Someone suggested just making him the assistant special teams coach and see how long it takes him to quit on his own. Cheaper than a buyout.
11.10.2025 23:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@astroderek.bsky.social
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Someone suggested just making him the assistant special teams coach and see how long it takes him to quit on his own. Cheaper than a buyout.
11.10.2025 23:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Idc what it's called, but I like the idea. Anything is better than the "opinions on the shape of Earth differ" journalism we are afflicted with now.
11.10.2025 18:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You mean selling out to Trump on the shutdown vote didn't help? Color me shocked!
11.10.2025 13:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It involves numbers, and innumeracy in newsrooms runs completely rampant.
11.10.2025 02:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I mean, if we all just stop paying attention to them, then they won't matter any more.
10.10.2025 13:31 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Unfortunately a decade isn't nearly long enough for the NYT to learn anything at all.
10.10.2025 12:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What about Speakers of the House who came to do us harm? What can be done about them??
09.10.2025 23:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So much easier just to point out when he's NOT lying! You might never have to post....
09.10.2025 01:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Clearly a brain-eating virus DOES exist...
08.10.2025 14:42 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Absolutely true and I'm happy they're doing something now. I just also think accountability shouldn't get lost in the mists of time.
08.10.2025 04:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 06-8 hours prep for each hour of class time sounds about right for a new course. If a fellow prof who's recently taught the course makes their materials available, then in my experience it's closer to; if not, then 8.
08.10.2025 04:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I agree, and the next Dem president needs to announce that they are just going to ignore their constraining rulings for exactly the same amount of time that the Court gave Trump to run rampant.
08.10.2025 00:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No...don't go...
08.10.2025 00:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I moved to Chicago. From Florida! In January!! And I love it here!!!
08.10.2025 00:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Very happy to see all these university branches of AAUP and faculty senates voting against it, but still waiting to see if management ignores that and caves anyway because of some perceived short term gain
08.10.2025 00:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ask her why she voted against the public option. Some of us remember.
08.10.2025 00:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I haven't seen either Dirty Dancing or Top Gun...
07.10.2025 23:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Alternatively, she thinks the Dems will never bring her to justice even if they ARE back in power. Which doesn't seem like a bad gamble on her part, given the past few decades of history.
07.10.2025 22:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Makes sense. I mean, they don't have anyone who can run the ball, do they?
05.10.2025 21:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And honestly they should stay unranked unless they beat Indiana or OSU, and I have a very hard time imagining either of those events happening.
05.10.2025 19:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0MIT, Caltech, Wash U, Chicago, etc. beg to differ. The Ivies too, though perhaps to a lesser degree. Other operational models do exist.
05.10.2025 17:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0So tired of asking if we can fire him yet :(
05.10.2025 00:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Here's hoping, at least
04.10.2025 23:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It's been a while since their offense was anything to get excited about.
04.10.2025 19:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Some quality coaching there.
04.10.2025 19:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Don't they start *every* game that way in the James Franklin era? And why isn't that era long since over??
04.10.2025 19:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yes, they are the worst of the worst.
04.10.2025 19:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Eric is an investigative reporter, investigating the meanings of English words.
04.10.2025 17:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is a continuing issue with journalists (or "journalists", which is what we mostly have) in general, identifiable every single time they write about any topic about which the reader has personal expertise.
04.10.2025 15:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What news networks remain honest, professional, and reliable? I ask in all seriousness because I'm looking for guidance. I don't expect perfection, just some reasonable level of quality.
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