mariah

omg, love it!

Museums really are leaving money on the table by not selling more reproductions of Little Guys

R & I were literally referencing this video last week! 😅

One thing to keep in mind is that a lot of forms of regulation of recreational sex and birth control would/will be largely broken-taillight-type laws. By which I mean when you create a law you can’t possibly really enforce, it’s just a blanket power to selectively harass people you don’t like.

never planning on being a parent, but this is the parent I’d want to be

🤔

BIG MOOD

Raul’s Wild Kingdom got a lil too wild

Last night a dude pulled/cocked a gun at the screening of UHF I was at, and… wtf?!

What is this world that this happens randomly at THE WEIRD AL MOVIE?!

sounds about right!

Co-signed!

bambi motel sign, rts. 19 & 41, griffin, georgia, 1980

bambi motel sign, rts. 19 & 41, griffin, georgia, 1980

You worked 40 hours this week, so please enjoy the next 48 hours of chores and errands.

Giant food companies are quietly ruining your favorite snacks — and hoping you don't notice From Coke to Nutella, your favorite treats are being ruined by a sneaky ploy known as 'flavorflation.'

As if the grocery store shrink ray wasn't enough, now you have to unflavorblast my little snacks?

a photo of Johnny Cash eating cake with his hands in a bush, sitting cross legged in the dirt and smirking to the camera, his face covered in frosting

Johnny Cash eating cake with his hands in a bush (1976)

The majority of college students in this country attend community colleges.

I teach at one of the biggest community colleges in the country.

I wish more people paid attention to what students, faculty, and staff at community colleges had to say about the state of higher education.

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Caring About What's Happening in the Ivy League

maybe they’re weighing in on the drama? https://chicago.eater.com/2023/12/4/23987895/jeppsons-malort-social-media-beef-infused-flavors-christmas-nisei-lounge-ch-distillery

the same state that demands women be mothers is prosecuting a woman to death for wanting to live long enough to mother her children, because pro-life nattering isn't about safeguarding babies. it has always been predicated upon women's suffering.

The locals need to wickerman those dorks

It's incredible how accurately Shel Silverstein predicted AI decades ago

In March 1970, the Teaching Assistants Association at the University of Wisconsin went out on strike for twenty-four days. It was the first TA strike in the ... The Wisconsin TA Strike (orig. 1970, remake 2021)

Anyone who has worked as an academic employee in a big public university will find this documentary on 1970 Univ. of Wisconsin TA strike fascinating. Not much had changed by the 1990s when we started organizing at UIUC--with help from the TAA and the UMich GEO youtu.be/jAwYsEqdLMU?...

The most boring mondo movie

The best Christmas special, hands down

desert sands motor hotel sign, albuquerque, new mexico, 2003

desert sands motor hotel sign, albuquerque, new mexico, 2003

Deadline approaching later this month, 12/18! Please reach out with any questions. CFP open to librarians and other academics, though the focus is on libraries. Really excited for this special issue #critlib #phdchat #academiclibraries

CDC's wastewater dashboard showing: Nationally, COVID wastewater levels are high The region with highest levels is the Midwest Chart shows most regions are increasing

FINALLY! Just in time for the winter COVID surge, the CDC now has a useful wastewater dashboard.

It indicates that nationally COVID wastewater levels are HIGH and rising further.

You can access the dashboard here: cdc.gov/nwss/rv/COVI...