Mike -- No Kings

As far as I'm concerned Conan is a modern-day sage, an arhat acting like an asshat to wake people up to their own foolishness by constantly clowning and making fun of himself. It's a great show of humility worthy of sufis and saddhus throughout the ages.

Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...

“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said

Exclusive | The Math Legend Who Just Left Academia—for an AI Startup Run by a 24-Year-Old Ken Ono had an epiphany. Now the professor is moving to Silicon Valley to chase mathematical superintelligence.

Fun Gift Article:

Happens occasionally: Decades ago, Patrick Billingsley, a god of Probability theory, also worked outside of academia as an actor.

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/math...

Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...

Irony is (not) dead, it appears. www.propublica.org/article/trum... 1/3

Ouch!

Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years and involves immigrants acquiring a green card, extensive interviews, background checks, classes and a citizenship test. The naturalization ceremony is the final step to the process, where the oath of allegiance and a citizenship certificate are granted. Immigrants approved to be naturalized went to Faneuil Hall Thursday - known as the country's cradle of liberty - for that long-awaited moment to pledge allegiance to the United States. But instead, as they lined up, some were told by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials that they couldn't proceed due to their countries of origin.

Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Brett Kavanaugh doesn't really come across as the introspective type.

Honestly, the President has a point. It's a game where big boofy blokes sometimes play catch and other times cuddle the ball and run at each other. Who thought: “Let's name this after an extremity that's barely involved”?

Gianni Infantino presenting Trump with the "FIFA peace prize"

This photo screams to be photoshopped with Gianni Infantino's suit exchanged for the North Korean newsreader's outfit, and the prize replaced with a Happy-Meal toy

National College Completion Rate Holds Steady For Fourth Year In A Row The national six-year college completion rate held steady at 61% this year, the fourth consecutive year completions have been maintained at essentially the same level.

While higher ed’s critics may belittle this result, it’s a reasonably good rate given all the negative influences during this period. #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

"You have come to a world without hate, without fear, without conflict, no war, no disease, no crime. None of the ancient evils. Landru seeks tranquility, peace for all, the universal good." - Star Trek, Return of the Archons

Back-to-back in my timeline:

What did I miss in my list?
www.thebulwark.com/p/jackie-cha...

Great! We have Vinnie the Chin as president

Ten Of The Best Higher Education Books Of 2025 From admission guides to research exposes, from leadership advice to books on tenure and academic freedom, here’s a look at ten of the best higher ed titles for 2025.

Ten of this year’s best higher education books. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

When the USSR first dissolved, American business dived in. The savvier players set up small, ring-fenced, entities that they could easily unwind, which many did unwind. The individual business cowboys who flocked to Moscow mostly ended up fleeced or compromised. This is just another cowboy redo.

Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

Gift Article

A travesty. Please read this.

wapo.st/49KbUJ1

6:30 AM and it’s time to start shelling the chestnuts, the longest part of prepping the stuffing

Where to get a free Thanksgiving Day meal in NYC Here's a roundup of free Thanksgiving Day events in New York City.

gothamist.com/news/where-t...

ABC “News” Is Fake News ABC “News” is not journalism — it’s a Democrat spin operation masquerading as a broadcast network. The network’s longstanding commitment to hoaxes,

"Ah, but the strawberries, that's, that's where I had them, they laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, with geometric logic, that a duplicate key to the ward room icebox did exist..."

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

Just try writing a technical empirical paper with the word 'testable'

Climate Change Is Stressing Italy’s Cows, and Coming for Your Burrata

Gift Article

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/w...

Finally!

Republicans want to replace the Affordable Care Act with their own plan, Half-Assed Care (HAC). The GOP HAC plan will be to healthcare as a 12-year old’s rocket sketch on an old envelope is to successful space flight, resembling healthcare, but garbage by the end of the day.

“Quiet, Piggy” getting more pickup.

@cnn.com @peoplemag.bsky.social @dailymirrornews.bsky.social

“Conservative politicians wrapped themselves in the Founders’ language, invoking constitutional principles at every opportunity.

And what happens when they finally achieve power? Systematic constitutional violations excused as necessary.”

The 32 U.S. Rhodes Scholars For 2026 Are Announced The 2026 cohort of Rhodes Scholars from the United States was announced Saturday. The 32 Rhodes Scholars will go to Oxford University next October for graduate studies.

The 2026 U.S. Rhodes Scholars Have Been Named. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

As a borrower, both the collateral option and the implicit interest rate option would have value. As a lender, I’d charge more for it.
Who would capture the option value?