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Historian, 🐢 🐩 mom, aspiring native plant gardener, knitter, vintage plumbing fixture enthusiast. Oxford comma and footnotes, always and forever. I block with abandon. All opinions my own not my employer. Go Bills!

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Screenshot of a FB post by the NHL with a photo of three women in blue USA jerseys and Olympic gold medals, standing next to two male hockey players standing ready to take a faceoff.  The caption reads: β€œOlympic gold medalists Aerin Frankel, Megan Keller and Haley Winn dropped the puck ahead of tonight's game between the New Jersey Devils and Toronto Maple Leafs with Jack Hughes and Auston Matthews taking the draw!”

Screenshot of a FB post by the NHL with a photo of three women in blue USA jerseys and Olympic gold medals, standing next to two male hockey players standing ready to take a faceoff. The caption reads: β€œOlympic gold medalists Aerin Frankel, Megan Keller and Haley Winn dropped the puck ahead of tonight's game between the New Jersey Devils and Toronto Maple Leafs with Jack Hughes and Auston Matthews taking the draw!”

The amount of ass covering and damage control these women are being asked to do, I swear to god

05.03.2026 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So now Claude has played a decisive role in two US invasions of foreign countries. And yet I'm expected to invite it into my classroom, in the name of "inevitability." How is this any different than prescribing or prohibiting what textsI teach? What if the college said I had to assign Rambo?

05.03.2026 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 358    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2
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No Help and Few Options for Travelers Stranded by Mideast Conflict

One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.

Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/t...

04.03.2026 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5013    πŸ” 1996    πŸ’¬ 181    πŸ“Œ 209

Moving petroglyphs and bulldozing roads to Native America sites.

05.03.2026 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for.

Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

04.03.2026 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 21862    πŸ” 8737    πŸ’¬ 1163    πŸ“Œ 566

There was a pats receiver the bills really missed this season and it was Mack hollins

04.03.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

First off, I would never use the word β€œoutput” for this. We’re not making widgets or pink slime. Second, sure, of course we do. How varies a lot. Personally, I’m moving back to analog/paper as much as I can these days, because volume/speed feel like they’re undermining quality

04.03.2026 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have been a professional historian for 20 years and have never had occasion to do even one person’s worth of coding. What on earth would I do with 1000?

04.03.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Supplemental $$$ bill to pay for WHAT NOW?

04.03.2026 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone, what's the record since Shane Hollander said the Sabres were terrible?

04.03.2026 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Colorado friends: call your Governor and tell him NO.

04.03.2026 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

04.03.2026 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 8089    πŸ” 2399    πŸ’¬ 261    πŸ“Œ 520
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Trump helps MAGA influencers flee Middle East war zone on private jet Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz, dogwalker Sarah Daither, former lobbyist Jay Footlik, and others managed to escape on a private plane thanks to the White House.

The White House has helped MAGA influencers escape the Middle East on a private jet while more than a million ordinary Americans are still trapped with no way out.

04.03.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3789    πŸ” 2458    πŸ’¬ 334    πŸ“Œ 554

Ricotta?

04.03.2026 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

THANK HEAVENS

04.03.2026 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At some point we will have a conversation about the bogus claim that running a financially successful company equips you for leadership more broadly.

03.03.2026 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2261    πŸ” 455    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 18

My research is on working class women and AI and the ONE consistency among all of the interviews we’ve done so far is concerns about data centers and environmental impact. We do not bring it up - they do. Every single one.

03.03.2026 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 897    πŸ” 270    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

Writing is thinking.

03.03.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 265    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0
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BLUMENTHAL: Is the agent who shot Ms Martinez sill on the job?

NOEM: Our officers conduct operations every day-

B: Is he still on the job carrying a gun?

N: I dunno

B: Would you agree he shouldn't be?

N: I'll get back to you

B: I think Americans would find it absolutely terrifying if he is

03.03.2026 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 12443    πŸ” 3852    πŸ’¬ 534    πŸ“Œ 192
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Donald Trump is using taxpayer funds to bomb Iran while he jacks up health care costs by thousands of dollars.

03.03.2026 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 939    πŸ” 343    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 23
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Two New Reports Urge β€˜Human-Centered’ School AI Adoption Results of two gatherings make case for visionary yet balanced approaches to AI.

Reports from whom is a really important question here.

03.03.2026 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

30 years ago Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club accurately predicted that men under late capitalism, empty consumers who had come to think of themselves as β€œthe middle children of history” with no great wars to fight, would eventually prank and shitpost their way into fascism.

03.03.2026 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2222    πŸ” 441    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 13

There's a new article in The Conversation about how people not knowing how "AI" works is what makes them open to using it, and how the more they learn about it, the less they want to use it, and the author is like "Hmmm! How can we increase literacy without dampening enthusiasm for adoption??"
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25.01.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 775    πŸ” 224    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 26

I do not believe that more than 2 out of every 5 Americans own an e-bike

03.03.2026 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed.
Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing β€˜reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

03.03.2026 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3490    πŸ” 1524    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 282

Does the use of the personas of real people without permission scream β€˜class action lawsuit’ to you too?

03.03.2026 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Mystery Solved! Turns out it is "Webinar.tv" whose disgusting and unethical business model is: register for a zoom call under a fake name and email address, record it without consent and put it on a public website with genAI summary and everyone's names and faces and then charge for access. WTAF.

02.03.2026 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 181    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 8
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Welcome to Wyoming, the Frontier of America’s New Gilded Age

"A New York Times analysis shows the stunning velocity at which the fortunes of the 1 percent have increased across the country since President Trump first took office in 2017. The richest Americans saw their net worth soar 120 percent." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...

03.03.2026 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 10

NOTE
1 Pregnant because raped in custody
2 Moved to TX because the regime has anticipated a need to circumvent state laws regarding abortion, medical rights
3 the infants in question will likely be trafficked into evangelical adoption networks or be subject the consequences of a lack of medical care

02.03.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 558    πŸ” 347    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 13

tl;dr: more people should watch this gentleman's speech and think seriously about what he is saying

bsky.app/profile/slcl...

03.03.2026 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1667    πŸ” 420    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3