Beth Boyle Machlan

The only things protected by the US government now are billionaires, Israel, and the Epstein files.

I'm forced to the conclusion that a certain type of pro-Israeli Western Christian doesn't actually see the place as real, and certainly doesn't see the Christians of the Middle East whose lives have been made much, much harder by the policies they back.

It's just a sort of apocalyptic theme park.

Did the descriptor “unserious people” take off from Succession, or was it popular before that?

"No one wants to see a feminist spin on Frankenstein" is a thing I actually just read.

I’d also manage to get my hair caught somewhere and probably end up in traction.

Dakota Johnson doing a cobra pose in jeans and no top.

I did this in PT today! (Plus a sports bra; minus the bangs.)

YouTube video by Veston Bruno Classic Sesame Street - Grover's Health Minutes - Teeth

I share this whenever anyone discusses inappropriate anthropomorphic entities having teeth m.youtube.com/watch?v=ulBC...

Who’s Deciding Where the Bombs Drop in Iran? Maybe Not Even Humans. Behind last week’s scrum between the Trump administration and Anthropic lies a deeper question of how warfare is conducted—and whether accountability even exists anymore.

We may be “witnessing the fullest expression of the most inhumane weapons of the twenty-first century: autonomous bombs and missiles. Their “autonomy” refers to the fact that humans need not be “in the loop” in any meaningful way when deciding where to target or whether to launch such weapons.“

This is so disturbing. I’m sorry.

When someone says “I really like this” movie / TV show / book / video games etc, I’m intrigued by the impulse some folks have to waddle into their replies and say “oh, but EYE didn’t like it.”

What is that impulse? What’s its intention / social function?

Headline: Camel pageant thrown into chaos after hump-plumping scandal

Pardon

Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."

A dollar if you can prove he knows what "unconditional surrender" means

Also: GO DARYL

I know there are 8 billion issues with this project, but shallowly I can’t even get past the actors being less attractive than the real people they’re meant to portray.

The interesting thing about AI is how committed executives are to using it after it measurably fails catastrophically at its goals. Like there seems to be no limit to how badly it can fuck up and still be heralded as the future of technology

“Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem. The lack of evangelical Christians at America’s most prestigious institutions fuels mistrust.” Excerpt From “Opinion | Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem.” Aaron M. Renn The Washington Post https://apple.news/ATJF-eGWhQMuuXvLnrj0ugQ This material may be protected by copyright.

Congratulations, WaPo, you did it, you published the worst take

Israel is bombarding, literally bombarding, two Middle East capitals, Beirut and Tehran, killing 100s of civilians, and yet the US and UK media continue to portray Iran as the threat to the region.

Israel has nukes, but Iran is the nuclear threat.

We live in Orwellian times.

They know that many people in the US will accept the killing of civilians overseas but will draw the line at high gas prices.

The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countries—including the United States.

This is a chilling crime. A shame on our country. The Iranian ship was unarmed. The US knew this. The sailors were murdered by our navy, and the survivors were left to die at sea.
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Never thought I woukd teach somewhere for 20 years, leave, and not miss it one bit. Many wonderful faculty and students, but the admin is a garbage fire.

How many boots can NYU eat, Part 347,659

One delivered milk in a horse-drawn wagon; the other worked for Tammany Hall 🙃

I drove a tractor off a cliff.

Remember liking the Rangers? Like … LIKING them?

It breaks AI literacy into the following four levels: Understand AI Use and Apply AI Analyze and Evaluate AI Create AI

Barnard's chart on the "need for AI literacy" is, to me, mind-boggling, it's bizarre acceptance of the premise, in service of the ultimate goal... creating more AI! This really is "To serve humans."

As god is my witness, I still have no idea how many legal lanes there are on Flatbush Avenue. Or if any of them are actually supposed to be dedicated to extremely muscular men carrying multiple snakes.

Just thinking about what we could do with a billion dollars a day that doesn’t include bombing people.

front cover of the book Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century, edited by Dan Sinykin and Johanna Winant

making memes is a great classroom activity to complement the work students can do guided by my favorite book of the year