do lions bleet of electric sheep

Always amuses me that this both (highly influential) comedy for a mass audience, and an extremely specific pisstake of four or five specific, objectively pretty obscure academic philosophers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVQr...

Most Americans would be healthier without daylight savings time Stanford Medicine researchers have discovered there are long-term health hazards from changing the clocks twice a year—and better alternatives.

your annual reminder that what we need is permanent Standard Time www.newsweek.com/daylight-sav...

happy “the car clock is once again correct” day to all who celebrate

I like that Canada has major political parties like “liberal”, “conservative”, and “French”

With Texas and Florida taking up the lion's share of attention, I think people might be sleeping on just how oppressive the situation for public higher education is in Indiana right now

People don't have enough respect for the kid from Mary Poppins who collapsed an entire bank because he wanted to feed the pigeons

anti-luminosity argument about whether someone notices the disintigration of the Disintigration Loops

turns out you can be secretly Canadian

Canada C-3 rules. "Second-generation or later: Also born outside Canada to a first generation person. [Highlighted] This person is now Canadian in some situations"

"This person is now Canadian in some situations":

Making up a guy who's Canadian when they listen to Godspeed You! Black Emperor, American when they read Emerson, Canadian at parties, etc etc

If people were more like dogs: “I like this guy! I bet he knows all the best places to use the bathroom“

direct reference theorist who constantly forgets whether the Fripp and Eno album is called Morning Star or Evening Star

them: cognition is a miracle

me: aang from avatar is technically an air friar

this was my entire undergrad experience

older thrifted ones--arms were cut roomier in the 90s . The ones I have that have held up the best are Moda, Ann Taylor, and Tribal

I’m the appendix

definitely more handsome as a beast

surely no one steps in gum this much, if at all

I step in gum approximately 5 times per year and this is the #1 thing that makes me worry I might be in a simulation

talking lions

caveman: ugg

caveman therapist: (nodding) ugg

caveman: *starts crying*

I was today years old when I learned that "Butlerian Jihad" is some Dune thing and does not refer to the work of noted critical theorist Judith Butler

some days you wake up and all you want to do is use Windows 95

did you hear about the person who stole an expensive sample of Tyrian purple from the rare pigment shop?

--Horrible! I despise violet crime

What a time to be alive.*

*teach asynchronous online classes

Literally remake the iPod classic with a bigger battery, Bluetooth and 2 tb of storage and make 500 billion dollars or throw money in a hole on AI

pretty sure what those are going for is whether someone gets sleepy the moment they sit down or relax. they should just say that. (it's a weird model too bc people with insomnia tend to get very low scores on it even if they have significant daytime sleepiness)

someone probably posted this a long time ago on the bird site, but it is so true

the body keeps the score in the language game

I approve the Rylean sentiment of this post

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.