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Museums really are leaving money on the table by not selling more reproductions of Little Guys
Every museum should have a Little Guys Tour, and at the end of the tour you can buy reproductions of all the little guys
December 12, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Museums really are leaving money on the table by not selling more reproductions of Little Guys
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One thing to keep in mind is that a lot of forms of regulation of recreational sex and birth control would/will be largely broken-taillight-type laws. By which I mean when you create a law you can’t possibly really enforce, it’s just a blanket power to selectively harass people you don’t like.
February 23, 2024 at 12:28 PM
One thing to keep in mind is that a lot of forms of regulation of recreational sex and birth control would/will be largely broken-taillight-type laws. By which I mean when you create a law you can’t possibly really enforce, it’s just a blanket power to selectively harass people you don’t like.
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Last night a dude pulled/cocked a gun at the screening of UHF I was at, and… wtf?!
What is this world that this happens randomly at THE WEIRD AL MOVIE?!
What is this world that this happens randomly at THE WEIRD AL MOVIE?!
January 21, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Last night a dude pulled/cocked a gun at the screening of UHF I was at, and… wtf?!
What is this world that this happens randomly at THE WEIRD AL MOVIE?!
What is this world that this happens randomly at THE WEIRD AL MOVIE?!
sounds about right!
me: hi, you've reached the library!
patron: do you drive barefoot?
patron: do you drive barefoot?
January 6, 2024 at 9:14 PM
sounds about right!
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bambi motel sign, rts. 19 & 41, griffin, georgia, 1980
December 31, 2023 at 2:36 PM
bambi motel sign, rts. 19 & 41, griffin, georgia, 1980
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You worked 40 hours this week, so please enjoy the next 48 hours of chores and errands.
December 15, 2023 at 6:41 PM
You worked 40 hours this week, so please enjoy the next 48 hours of chores and errands.
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As if the grocery store shrink ray wasn't enough, now you have to unflavorblast my little snacks?
Giant food companies are quietly ruining your favorite snacks — and hoping you don't notice
From Coke to Nutella, your favorite treats are being ruined by a sneaky ploy known as 'flavorflation.'
www.businessinsider.com
December 13, 2023 at 10:59 PM
As if the grocery store shrink ray wasn't enough, now you have to unflavorblast my little snacks?
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Johnny Cash eating cake with his hands in a bush (1976)
August 23, 2023 at 6:09 PM
Johnny Cash eating cake with his hands in a bush (1976)
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The majority of college students in this country attend community colleges.
I teach at one of the biggest community colleges in the country.
I wish more people paid attention to what students, faculty, and staff at community colleges had to say about the state of higher education.
I teach at one of the biggest community colleges in the country.
I wish more people paid attention to what students, faculty, and staff at community colleges had to say about the state of higher education.
I'm a professor at an Ivy League institution and I think about Ivy League institutions about a tenth as much as the editors of major media outlets do.
I'm begging you, for the love of God:
Touch grass. Somewhere *other* than Harvard Yard.
I'm begging you, for the love of God:
Touch grass. Somewhere *other* than Harvard Yard.
The Life-Changing Magic of Not Caring About What's Happening in the Ivy League
December 11, 2023 at 2:28 PM
The majority of college students in this country attend community colleges.
I teach at one of the biggest community colleges in the country.
I wish more people paid attention to what students, faculty, and staff at community colleges had to say about the state of higher education.
I teach at one of the biggest community colleges in the country.
I wish more people paid attention to what students, faculty, and staff at community colleges had to say about the state of higher education.
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The Life-Changing Magic of Not Caring About What's Happening in the Ivy League
December 11, 2023 at 5:00 AM
The Life-Changing Magic of Not Caring About What's Happening in the Ivy League
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the same state that demands women be mothers is prosecuting a woman to death for wanting to live long enough to mother her children, because pro-life nattering isn't about safeguarding babies. it has always been predicated upon women's suffering.
December 9, 2023 at 5:23 AM
the same state that demands women be mothers is prosecuting a woman to death for wanting to live long enough to mother her children, because pro-life nattering isn't about safeguarding babies. it has always been predicated upon women's suffering.
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The locals need to wickerman those dorks
oh my god how did I miss the opportunity to make fun of this when it came out
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/n...
www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/n...
December 7, 2023 at 10:46 PM
The locals need to wickerman those dorks
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It's incredible how accurately Shel Silverstein predicted AI decades ago
December 7, 2023 at 3:00 AM
It's incredible how accurately Shel Silverstein predicted AI decades ago
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Anyone who has worked as an academic employee in a big public university will find this documentary on 1970 Univ. of Wisconsin TA strike fascinating. Not much had changed by the 1990s when we started organizing at UIUC--with help from the TAA and the UMich GEO youtu.be/jAwYsEqdLMU?...
The Wisconsin TA Strike (orig. 1970, remake 2021)
In March 1970, the Teaching Assistants Association at the University of Wisconsin went out on strike for twenty-four days. It was the first TA strike in the ...
youtu.be
December 6, 2023 at 6:19 PM
Anyone who has worked as an academic employee in a big public university will find this documentary on 1970 Univ. of Wisconsin TA strike fascinating. Not much had changed by the 1990s when we started organizing at UIUC--with help from the TAA and the UMich GEO youtu.be/jAwYsEqdLMU?...
The most boring mondo movie
December 4, 2023 at 12:05 AM
The most boring mondo movie
The best Christmas special, hands down
December 4, 2023 at 12:04 AM
The best Christmas special, hands down
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desert sands motor hotel sign, albuquerque, new mexico, 2003
December 3, 2023 at 11:36 AM
desert sands motor hotel sign, albuquerque, new mexico, 2003
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Deadline approaching later this month, 12/18! Please reach out with any questions. CFP open to librarians and other academics, though the focus is on libraries. Really excited for this special issue #critlib #phdchat #academiclibraries
CFP! Libraries as/and Extraction w/ Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, deadline 12/18. Details on topic + process at link. Reach out w/ questions! I'm co-guest editing w/ @mauraseale.bsky.social & Rafia Mirza, and Karen Nicholson is our journal ed board collaborator cjal.ca/index.php/ca...
CJAL Special Issue: Libraries and/as Extraction
| Canadian Journal of Academic Librariansh...
cjal.ca
December 1, 2023 at 5:58 PM
Deadline approaching later this month, 12/18! Please reach out with any questions. CFP open to librarians and other academics, though the focus is on libraries. Really excited for this special issue #critlib #phdchat #academiclibraries
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FINALLY! Just in time for the winter COVID surge, the CDC now has a useful wastewater dashboard.
It indicates that nationally COVID wastewater levels are HIGH and rising further.
You can access the dashboard here: cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...
It indicates that nationally COVID wastewater levels are HIGH and rising further.
You can access the dashboard here: cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...
November 28, 2023 at 10:28 PM
FINALLY! Just in time for the winter COVID surge, the CDC now has a useful wastewater dashboard.
It indicates that nationally COVID wastewater levels are HIGH and rising further.
You can access the dashboard here: cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...
It indicates that nationally COVID wastewater levels are HIGH and rising further.
You can access the dashboard here: cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...
I feel like this sort of surveillance is something that academic librarians should be talking about with students as a matter of principle, but that structural/political forces won’t exactly encourage that
“Few institutions collect as much data about the people inside of them as colleges and universities do.”
He Wanted Privacy. His College Gave Him None – The Markup
A Markup examination of a typical college shows how students are subject to a vast and growing array of watchful tech, from homework trackers to test-taking software, even license plate readers
themarkup.org
December 1, 2023 at 7:42 PM
I feel like this sort of surveillance is something that academic librarians should be talking about with students as a matter of principle, but that structural/political forces won’t exactly encourage that