Chris Cassidy
@cmcassid.bsky.social
Husband, artist, teacher.
Thanks for highlighting this. Red-state legislatures were super-quick to jump on the Fed's anti-DEI bandwagon, and state schools don't have anything like the freedom to maneuver that privates do.
January 24, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Thanks for highlighting this. Red-state legislatures were super-quick to jump on the Fed's anti-DEI bandwagon, and state schools don't have anything like the freedom to maneuver that privates do.
Dr. Cronenberg’s Atlas of Human Anatomy
January 23, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Dr. Cronenberg’s Atlas of Human Anatomy
Really great write-up of a haunting film. Thanks for re-sharing it.
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Really great write-up of a haunting film. Thanks for re-sharing it.
"In the morning, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott met with the inaugural class of 92 students at the state capitol." Oh for crying out loud! I've taught bigger single classes than this, and I'm a goddamn art professor.
January 17, 2026 at 1:20 AM
"In the morning, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott met with the inaugural class of 92 students at the state capitol." Oh for crying out loud! I've taught bigger single classes than this, and I'm a goddamn art professor.
I'm halfway through this thing, reading about backbiting, recriminations and attempted coups, and then hit this line... "UATX moved forward and began recruiting its first class." They don't even have any fucking students yet and the wheels are coming off!
January 17, 2026 at 1:18 AM
I'm halfway through this thing, reading about backbiting, recriminations and attempted coups, and then hit this line... "UATX moved forward and began recruiting its first class." They don't even have any fucking students yet and the wheels are coming off!
Column width seems OK, but hyphenation seems to be disabled.
December 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Column width seems OK, but hyphenation seems to be disabled.
I teach this stuff, so “300dpi AT your target dimensions” is just like a macro that automatically spills out of my mouth now.
December 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I teach this stuff, so “300dpi AT your target dimensions” is just like a macro that automatically spills out of my mouth now.
I understand that Debate Club can be empowering for students uncomfortable with public speaking, but adults really should be past thinking debate is effective in determining the truth about a subject.
December 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I understand that Debate Club can be empowering for students uncomfortable with public speaking, but adults really should be past thinking debate is effective in determining the truth about a subject.
Needs more turtles.
December 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Needs more turtles.
To be clear, I think this is a bad policy idea that doesn’t really solve the problem of eliminating the ACA premium subsidy.
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
To be clear, I think this is a bad policy idea that doesn’t really solve the problem of eliminating the ACA premium subsidy.
Better in that more people are eligible for the full deduction, worse in that it just saves the taxpayer whatever their tax on $25K would be, which is clearly way less than a full $25K.
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Better in that more people are eligible for the full deduction, worse in that it just saves the taxpayer whatever their tax on $25K would be, which is clearly way less than a full $25K.
Reading the article, looks like it’s a deduction from gross income in addition to the Standard Deduction, rather than a deduction from taxes withheld.
December 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Reading the article, looks like it’s a deduction from gross income in addition to the Standard Deduction, rather than a deduction from taxes withheld.
Dude’s definitely losing it, but “slowing up” was a pretty common way of saying the same thing as “slowing down” when I was growing up in the Northeast.
December 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Dude’s definitely losing it, but “slowing up” was a pretty common way of saying the same thing as “slowing down” when I was growing up in the Northeast.
Have some great news about your next author portrait for the NYT, Jamelle.
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Have some great news about your next author portrait for the NYT, Jamelle.
He can’t wear the lifts anymore, plus the normal disc compression of getting old.
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
He can’t wear the lifts anymore, plus the normal disc compression of getting old.
JD is the apotheosis of debate club brain.
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
JD is the apotheosis of debate club brain.
I stopped reading at “memebrane”
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I stopped reading at “memebrane”
If you’re layering halftone screens, offset them by 30-45 degrees.
October 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If you’re layering halftone screens, offset them by 30-45 degrees.
A cliche now, but not when it was made: Wagner and Orff in Excalibur.
October 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A cliche now, but not when it was made: Wagner and Orff in Excalibur.
