Jim Coan

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Exhale…

This shit…that line About killing people in particular…would have made my father, who proudly served in the Army almost his entire life, throw up.

A spray-painted bronze statue titled “Best Friends Forever” showing Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands was placed on the National Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol early Tuesday.

Somebody has to say it

Boy, that escalatored quickly

I may be biased, but I love this department! ❤️❤️❤️ Everyone should apply!

Have they brought the golden calf into the stadium yet?

Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.

Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.

People have power. Ask Target

When someone says one thing to gain power and then a contradictory thing when exercising that power, the most useful lens for understanding it is power, not hypocrisy.

Interesting idea actually

The Atlantic Announces Free Digital Subscriptions for All U.S. Public High Schools None

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Wittgenstein: It is impossible to use words without making meaning.

Vogue:

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ugh

Dumbass

I’m running out of steam. There are too many things things to worry about.

Remember kids: there is no idea or level of complexity that requires bad writing.

Is she talking to Groypers? Because dems just want her to have good health care.

People are following federal agents around DC w/the Imperial March. 😘

CHICAGO!!

Will add some basic ICE melting🧊 resources below.

Plz add other resources/ideas, & let’s get sub threads by city, so eg one person can start a Boston reply thread and everyone can add stuff to that thread — ?

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Contributing to anti-doomscrolling with Max Linder, the sparkling French comedian who inspired Chaplin and is the earliest known movie star with his name on a poster (circa 1909).

#SeaScrolling. Necessary. #Breathe.

Crank!

Not much to say about Charlie Kirk. I didn’t know much about him. It’s horrible that he was killed. I do feel like it’s a good time to say, again, that words are not violence. Violence is violence. And there’s too much of it.

Fire at the market Street parking garage in downtown Charlottesville

Fire at the Market Street Garage in downtown Charlottesville.

Papers continue to face retractions for failure to license pricy tool Donald Morisky Two journals have retracted papers this year for unauthorized use of a controversial scale whose creator has been known to license use of the questionnaire for six-figure sums – and …

Imagine spending a research career trying to force scientists to pay exorbitant licensing fees to use the little 8 item scale you built using public (NIH) funds

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The largest SNAP cuts in history went into effect yesterday, eliminating or drastically cutting food assistance for millions of Americans.

And it’s all to pay for more tax cuts that primarily benefit the super-rich.

Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax — it's cruel.

Hooray!

Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan had a budget of $12m. (The modern equivalent of $35m). Star Trek Beyond cost $185m to make.
I'd rather watch Khan 10x than beyond once. Thats the power of decent writing, acting and casting. No SFX budget can overcome a lack of those.