tbh prediction markets have some utility, I've literally used Kalshi to hedge against SCOTUS cases I had exposure to. But it should be fucking illegal for them to market themselves the way they are.

I think the edgier Radical/Critical types have mostly discredited themselves with both groups. The former over 2020, the latter over Palestine. "Read theory" seems confined to its own little bubble.

“Progslop” is the assertion southern white people would vote for socialists if they heard their message about universal healthcare.

“Modslop” is the assertion Dems could win southern white people if they spent their whole campaigns reacting to Republican talking points.

> monkey's paw curls
> humanists start publishing decolonial readings of the T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM thing

Next big breakpoint is 29-31 (SD,TN,AL,KY,AR), at which point we're talking possible removal from office once Republican senators smell blood in the water. Won't happen, but nice to think about.

Tipping point states are Florida/Alaska/Iowa at 13.1, followed by Texas at 13.7.

(Assumes all states' 2026 senate margins are the same monotonic function of their 2024 presidential margins, no accounting for candidate quality or varying elasticity, etc etc. "Margin" refers to (D vote) - (R vote), so a 60/40 race has a margin of 20.)

Anyway, I think it's moot because plenty of students *do* need these accommodations, and the cost of an undeserving student getting extra time is very minor.

If time pressure is the thing preventing most of the class from getting an A on a physics test, it's a bad test.

Could be. Could also be that I was also teaching required-for-major classes where the exams were a big chunk of the final grade, and students are more likely to fill out the accommodation paperwork for those.

E.g., if I'd gotten my Very Obvious ADHD diagnosed a decade earlier, I could've gotten extra time on exams, and it would've had a very minor benefit in 1 or 2 classes. But I've never had trouble focusing on exams, even *before* I got on meds.

Might be an elite private school vs everywhere else thing. The Harvard # of 20% sounds about right for the physics classes I TAed at Yale.

Definitely know ppl who've used it as a crutch, but they're rare, and IMO it's less an issue of misdiagnosis than unneeded accommodations for legit diagnoses.

Really threw me for a loop after knocking doors in the Northeast.

Yeah, AZ politics is kinda fucked wrt labor. Back when I was canvassing out there "I'm here with my union" usually got me weird looks, at least with English-speaking voters.

Same. Though I wouldn't put it past these freaks to pull a "my TA is grading my problem sets harshly because they don't like my politics"

anyway, here are two articles from our contract that I'm very proud of:

(especially at private unis where the trustees are more, er, appeasement-curious)

Even when most workers in a unit have clearly-articulated left-of-center politics, it's a struggle to get 10% of them knocking doors for a tightly contested city council race.

And a longshot third-party bid for ID-Gov is a different proposition.