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Ben Sharkey
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astronomer, archivist at U. Maryland (Small Bodies Node). aspiring killjoy.
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I was so far gone in Fargo
South Dakota got annoyed
January 10, 2026 at 8:28 AM
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i have watched the shooter's video. it's going to make you way the fuck madder.
I have watched the video. I think you probably do not need to watch the video. it shows what you think it's gonna show in terms of lack of justification.
January 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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The democratic collapse of my country is making it hard to focus on the collapse of my profession
January 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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Tonight, I was one of more than 200 people who gathered on Chicago’s North Side to mourn Renee Nicole Good. Several people asked me to publish my remarks from the vigil, so I’m sharing them here.
The Cost of Staying Human
Remarks from a vigil for Renee Nicole Good
organizingmythoughts.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:47 AM
thinking about that time last year i sat behind some ice freaks on a flight, and watched them read an email from their boss about a recent dui in their unit and how important it is that they stop drinking and driving
January 8, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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a few thoughts youtu.be/lERS4kJIQR8
Abolish ICE
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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A 23 year old larping as a journalist made a misleading and inaccurate YouTube video that the administration full of chronically online shitposters used to justify the “largest immigration operation ever” and now someone is dead
January 7, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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If officials can’t bring themselves to arrest someone who is captured on camera from multiple angles killing someone in cold blood, they should just step aside so someone with a backbone can lead
Arrest the murderer and arrest Bovino. Not complicated.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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Every second the murderer is not arrested is another second for feds to hide him in a place that would create a jurisdictional fight. He's on video killing a person. You have to arrest this guy an hour ago, but you might still have time now.
January 7, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead
January 7, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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One thing I keep thinking about is the Rubio interview towards the start of last year. Whether he actually believes this fully or if it’s rhetorical positioning, it’s an argument that lays the groundwork for this and possibly future acts of global banditry.

(www.state.gov/secretary-ma...)
January 4, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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a big part of the issue surrounding the use of chatgpt/LLMs in academic research comes down to process vs. product. a lot of us know that the process of doing research matters because that's where intellectual work is done; but some "academics" and lots of techies only care about a fast product
December 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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In light of today’s conversation on academic accommodations, I’m going to revive a thread lost to time when I deleted my Twitter profile.

It’s about a bunch of academic accommodations that instructors can offer in lieu of an extension on an assignment. 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
December 21, 2023 at 10:09 PM
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Me: [drinks straight from OJ carton]

Troy Aikman, appearing from behind the fridge door: That’s why he struggles, Joe, and it’s not getting better
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Please help an Afghan refugee family of 5 with 3 children under 7! They have been affected by the SNAP defending and need help with their rent. They need help with their rent. They need $1,350 and every little bit helps! Wahabk94 on PayPal.
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Nothing can prepare you for the factual basis behind this 'wokeness gone too far' anecdote.
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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I’m looking for a post doc! Come join us at ASU! apply.interfolio.com/176300
October 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Welcome sign
Toronto, SD
October 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
24 year olds will say the craziest shit. at a dinner tonight a dude said to me “you know, the costco guys? boom boom boom? they work with the rizzler”
October 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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actually our AI programs are like people so its racist to say you don't like them. anyway would you like to buy one
October 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons
The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Some problems have simple solutions. This new “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” is one. The answer is simply saying no.

Simple does not mean easy. But Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, Vanderbilt, Univ of AZ, UPenn, USC, UT Austin & UVA must understand what they’ll lose if they sign on.
October 2, 2025 at 6:14 AM