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The things we get away with at a liberal arts university…poetry in a science class? Tsk.
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I am struggling with student engagement in all of my classes: poor attendance, poor participation, all those horribly negligent bugaboos that make it hard to teach. So here we are, halfway through …
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I can sometimes see the appeal of conspiracy theories. There’s something compelling about connecting the dots and seeing the pattern, even if it is deeply stupid.
18h ago
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Oh, Trump is going to hate the Washington Post even more now
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We all know that the one thing that Donald Trump is most sensitive about is the size of the crowds at his rallies — don’t you dare impugn his popularity! Kamala Harris derailed him at t…
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Was he intentionally lying, or was he just stupid? It’s hard to tell
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I am continuously astonished by how bad Republicans can be. It’s not just that I disagree with their policies, but that they themselves paint their policies in such a ludicrously stupid manne…
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Surprise! Russian propaganda outlets have been funneling lots of cash into some sympathetic YouTubers…amazing amounts of money. They had a fake figurehead named “Grigoriann” who recruit…
on Sep 5
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Consider this: It is almost my granddaughter’s birthday. It’s the month of Halloween. If I don’t get my shopping done in a timely manner, Christmas is the fallback holiday. Her pa…
on Thu, 6PM
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It’s Wisconsin — I’m surprised they didn’t fire him for veganism
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Joe Gow was a successful academic, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and he had an unusual hobby: he and his wife made porn. This is a case where we can even say it’s harml…
on Thu, 3PM
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We were using our crayons wrong!
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Back in my childhood, Crayola made a crayon labeled “flesh”. I found them slightly disturbing, because I thought that wasn’t the color of my skin, or of my friends’ skins, s…
on Thu, 3PM
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Jason Allen won a prize for this digital ‘painting,’ which I am flagrantly ripping off and posting here without paying any licensing fees. He was triumphant and a bit cocky about his wi…
on Thu, 3PM
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I didn’t watch the vice pres debate last night
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Because I knew our media would give me a short, objective, non-judgmental response this morning. That is accurate. No pinocchios. It is true, if the Republicans deport 12 million people, that will …
on Wed, 12PM
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Wells was one of the worst liars at the Discovery Institute, which is saying a lot. His pals out there in Seattle are writing his praises, of course; you won’t be surprised that they don̵…
on Wed, 11AM
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Behold, the worst teacher in the world!
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If you see this face coming, kick him or spit on him or otherwise scorn him. He’s terrible. I’m having a bad semester. I’m teaching my intro biology course, which is small and ide…
on Wed, 12AM
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I hope I never disappoint my daughter this much
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Politics is personal, as Rudy Giuliani’s daughter, Caroline Rose Giuliani, demonstrates. She’s voting for Kamala Harris because Trump wrecked her father. As Rudy Giuliani’s daughter, I’…
on Tue, 6PM
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One day you wake up and find yourself in a dystopian eco-disaster novel
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The other day, when I was taking a tour of the UMM EcoStation, I learned that they are currently leasing a few acres to a local farmer, but that there were restrictions on what he could plant. No c…
on Tue, 5PM
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This summary of Chris Rufo is tight
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Here’s everything you need to know about Chris Rufo. There’s more! He called on his wife to write about her experience as an undocumented immigrant. So…someone very close to him is a wi…
on Sun, 1PM
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Women’s basketball has gained a lot of popularity in the last few years, though the players in the WNBA do not make anywhere near the amount of money that male players in the NBA do. It is di…
on Sun, 12PM
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Last night, I bummed a ride with one of our campus groups to Glacial Lakes State Park, for the selfish reason of wanting to do some spidering. Unfortunately, the trip was from 6pm to 10pm, and have…
on Sun, 12PM
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Succession fight over Rupert Murdoch’s media empire
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Fox News has been a pernicious influence in US public life. It has promoted extreme right wing policies, cultivated hatred of immigrants, indulged racists, targeted minorities, and in general been …
on Sat, 10PM
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It’s Fall, and everything is fading with some exceptions
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The exception: the sunchokes have rocketed up to 3 meters high, heavy with blossoms. The local pollinators are pigging out on these flowers right now.
on Sat, 6PM
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I hope your house doesn’t look like this, Floridians
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Hurricane Helene has passed by now, leaving wreckage in its wake. If you suffered any losses, you know how you can fix it? Close your eyes! Project 2025 wants to close the National Hurricane Center…
on Sat, 4PM
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The biggest disappointment of living in Morris
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I have a busy weekend ahead of me, and I got an early start this morning. Up early, graded an exam, got the results posted, and then I decided to reward myself by taking a nice walk downtown to the…
on Sat, 2PM
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A nice illustration of evolutionary change by incremental modifications
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Cool. Very Darwinian.
on Sep 27
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The most ghoulish use of AI so far
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A lot of people think I’m batshit crazy, says Justin Harrison of Grieftech. I don’t. I think he’s a delusional ghoul. Harrison has cobbled together a chatbot that uses an imitatio…
on Sep 26
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The naturalistic fallacy is only to be deployed when favorable to your cause
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Ken Ham is relieved that a gay penguin has died. Sphen and Magic, two male penguins in an Australian zoo, have had their unholy pairing broken up by the death of Sphen. Did you know that they’…
on Sep 26
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You have to hate seeing your home described as “unsurvivable”
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It’s not looking good for Florida today. Helene is currently a category 2 hurricane with wind speeds of 100 mph. It is expected to make landfall on Florida’s Big Bend this evening as at…
on Sep 26
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That’s no jack-o-lantern, that’s a spider butt!
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I found a nice big orange spider last night. Halloween is coming!
on Sep 25
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This is supposed to be negative ad
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Yes? If a boy needs a tampon, what else are you going to do? Let him bleed?
on Sep 25
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You’ve all read the Murderbot series, I presume?
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Martha Wells, the author, gave a speech in which she said something profound. There are a lot of people who viewed All Systems Red as a cute robot story. Which was very weird to me, since I thought…
on Sep 25
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Is this justice, or cruel and unusual punishment?
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P Diddy and SBF are locked up together in a Brooklyn jail. Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was arrested last week on allegations of sex trafficking and racketeering, is being housed in the same…
on Sep 25
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Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation, promoter of Project 2025, and generally evil dude, murdered a neighbor’s dog. Just flat out killed it with a shovel. Speaking to the Guard…
on Sep 24
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The bad actor problem in academia
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I wrote about Amy Wax, who is a flamboyantly villainous evil professor. She’s still employed by UPenn, still has tenure, and despite fierce censure isn’t at real risk for losing her job…
on Sep 24
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The official spider of Halloween
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Today I learned about the Vampire Spider, Evarcha culicivora. I was dubious at first. Spiders don’t have the piercing mouthparts most blood drinkers have; also, venom isn’t going to be …
on Sep 24
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Only a fool would be fooled by Jared Taylor
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Jared Taylor is a notorious racist and extremist, recognized as a white nationalist by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Only an extremely naive person could read any of his articles, which are gene…
on Sep 24
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I have noticed something terrible about my semester so far. My weekends have disappeared. Yeah, I actually know what they are — I’m supposed to get some time to rest, but instead I find…
on Sep 23
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Incest is a touchy subject for Ken Ham
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Ken Ham was motivated to respond to YouTuber because, apparently, her message was inconsistent. Our social media team recently asked me to respond to a young lady who has a YouTube channel that fea…
on Sep 23
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Bari Weiss founded this journamalism website, The Free Press, back in 2022. I guess it is “free” — it’s bleeding money, and they’re desperately seeking investors, and …
on Sep 21
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You know what’s fun? Put JD Vance in front of a friendly interviewer and let him talk. In this case, He sat down with a Breitbart drone and felt confident to just unfurl his freak flag and si…
on Sep 21
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I went for a walk this morning. I see that we’re in that transitional phase between deep summer and inescapable Fall. We’re not quite into Fall yet, but the signs are clear. The trees a…
on Sep 20
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Definitely a PR stunt, and quite stupid
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The New Tolerance Campaign is a weird little right-wing organization founded by Log Cabin Republicans who are claiming to be “tolerant”, but their entire raison d’etre is to hate …
on Sep 19
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We’re all happy to see Miss Sassy safe and sound
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They keep trying to validate their racist claims. Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance tried to prove his baseless claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets by pointing to a police rep…
on Sep 19
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I donated to the Harris/Walz campaign a while back, and you know what that means: I’ve been inundated with texts/emails begging me for money a dozen times a day. I tolerated them because I su…
on Sep 18
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Oh, what a catastrophe the New Atheism was for lower-case “a” atheism
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There is no doubt but that the New Atheism was a channel that directed people towards right-wing, conservative, anti-immigration politics. Eiynah explains it all, and I think she’s right. Thi…
on Sep 18
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One of those movies where I was left wondering, “What did I just watch?”
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Uh-oh. I just learned that Grave of the Fireflies is streaming on Netflix. It’s a magnificent movie, but I don’t know if I could cope with the painful catharsis of seeing it again. I to…
on Sep 18
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My wife has been keeping an eye on a chrysalis on the neighbor’s garage, and this morning it looked like this: Empty! Where did the former resident go? It was stretching and warming itself up…
on Sep 18
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My tarantula, Blue, might be mad at me
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I cleaned up their container because it was choked with silk. They seemed kind of sulky afterwards, but look, clean soil, and I propped up a clam shell to give them a nice shelter. What did they do…
on Sep 17
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“Iles” is an anagram for “lies”
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Martyn Iles, the heir to the pile of dishonest shit that is Answers in Genesis, has posted a tirade about the sin of lying. The most brazen, easy liars I’ve ever met have all been creationist…
on Sep 17
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The grill is blue, therefore the racism is true
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Creationist logic is soaking into the general discourse, I’m sorry to say. As we’ve all heard, Donald Trump declared that Haitian immigrants were eating dogs and cats in Springfield, Oh…
on Sep 17
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Imagine if the major news organizations were this clear in discussing Trump’s speeches. A+. Hire this man.
on Sep 16
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One should always take recommendations from five year olds seriously
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My granddaughter told me I should watch this anime she’s been watching, titled Delicious in Dungeon. I’m not normally a fan of anime (why must the characters always react with such extr…
on Sep 16