@AddledProf

Another egghead science professor. Vehemently anti-semicolon. Well, I don't know, but I've been told, you never slow down, you never grow old.

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They had to close the comments bc even NYT readers realize males would crush the females in the WNBA. It’s Time for the W.N.B.A. to Pick Sides nytimes.com/2026/09/26/opini… via @NYTOpinion

Opinion | It’s Time for the W.N.B.A. to Pick Sides

The league has an invaluable opportunity right now; it can be a reflection of the world as it could be, not merely as it is.

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Every year on this day I listen to this song and remember those who climbed up the stairs. open.spotify.com/track/5HYTa…

The Bravest

Tom Paxton · Looking For The Moon · Song · 2002

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Sous vide carnitas for older boy’s birthday tomorrow.
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Will the accusations against Platner be forgotten after he drops out? There hasn’t been a word about Swalwell since he dropped.
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Many of the comments on this are negative. Along the lines of “How can we celebrate when Republicans are in power?” It’s America’s Birthday. What Are We Celebrating? nytimes.com/interactive/2026… via @NYTOpinion

Opinion | It’s America’s Birthday. What Are We Celebrating?

Two hundred and fifty years in, Opinion writers offer 16 reasons the national experiment endures.

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Happy World Donkey Day
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The fight to protect women’s sports is far from over. insidehighered.com/opinion/v…

Colleges Must Be Inclusive of Transgender Athletes (opinion)

Even in the current policy and legal environment, colleges can still take steps to be inclusive of transgender athletes.

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The announcer of the MI/AR game just said “He was waiting for Cadeau” which made me laugh.
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Why does MSM continue to produce this style of story about terrorists? Before Deadly Attack, the Parallel Lives of 2 Soldiers Diverged nytimes.com/2026/03/13/us/ol… via @NYTimes

Before Deadly Attack, the Parallel Lives of 2 Soldiers Diverged

Lt. Col. Brandon Shah flew hundreds of combat missions as a war-zone helicopter pilot before being shot and killed in his Old Dominion University classroom by a radicalized military veteran.

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Another banger headline about one of the ISIS bombers, this time by the NYT nytimes.com/2026/03/12/nyreg…

At 13, He Was Selling Sneakers. At 18, He’s Facing Terror Charges.

In February, Emir Balat disappeared from the online marketplace he frequented. Weeks later, he was arrested in a homemade-bomb attack near Gracie Mansion.

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Neil Renic@NC_RenicJan 9
every academic you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Make it worse by asking them how the writing is going
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In shocking news, illegal immigrants overwhelmingly disapprove of their own deportation.
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insidehighered.com/opinion/v… This argument falls apart when you realize what utter nonsense passes as scholarship in grievance studies departments.

Universities Are Curators of Knowledge, Not Chaos (opinion)

Universities cannot—and should not—platform every perspective, Gerardo Martí writes.

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Western Accreditor Officially Drops DEI Standards Progress! They dropped requiring that an institution “promotes the success of all students and makes explicit its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.” No political tests for accreditation. insidehighered.com/news/quic…

Western Accreditor Officially Drops DEI Standards

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Deepfakes, Insults and Job Cuts: A Government Shutdown Like No Other nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/po… via @NYTimes LOL, they’re calling the sombrero video a deepfake

Deepfakes, Insults and Job Cuts: A Government Shutdown Like No Other (Published 2025)

Shutdowns are always unpleasant affairs. But President Trump has used his power in aggressive and strikingly personal ways.

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insidehighered.com/news/quic… “The current award-selection process for federal research grants is based primarily on scientific merit.” Many agencies had DEI requirements. If they were not met, grant proposals weren’t funded, regardless of how good the science was.

Trump May Attempt to Tie Grant Allocation to Capitulation

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Riley Gaines Finished 5th. Now She Believes Victory Is in Her Grasp. nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/ri… via @NYTimes What a ridiculously titled article

Riley Gaines Finished 5th. Now She Believes Victory Is in Her Grasp. (Published 2025)

The former college swimmer has used her race against Lia Thomas, a trans athlete, to propel her career as an influential, and unsparing, activist.

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Also, this line gets cause and effect reversed: This is Ms. Gaines’s intuition as an activist, too: If people accept the premise that transgender women do not belong in women’s sports, then they have conceded that transgender women are not fully, truly women.
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The first sentence of the title disqualifies this guy from giving advice on this topic forever. I Was One of Biden’s Border Advisers. Here’s How to Fix Our Immigration System. nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opini… via @NYTOpinion

Opinion | I Was One of Biden’s Border Advisers. Here’s How to Fix Our Immigration System. (Publis...

There are no easy solutions when it comes to immigration, but President Joe Biden waited too long to acknowledge the crisis at the southern border.

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