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Assistant Marshallian Spillover Spookinator 👻 @stevenlandgraf.com · 12h

Credible commitment mechanism #EconSky

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 13h

"First of all, let me quickly say to all the non-Dartmouth Admissions officers: I liked your schools fine, and this has no bearing on you. Just understand, I have decided to use this platform to tell Dartmouth how all-in I am on them."

My Common App Essay: “Every School Reading This Except Dartmouth Sucks Ass”

PROMPT: Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome? The summer after f...

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Assistant Marshallian Spillover Spookinator 👻 @stevenlandgraf.com · 12h

Also, worth noting that in Mars Attacks, Jack Nicholson portrays both a US President and sleazy casino owner, ahem.

Jack Nicholson portraying the President and a flamboyantly dressed casino mogul.

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Assistant Marshallian Spillover Spookinator 👻 @stevenlandgraf.com · 12h

Why does Kid Rock look like he's trying to build a casino during an alien invasion?

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 18h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Assistant Marshallian Spillover Spookinator 👻 @stevenlandgraf.com · 18h

"Moe throwing Barney out of the bar, Barney Returns behind Moe" meme

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Assistant Marshallian Spillover Spookinator 👻 @stevenlandgraf.com · 18h

Yeah it's hard to credibly portray Dems as extremists when the GOP is also trying to entertain the base by publicly portraying Russ Vought as the Grim Reaper (laudatory).

A Truth Social post from Trump portraying an AI generated video of Russ Vought as the Grim Reaper with the caption "Russ Vought is the Reaper"

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Assistant Marshallian Spillover Spookinator 👻 @stevenlandgraf.com · 19h

"I've heard Obama wants to allow Qatar to build a military base in Ida--"

Sen. John McCain taking a microphone away from a woman during an infamous moment on the 2008 campaign trail, where she claimed that Barack Obama was an Arab (as a derogatory accusation).

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Assistant Marshallian Spillover Spookinator 👻 @stevenlandgraf.com · 19h

"I've heard Obama wants to allow Qatar to build a military base in Ida--"

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Assistant Marshallian Spillover Spookinator 👻 @stevenlandgraf.com · 19h

They invented a pepper spray can where it's hard to tell which way the nozzle is pointed.

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Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 1d

The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.

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Assistant Marshallian Spillover Spookinator 👻 @stevenlandgraf.com · 1d

Changing my FF name to "Skattebo off Waivers for $1" to rub it in my Barkley-starting opponent's face

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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Assistant Marshallian Spillover Spookinator 👻 @stevenlandgraf.com · 1d

I had just assumed you were talking about Wade's Mill. I've somehow all this time did not know there was a second historic mill in the area.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 2d

lol, here's some incredible college football content. In the hype video Oregon posted after Penn State, Dan Lanning lectures his team on broken windows theory, but it's pro-breaking windows.

"Each time we get a stop on defense, that's a broken window." www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwSH...

a screencap of Oregon Ducks head coach Dan Lanning standing in front of a projector screen displaying a slideshow. The current slide has a headline "BROKEN WINDOWS THEORY."

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The Jurph from the Black Lagoon @jurph.bsky.social · 2d

The advisor from SimCity hollers at the player, "YOU CAN'T LET A FROG DANCE EROTICALLY AT YOUR SWAT TEAM! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!" The typeface is Chicago but the city is Portland.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 2d

Virginia State Senate Dems just brought down fire and fury regarding the “Compact,” notifying the President and Rector that UVA would lose ALL STATE APPROPRIATIONS if it signs and cedes the University to “federal political control.” Notably, their letter directly restates points made here by @siva.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 2d

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Stephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 3d

I can't stop thinking about this. We're pursuing zero fire risk in multifam, while tolerating much more in single-fam. People respond by building and living in single-fam, where they're exposed to not only one of the highest fire death risks in the developed world, but also TONS more car crash risk

Emily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 3d

Love this new report on buildings' relative fire safety from @alexhrwtz.bsky.social and Pew colleagues.

www.pew.org/en/research-...

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Assistant Marshallian Spillover Spookinator 👻 @stevenlandgraf.com · 3d

My daughter has paper trails (big stack of children's books with Dolly's face on the inside sleeve)

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 3d

To add to this thread, with the annual National Economic Accounts update released recently we got our 1st estimates of real data center construction

It's tripled since 2022, reaching $25B/yr. Keep in mind this doesn't include investment in computers within, which have risen by $100B

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

I fear if things don’t change right now, this image is going to come back to haunt us

Laura Rodriguez, on Twitter:

A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 3d

Solidarity with Mark ✊

Far-right harassment of academics has long been a problem across countries. Many legacy media ignore, minimize, or even facilitate it. #NoPaseran

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Assistant Marshallian Spillover Spookinator 👻 @stevenlandgraf.com · 4d

City manager, city council, city mayor

the coach of the KC Chiefs, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. From left to right they are wearing (1) a very normal grey suit with red tie, (2) a newsboy cap in brown with a shirt that looks like a bad motel wallpaper, and (3) a barbie-esque italian table cloth vest

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Assistant Marshallian Spillover Spookinator 👻 @stevenlandgraf.com · 4d

Another confirmation of the "everyone is twelve now" theory.

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer:
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

"I'm strong and want to have like fifty kids and a farm" of course you do. You're twelve. "I don't want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal" hell yeah homie you're twelve. "Maybe if there's crime we should just send the army" bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 4d

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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