Some experts say...
President Trump describes fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction that fuels lawlessness, saying the opioid is “closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic.” But some experts say it is a stretch to call an addictive drug a weapon of mass destruction.
Trump declared fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction. What does it mean?
The declaration of fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction is the latest move by President Donald Trump casting the nation’s deadly drug crisis as a national security issue.
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Some experts say...
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Well that’s certainly on the nose both literally and figuratively.
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Well that’s certainly on the nose both literally and figuratively.
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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-regularly-happens-3/
December 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-regularly-happens-3/
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From an ethics exam:
Supererogation is where erogation is brought to an extreme.
Supererogation is where erogation is brought to an extreme.
a man and a woman are standing in front of a blackboard that says utilitarianism
Alt: A scene from "The Good Place" where Chidi and Eleanor are standing in front of a blackboard that says utilitarianism
media.tenor.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
From an ethics exam:
Supererogation is where erogation is brought to an extreme.
Supererogation is where erogation is brought to an extreme.
From an ethics exam:
Supererogation is where erogation is brought to an extreme.
Supererogation is where erogation is brought to an extreme.
a man and a woman are standing in front of a blackboard that says utilitarianism
Alt: A scene from "The Good Place" where Chidi and Eleanor are standing in front of a blackboard that says utilitarianism
media.tenor.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
From an ethics exam:
Supererogation is where erogation is brought to an extreme.
Supererogation is where erogation is brought to an extreme.
Me, while grading end-of-term papers:
Genuinely quite upset that I now have to live the rest of my life asking if things are AI or not actually.
December 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Me, while grading end-of-term papers:
One of the weird things about @alyankovic.bsky.social is how normal he always seems in interviews.
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
One of the weird things about @alyankovic.bsky.social is how normal he always seems in interviews.
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They thought of everything on this train
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
They thought of everything on this train
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CARTOON/HOBBES2.GIF
November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
CARTOON/HOBBES2.GIF
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Billie Holiday ~ Paris, Olympia, November 1958
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Billie Holiday ~ Paris, Olympia, November 1958
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This is what happened to my Grandfather in Frankfurt, Germany on 9th November 1938, commonly known as Kristallnacht.
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This is what happened to my Grandfather in Frankfurt, Germany on 9th November 1938, commonly known as Kristallnacht.
An answer from an exam: Paternalism is the study of patterns.
October 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
An answer from an exam: Paternalism is the study of patterns.
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It's the stupidity.
Excellent essay, well worth the read, and not as long as the Guardian claims.
(The long form is in n+1.)
Excellent essay, well worth the read, and not as long as the Guardian claims.
(The long form is in n+1.)
A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0
If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It's the stupidity.
Excellent essay, well worth the read, and not as long as the Guardian claims.
(The long form is in n+1.)
Excellent essay, well worth the read, and not as long as the Guardian claims.
(The long form is in n+1.)
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Love how he gets into the bike lane. Now here’s a Kantian. 👏
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Love how he gets into the bike lane. Now here’s a Kantian. 👏
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
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Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed.
There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.
Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.
Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
September 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Here's the video Trump just posted to Truth Social, with the claim that 11 people aboard the boat were killed.
There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.
Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
There is zero evidence of self-defense here. Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea.
Even if they had drugs aboard, that's not a capital offense.
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does a guy named Timber falling down count as nominative determinism
August 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
does a guy named Timber falling down count as nominative determinism
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I see
and I hear
and I speak no evil;
I carry
no malice
within my breast;
yet quite without
wishing
a man to the Devil
one may be
permitted
to hope for the best.
-“An Ethical Grook” by Piet Hein
and I hear
and I speak no evil;
I carry
no malice
within my breast;
yet quite without
wishing
a man to the Devil
one may be
permitted
to hope for the best.
-“An Ethical Grook” by Piet Hein
August 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I see
and I hear
and I speak no evil;
I carry
no malice
within my breast;
yet quite without
wishing
a man to the Devil
one may be
permitted
to hope for the best.
-“An Ethical Grook” by Piet Hein
and I hear
and I speak no evil;
I carry
no malice
within my breast;
yet quite without
wishing
a man to the Devil
one may be
permitted
to hope for the best.
-“An Ethical Grook” by Piet Hein
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This exercise by @jamellebouie.net on "How many Slaveholders were there, really?" (youtu.be/pRs2Xu1FWR4?...) is really impressive and honestly I think should be a mandatory watch for *ancient* historians thinking about the slave societies we study.
How many slaveholders were there, really?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
August 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This exercise by @jamellebouie.net on "How many Slaveholders were there, really?" (youtu.be/pRs2Xu1FWR4?...) is really impressive and honestly I think should be a mandatory watch for *ancient* historians thinking about the slave societies we study.
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“Community colleges, along with regional public universities, are the workhorses of higher education in the United States, which has roughly 4,000 degree-granting schools. Some nine million students are enrolled at community colleges, accounting for 43 percent of America’s undergraduates.”
The Typical College Student Is Not Who You Think It Is
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“Community colleges, along with regional public universities, are the workhorses of higher education in the United States, which has roughly 4,000 degree-granting schools. Some nine million students are enrolled at community colleges, accounting for 43 percent of America’s undergraduates.”
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Millions of us first listened to classical, opera, and other music genres via PBS and NPR.
The right yells about the destruction of Western civ and culture, but aren't really interested in cultural preservation. If they were, they'd support funding for public broadcasting, the arts and humanities.
The right yells about the destruction of Western civ and culture, but aren't really interested in cultural preservation. If they were, they'd support funding for public broadcasting, the arts and humanities.
July 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Millions of us first listened to classical, opera, and other music genres via PBS and NPR.
The right yells about the destruction of Western civ and culture, but aren't really interested in cultural preservation. If they were, they'd support funding for public broadcasting, the arts and humanities.
The right yells about the destruction of Western civ and culture, but aren't really interested in cultural preservation. If they were, they'd support funding for public broadcasting, the arts and humanities.
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The fact that the most powerful Republican officials in the nation don’t understand Monetary Policy 101 is an important detail that too often goes overlooked.
CNBC: Do you think Jay Powell should stick around?
MIKE JOHNSON: My opinion is that we should reduce interest rates. The American economy is hot.
CNBC: But if it's too hot, you don't want to cut rates.
MIKE JOHNSON: My opinion is that we should reduce interest rates. The American economy is hot.
CNBC: But if it's too hot, you don't want to cut rates.
July 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the most powerful Republican officials in the nation don’t understand Monetary Policy 101 is an important detail that too often goes overlooked.
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/2 Item 2: if my data storage device was running out of space I could use a hole punch to make a hole in it and then flip it upside down and that would allow me to double the storage
July 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
/2 Item 2: if my data storage device was running out of space I could use a hole punch to make a hole in it and then flip it upside down and that would allow me to double the storage
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Can confirm this email is authentic — and about nothing in it is true.
Social Security income is still taxed. This bill does nothing to change that.
It’s willful disinformation on the part of SSA. It’s a lie.
Social Security income is still taxed. This bill does nothing to change that.
It’s willful disinformation on the part of SSA. It’s a lie.
Hi, I think a lot of us received e-mails from SSA saying that social security will no longer be taxed - and that somehow there is "enhanced deductions" (how much enhancement can you make to 0?) for those over 65. What part, if any, of this is true? Thank you!
July 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Can confirm this email is authentic — and about nothing in it is true.
Social Security income is still taxed. This bill does nothing to change that.
It’s willful disinformation on the part of SSA. It’s a lie.
Social Security income is still taxed. This bill does nothing to change that.
It’s willful disinformation on the part of SSA. It’s a lie.