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by Nicole Guenther Discenza

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If you're a fan of The Oatmeal, you already know it will be gross and offensive as well as thought-provoking and hilarious.
If you're not, now you know before you click. Your choice.

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A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
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RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants
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Vermont Senator Peter Welch asks why the attorney general of the United States has zero apparent interest in figuring out what happened to the $50,000 undercover FBI agents gave border czar Tom Homan.

She... doesn't take it well.
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by Nicole Guenther Discenza

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"Nearly all these deaths occurred among unvaccinated children (89%), while about half happened in children with no preexisting health conditions."

Vaccinate yourself and your children!

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More Kids Are Dying From Seasonal Flu Than Ever
There are already reasons to be worried about next winter's flu season.
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by James Goodwin — Reposted by: Nicole Guenther Discenza

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I thought Unitary Executive Theory was all about increasing political accountability
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Q: Why do you say some federal workers should not get their backpay?

TRUMP: Well, you're gonna have to figure that out. Ask the Democrats
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Hirono: "I have to conclude that, since no wrongdoing was determined, that Homan kept the money. And I hope he will put that on his tax returns as income."
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NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse
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The Trump administration has until late tomorrow night to explain to a judge exactly what its military plans for Chicago are.

Something tells me the president's edgelord post last month about "war" is going to become relevant in this court.
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Reposted by: Nicole Guenther Discenza, Kris Inwood, Elaine Treharne , and 2 more

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MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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Perhaps many millions of asthmatics (🙋🏾‍♀️) wouldn't need our inhalers if governments and corporations had actually cared about the air, the water, and the planet we live on...

They can talk to the ✋🏾 or one of the geese who live in our pond. "So, HOW did they end up with asthma in the first place?"
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This is so Bizarre. I’ve had multiple conversations this week with several people about Ellis. He’s the guy that stashed the perfect phone call transcript in a code word classified system. And took over prepub review of Bolton’s book. Now this. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself
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by Nicole Guenther Discenza

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I hope you find one that works without serious side effects soon!
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Ms. Martinez’ lawyer says body cam footage shows the agent turned into HER car and yelled “do something bitch” before firing shots.
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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Reposted by: Nicole Guenther Discenza, Anne Applebaum, Anna O. Law , and 33 more

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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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NEW: Trump considers a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell. “I’ll have to take a look at it,” and also says Diddy has asked him for a pardon.
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Reposted by: Nicole Guenther Discenza, Michael D. McDonald

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PAY ATTENTION: ICE is filing fake 911 calls in Chicago, weaponizing emergency services to provoke local police.

Ordinary citizens would be charged with a felony. ICE calls it strategy.
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This story from last Thursday is bigger news than the Nobel Prize today: "After months in limbo, four NIH institute directors fired." www.science.org/content/arti...
After months in limbo, four NIH institute directors fired
Two leaders removed by Trump administration had hoped to stay at agency as in-house investigators
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by: Nicole Guenther Discenza, Lisa W. Fazio, Jacob Montgomery , and 4 more

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Danielle Allen fails the Lando test / lives out the Arrested Development meme: "A deal on the core principles in a compact could then become a framework for negotiating on legislation." Come ON. With this administration and this Congress?
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The students get it. www.michigandaily.com/statement/ai...
AI ate my homework: My experience with the University’s AI toolkit
I don’t understand AI enough to properly dislike it. And I’m curious as to why the University is pushing this tool so much if it inherently devalues learning. So I immersed myself in artificial intell...
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Reposted by: Nicole Guenther Discenza

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Democracy Forward just sued the DOJ for undercover FBI videotapes that would show Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, accepting a $50k bribe to steer government contracts.
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In my capacity as the chair of the provost's senate-appointed advisory committees, I emailed the questions below to @umich.edu's CFO and CIO. Our bylaws entitle me to request information from any officer of the university. This was weeks ago. I have yet to receive a response.
1. What is the total amount of funds we have allocated to genAI so far, and how much money have we budgeted for it in the future? If the exact amount is difficult to calculate, a ballpark figure would be useful 2. What peer-reviewed studies on the pedagogical benefits and learning outcomes of genAI use in the classroom have informed our AI strategy? 3. which measures are in place to guard against the harmful effects of genAI, specifically effects on our students' mental health and de-skilling effects? Are we conducting such studies ourselves, and if so, who is conducting them? 4. have we done a sustainability study regarding our AI use, and can you share it? 5. what safe-guards are in place to protect students, faculty, and staff against implicit ideological bias as well as direct ideological interference in genAI programming? 6. Has the administration discussed the political aims of the most influential proponents of AI (Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, etc), who appear to be aligned with the Trump administration's goals?
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Reposted by: Nicole Guenther Discenza, Kent Johnson

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It’s of note that during tonight’s hearing the DoJ didn’t even try to make the case that changing conditions on the ground in Portland warranted the CA National Guard. Instead they relied on legal technicalities. Proving again that what they say in court is different than lies they tell the public.
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Reposted by: Nicole Guenther Discenza, David S. Cohen, Michael D. McDonald , and 1 more

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Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question
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by Nicole Guenther Discenza

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"In reality, the 'compact; is a maximalist document, demanding a near-complete surrender of core academic freedoms of the university. "

by Nicole Guenther Discenza

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Read Fishkin's full post. The rewards aren't rewards: they're letting unis retain federal funding to it and its students to which they're already legally entitled (and for which there are already clear legal enforcement mechanisms if unis DO break laws).

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by Nicole Guenther Discenza

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My grandfather-in-law was a contractor. When my aunt-in-law's old monster furnace died, it was too big to remove. They put in a new, much smaller one.
Over time, GIL took apart/smashed parts of the furnace. A piece or two at a time went out in the weekly trash for a very long time. No hauling charge
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by Nicole Guenther Discenza

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Not quite Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel! One of my faves!
Book cover for Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel, story and pictures by Virginia Lee Burton: shows a steam shovel with a smiling face breaking through the red cover with bits of white strewn about and a man below him The cover feels more like mayhem than the book, which is deeply charming
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by Nicole Guenther Discenza

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We expect the addition may have yet more surprises in store for us, and we've lived here well over a decade.
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by Nicole Guenther Discenza

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We eventually got people who removed the old one (probably partly crushed it; we paid and didn't ask questions).
When the new one went, we finally shelled out for a tankless water heater—very expensive since it's electric only (no gas to house).
Took two people to get the newer tank out.
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