Richmond Eustis

How brilliant is this www.weregildcalculator.com

It's really contributing to my impression that he's absolutely squeaky clean and was probably fun as a student in a nerdy, low impact kind of way

I heartily hope the minke whales extract the justice they're due. Batten down the ol' hatches yachters.

A fun reminder that a loss of 60,000 jobs in and around academia is ~50% more than all coal mining jobs in the entire country.

I can't count the times I've tried to explain this to people.

I used to ghost swipe friends in to the dining hall when they were out of meals at the end of the semester.

And my crew's elevator commandeering is well-attested

I said it in September 2005 and I still say it: We’re post-Katrina for the rest of our lives.
When someone says, “I was in New Orleans post-Katrina,” I’m like, be more specific.
In New Orleans and on the Mississippi coast, we’re post-Katrina for the rest of our lives.

Advertise your account with a GIF.

From “Float” involuntarily. At sudden times. For surprise reasons. Here is an excerpt from a letter Proust wrote in 1913: We think we no longer love our dead but that is because we do not remember them; suddenly we catch sight of an old glove and burst into tears. Before leaving the library I turn off the lights.

Proust says memory is of two kinds.
There is the daily struggle to recall
where we put our reading glasses

and there is a deeper gust of longing
that comes from the bottom
of the heart

involuntarily,
At sudden times,
For surprise reasons.

-Anne Carson
#everynightapoem #fragment

[piles of books literally on fire in dumpster, visible in background, classroom lighted entirely by screensavers of computers & tablets purchased with library budget, teachers huddle together tapping at school-mandated assessment apps on phones]

Principal: Why do our reading scores keep dropping?!?

I also should mention that I finished a big ol' writing project I've been struggling with for months while also wrapping up with NOLS Alaska for the summer.

And I'm on the way to play Arabic music with some amazing humans.

I'm driving these open Canadian roads with a feeling of lightness and joy.

The word gaslighting gets thrown around a lot these days, but I gotta say that the neo-Nazi party claiming to be so concerned about antisemitism that they have to destroy American higher education is a profoundly weird experience.

The cul-de-sac brownshirts, as Jesse Myerson dubbed then.

I overheard a guy at the airport bragging about being at January 6th and I walked by him sitting in first class. Wealthy business owners stormed the capitol. January 6th was loaded with people who had the leisure time and travel budget to be there. Interrogate who is telling you to hate the poor.

You son of a bitch I'm in.

Oh shit THREE meese. Forgot the calf.

I'm so tired of hearing that we need to "teach our students how to use AI" when the thing they most need to use it is a critical-thinking skill set that can only be acquired by NOT using it. I'm tired of hearing that it's inevitable. I'm tired.

RFK Jr. says cancer screenings are too 'woke' now. As an actual doctor, I disagree. | Opinion RFK Jr. is considering dismantling the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. This would be a disaster for public health.

Great work, Bill Cassidy. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Trump canceled the research grant for America’s — perhaps the world’s? — top mathematician (via @weakinstrument.bsky.social)

one of the single best deals in streaming. i've been paying for PBS Passport for years. it rules

It's things like this what causes unrest.

Bill Clinton (already a rapist) was pressuring his intern into Oval Office blowjobs & it only ruined her life not his. Anita Hill was destroyed by the press while Clarence Thomas was confirmed to SCOTUS to later destroy your democracy. Susan Faludi wrote 'Backlash' which was about WHAT WAS HAPPENING

It's so beautiful and so tricky in spots that easing along at lower speed isn't an annoyance but a delight.

And I had it practically to myself today in my direction.

I've always wanted to take the boat! But timing never worked, alas.

let me throw some fuel on the fire that is the discourse about boys getting laid!!! current-day manopshere content is not good at getting boys laid and that's an effect of the incentives at play. you cannot build an audience of resentful little virgins if you succeed at helping them to have sex

Universities and Fascism Universities are at the forefront of the fight against fascism because universities provide access to knowledge, generate new knowledge, and create pathways to social mobility for the general public. Fascism hates knowledge and social mobility. Fascism hates the free and open functioning of universities. Here are some places that you may see fascism taking hold at your institution: Disinvestment in academic labor through the ending of tenure protections and through increased reliance on underpaid and term-limited contract workers. Decimation of core academic disciplines, especially those that serve the public good by seeking to understand our world and improve our lives. Disinvestment in the preservation and circulation of knowledge through libraries, archives, and museums. Rejection of academic freedom, or the right to research and teach without interference, for faculty and staff. Rejection of academic freedom, or the right to express opinions in the classroom, for students. Implementation of policies that force educators to teach misinformation or omit accurate information. Deference to partisan or corporate interests when shaping education and research policy. Curtailing the faculty right to self governance. Firing or expelling noncompliant students and staff. Union busting or other attempts to control staff. Misuse of anti-discrimination policies, such as protections from anti-semitism, to target anti-fascist activists. Where else have you seen fascism take hold at your institution? 7

I mean:

This is very, very good. And would be helpful to some of my university adjacent friends as well.

I might observe, also, that I've been listening to A LOT of CBC, and in light of what the US is doing to its public media what I heard and didn't hear has been really enlightening and envy-making.

The US is complicit in genocide. Let’s stop pretending otherwise | Mehdi Hasan The US government, enabled by the media, is an active participant in Israel’s atrocities in Gaza

The US is complicit in genocide. Let’s stop pretending otherwise | Mehdi Hasan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...