Dr. Laura De Veau

Mind boggling

YouTube video by NPR Music Brandi Carlile: Tiny Desk Concert

Want to support @npr.org and fill your ears and and soul with some gorgeous music at the same time? This is your chance. youtu.be/BoQctt3WEy8?...

YouTube video by NPR Music David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert

Do yourself a favor and watch this. It will make your dang day. youtu.be/PNmcF6eRE7w

In October, MSU laid off 99 faculty, staff, and executives.

If this were funds that could pay tuition for Pell Eligible students, it would cover approx. 240 students.

But sure ... yay football.

I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Senator Mark Kelly outside of the Senate Chamber at the US Capitol

Mark Kelly: “Pete Hegseth is not a serious person. He’s unqualified for this job. I think he is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in the history of our country by far. & this President thinks he can bully & intimidate people? He’s not gonna stop me from speaking out & holding him accountable”

You cannot kick the can all the way to the midterms

MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.

Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"

Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI

My father's small business doesn't even take Amex. Fees are way too high.

If they ever get around to building this thing, it should be bulldozed on Day 1 of a new administration. No messing around, no hemming and hawing about procedure or costs. Order heavy equipment in and start knocking it down immediately, as surely as an overthrown tyrant's statues would be torn down.

Note to Marching Band choreographers. Think BIG... these nuanced moves tossing expando balls in the air during a tribute to Björk is really not working for the television audience.

Matteo Bocelli on the Rao's spaghetti sauce float is making me scream with laughter ... which I realize was not the intended purpose. But props to the dancers for putting their all into this salute to Italian American Mid Culture.

I swear to god - it looks better than that dumbass headband that Savana wears.

I want to start a letter writing campaign to make Bowen and Matt the hosts of the Macy's #ThanksgivingDayParade. It's time for a generational change.

Same.

Market Basket was lit just now. The most important shopping evening of the year and the whole place is chock full of people who have never been to Market Basket before, who may have never once seen groceries.

I have bathed in the luscious bedlam and come out the other side warshed pure of my sins.

Peak privilege here … how many students are stuck on campus because it’s too expensive to travel home and are getting a “boxed dinner” if anything at all?

I need to be clear. If Jonathan Bailey were selected to be a baker on the Great British Christmas Baking Show, you would have to hospitalize me.

Senator Mark Kelly Is in the Wrong Job He should be secretary of defense.

Pete Hegseth is right: Mark Kelly shouldn't be a senator.

He should take Hegseth's job and be SECDEF.

I'll be on MSNOW at 4pm to talk more about it.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

The volume of water needed to cool the servers in data centers has become a nationwide resource issue.

Volume isn’t the most pressing problem in Morrow County, however. The issue is pollution, which Amazon’s data centers have exacerbated since its arrival.

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While I agree that taking one’s shoes off on a plane is next level gross and disrespectful. This guy is wildly unqualified for his job.

that’s what I’m talking about.

Yeah. Fine. But whatever, I am exhausted with his ‘mansplaining’ the world … he’s so tiresome.

He’s always thinking about new ways to improve the lives of average Americans.

Welcome Home, Who Are You? First-year students, freaked-out parents, and the Monday after Thanksgiving

As we embark on #Thanksgiving, remember a lot is going on back home, and we can actually be planful for what happens when students return to campus. To all my subscribers, I am #Thankful for YOU! #HigherEd #Leadership #Students open.substack.com/pub/drdeveau...

Long day of Christmas decorating done… mantle is looking pretty lovely

YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart Governors-Elect Sherrill & Spanberger On Winning & Governing | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

This was EXCELLENT. Feeling very hopeful. youtu.be/sCMH0LC26qE

Sean is an old friend. Dana is the best. Dana and Sean are the best. Dana is beyond talented, funny, smart, all the lethal weapons for media folk … she is going to do better things, and I hope she will be a voice where media is suffering for strong leadership.