Gina Konstantopoulos

Why DS9 holds up so well.

Now more than ever, you don't have to be cutting and pasting batshit posts that you have seen over on That Other Site and also, for fuck's sake, get off That Other Site, again, now more than ever

Sign the Petition Keep the Classical Languages Major at the University of Iowa

Hi friends. As I previously noted, the U. of Iowa is planning to get rid of African American studies; Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, & the Classical Languages major—along with others. If you wish, please sign the classics petition: www.change.org/p/keep-the-c.... I will add more as I find out.

"History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders."

— Terry Pratchett

some of the olympic women including maddie mastro have been reposting this if you’re curious about the vibe in response to the US men’s little display

I’m done hearing about the Epstein files, I want to hear about the Epstein trials.

However much we love this, remember it definitely hurts Vance more.

Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM. BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

The Supreme Court:

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

the 1,200 bottles of wine mention in that article was really the chef's kiss of it all

Same. Also, this still looks terrible and should be dragged as such

Okay, I admit not everything can be related to sports, but boy, writing can, hear me out

There's a thing called chronic training load, and slowly increasing it, and maintaining a relatively high CTL, is a key way that human beings adapt to get better

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For those looking for background: the group is called The First Amendment Troop, and the piece is entitled, "ResistDance." This appears to be their original Instagram post: www.instagram.com/reel/DU1-DrF...

a cartoon character holding a scroll of the u.s. constitution says hello i 'm the u.s. constitution ALT: a cartoon character holding a scroll of the u.s. constitution says hello i 'm the u.s. constitution

Roses are red
Violets are blue
If you’re born here
You’re a citizen too

Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.

The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...

By Julianne Le

GM: Charisma check.

Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]

GM: that’s a d6 how did you

Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Feel free to send this to all your Presidents!

Three floor plans of House I of Nippur's area TA, with labels of individuals pointing to their associated space as it changes over time. To the right of the floor plans are three tablets associated with the house.

I've been obsessing over House I at Nippur. Through a handful of texts excavated back in 1951-52, we're able to reconstruct the division of an estate from the years 1742 to 1733 BCE, dating to the last years of Nippur in the Old Babylonian period.

As the U.S. bids adieu to the World Health Organization, California says hello In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from WHO, California is the first state to participate in the agency's disease monitoring network. Are others following?

In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from WHO, California is the first state to participate in the agency's disease monitoring network. Are others following?

Get in, losers, we’re flipping Texas.

ICE AGENTS DON’T WASH THEIR RICE.

This is the best sign I saw today.

Oh, this is fun. A lot of Japanese language, so I'll leave that aside:

1. Genetics and Molecular Biology
2. Heads and Tales: Classical Coins
3. Edo/Tokyo: Arts and Culture
4. The Meiji Revolution
5. Age of Cathedrals

Also, Ornithology. Turns out, I am real bad at identifying birds at 7 am

TAMU ended our women and gender studies program, degrees and certificates today. Apparently they aren’t allowed under the new don’t mention gender or sexuality in the classroom rules our board passed. I am so saddened by this. I worked as a grad asst to wmst (no gender in the 90s) for a few years

You don't have the be an avowed AI hater to be impressed without lifeless and unwatchable this is.

putting Darren Aranofsky under Natasha Lyonne on the list of "people who have done interesting work in the past, but whose future work, all of it, AI or not, should be thrown in the trash". Use AI, get fucked.

PhD here, built a website with other PhDs devoted to organizing PhDs and future well respected people to criticize and comprehend kleptomaniac grifter plagiarist incapacitating machine

against-a-i.com

They’re so fucking fragile.

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis