Daniel S. Goldberg

They’re not helping the majors get into the classes they need or writing the 1 million reports required by admin or showing up at the thinly attended colloquium. Anyway that’s who’s in the Epstein files.

There’s a “superstar” layer at every R1 institution I’ve been at that isn’t composed of academics in any sense I recognize. They’re there so the institution can claim them, but they use the university as a launchpad to contracts and speaking engagements. They’re not teaching the intro classes.

Texas A&M donor: Regents have bowed to 'political pressure' from state "To me, it appears that our regents are failing in their sworn duty to uphold state law."

"To me, it appears that our regents are failing in their sworn duty to uphold state law."

Here's a basic fact: most conspiracy theories tend towards antisemitism. Yes, that one. Mmm hmm, even that seemingly harmless one.

Flat Earthers? Moon Landing Truthers? Antisemitism. Q-Anon? 9/11 Inside Job? Antisemitism.

'About the Song' lets Spotify users learn how an artist's track came to be Spotify unveils "About the Song" beta for users interested in learning about the inspirations of a title.

As usual with these sorts of enshittifications, especially those generated by machine learning or AI, I. JUST. WANT. TO. KNOW. HOW. TO. TURN. IT. OFF.

(This is a beta but for now you cannot turn it off)

www.androidcentral.com/apps-softwar...

It sounds like it was a false alarm here too but the impossibility of knowing that, the fact that an alternative set of facts is all too plausible, is just crushing from this parent's perspective

We're going to send zher far away for college, is how

a man in a suit and tie is saying i 'm so sorry i failed you Alt: a man in a suit and tie is saying i 'm so sorry i failed you you trusted me and I failed you

I spend a lot of time with the high school students at Kid's school because I help coach the Speech & Debate squad there and it's just endless feelings of "you trusted me and I failed you" on a loop

Exactly

My kids would send this the exact same way.

The matter of factness destroyed me. Active shooter but need to text teacher that zhe will be late for piano. This fucking place.

Hey, just got placed under an active shooter lockdown So Going to be late for piano I texted WHAT???? ARE YOU OK? 16:11

I hate it here

(Kid is fine, already been released but I didn't need that white hot surge of panic)

Jewish resilience is a gift.

Its well is deep, full of nourishing waters.
Make sure that you know how to drink from it.
For it will sustain you.

France, probably

I don't have enough hands to facepalm myself hard enough to forget I ever saw this headline

😱

There is a ton of literature on lawyers in Germany in the 1930s who thought they could handle it, maintain their morals, "assist from inside", or avoid blame while working for the Reich. They couldn't.

For Some Americans, the End of Obamacare Subsidies Means Falling Off a Financial Cliff

Covering Premium Assistance Tax Credits under the ACA in my Healthcare Law: Access & Finance course today. King v. Burwell is great but it’s depressing to talk about how the OBBB curtails subsidy expansion… This NYT article is super helpful in explaining the results www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

a close up of a man 's face with the words " my queen " behind him Alt: a close up of a man 's face with the words " my queen " behind him

Me to Miss Piggy

(Not disagreeing so many amazing Muppets)

a cartoon character is holding a can of crude oil in his hand Alt: a cartoon character is holding a can of crude oil in his hand

Respect. But more of a Beaker over here

I would cut folx for her

YouTube video by Family Guy Cutaway Gags Statler and Waldorf | Family Guy Cutaway Gag (S4E26)

I love Family Guy's take on Statler & Waldorf youtu.be/0WimvsXpl9M?...

Miss Piggy is the QUEEN

Oh I'm so sorry I meant the professional basketball player

Loveeeeee Anthony Edwards

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That said, it's fun to dream! Do you have a grail pen, price being no object? Mine right now is the Nakaya Dorsal Fin 2 (retail about US$2000)

www.nakaya.org/en/products/...

Yup, right there with you. But fwiw I've found some of the $200+ pens are REALLY lovely

“The disconnect between the N.F.L.’s claims about the Guardian Caps and what the company promises is emblematic of the messy line between promotion and protection, and the power of the N.F.L. to sway football coaches and players trying to insulate themselves from the dangers of the sport.”

Congratulations!!

Relationship Between Level of American Football Playing and Diagnosis of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in a Selection Bias Analysis Abstract. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with exposure to repetitive head impacts such as those from Amer

The selection bias problem is well-noted and has been adjusted for on multiple occasions. See these studies, for example:

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30487144/

academic.oup.com/aje/article/...

That said, I don't argue on BlueSky so I'll stop here and thank you for the exchange.