Andrew Israel Ross

Is the USA men's hockey team all fascists or just dumdums?

The DEI Debacle BY NIMISHA BARTON Following the infamous “Dear Colleague” letter sent out by the Department of Education in February 2025, colleges and universities rushed to shutter diversity, equity, and inclusi…

Nimisha Barton (@nimishabarton.bsky.social) gives the historical context on DEI’s dismantling that so many need.
academeblog.org/2026/02/04/t...

GU to Integrate Generative AI into Curricula, University Programs Georgetown University plans to expand use of artificial intelligence (AI) by providing community members with access to generative AI tools within the coming months and developing AI-focused curricula...

Ffs thehoya.com/news/gu-to-i...

I didn't watch, but I bet that both of these things are true, just not in the way he meant it.

After Kennedy Center exit, Philip Glass to bring new symphony home to Baltimore Famed composer and Baltimore native Philip Glass pulled his symphony from the Kennedy Center in protest of Donald Trump. Now, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will perform “Lincoln” in 2027.

Once again, Dc's loss is Baltimore's gain. Unreal how much culture we are getting thanks to the Kennedy Center being coordinated www.thebanner.com/culture/arts...

agreed available now at thepeoplesjoker.com

The people's joker has the greatest DVD menu ever omg

Isabella stole the show. Loved what they did with her in the movie.

Thank you for this thread!

Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM. BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

The Supreme Court:

Former Gov. Hogan criticizes Gov. Moore for ending 287(g) immigration agreements | WBAL Baltimore News A former Republican governor is criticizing Gov. Wes Moore's decision to sign emergency legislation banning 287(g) agreements in Maryland.

The "moderate" republican everyone, favoring full fascism on the streets of American cities www.wbal.com/former-gov-h...

I did a significant amount of homework and writing and debating at kaldis during college

Understanding CC Licenses and Generative AI - Creative Commons Many wonder what role CC licenses, and CC as an organization, can and should play in the future of generative AI. The legal and ethical uncertainty over using copyrighted inputs for training, the unce...

Was thinking maybe I could use a difference license on my personal website, but looks like CC wouldn't necessarily prevent its use for AI training creativecommons.org/2023/08/18/u...

The AI grader is probably the strangest of Grammarly’s AI tools. It is built to predict what grade your document would receive if it were graded for a class. To receive a “grade,” you can upload your assignment rubric, enter your class section, and enter your instructor’s name. Grammarly then searches the web for publicly available information about your instructor and that class (RateMyProfessor reviews, public syllabi, public assignments, etc.). Note that some of this information may have been uploaded without the consent of the instructor. It then tries to simulate the grade and feedback that professor would give.

I used to regularly post course syllabi on my website because of how useful I always found others' work, but am thinking I need to take them all down not because I'm afraid of being canceled, but because I don't want them used for training AI www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...

Breaking: Washington National Opera moves to Baltimore - Slippedisc There is life after the Trump-Kennedy Center. Press...

DC's loss continues to be Baltimore's gain slippedisc.com/2026/02/brea...

Council blocks construction of ICE detention center in Hunt Valley The Baltimore County Council took swift action Tuesday night to block the construction of an ICE detention center in Hunt Valley.

Baltimore County Council bans immigration detention centers. 6-0 vote.
wbaltv.com/article/balt...

The new Virtual Boy switch accessory

I am an extremely geeky elder millennial who knew exactly what he wanted for his birthday

Oh no. (Seeing it tomorrow)

Criterion is releasing Body Heat in 4k in a couple months and folks if you haven't seen it, get ready for high def sex and sweat. They really do not make movies like that anymore.

Opinion | A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education

This is a great demonstration of the devil’s bargain higher ed is making with LLM companies. A brilliant historian-turned-ass dean-for-AI clearly sees how students & colleges are being exploited by unethical firms, but still concludes there is no choice but to sign on to extractive “partnerships”

A bobcat mini excavator

I have finally found the one thing my dog hates in this world and it is this machine

If you still want a video doorbell, there are options where the videos are stored locally, in an SD card.

Or is asking "can I come to office hours tomorrow" when I don't have any a way of asking for an appointment?

Anyone else's students seem to now think that you are just always offering office hours?

Jfc.

Incredible. They destroyed a great newspaper because they hated the people who actually paid for it and read it so much that they'd rather scrap the paper if they couldn't get Tucker Carlson's audience bsky.app/profile/maxt...

Reading “Amusing Ourselves to Death” in 2025 Part 2 A rejoinder one might make to Amusing Ourselves to Death forty years on is that text (if not print) has come back in a very big way. Texting has become a primary means of communication. Many social…

New post www.andrewisraelross.com/blog/2026/02...

The Semafor write-up makes it clear. The WaPo was doing well as a speak truth to power paper, but Bezos didn't like that and so decided to destroy it, beginning with the decision to not endorse Harris. www.semafor.com/article/02/0...

My own lore for this guy is that his parents had a drag out fight over whether to name him Mark or Wayne and eventually just gave up