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my dumbass school used to be a nice place
David at FOIAball@foiaball.com · 19m agoThe school that spent $12,000 on golf carts was LSU. And as it is claiming financial hardship and maybe taking on $100 million in private equity, I thought the people should get a good look at ALL its inane expenses. Like the $64,000 football robot. www.foiaball.com/p/lsu-monthl...
the cfb version of the dril candles tweet
David at FOIAball@foiaball.com · 19m agoThe school that spent $12,000 on golf carts was LSU. And as it is claiming financial hardship and maybe taking on $100 million in private equity, I thought the people should get a good look at ALL its inane expenses. Like the $64,000 football robot. www.foiaball.com/p/lsu-monthl...
The school that spent $12,000 on golf carts was LSU. And as it is claiming financial hardship and maybe taking on $100 million in private equity, I thought the people should get a good look at ALL its inane expenses. Like the $64,000 football robot. www.foiaball.com/p/lsu-monthl...
Let's save LSU from financial ruin!
What can we trim from its football budget?
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David at FOIAball@foiaball.com · last mo.I think I found the perfect example to highlight the financial disparities between P4 and G6 schools. In March, one G6 school spent $12,000 on travel. At a big P4 school that month, it also spent $12,000. On one form of travel. That was its golf cart budget. www.foiaball.com/p/financial-...
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Is every single thing you’ve vacuum sealed the same? Yes. Is important to never lose your wonder and joy and share that with the ones you love? Also yes.
Amanda Mull@amandamull.bsky.social · 3d agoI just got shown three bricks of tomato sauce
many people think David is a reporter but, like me, he’s really a graphic designer
David at FOIAball@foiaball.com · 4d ago
The responses to this prompt aren‘t encouraging as it relates to my intelligence
Ryan Nanni@celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 4d agotaught @stevengodfrey.bsky.social a Spanish word he didn’t know yesterday and I fear you’re gonna hear him yell it a lot this year
well alrighty. any college journalists on here in need of a free foiaball subscription?
Matt Campbell@bluehogreport.bsky.social · 5d agoHa! Well I'm already a happy subscriber and wouldn't want to change that. I say pay it forward to someone who isn't yet a subscriber.
f it, one year free subscription for the first person to guess where i took my wife to celebrate foiaballs launch last year. it was a chain restaurant, and it was still like my fourth biggest expense of the whole year
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David at FOIAball@foiaball.com · last yr.FOIAball is here: foiaball.com Today, we're kicking off with four stories that we're pretty sure you are going to like. If you are interested in Bill Belichick, Texas, FSU or college mascots, we've got something for you! Give it a look and let us know what you think!
Mike Lombardi's tenure is probably coming to an end at UNC. I think we shouldn't forget that the school still isn't telling us who he met with in Saudi Arabia. You should know that to keep that private, UNC hid behind a law that wasn't even on the books. www.foiaball.com/p/unc-mike-l...
How UNC hid who Mike Lombardi met with in Saudi Arabia
They cited a law that wasn't in effect at the time.
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I did get in touch with the School of Music’s dean and ask if she’d be willing to, off the record, explain how or why her department was using Palantir. This was her response
Carrie Brown@brizzyc.bsky.social · 6d agoYikes. UCLA's School of Music “served as the beta test case for UCLA’s Palantir engagement, integrating HR, finance, and student information data in order to foster student success.” www.foiaball.com/p/public-uni... Great reporting from @foiaball.com
idk what any of this means except for the subscribe to foiaball part but he's absolutely right
siegfried@siegfried.bsky.social · 6d agoWhen you are sitting there thinking, “but is it really worse than @workday.com?” and the antecedent of “it” is Palantir, well, I guess it’s time to finally subscribe to @foiaball.com 🤷♂️ (come for the workday jokes, stay for the FERPA questions)
I did get in touch with the School of Music’s dean and ask if she’d be willing to, off the record, explain how or why her department was using Palantir. This was her response
Carrie Brown@brizzyc.bsky.social · 6d agoYikes. UCLA's School of Music “served as the beta test case for UCLA’s Palantir engagement, integrating HR, finance, and student information data in order to foster student success.” www.foiaball.com/p/public-uni... Great reporting from @foiaball.com
Yikes. UCLA's School of Music “served as the beta test case for UCLA’s Palantir engagement, integrating HR, finance, and student information data in order to foster student success.” www.foiaball.com/p/public-uni... Great reporting from @foiaball.com
The one university that contracted with Palantir
And yes, student data was involved.
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This is so, so good.
David at FOIAball@foiaball.com · 6d agoMike Lombardi's tenure is probably coming to an end at UNC. I think we shouldn't forget that the school still isn't telling us who he met with in Saudi Arabia. You should know that to keep that private, UNC hid behind a law that wasn't even on the books. www.foiaball.com/p/unc-mike-l...
Mike Lombardi's tenure is probably coming to an end at UNC. I think we shouldn't forget that the school still isn't telling us who he met with in Saudi Arabia. You should know that to keep that private, UNC hid behind a law that wasn't even on the books. www.foiaball.com/p/unc-mike-l...
How UNC hid who Mike Lombardi met with in Saudi Arabia
They cited a law that wasn't in effect at the time.
foiaball.com
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"I should be nicer. This demo is from 2024. I’m sure they fixed the bug that accidentally recommends lobbing a bomb when the situation doesn’t call for it. " DAVID lmao
David at FOIAball@foiaball.com · last wk.In December, I sent 115 requests to see if any of them had contracts with Palantir. 114 said no. The one that did... it took four months and a lawyer to get my hands on the contract. And yes, they used the firm to crunch student data. www.foiaball.com/p/public-uni...
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David at FOIAball@foiaball.com · last wk.In December, I sent 115 requests to see if any of them had contracts with Palantir. 114 said no. The one that did... it took four months and a lawyer to get my hands on the contract. And yes, they used the firm to crunch student data. www.foiaball.com/p/public-uni...
In December, I sent 115 requests to see if any of them had contracts with Palantir. 114 said no. The one that did... it took four months and a lawyer to get my hands on the contract. And yes, they used the firm to crunch student data. www.foiaball.com/p/public-uni...
The one university that contracted with Palantir
And yes, student data was involved.
foiaball.com
In December, I sent 115 requests to see if any of them had contracts with Palantir. 114 said no. The one that did... it took four months and a lawyer to get my hands on the contract. And yes, they used the firm to crunch student data. www.foiaball.com/p/public-uni...
The one university that contracted with Palantir
And yes, student data was involved.
foiaball.com
