The only way to use the toilet safely and without fear is to bring one with you wherever you go. Buy a portable AMERICAN bathroom now.
Frank Thames
@fthames.bsky.social
Political Scientist, Beer Drinker. Soccer Bores Me
Photo is giving "Ross, your mother and I looked on your computer, and we opened up a 250 GB folder named JUST HOMEWORK. First, do you have anything you'd like to say to us?"
The New York Times@nytimes.com · last wk.Breaking News: Ross Douthat, The New York Times opinion columnist, is joining CBS News’s “60 Minutes” in one of the first major hires since Bari Weiss’s takeover.
DO NOT READ THIS POST: If you are possessed by a demon, then the demon is reading all of the posts you are reading. Shut your eyes immediately and starve the demon of information. If you know your demon name, you don’t have to guess your demon name.
The legal fight over “Robin Hood” renews Texas' public school funding debate. Here's what to know. bit.ly/45htEYC
What to know about the Texas “Robin Hood” school funding system
Property-wealthy districts say recapture gives the state too much control over local finances. But advocates warn that without it, underserved students could end up worse off.
bit.ly
Faculty groups sued Texas Tech Chancellor Brandon Creighton and the university system’s regents Wednesday, asking a federal judge to block classroom restrictions they say have censored professors and intentionally discriminated against Black faculty.
Texas Tech sued over limits on race, gender instruction
The lawsuit asks a federal judge to halt the restrictions as discriminatory, improperly vague and a violation of free speech.
texastribune.org
Extremely pleased the @nytimes.com saw fit to print my little essay contextualizing Musk's trillionaire status with the well-considered advice of Plato, capping wealth at four times that of the poorest citizen.
Opinion | Elon Musk Confirms Ancient Concerns About the Superrich
nytimes.com
"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
Breaking News: the algae has agreed to accept $300 billion to consider vacating the reflecting pool
Yes Sorsby bet on his own team in direct violation of NCAA and all other sports leagues' rules, but it's not like he did something like say that gender might not be a binary concept. From here it's possible.
My opponents are all communists. In unrelated news, my government will be taking ownership of the means of production.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo agoTrump says he's interested in govt taking equity stakes in the giant AI companies like OpenAI or Anthropic: "There's something very interesting about it, where it almost becomes a partnership. The American people can benefit from the success of AI, and by doing that, they're gonna like it better."
Nothing says "intellectual freedom" like forcing students to take mandatory conservative indoctrination classes. Shout-out to all the embarrassing academics who believe any of this was in good faith.
A Flagship’s Civics Center Saw Low Enrollment. Now Students Will Be Required to Take Classes There.
A provision in the Iowa state budget will require all students at the University of Iowa to complete two classes at the Center for Intellectual Freedom to get their degree.
chronicle.com
It's scary to think that if anything happens to Bibi Netanyahu, JD Vance would become president of the United States.
Big deliveries today @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Elements by @ladyprofessor.bsky.social and @fthames.bsky.social; @yesolakweon.bsky.social & @jeonghyunkim.bsky.social; and @lizziebrannon.bsky.social & Jakana Thomas arrived in my mailbox!! 💌📥📚 @dzobrien.bsky.social & I love these deliveries 📬
Do the clothes make the candidate? In my paper with Steven Perry, we find candidates who dress more formally were perceived as more politically sophisticated, & indirectly had increased support. The text complexity of candidate messages had no effect. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“While I will soon appear once more upon the earthly realm, My sole focus during this Second Coming will be various woodworking projects and not the establishment of a messianic kingdom,” said Christ, the Light of the World
Jesus Clarifies Return Will Be Strictly Limited To Carpentry Business
JERUSALEM—In an effort to soften the blow for a human race eagerly awaiting His glorious arrival, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, clarified Monday that His return would be strictly limited to His carpen...
theonion.com
Hearty congratulations to my old friend, @unlawfulentries.bsky.social, whose important book has already sold out its paperback copies on the first day of release. She’s worked long and hard on this—and deserves this success!
