timesanddiscourse.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Been sitting on this one for a while, here is an article I've written going over exclusionary zoning and some of the research behind its effects.
timesanddiscourse.substack.com/p/what-is-ex...
timesanddiscourse.substack.com/p/what-is-ex...
I really like the politics of Chi Osse (socialist YIMBYism, pro transit, parks, schools...), I like the boldness, but oh MAN that is a hard race he signed himself up for and he *cant* rely on any endorsements here, Dems who endorse him essentially risk being expelled from the party
November 20, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I really like the politics of Chi Osse (socialist YIMBYism, pro transit, parks, schools...), I like the boldness, but oh MAN that is a hard race he signed himself up for and he *cant* rely on any endorsements here, Dems who endorse him essentially risk being expelled from the party
going to reiterate a long time take of mine which is that grades and essays are far worse for disadvantaged groups than the SAT. A student in poorly funded school is generally going to have a worse essay and transcript than someone with a private tutor, meanwhile there are SAT guides on youtube
grades are an extremely messy signal and you do in fact need some kind of universal baseline.
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
going to reiterate a long time take of mine which is that grades and essays are far worse for disadvantaged groups than the SAT. A student in poorly funded school is generally going to have a worse essay and transcript than someone with a private tutor, meanwhile there are SAT guides on youtube
I am paying thousands of dollars to a university that employs and pays this man
“Chomsky continued to correspond with [Epstein] at least until the summer of 2019, even after the Herald’s series led to widespread outcry and the Justice Department publicly announced a fresh probe.”
Epstein turned to academic Chomsky, others to rehab image after Herald investigation
Other potential people Epstein considered included deceased Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson and Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen.
www.miamiherald.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I am paying thousands of dollars to a university that employs and pays this man
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It can't be a coincidence that every single person running interference for Russia is like one degree of separation from a pedophile
“Chomsky continued to correspond with [Epstein] at least until the summer of 2019, even after the Herald’s series led to widespread outcry and the Justice Department publicly announced a fresh probe.”
Epstein turned to academic Chomsky, others to rehab image after Herald investigation
Other potential people Epstein considered included deceased Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson and Norwegian diplomat Terje Rød-Larsen.
www.miamiherald.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It can't be a coincidence that every single person running interference for Russia is like one degree of separation from a pedophile
just so we're being clear the uni with the most name recognition and the largest endowment in the world has is decided to continue to let a a known racist and sexist teach class after it has become public that he was asking the worlds number one child sex trafficker for adivce on grooming a student
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 AM
just so we're being clear the uni with the most name recognition and the largest endowment in the world has is decided to continue to let a a known racist and sexist teach class after it has become public that he was asking the worlds number one child sex trafficker for adivce on grooming a student
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some notable things in this excellent Bloomberg story - www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
how much of it connects through Harvard, and how many of these people are now in the AI field.
how much of it connects through Harvard, and how many of these people are now in the AI field.
Jeffrey Epstein Leaned on His Elite Network for Help as Investigators Closed In
A cache of 18,000 messages shows the elite support the disgraced financier got in his “hour of terror.”
www.bloomberg.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
some notable things in this excellent Bloomberg story - www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
how much of it connects through Harvard, and how many of these people are now in the AI field.
how much of it connects through Harvard, and how many of these people are now in the AI field.
is 3.4 enough for grad school apps? I basically fucked around my first year and failed shit before I changed majors and got serious
November 16, 2025 at 5:11 AM
is 3.4 enough for grad school apps? I basically fucked around my first year and failed shit before I changed majors and got serious
went to the old trolley museum today and I'm smiling like a dumbass from being able to tism out all day :)
November 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
went to the old trolley museum today and I'm smiling like a dumbass from being able to tism out all day :)
new peak woke take that I will defend: car dependency is a means of reinforcing the social concept of child ownership and restricting the independence of women and teens
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
new peak woke take that I will defend: car dependency is a means of reinforcing the social concept of child ownership and restricting the independence of women and teens
“What if stayed at the bar and kept drinking with that French girl” is something I’ll be asking myself till the end of time now
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“What if stayed at the bar and kept drinking with that French girl” is something I’ll be asking myself till the end of time now
Yeah so 9-1 The Planning Comission voted to make citywide missing middle their recommendation to mayor and council
Hey Tucson!! We need your help tomorrow at the Planning Comission Meeting! The Missing Middle goes up for a vote, we have a chance to recommend to Mayor and Council to rezone *the entire city* for more homes and less parking!
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Yeah so 9-1 The Planning Comission voted to make citywide missing middle their recommendation to mayor and council
Hey Tucson!! We need your help tomorrow at the Planning Comission Meeting! The Missing Middle goes up for a vote, we have a chance to recommend to Mayor and Council to rezone *the entire city* for more homes and less parking!
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Hey Tucson!! We need your help tomorrow at the Planning Comission Meeting! The Missing Middle goes up for a vote, we have a chance to recommend to Mayor and Council to rezone *the entire city* for more homes and less parking!
grad school it is babyeeee
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
grad school it is babyeeee