Just found a piss-poor rewrite of this article by an "AI" "reporter" so I'm going to re-up it again.
Because while LLMs can write as poorly as the best of us, only we humans can get the info in the first place.
Not much has changed since the early 90s.
Hegseth has offered more clarity on his war on the Boy Scouts than on the current war with Iran.
It would be good to read the USCCB amicus brief in defense of birthright citizenship. For one thing it reminds us that the 14th Amendment was a deliberate reversal of the dreaded Dred Scott decisión denying citizenship to slaves and their children. 1/5
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Thanks to people like you!
Teach and learn and know hope.
Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist
Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.
The passage reads: One of the people I interviewed for the story was Rev. Robert Seymour, who had been Smith's pastor at the Binkley Baptist Church since 1958, when he first arrived in Chapel Hill. Seymour told me a story about how upset Smith was to learn that Chapel Hill's restaurants were still segregated. He and Seymour came up with an idea: Smith would walk into a restaurant with a black member of the church. "You have to remember," Reverend Seymour said. "Back then, he wasn't Dean Smith. He was an assistant coach. Nothing more." Smith agreed and went to a restaurant where management knew him. He and his companion sat down and were served. That was the beginning of desegregation in Chapel Hill.
The passage reads: When I circled back to Smith and asked him to tell me more about that night, he shot me an angry look. "Who told you about that?" he asked. "Reverend Seymour," I said. "I wish he hadn't done that." "Why? You should be proud of doing something like that." He leaned forward in his chair and in a very quiet voice said something I've never forgotten: "You should never be proud of doing what's right. You should just do what's right."
“You should never be proud of doing what’s right. You should just do what’s right.”
When Dean Smith comes up, this story is always the first thing I think of.
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"Peace is no longer sought as a gift...Instead, it is sought through weapons as a condition for asserting one's own dominion. This gravely threatens the rule of law which is the foundation of all peaceful civil coexistence (1-9-26)." #PopeLeoXIV #PrayForPeace
Ironic that one of the legacies of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is a presidency that can initiate wars on whim, without even the pretense of building a case to the American people first.
FWIW, this is sec. 2(c) of the War Powers Resolution:
I love our Pack and Troop. Hegseth and Irving, TX can’t take that from us.
I am (I was?) a counselor for Citizenship in Society Merit Badge :(
This is also offensive to the New York Mets. Listen, we have Mr Met, and this dude looks like a cut-rate version of Mr Met.
We also have a giant apple that appears when a Met hits a home run.
**Alt text:** Campaign graphic titled "Historic Day for Democracy" marking the 157th anniversary of the 15th Amendment on February 27. Features a headshot of Cherlynn Stevenson alongside text noting that in 233 years of statehood, Kentucky has sent only two women to Congress, both Republicans, and no Democratic woman has ever represented the state. Text reads "Cherlynn Stevenson is running to change that. It's time." Includes hashtags #FlipTheSixth, #MountainDemocrat, #FightWithoutFear and her website cherlynnstevenson.com.
Raised by a coal miner and a teacher in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, @cherlynnforky.bsky.social learned early that you fight for people — period. 157 years after the 15th Amendment, no Democratic woman has ever represented Kentucky in Congress. She's about to change that. cherlynnstevenson.com
Independent religious, human rights & legal-aid organizations should have regular access to federal immigrant detention centers, including & especially those privately operated. Humane conditions & treatment need to be verified. Assertions that everything is fine are not enough.
Ha!
Sed contra: I give up coffee for Lent ...
I am incredibly honored and deeply proud to have the support of Kentucky’s @aflcio.org union members.
Together, we’re going to flip this district and send a clear message that Kentucky workers deserve a voice in Congress.
#KY06
Plagiarism all the way down. Always has been.
This 🧵from 8 months ago is still apt in light of this Einstein stuff.
To quote Pres. Garfield, “The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student on the other.”
I'm grateful that my education -- from high school through grad school -- was marked by hard work and real community.
Exactly. Well said.
what even is the fucking point
Trump saying “I was surprised because...I mean, l read the paragraphs, I read very well. Great comprehension. I read everything there is to read and I said, can't lose this case.”
me when I get negative feedback on a draft
On the bright side, think of your talk as highlighting the importance of a liberal arts education ...
Brother, prices aren't going down.
Corporate profits, however, will go up.
Succesors of the Apostles ordaining someone incompetent?
As someone with a pretty good knowledge of the history of the Church, I can tell you that never happens ...
Two ways to have better social skills than a toaster:
1. Reply to emails.
2. Send an email to a person thanking them for something or checking in on them.
The humanities cannot simultaneously be useless and moribund and also so dangerous that they are worth legally restricting.
