I don't really care about this at all. Except to say that if I only enjoyed the creative work of decent human beings I would enjoy a lot less creative work. In the end it's the song, not the singer.

The Hollywood Reporter@thr.com · 15h ago

Two directors revealed on social media that they declined opportunities to direct episodes of HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter TV series over author J.K. Rowling‘s trans views.

Just a couple notes on this excellent explainer for the public. 1) Engineering profs generally are among the best paid anywhere 2) Even outside tech or prof fields, tenure is job security traded for the lower lifetime earnings inevitable in higher ed www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/14/o...

Francisco Ruiz: I teach at IIT. Let me dispel the myth of the overpaid professor.

For generations, higher education offered an implicit bargain. Faculty accepted lower earnings in exchange for independence and tenure.

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I just phoned a local HVAC servicer and spoke with "Sarah." While speaking with "Sarah" it began to seem like "her" responses were a bit mechanical so I asked how the weather was. "I can't give weather updates but I can help you with something else." What was disturbing was how they layered...

Last night at Sox Park was unreal. Here are a few words I wrote to help you understand. www.commonwealmagazine.org/millies-whit...

Mitre Night on the South Side

On Tuesday, the White Sox gave every fan who entered the park an “official” Sox papal mitre. The promotion was a smash success, of course.

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Boundless creativity characterizes the US addiction to violence, one especially prevalent among law enforcement in these days. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...

Predictably and on cue, the Trad Awfuls have no sense of joy or humor in their Catholicism. They are miserables in a desert, desperate to make us join them. x.com/TaylorRMarsh...

Dr Taylor Marshall™️ (@TaylorRMarshall) on X

Live video footage of the 40,000 new Thuc bishops at a Chicago White Sox game.

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The Council of Sox Park

I know +Barron is far from UMich and hasnt made a career in higher ed so it's unfair to expect him to know what he's talking about. But this has nothing to do with empathy, souls, or Plato. This is student retention, the BUSINESS of higher ed. Decisions like this result... x.com/BishopBarron...

Bishop Robert Barron (@BishopBarron) on X

Apparently, the University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts has determined not to count letter grades toward its freshmen’s GPAs during their first semester, starting in 2027...

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"El-Sayed is no champion of the proletariat. He is a champion of the professoriate." Low and lazy anti-intellectualism. As though professors ruined the world. Do better @ncronline.bsky.social. El-Sayed: Champion of the professoriate | National Catholic Reporter share.google/b7tZZ7VAusFW...

El-Sayed: Champion of the professoriate

Michigan's Democratic Senate candidate needs to explain how he intends to achieve his goals, writes NCR's Michael Sean Winters.

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Billions spent on AI so we can make funny pics and videos. No tech dollars to harden critical infrastructure is going to have costs. And this isn't Trump, it's what gave us Trump—frivolousness, preferring consumerism and consumption over civic commitment. www.darkreading.com/ics-ot-secur...

Multistate Water System Attacks Widen, Iran Suspected

Attacks targeting water systems just keep flowing across a dozen states, against ill-secured, Internet-exposed PLCs.

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Looking forward to Tuesday night's Sox game

Something is afoot in Howard Lutnick's cronying Dept of Commerce in Donald Trump's corrupt administration, whichbhas chosen a side among Roman Catholics. religionnews.com/2026/08/06/c...

CatholicVote's trademark fight raises troubling questions

(RNS) — Who gets to speak for Catholic voters?

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Please be upstanding for the mayor of Simpleton

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How the SSPX schism strengthened Pope Leo’s hand- UCA News

The SSPX’s decision to proceed with illicit episcopal ordinations strengthened Pope Leo XIV’s authority, clarifying the Church’s commitment to unity and Catholic tradition

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I honestly don't care whether Pirro keeps her job and neither should you. This will-he-or-won't-he fire her episode of The Apprentice is exactly what he wants (more than firing her) and it is *exactly* the wrong way to report on this Administration.

Those who watched live never believed Ryan routed Robin. www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/eve...

Everything you think you know about the Robin Ventura-Nolan Ryan brawl is wrong

Unless you think that Ventura had the upper hand when the fight was ended

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Rabid antiDutchite

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump: "Any country with windmills is a loser"

I have an awful lot of pains in the ass for someone with only one normal sized ass.

Listening to @govwesmoore.bsky.social, Kevin Stitt, Tim Shriver lament a "choice btwn dignity & politics." Language is part of your problem. Politics *IS* dignity. Reclaim "politics" which is *NOT* partisanship. Once you define problem as "politics" don't be surprised ppl walk away from politics.

Week after week this is the worst kind of high school cafeteria table. This conv "abt politics" in fact only is abt who is popular or not. It never veers toward what matters in politics—making our lives better. Little wonder voters approach politics the way teens approach the cafeteria table.

Can somebody make this Luis Castillo trade make sense for me? 3-9 5.09 >$45M

This drip-drip-drip weather today is a rain like a slow divorce.

A different kind of tinsel decorates my tree

Spectacular. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil

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Gosh. That's just great. But maybe considering how poorly the US ranks for infant mortality, we might instead devote all our effort first to helping babies live longer? www.wsj.com/health/welln...

The Race to Detect—and Slow—Aging in Dogs

Researchers are identifying the biological clues that reveal how well dogs are aging, and developing new ways to help them stay healthier longer

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I have long disliked "the Left" or "the Right," "liberal" or "conservative," "progressive" or "traditional" as descriptions simply because they don't describe anything. They're empty signifiers. Please consider instead using "friend" and "enemy." It's what you really mean anyway. Thank you.

"I loved them all!!" (So forgotten, no gif available)

Kim Sherrell@web.kim · 2w ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

A $1.5B court judgment will do wonders to fix one's attention on the rising cost of groceries and gas.

🪷MsGrumpyBunny🪷@msgrumpybunny.bsky.social · 2w ago

This was not on my WTF Bingo card…

I didn't like something I read in National Review about Dr. Fauci. open.substack.com/pub/millies/...

The End of Politics

"There is no such thing as a brilliant, detached, learned figure who is set apart from politics," wrote Charles C.W. Cooke for National Review. He should hope he is wrong.

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I don't imagine Iran's senior clerics high-five each other when they read about this. I do imagine they do whatever is an equivalent among them to a high-five. www.mediaite.com/media/news/t...

Trump Rages About Surprise Iran Attack to Fox News: ‘We’re Going to Beat the F*cking Sh*t Out of Them!’

Trump went on to say to Fox: "We'll be hitting them hard. They're going to get a beating"

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