Elijah
@tokusei.bsky.social
Jaded idealist. Ponderer of the past.
Terrific essay. I’ve used the “forklift at the gym” metaphor in class.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Terrific essay. I’ve used the “forklift at the gym” metaphor in class.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
It would be so funny if Indiana wins.
December 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
It would be so funny if Indiana wins.
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If you are mad about the USPS costing tax payers 9 billion a year just wait til you find out how much the military costs us.
December 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If you are mad about the USPS costing tax payers 9 billion a year just wait til you find out how much the military costs us.
Pretty disheartening that at some point we just threw up our hands and said eh, monopolies are good, actually.
December 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Pretty disheartening that at some point we just threw up our hands and said eh, monopolies are good, actually.
Must be why we need to invade Venezuela.
In a post on X tonight, the State Department says it “renamed the former Institute of Peace to reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation's history.”
“Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”
“Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Must be why we need to invade Venezuela.
“Capitalism is the most efficient allocator of resources.”
While millions of families struggle to put food on the table Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos & Mark Zuckerberg own more wealth than the bottom HALF of Americans.
That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about.
Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?
That’s what oligarchy is about. That’s what a rigged economy is about.
Is it any wonder that people in this country are angry?
December 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
“Capitalism is the most efficient allocator of resources.”
Since we're all rewatching Stranger Things, here are my quibbles (I'm only 2 episodes in to season 1):
It's supposed to be November in Indiana, and yet the Wheelers have their sprinkler going. Who tf runs a sprinkler in November in the Midwest?
It's supposed to be November in Indiana, and yet the Wheelers have their sprinkler going. Who tf runs a sprinkler in November in the Midwest?
December 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Since we're all rewatching Stranger Things, here are my quibbles (I'm only 2 episodes in to season 1):
It's supposed to be November in Indiana, and yet the Wheelers have their sprinkler going. Who tf runs a sprinkler in November in the Midwest?
It's supposed to be November in Indiana, and yet the Wheelers have their sprinkler going. Who tf runs a sprinkler in November in the Midwest?
Great interview here. TL:DR version is:
The aristocracy is and always has been *terrible*.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/25/a...
The aristocracy is and always has been *terrible*.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/25/a...
“The Epstein Class”: Anand Giridharadas on the Elite Network Around the Sexual Predator
While much of the recent interest in Jeffrey Epstein has focused on the late sexual predator’s relationship with President Donald Trump, his emails also reveal his close relationships with other power...
www.democracynow.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Great interview here. TL:DR version is:
The aristocracy is and always has been *terrible*.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/25/a...
The aristocracy is and always has been *terrible*.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/25/a...
Ok, serious question:
Why is Terry Bradshaw still on television?
Why is Terry Bradshaw still on television?
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Ok, serious question:
Why is Terry Bradshaw still on television?
Why is Terry Bradshaw still on television?
Great essay here. That really resonates.
“They approach college instrumentally because they must: the stakes are too high, the costs too crushing, to treat education as an end in itself.”
open.substack.com/pub/stevenmi...
“They approach college instrumentally because they must: the stakes are too high, the costs too crushing, to treat education as an end in itself.”
open.substack.com/pub/stevenmi...
AI Killed the Take-Home Essay. COVID Killed Attendance. Now What?
Reclaiming Learning in an Age of Distraction and Artificial Intelligence
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Great essay here. That really resonates.
“They approach college instrumentally because they must: the stakes are too high, the costs too crushing, to treat education as an end in itself.”
open.substack.com/pub/stevenmi...
“They approach college instrumentally because they must: the stakes are too high, the costs too crushing, to treat education as an end in itself.”
open.substack.com/pub/stevenmi...
It's very frustrating that the National Discourse equates higher ed as a whole with Ivies and state flagships with obscenely expensive football programs.
Lots of people are paid good money to pontificate about "problems in higher ed" and should know better.
Lots of people are paid good money to pontificate about "problems in higher ed" and should know better.
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It's very frustrating that the National Discourse equates higher ed as a whole with Ivies and state flagships with obscenely expensive football programs.
Lots of people are paid good money to pontificate about "problems in higher ed" and should know better.
Lots of people are paid good money to pontificate about "problems in higher ed" and should know better.
MTG learning in real time that the fash comes for everyone eventually. It's all fun and games until it's YOU.
Reminds me of the part in the adaptation of Man in the High Castle when Nazi mom has her come to Jesus moment: "wait, I didn't think they were going to euthanize MY son!!?!"
Reminds me of the part in the adaptation of Man in the High Castle when Nazi mom has her come to Jesus moment: "wait, I didn't think they were going to euthanize MY son!!?!"
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
MTG learning in real time that the fash comes for everyone eventually. It's all fun and games until it's YOU.
Reminds me of the part in the adaptation of Man in the High Castle when Nazi mom has her come to Jesus moment: "wait, I didn't think they were going to euthanize MY son!!?!"
Reminds me of the part in the adaptation of Man in the High Castle when Nazi mom has her come to Jesus moment: "wait, I didn't think they were going to euthanize MY son!!?!"
Wow this party fucking sucks.
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Wow this party fucking sucks.
If the $1 trillion pay for the nazi ceo who is single handedly tanking the company’s stock doesn’t indicate we’re in a gilded age and need to tax the ultra rich out of existence I don’t know what does.
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
If the $1 trillion pay for the nazi ceo who is single handedly tanking the company’s stock doesn’t indicate we’re in a gilded age and need to tax the ultra rich out of existence I don’t know what does.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
Did Hank Cavil change his hair or something? He looks way different in this new season.
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Did Hank Cavil change his hair or something? He looks way different in this new season.
Holy shit, Dick Cheney was still alive!?
November 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Holy shit, Dick Cheney was still alive!?
Japan’s first World Series title was a banger!
November 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Japan’s first World Series title was a banger!
UPS announces layoffs and the stock price immediately surges.
Late-stage financial capitalism just totally detached from reality.
Late-stage financial capitalism just totally detached from reality.
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
UPS announces layoffs and the stock price immediately surges.
Late-stage financial capitalism just totally detached from reality.
Late-stage financial capitalism just totally detached from reality.
So the "master negotiator's" strategy appears to be thus:
1. Start from an advantageous position.
2. Shoot yourself in the foot, placing you in a potentially catastrophic position.
3. Negotiate a roll back of some of the things you just did to avoid catastrophe.
1. Start from an advantageous position.
2. Shoot yourself in the foot, placing you in a potentially catastrophic position.
3. Negotiate a roll back of some of the things you just did to avoid catastrophe.
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
So the "master negotiator's" strategy appears to be thus:
1. Start from an advantageous position.
2. Shoot yourself in the foot, placing you in a potentially catastrophic position.
3. Negotiate a roll back of some of the things you just did to avoid catastrophe.
1. Start from an advantageous position.
2. Shoot yourself in the foot, placing you in a potentially catastrophic position.
3. Negotiate a roll back of some of the things you just did to avoid catastrophe.
Struggling to think of any example in history anywhere when the leader starts paying the military directly and the outcome is some variation of "good."
October 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Struggling to think of any example in history anywhere when the leader starts paying the military directly and the outcome is some variation of "good."
You know, maybe things are getting more expensive in this consumer-based economy and we're heading for a big crash. But at least manufacturing is roaring back! I mean, just hiring hand over fist these days!
Right? Right?!?
Right? Right?!?
October 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
You know, maybe things are getting more expensive in this consumer-based economy and we're heading for a big crash. But at least manufacturing is roaring back! I mean, just hiring hand over fist these days!
Right? Right?!?
Right? Right?!?
I guess I'm not surprised, but Mike Johnson doesn't know what the word "satire" means.
Or at least he's pretending not to.
Or at least he's pretending not to.
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I guess I'm not surprised, but Mike Johnson doesn't know what the word "satire" means.
Or at least he's pretending not to.
Or at least he's pretending not to.
Great job everyone! I'll see you all back at antifa headquarters to pick up our George Soros checks.
October 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Great job everyone! I'll see you all back at antifa headquarters to pick up our George Soros checks.
Still waiting on that DOGE refund check.
October 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Still waiting on that DOGE refund check.