Pierce Presley

Something something Chekhov's strike force.

As one Massachusetts school administrator recently said; this moment with AI is remarkably like the moment when we were introduced to asbestos. Yes, it had some remarkably promising characteristics – fireproofing! – and had some real utility in science, research, and industrial applications. But a profit-driven industry bullied us into inserting it everywhere; into our homes and schools and public spaces, before we really understood the risks. This resulted in decades, if not centuries, of illness, injuries, deaths, and the astronomical financial burden of trying to remove the stuff. As you, the leaders and policymakers in our schools, craft an AI policy for our district, we the undersigned call on you to: 1. Ban AI tools into the classroom, protect our students and teachers from de-skilling and allow them the space and time to engage in assignments themselves. 2. Resist any direct financial relationship or contracts with AI providers, as well as the “training” they might offer. 3. Provide a digital literacy curriculum to help students navigate the current digital landscape, and promote critical engagement with technology. 4. Guarantee that anywhere generative AI has already entered our classrooms or curriculum, an opt-out will allow students and teachers to refuse the use of these products at no risk to their grades, progress or employment.

Love to see community action against this AI nonsense! neighborhoodview.org/2025/11/13/d...

Two words, Athena: backhoe.

Get a dog, they said. It'll help you relax, they said.

Not that NK is much more or less of a threat with a moderately functional military, but clearly it's not in the basement with Russia and possibly China.

I was also struck by how North Korea didn't step on its junk. Granted, it was a small force and likely select troops, but patrolling borders and squashing internal dissent (plus the occasional lob of an ICBM with an Urdu control suite) is *not* preparation for fighting folks who can fight back.

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

I have a feeling there's a whole card catalog involved using classification criteria he developed in high school

The human extra skin that comes with a toy and a cave.

Yes.

Not that tree. Go try again.

A bit of Green Lantern-era Ryan Reynolds in there.

You too? Semper legalish, brother.

Also, they were very happy they fielded candidates for 53 State general assembly seats ... out of 135.

Those are paid to the state party.

Arkansas Democrats 2026 Filing Fees Office -- Filing fee US Senate -- $5,200 Governor -- $5,000 Attorney General --$4,600 Secretary of State -- $2,150 Treasurer of State -- $2,000 Auditor of State -- $2,000 Land Commissioner -- $2,000 Lieutenant Governor -- $1,950 U.S. House -- $1,750 State Senator -- $1,350 State Representative -- $700

Did Underage Girls Ruin Politics?

Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com

My experience has been that they're just fine without ...

Oh, Jeebus Cripes, I'm arguing about Hot Pockets on the Internet with a lawyer! The old Romani fortune teller was right!

The non-technical term for "ephebophelia" is "well, actually."

Yay, vibe economics!

Is there another timeline I can be on, this one sucks ass.

#pedantryisitsownreward

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

A nation of heroes, a Senate of cowards | Will Bunch Newsletter Plus, Cheney didn’t save us from Trump. He created him.

Chicago's ICE resistance just showed the world that everyday Americans are good and fearless in fighting for their communities

But our cowardly elites -- especially Senate Democrats -- still don't get it

My new column on America's great disconnect www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell

OddJob and Jaws have entered the chat.

Palpatine is back, somehow. (movie miraculously does NOT spontaneously combust)

(actors shrug inwardly, get on with script)

Sure, I'll read a manual for you. Aloud, even.

YES! PREACH!

Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...

My latest at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: I talked to @oglaf.bsky.social! Not the character, but rather, the people who create it.

They don't do many interviews, so this was a real treat. They're funny people! Turns out they're not super private, just...really bad at PR?

www.tcj.com/talking-ogla...