Wolfman Jackass
@jrfanboy.bsky.social
Chairman, American Society of Interminable Jackasses
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“One person is an autocratic president of the university for decades” certainly wasn’t a flawless system but it’s clear that “admins hop from job to job scaling the career ladder by filling their CV with ‘accomplishments’ that are expensive burdens to the schools they leave behind” is even worse.
The worst thing to happen to academia was the emergence of a nomadic administrative class like the one in corporations who just move from institution to institution setting fires and walking away.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
December 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“One person is an autocratic president of the university for decades” certainly wasn’t a flawless system but it’s clear that “admins hop from job to job scaling the career ladder by filling their CV with ‘accomplishments’ that are expensive burdens to the schools they leave behind” is even worse.
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so it is very apparent that
1) You are not going to be able to know for sure who or where an order came from, much less if it is legal
2) The President and SecDef will disavow any order that retroactively proves to be unpopular or risky
1) You are not going to be able to know for sure who or where an order came from, much less if it is legal
2) The President and SecDef will disavow any order that retroactively proves to be unpopular or risky
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
so it is very apparent that
1) You are not going to be able to know for sure who or where an order came from, much less if it is legal
2) The President and SecDef will disavow any order that retroactively proves to be unpopular or risky
1) You are not going to be able to know for sure who or where an order came from, much less if it is legal
2) The President and SecDef will disavow any order that retroactively proves to be unpopular or risky
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
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presented without comment
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
presented without comment
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you can throw them billions of dollars in subsidies to rebuild their economy and as soon as the other side whispers "woke" at them, they'll abandon you in favor of billionaire grifters who are taking their health care away to pay for enormous tax cuts and deficit-financed immigrant prison camps.
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 AM
you can throw them billions of dollars in subsidies to rebuild their economy and as soon as the other side whispers "woke" at them, they'll abandon you in favor of billionaire grifters who are taking their health care away to pay for enormous tax cuts and deficit-financed immigrant prison camps.
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workplace AI is an elite circle jerk
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
December 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
workplace AI is an elite circle jerk
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to be clear I don't think we will get anywhere remotely close to agi, I am just frustrated by pretending we will and spending commensurate amounts of money
December 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
to be clear I don't think we will get anywhere remotely close to agi, I am just frustrated by pretending we will and spending commensurate amounts of money
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If you spend decades undermining a liberal arts education, you get college students who can't write a decent essay. But you also get adults who can't recognize a decent essay and sincerely think the issue is the beliefs and not that reading this is painful.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
If you spend decades undermining a liberal arts education, you get college students who can't write a decent essay. But you also get adults who can't recognize a decent essay and sincerely think the issue is the beliefs and not that reading this is painful.
Easy peasy!
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Easy peasy!
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
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One thing that Pyotr doesn’t say directly, though he infers it repeatedly, is that the Oligarchs are essentially sucking all the transferable wealth out of the Russian state right now, and dumping their unusable (internationally) rubles to pay for it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
One thing that Pyotr doesn’t say directly, though he infers it repeatedly, is that the Oligarchs are essentially sucking all the transferable wealth out of the Russian state right now, and dumping their unusable (internationally) rubles to pay for it.
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Brand new at @theunpopulist.net, @polphilpod.bsky.social's fascinating piece showing how Elon Musk's deployment of Tolkien is straightforwardly fascist.
Even by a Strict Definition, Elon Musk Is a Fascist
He is weaponizing Tolkien to promote violence by ‘hard men’ against Asian immigrants
www.theunpopulist.net
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Brand new at @theunpopulist.net, @polphilpod.bsky.social's fascinating piece showing how Elon Musk's deployment of Tolkien is straightforwardly fascist.
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One useful thing that graduate school in the social sciences does is they force you to read a bunch of Marx, which is handy later on when people out in the world are trying to tell you about Marx and Marxism because you will be able to tell that they actually haven't read any
November 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
One useful thing that graduate school in the social sciences does is they force you to read a bunch of Marx, which is handy later on when people out in the world are trying to tell you about Marx and Marxism because you will be able to tell that they actually haven't read any
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None of this is the product of raison d’état
November 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
None of this is the product of raison d’état
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Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Everyone should read this terrifying thread about Hegseth’s published views wrt war crimes. It’s pretty fucking radical …. We needed to hear about this in his confirmation hearing.
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thing is, we DID hear about it at his confirmation hearing.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
Every single senator who voted to confirm Hegseth knew he held these views about the laws of war.
They voted to confirm him anyway.
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👇 in the special for TN 07 the last chance is in two days - Tuesday, December 2nd 👇
“Orwellian shit going on in Tennessee — Republican voters are being threatened to vote, Democratic voters are being told to vote a day late.”
👋🏽 We are here. These mailers are real.
And secretary of voter suppression Tre Hargett seems unconcerned🤔
👋🏽 We are here. These mailers are real.
And secretary of voter suppression Tre Hargett seems unconcerned🤔
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
👇 in the special for TN 07 the last chance is in two days - Tuesday, December 2nd 👇
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Are they even war crimes? There is no war. This is just wanton murder.
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Are they even war crimes? There is no war. This is just wanton murder.
If Tim Fucking Burchett is the one calling his fellow reps knuckleheads then that should tell you there's catastrophe level dysfunction, because it's Tim Fucking Burchett noticing it
www.cnn.com/2025/11/29/p...
“I think we just gotta quit electing knuckleheads. We have a very high knucklehead percentage compared to non-knuckleheads up here,” Rep. Tim Burchett said when asked about recent rise in tensions on the floor. “By and large, we just need to start electing better people.”
“I think we just gotta quit electing knuckleheads. We have a very high knucklehead percentage compared to non-knuckleheads up here,” Rep. Tim Burchett said when asked about recent rise in tensions on the floor. “By and large, we just need to start electing better people.”
‘What’s going on with this place?’: GOP faces a House in chaos | CNN Politics
House Speaker Mike Johnson already had one of the toughest jobs in Washington: controlling an unruly GOP conference, with its razor-thin majority on the line next November.
www.cnn.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If Tim Fucking Burchett is the one calling his fellow reps knuckleheads then that should tell you there's catastrophe level dysfunction, because it's Tim Fucking Burchett noticing it
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The issue here is that “criminal” doesn’t hold the same evocative power for people when they’re picturing the people Trump pardons, the political power of “crime” is due to what people picture “crime” and who they envision a “criminal” to be…
When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
November 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The issue here is that “criminal” doesn’t hold the same evocative power for people when they’re picturing the people Trump pardons, the political power of “crime” is due to what people picture “crime” and who they envision a “criminal” to be…
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The median annual income in Nigeria is about ~$1000 a year. Most populous country in Africa.
The median annual income in India is ~$2400 a year. Most populous country in Asia.
Worldwide, it's about $2750.
When we say "tech peaked in the 1990s," I think we omit "For rich Americans and Europeans."
The median annual income in India is ~$2400 a year. Most populous country in Asia.
Worldwide, it's about $2750.
When we say "tech peaked in the 1990s," I think we omit "For rich Americans and Europeans."
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The median annual income in Nigeria is about ~$1000 a year. Most populous country in Africa.
The median annual income in India is ~$2400 a year. Most populous country in Asia.
Worldwide, it's about $2750.
When we say "tech peaked in the 1990s," I think we omit "For rich Americans and Europeans."
The median annual income in India is ~$2400 a year. Most populous country in Asia.
Worldwide, it's about $2750.
When we say "tech peaked in the 1990s," I think we omit "For rich Americans and Europeans."