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Well, now I have an image of Trump in a seashell bikini in my mind and my day (and probably life) is ruined.

Shopify cofounder and CEO Tobi Lutke, a big fan of the Three-Fifths Compromise?

Looks like I need to buy a selfie stick.

Vancouver is the best! (Except for traffic and cost of living.)

Job opening: Assistant Professor of Christianity in Late Antiquity at Loyola Marymount University lmu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Career...

I like the storyline of kids and screens, so see the need for a few new characters, but NO ONE stole the show like Forky did in Toy Story 4, for instance.

Amherst College's Department of Religion seeks a scholar of Hebrew Bible and ancient Judaism for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor, beginning on July 1, 2027. aarsbl.org/jobs/

Things I wish I could make a living doing: 1. Hiking 2. Camping 3. Running (very slowly) 4. Napping

So just watched Toy Story 5 and it was... mid? Toy Story universe so cute and sweet, but really lacking the wit and humour that defined earlier movies.

I imagine that in 30 years the only Cybertrucks on the road (if there are any) will be driven by assholes pining for the "good ol' days" of Trump and Musk.

Heluva Good Dip needs to be renamed Helluva Meh Dip. It's a dip that is on the verge of having flavour and that why we keep taking more, falsely believing that if we just have enough of it we'll be able to taste something.

Only in the stupidest of all possible worlds does it make sense to ask Grok to adjudicate moral questions.

evergreen

literally mentioned this! (not the spiderman angle)

Did you take lots of whiskey breaks too, cuz that's where I'm at after 1 hour of reading.

Wonder why? 😉 Oh, and also with the movie Backdraft, although even that was coopted by copaganda.

Yesterday, firetruck blows past us with sirens blaring. 15 y.o.: "How come everyone celebrates cops but rarely firemen and paramedics?" Me, beaming with pride: "Dude, you've just described copaganda perfectly without ever hearing the term!"

Many such words.

I've been having a hard time focusing on research lately. New books can't hold my attention. And so I tried rereading a book I loved. Didn't work. So now I'm going to try hate-reading. Can pure spite do the trick?

Emailing me with a request to contribute to a volume you are editing but beginning the email with a generic "Dear Colleague" is a bold strategy.