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UT Austin Muzzles Grad Student Assembly’s Political Speech Officials at the University of Texas at Austin blocked the Graduate Student Assembly from considering two resolutions against Texas state laws last week, arguing that the student-run body must follow ...

www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t... What a convoluted explanation from UT Austin as to why the Provost can engage in political speech but the Graduate Student Assembly cannot.

D'Angelo Dead at 51 Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

Al poses with Elijah Wood

Always wonderful to bump into my old friend Daniel Radcliffe!

if this goes through we all deserve free tofu from the government

In 2016 Geoffrey Hinton said “we should stop training radiologists now" since AI would soon be better at their jobs.

He was right: models have outperformed radiologists on benchmarks for ~a decade.

Yet radiology jobs are at record highs, with an average salary of $520k.

Why?

Thank you for your service Senator 🇺🇸

it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."

it’s a pythagorean triple too!

Jake Burger vs. Bryan King. Scorebug reads “Burger King”

Well it finally happened

Texas Tech student expelled after video showing Charlie Kirk rant on campus An 18-year-old Texas Tech University student is no longer enrolled at the university after a video appearing to show her mocking the death of Charlie Kirk went viral.

This is the mugshot of a literal political prisoner, arrested, thrown in jail, then expelled from a public university, for yelling at Charlie Kirk supporters

Inside Stephen Miller’s Reign of Terror

Everything you love or hate about Donald Trump’s America, you cherish or intensely loathe about Stephen Miller’s republic of fear.

Read about Miller’s eight months of remaking the nation and world: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place (541–750 CE) in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as well as neighboring areas such as Arabia, 541- 750 CE. It began during the reign of Justinian (r.527 – 565) and continued during the rise of Islam and the fall of the Sasanian […]

Scientists Prove Justinian’s Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis

Broadway Revival: Frankos, Laura: 9781732523920: Amazon.com: Books Broadway Revival [Frankos, Laura] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Broadway Revival

My wife does this stuff, too. BROADWAY REVIVAL, by Laura Frankos, sends a time traveler from 2079 back to 1934 to save George Gershwin from brain cancer...and changes the Great White Way forever. It's Broadway musical theatre alt hist!
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This is absolutely lawless. It’s why I’m authoring legislation to ban them from masking. We have no idea whether they’re even law enforcement. They could be bounty hunters engaged in kidnapping & human trafficking.

NO ICE POLICE STATE IN CALIFORNIA

sdfoodbank We were honored to welcome Senator Adam Schiff to the Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank yesterday! By visiting our warehouse, Senator Schiff saw firsthand the impact of recently enacted policies, learned how the need for food continues to rise in our community, and even stepped right in to help our incredible volunteers package bags of food for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) distribution. Thank you, Senator Schiff, for your commitment to understanding the challenges our neighbors face and for helping us advance our mission to end hunger in San Diego County. 7 hours ago

Adam Schiff visited the San Diego food bank yesterday. Schiff voted to confirm Trump’s pick for head of USDA, Brooke Rollins, who cut $1 billion for schools and food banks.

Google Scholar Is Doomed Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

Kahless tells us that no one is without value, and no warrior should be called "unskilled." Hard work is a skill. Perseverance is a skill. Solidarity is a skill. A true warrior knows that all who live honorably are worthy, all have value, all are due respect.

We should ban cars on Halloween every year and expand from there

FWIW Ron White, the best of the BCCT, did not attend college from what I can tell

Solar power is now California's largest source of electricity. ☀️🔌💡

they got the ddp too? i’d never leave

Never Let Me Go by Ishiguro

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.

The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

i'm reading this charles sumner speech from february 1866 and my dude is cooking

attendees and a panel of speakers

good morning from the @peoplesparity.bsky.social 2025 unf*ck the law convening in DC. lawyers, law students & organizers are meeting to discuss how to navigate this insane moment in history. i'll keep you posted #ppp25

Gender Identity - The KHOU-TV Collection KHOU interview with a trans woman about her gender identity

The Texas Archive of the Moving Image released this 1970s KHOU interview with a trans woman talking about her dysphoria & transition: texasarchive.org/2023_06359

HISD parents sue district for using their child's preferred pronouns, name In a lawsuit, two Houston ISD parents say the district violated their parental rights and religious beliefs after employees referred to their child by their preferred name and pronouns.

Two Houston ISD parents have sued the district for reportedly violating their religious beliefs and parental rights.

They want a judge to legally prohibit district employees from using their child's preferred pronouns and name. via @houstonchronicle.com
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One chart that shows the huge gap between people with a ZIRP-era mortgage vs. those who don't.

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