Nathan Elliott

I recently went to a McDonald’s where you don’t interact with anyone, you just go to a kiosk and then they put your order on a rack, and the thing that gets me is that nothing on the menu cost less because of it. No benefit for me! Doubt the people in the kitchen are getting paid better!

You get so used to seeing certain 'routine' plays on TV that you might forget that many professional athletes at that level have physical skills that push up close against 'mutant super hero' level

Great cartoon

Kindness is punk AF. ❤️✊

Recycling a short story I published in the spring. I still like it.

Pretty much.

. . . and to get what? When did a Mafia thug settle for just one 'insurance' or 'security' payment?

holy shit you guys, one of my main intellectual heroes on earth, Karen Pinkus, reviewed my book for Critical Inquiry —i can't believe it 😱🙏🌿

@karenpinkus.bsky.social @criticalinquiry.bsky.social

The infrastructure problem in journalism, education, government and pretty much every aspect of neo liberal capitalism

All true, but it bears remembering that governments have been gradually defunding higher education for decades. Trump's strategy is more aggressive, but it feels like an endgame of a ploy that started in the 80s.

Oof.

Dune, 1965

So much of change in universities the past few decades could be summed up this way--shared governance has been gradually eroded into nothing.

AI integration initiatives are spearheaded by administrations with little input from faculty members and other campus community members, including staff and students. High levels of concern arose around AI and technology procurement, deployment, and use; dehumanized relations; and poor working and learning conditions. Seventy-one percent of respondents said decision-making and AI initiatives are overwhelmingly led by college or university administrations, and many respondents described administrators exerting great effort to introduce AI into research, teaching, policy, and professional development with little meaning­ful input from faculty members, staff, or students. Examples include the development of institutional AI tools, workshops on teaching and detecting plagia­rism, and subscribing to AI tools for students (such as Grammarly, marketed as an “AI writing partner”) without involving faculty members or students in the decision-making process. One respondent noted that “admin doesn’t seem to care about or value faculty input on this or any other topic” and hoped for “more faculty involvement in determining how AI and tech generally are used.”

The @aaup.org report on AI is so hugely important. Among other key takeaways is the fact that most AI programs have been introduced by administrative fiat and by circumventing meaningful faculty, student, & staff consultation.

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Columbia University’s agreement with the Trump administration is a disaster for academic freedom, freedom of speech, & the independence of American higher education. Never in the history of our nation has an educational institution so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat.

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Pretty much why the rest of the world shrugs and eye rolls when the States comes up

A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.

On this week’s Washington Roundtable, the law professor Leah Litman analyzes the wave of victories that the Supreme Court has given Trump’s second Administration and how outside influence seeps into the Court’s decision-making. Listen here: swap.fm/l/tny-tps-Aw...

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Give this guy a medal

The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences.

The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.

The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.

New Legislation Frees Up President To Do Pretty Much Anything, Really

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I hate when I go to bed early on a Saturday night and wake up Sunday morning only to discover we’ve gone to war in the Middle East without the consent of Congress. 😡

Yeah, what she said

Same lies told every time

illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president

Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.

A Wild River of Food: How Traditional Knowledge Can Help Rewild Ecosystems The Klamath River, vital for ecosystems and Indigenous cultures, underwent a historic dam removal, enhancing salmon populations essential for ecological health. This restoration reflects deep triba…

My latest essay looks at the historic undamming of the wild and scenic Klamath River and the stunning transformation connecting traditional knowledge, rewilding, food sovereignty and decolonizing foodways, healthy ecosystems, and the return of salmon.

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Watched 28 Days Later last night for the first time since it came out as I’m hoping to see Years soon, and it’s held up very well, worth watching again if it’s your thing and you haven’t seen it in a while