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I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

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So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

Indeed

WOW

End this Purdue grad slander.

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That's a good dog.

[parts curtains of sedan chair borne by would-be assistant chairs]

"Huh"

This is a fantastic review essay. Just placed a library hold

Only in White Noise.

IT MATTERS IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE U.S. SOLDIERS GETTING TARGETED, YOU INSIPID GHOUL.

Fountains of Markwayne cover band when.

Putting on private-school detector glasses and suddenly every gathering of elite journalists looks like the banquet scene from "They Live"

That's what makes it unconditional, Mark.

Your commute regime change.

Pentagon taps former DOGE official to lead its AI efforts The Pentagon on Friday named as Chief Data Officer a computer ​scientist who aided billionaire Elon Musk's ‌efforts to overhaul the government last year and who has boosted white supremacists and miso...

Former top DOGE official in his mid-twenties named head of Pentagon AI efforts.

"Kliger, in ‌social ⁠media posts between October 2024 and January 2025, has voiced controversial views and reposted content from white supremacist Nick Fuentes ​and self-described ​misogynist ⁠Andrew Tate."

“My total and utter victory over my ex-wife will be signified by her moving in with that guy Rick.”

Donald Trump is a child rapist.

www.wonkette.com/p/did-abused...

JFC

NYT: "pushing boundaries"

Watch closely. The Administration may seek to get in bed with the dangerous Iranian cult MEK. The MEK was tied to Saddam Hussein and was on the US terrorist list. Rudy Giuliani, Louis Freeh, Newt Gingrich and others supported and took money from them to get them off the list. Bad bedfellows!

This appalling White House video game imagery on Iran illustrates what @teotten1.bsky.social and I discuss on today's pod: The role of fantasy, unreality and sadism-as-entertainment in MAGA politics.

newrepublic.com/article/2074...

So. Good.

I filled it out and let's just say I did some swears.

I would take a RUN PAUL VALLAS OUT OF TOWN ON A RAIL survey.

Record high support for abolishing ICE in latest YouGov/Economist data

Caliban deserves better than this.

A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, “Kristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”

Screaming