William Adler

Never forget

He's awful

hey we tried this at the Bay of Pigs and it worked out fine so

I mean

dawg

The correct word for killing a lot of people, destroying a lot of things, spending a lot of resources, and ending up back where things started is "failure." Or if you'll allow two words, "avoidable disaster."

They think the floating lounge chairs in Wall-E were the goal

A thorn in Trump's side his first term were senators at the end of their careers who couldn't be pressured -- McCain, Corker, even Flake.

I think we're about to see a new wave of those folks, and whatever the motive -- true repentance or shameless ass-covering -- they'll help erode his standing

Gosh when you've lost Senator Foghorn Leghorn

That's a tougher question. I still think writing is thinking - the process of putting the words on paper coherently makes you delve deeper into what they all mean and how different items link together. But I could see how using the AI to take ideas and summarize them might be helpful for some.

I wouldn't use it for that personally, no, for the reasons stated. I can understand why an undergraduate student might even though I don't like it, or might use it to help them find sources.

The words have to be your own. I think one should absolutely read for themselves, no question - but if you need a generative AI program to, say, help you summarize information about which of twelve theories line up together, I get that.

My students are getting the same instructions on the syllabus: if you use a generative AI program (even Grammarly), you must disclose it to me. So it's allowed for those purposes. If you use it to write the answer or paper for you, it's an automatic zero.

Otherwise, what the heck is the point?

I think generative AI has great potential to be used in a variety of helpful ways. I've turned to it occasionally for things.

If you let it write for you, you've decided to stop thinking.

No, and this makes it pretty clear which professors to avoid

This is silly. I truly don't understand what you're accomplishing here.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 25A914 NICOLE MALLIOTAKIS, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY No. 25A915 PETER KOSINSKI, ET AL. v. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [March 2, 2026] The applications for stay presented to JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR and by her referred to the Court are granted. The January 21, 2026 order entered by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, Index No. 164002/2025, is stayed pending the disposition of the appeal in the New York state courts and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari in this Court, if such a writ is timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the mandate of this Court.

JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE KAGAN and JUSTICE JACKSON join, dissenting from grant of stay. The Court's 101-word unexplained order can be summarized in just 7: "Rules for thee, but not for me." Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts have limited jurisdiction. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not interfere with state-court litigation. Time and again, this Court has said that federal courts should not meddle with state election laws ahead of an elec-tion. Today, the Court says: except for this one, except for this one, and except for this one. Ignoring every limit on federal courts' authority, the Court takes the unprecedented step of staying a state trial court's decision in a re-districting dispute on matters of state law without giving the State's highest court a chance to act. Because that order violates basic principles of jurisdiction, federalism, and equity, I respectfully dissent.

BREAKING: SCOTUS blocks New York state court redistricting order, over the strong dissent of the Democratic appointees.

antisemitism among young people is:
-heavily rewarded on tiktok and other youth-heavy social media
-not confined to any one ideology
-often directed explicitly at jewish people and jewishness, not israel

Mazal tov!

I regret it deeply

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imagine waking up in the morning, going about the day, then seeing a post about HITLER and having this reaction

My "the US not veering into a new, endless war" t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt

The 1 was my train for many years when I lived in Upper Manhattan

I learned it as a teenager reading a fantasy book that repeatedly used the word as a joke

As in, a shocking number of Vladimir Putin's enemies have been suddenly defenestrated