In my mind, Jim Bakker's been cowering behind a couch since 1989. www.nytimes.com/1989/09/01/u...
Bakker Committed for Psychiatric Tests (Published 1989)
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Kreg Abshire
@kregabshire.bsky.social
American Studies--film, music, literature, and class. Was way out front on the nontraditional jobs for Ph.D.s trend--by choice of others like, you know, the market. Student once told me that he liked my "self-defecating sense of humor."
It is hard to like the people with different views when those views are just hatred and racism.
Maria BOO!stillos@mariabustillos.com · 7d agoI cut off my Trump-voting family in 2016. My unvaccinated brother, an extreme right-winger, died of covid in 2021. His dying wish was for his kids to get vaccinated And you're asking me to have LUNCH with these people. to UNDERSTAND their DIFFERENT VIEWS got news for you bub, I DON'T LIKE THEM
I love how this particular stream of fear mongering is essentially, if those people who care about law, the constitution, and democracy get back in power, all of us law-breaking fascists are in big trouble. Yes, let's get to work on that.
Leah Greenberg ❌👑@leahgreenberg.bsky.social · last wk.We’re training volunteers across the US to defeat Trump’s next coup attempt before, during, and after the election!! Join us: Linktr.ee/NoKingsFall ❌👑
Or.... A candidate who is "moderate" in relation to a right that = fascism chose to primary a progressive dem. and the progressive kicked his ass. Yes, he's older than the "moderate." But why not frame it as another progressive win? That's the story of these primaries.
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · last mo."In a race that pitted ideology against age, Massachusetts Democrats opted for a progressive stalwart who will be 86 at the end of another six-year term over a more moderate 47-year-old challenger," @russellberman.bsky.social writes:
Yes! And as conservative "ideas" become more and more ridiculous--QAnon, pizzagate, race science, etc.--there are fewer conservative scholars because all of that looks stupid and not worth anybody's time. Debate the merits of pizzagate with the pillow guy? Nope, no thank you. That's not scholarship.
Taulby Edmondson@taulby.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is not what happened. These so-called "conservative ideas" aren't well represented in academia because they are discredited and can't pass peer review. They are in think tanks b/c wealthy donors, segregationists, and corporations fund them to keep them afloat. They are counter institutions.
We bought linen drapes from Lithuania. Nice. Then we needed a couple more. The shipping service needed us to pay for tariff fees the were not there the first go around. So, our second round of drapes, still lovely, by the way, cost us almost 2X. WE paid the cost. Trump took my money. That is all.
🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆@eviebauer727.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe President decided he had the legal authority to fuck over the American people just a little bit more. He just can’t help himself. Yippee everyone!!
Even Edwina knows this! youtu.be/jO93iNoAXdA?...
Raising Arizona -- Dip Tet Shot
YouTube video by David Petersen
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Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 2mo agoDiphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis have been administered in a combined shot since the 1940s. Combo vaccines are one of the most proven medical technologies ever.
The first headline is about online school. Yes, it's not the best version of school. Odd, then, that an AI-driven online crap machine is what "they" want for school.
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat “they” did to your kids. Remind me again, who was president in the spring and fall of 2020 when the majority of in-person school closures happened?
From likely stage win to 3rd after 2 crashes in the final 5k. Such a disappointing finish for Sepp after such a great mountain stage. It was nice, while it lasted, to be cheering on an American rider, a Colorado goat.
I will concede them the anthem-off; but that is the end of their winning today.
the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · 3mo agoOk but the emotion of this Argentine anthem, and the OUTFIT
And if we have to have Tom Cruise do this (what is this?), then he should drop in Mission Impossible style.
The FIFA Anthem is giving real Star-Wars-Theme-with-lyrics vibes. youtu.be/ljiVRV5B5i8?...
Nick The Lounge Singer Sings Star Wars Theme - SNL
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Craziest lineup: Wednesday, Jon Batiste, and Tyler Childers! All great, and, yep, all together.
Why the absolute F does Peacock have Lance F'ing Armstrong on its post stage analysis show? What can he tell me about what happened during a Tour stage other than Racer X would have done better had he cheated his ass off? Enough with the redemption arcs; no more getting out of shame hell.
2nd Father's Day without my dad. My dad was a welder; his three kids hold six degrees. One of only a couple of times I saw him crying was the day I received my Ph.D. He built my amazing and privileged life on his welding burns. youtu.be/WIpC_Icpb3A?...
Welding Burns
YouTube video by Slaid Cleaves - Topic
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If you haven’t read this yet, fix that as soon as possible: it’s a beautifully crafted response to a great album. And if you teach literature, you might want to consider using the second and third paragraphs as an example of how close reading works.
Money on the Left@moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 4mo agoI Think You’re What’s Wrong With Me: On Influence, Absorption, and Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love’
And Ms. 1920 is pissed about it.
Michael@schmutzie.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe transformation from 1920 to 1930. ☺️
I love this fantasy that Dem leaders talk about problems like they're leading a college seminar. Chuck Schumer, sadly, just sounds like a weak dumbass.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo agoObama: "What I'm more interested in for Democrats is, do you know how to just talk to regular people like we're not in a college seminar? Can you talk in plain English to folks? And not have a bunch of gobbledygook around it. Just talk like normal people talk. 'The rent is too high.'"
Certainly USC can afford to say no. And USC must know that the correct answer to "do you want us to trash your Uni for 200 mill" is no, no thank you. If they cannot afford to say no, then they should spin off the sports teams and just fold as a university.
Lisa Messeri@lmesseri.bsky.social · 5mo agoUSC said "it would use a *venture capitalist’s* $200 million donation to apply AI across academic disciplines." "The donation... came from Mark and Mary Stevens. Stevens... is among the largest individual shareholders of the chip giant Nvidia, where he has spent decades on the board." Screaming.
Not to mention active citizenship. Crazy as a loon here, but I'm thinking that the ability to engage those texts is required of decent adulting in a democracy.
I don't like, but expect, the Yankees being good. BUT Colorado and Houston have the same record!? AND both of those terrible records are better than Boston's. I don't know any more. I blame those f'ing clocks.
If one were absentmindedly scrolling through the feed, this image, at first glance, appears to offer something like a recipe for a bat burrito.
And even more confusing: one of them is the president of France. I’m not sure which one.
Maris Kreizman@maris.bsky.social · 6mo agoI was definitely in my thirties before I realized that macaroons and macarons are not the same thing.
"Way off" you say? Sure, there's all that pre-apocalypse anxiety. But your list seems pretty good. Good day. Oh, perhaps I'm projecting.....
Natalie J. Ring@historycounts.bsky.social · 6mo agoThings are way off today. I ate 2 ice cream sandwiches and a chocolate eclair ice cream bar and drank 2 martinis.