Erin Grievances

We did teaching fields, not dissertation fields.

(Learning a lot about how other programs felt about comps from these posts)

1. US History
2. Comparative British/French/US Imperialism
3. American Religion

The Second Skeleton Museums construct knowledge by constructing objects—literally.

"I saw a specimen of science and the natural world, of course, but I also saw a beautiful object constructed, created, by people—by paleontologists, museum curators, engineers, and welders."

I'm just looking for one good man with a Visa.

“some noted they had lost fans and donors. There are some people who like Irish music but think ICE is just here to enforce the law. But Natalie O’Shea, executive director at Celtic Junction, told me, “To believe in laws over belief in people is to be colonized.””

I mean, I guess Wyden told us what he thinks.

"Gracious God! a proposition to introduce six new slave States, bears no relation to the subject of slavery? What on earth does O'Sullivan mean?" CS to JMSI, 3/5/1844, LCS p 202

It's one of the little pleasures of this place to get in on the ground floor of a truly amazing post.

This is what Rumsfeld would call an Unnoem Unnoem

I just keep thinking of that line from M*A*S*H where Klinger says “ if it’s a police action, why didn’t they send the cops?”

For no identifiable reason.

reading this, both the accounting of the harassment and the institution’s response, reminds me of Kate Manne‘s point of this current backlash: "remove women as sources of competition and judgement"

Oh, I just spent a lot of time on her Instagram as results of this.

This does feel very different from the beginnings of the Bush-era wars, but if you're going to be this bold, you could also mention that it's not good to kill a bunch of Iranian civilians either. There are many reasons a war can be unjust and I think we need to hear that one too.

It provides a luxurious writing experience.

Government by the kind of people who think "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short" is an inspirational list of goals for the office whiteboard.

I am a consistent fountain pen user but I somehow ended up with a #3 and it quickly became a pen I keep at home so it doesn't disappear.

Maybe he actually said "immanent." You know, like his worldview has some kind of . . . immanent frame.

Iran has been an imminent threat to the United States for 47 years. The president was right to act.

They have been JUST ABOUT TO BE A THREAT TO US for half a century!

With Al, no university will need to trouble themselves with pesky human students ever again. Instead they'll have Al students who are all sexy ladies with big juggs and 17 fingers. The men professors can dote on them and when they see a lady professor can shout "it's over for you!". It's a paradise

Is there any historical polling data on Americans at the beginning of a war that asks “do you think your government is doing war crimes and, if so, what should happen to the people doing them?”

I bet there isn’t but it would be interesting to compare in this moment.

Oh I think I've encountered this recipe before and lost it--it looks so good!

I can envision a series (of ads? in a newspaper, who knows) with stories like this alongside fired federal workers explaining "this used to be my job, here's what we've lost now that I'm not doing it."

The IRIS Dena, a prized destroyer in the Iranian Navy, had participated in an international naval exercise in India last month. The ship had been making its way back toward Iran from Visakhapatnam, a city in India where the joint exercise ended on Feb. 25. The United States was among the many participants in the drills.

so the US Navy fired on and sank a vessel returning home from a joint exercise that the US Navy also participated in ... is that skating kinda close to the line of perfidy? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/w...

A page from a cookbook with a recipe for mix and match jammy cookie bars

There was a cookie with jam in the back of my mind and I finally remembered what it was.

No Help and Few Options for Travelers Stranded by Mideast Conflict

One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.

Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/t...

Exceptional. I love a crinkly cookie rolled in sugar.

Oh, I have seen this cake before and I always forget it’s an option. I have an ATK subscription too!

My failure rate at thumbprint cookies is so high, but I am tempted to try these nevertheless.

I made a lot of interesting jam in the past year, and since I have terrible luck with thumbprints and I am too lazy for linzers, I would love to find some other cookie recipes that use jam.