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Rockne Exhibit opens Saturday. Opening party Friday. School starts Wednesday (no after school care available yet, need to pick Kiddo up at 2:30). Meet-the-teacher at 4:30 tomorrow. Hubs has teacher in-service till noon tomorrow; I have to stay home. Our dog is puking non-stop.

NO MORE SHIT PLEASE

This thing is so fucking cool. I spent an hour assembling little vitrines and displays, which is a regular part of my real job. One of the monitors looks just like me, too. It has a hidden archaeological site under the floors, a mouse hole (needs better IPM!) and my first Lego bathroom

Make a band food:

My Pemmican Romance

This reeks of Pitt

Its almost time for #iufb and the Marchung Hundred www.instagram.com/reel/DNeP1ot...

OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost

Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.

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The statement "Jews lived through the Holocaust, and therefore they (we) have a special obligation to fight the genocide of other communities" is a statement that is at best problematic, if not outright antisemitic, when said by non-Jews, but is also foundational to my own sense of Jewish ethics.

Your elders love a luncheon

Lego Natural History Museum set

I might have gotten the best birthday present of my adult life tonight

I guess one positive from All This is that we might come away with footlongs becoming a symbol of a rebellious national identity in the face of authoritarianism

Google search screenshot: Al Overview The saying "beer before candy, you're in the clear; beer before candy, hurricane sandy" is a popular rhyme that playfully suggests the order in which one consumes food and alcohol can affect the severity of a hangover. The rhyme implies that consuming beer before candy will lead to

my dad was always saying this

Uh @hollyanderson.bsky.social not sure if she’s on your group’s radar or not

Did you know that the Founders were so vehemently against having a standing army that might do what Comer is calling for that they explicitly wrote into the Constitution that Congress has to reauthorize the existence of the Army every two years or the entire thing has to disband?

SBARC info about Macie, a bloodhound in need of a home in South Bend, Indiana

Macie, a lovable bloodhound needing a home

Macie the bloodhound needs a home

Somebody adopt Macie the bloodhound!

South Bend has an adorable bloodhound looking for a home. Poor baby has a chip, but the owners won’t claim her

When you’re responding to Dave Matthews

I enjoyed Bite-Sized Bison’s latest opus, “ Why Illinois Is Not The Next ‘Indiana’” a little too much #iufb

Travelling backwards in time by catching up on Shutdown Fullcast Disasters episodes

Just got head-butted hard by my child during my nap, AMA

Slightly diminish a band

The Guess Whom

Goddamnit when I google “dallas wings Berger shirt” all I get are restaurant links #wnba #iuwbb

Teams should have a funny Jumbotron video ready for “scored too much, no more fireworks”

There’s a little developmental bit in the second phrase that takes me right back to when she was put in my chest

This big band piece was stuck in my head as I went into labor with my daughter. Still makes me verklempt. The rest of the album also rules, btw

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the project to destroy the facts of American history continues

1999: VCs and brokers approached me with maybe an $11B deal/ I just remembered my basic values, and I turned them down

Not being altruistic, just basic

Things have worked out better than I thought, by the time I pass, guessing my total contribution to stuff I believe in will be around one billion

Resembles a drum corps flag spin

With the right plumbing fittings you could have a Food Technical

South Bend’s has to be a chinet plate of “Polish Dinner”, (I.e. fried chicken, green beans, mashed taters, gravy, Polish sausage, buttered noodles and rolls) fired frisbee-like at terminal velocity

The way John Brown caught hold of this man's whole soul