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Higher ed comms and advancement. Misplaced Southerner surviving the Midwest. Stuck on the corner of sanity and madness. Thoughts my own.
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20 L&S Discoveries and the Roads That Led There
As the liberal arts college of a major research university, the College of Letters & Science is uniquely positioned to tackle some of the biggest questions facing our society. Take a trip down memory ...
lsmagazine.wisc.edu
New piece, this time in Letters & Science Magazine, co-authored with the ever-talented Alli Watters.
We share just a few examples of how curiosity has shaped L&S and the world, from Social Security and limnology to Bill Cronon and Nellie McKay.
lsmagazine.wisc.edu/issues/fall-...
We share just a few examples of how curiosity has shaped L&S and the world, from Social Security and limnology to Bill Cronon and Nellie McKay.
lsmagazine.wisc.edu/issues/fall-...
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Once again, the Hague is the moderate position
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Once again, the Hague is the moderate position
New piece, this time in Letters & Science Magazine, co-authored with the ever-talented Alli Watters.
We share just a few examples of how curiosity has shaped L&S and the world, from Social Security and limnology to Bill Cronon and Nellie McKay.
lsmagazine.wisc.edu/issues/fall-...
We share just a few examples of how curiosity has shaped L&S and the world, from Social Security and limnology to Bill Cronon and Nellie McKay.
lsmagazine.wisc.edu/issues/fall-...
20 L&S Discoveries and the Roads That Led There
As the liberal arts college of a major research university, the College of Letters & Science is uniquely positioned to tackle some of the biggest questions facing our society. Take a trip down memory ...
lsmagazine.wisc.edu
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 AM
New piece, this time in Letters & Science Magazine, co-authored with the ever-talented Alli Watters.
We share just a few examples of how curiosity has shaped L&S and the world, from Social Security and limnology to Bill Cronon and Nellie McKay.
lsmagazine.wisc.edu/issues/fall-...
We share just a few examples of how curiosity has shaped L&S and the world, from Social Security and limnology to Bill Cronon and Nellie McKay.
lsmagazine.wisc.edu/issues/fall-...
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
Total Midwest erasure. Give me Milwaukee or Minneapolis any day.
Bluesky: “Obviously the housing crisis is the only reason anyone would choose to live outside of NYC”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Total Midwest erasure. Give me Milwaukee or Minneapolis any day.
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Thanksgiving costs climbed about 10% this year over last year, according to new research from @groundwork.bsky.social @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org.
That’s an increase of more than 3X the overall inflation rate. Explore the research👇
https://bit.ly/4rj7Rtf
That’s an increase of more than 3X the overall inflation rate. Explore the research👇
https://bit.ly/4rj7Rtf
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thanksgiving costs climbed about 10% this year over last year, according to new research from @groundwork.bsky.social @tcfdotorg.bsky.social & @aft.org.
That’s an increase of more than 3X the overall inflation rate. Explore the research👇
https://bit.ly/4rj7Rtf
That’s an increase of more than 3X the overall inflation rate. Explore the research👇
https://bit.ly/4rj7Rtf
Find someone who looks at you the way Democrats look at complicated tax schemes and income phase outs.
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Find someone who looks at you the way Democrats look at complicated tax schemes and income phase outs.
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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“This year I’m thankful for paper towels. Holiday travelers deserve better than inadequate and unsanitary hand dryers.”
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“This year I’m thankful for paper towels. Holiday travelers deserve better than inadequate and unsanitary hand dryers.”
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
How many variations of this person's name do I need to block/mute before I never hear about any of these people ever again?
I regret to inform you there is more Olivia Newzzi: the print VF will feature a nude portrait by artist Isabelle Brourman that is also destined for Art Basel Miami Beach. Notably, its inclusion appears be a surprise to VF staff. VF looking worse and worse here. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
How many variations of this person's name do I need to block/mute before I never hear about any of these people ever again?
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"that may be pre-decisional"
Immediately adding pre-decisional to my vocabulary.
Immediately adding pre-decisional to my vocabulary.
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"that may be pre-decisional"
Immediately adding pre-decisional to my vocabulary.
Immediately adding pre-decisional to my vocabulary.
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I taught one of the students who worked as Bucky and the stories he told about how awful that costume smelled on game day were legitimately stomach churning
Mascot Absolutely Reeks https://theonion.com/mascot-absolutely-reeks-1819576059/
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I taught one of the students who worked as Bucky and the stories he told about how awful that costume smelled on game day were legitimately stomach churning
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior
I have visited Scotland and am still not convinced it's a real place
50 years ago the BBC filmed this incredible documentary about a Scotsman named Big Jim who regularly rode a bicycle 22 miles through the Highlands to visit a friend. This was his 105th trip, and he got completely blitzed along the way.
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I have visited Scotland and am still not convinced it's a real place
Brandon Sanderson eyeing that IP
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Brandon Sanderson eyeing that IP
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That punt came in like
November 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
That punt came in like
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Nothing absolutely nothing bad has ever happened when governments asked for lists of Jews.
Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Nothing absolutely nothing bad has ever happened when governments asked for lists of Jews.