Went to see Steel Magnolias at Playmakers on Friday it was really good! You should go if you can. tickets.playmakersrep.org/overview/147...

Figures the Times would play it straight. I can’t take a publication that won’t commit to the pun seriously.

The CUNY system includes some community colleges. Not sure how they’re represented here…

This is 100% context dependent and liable to be entirely wrong if your URL includes any sort of search.

Data Engineer #00246 - Richmond, Virginia, United States Title: Data Engineer #00246 State Role Title: Information Tech Spec III Hiring Range: $100,000 - $125,000 Pay Band: 6 Agency: The Library of Virginia Location: Library of Virginia Building Agency Web...

The Library of Virginia in Richmond seeks a data engineer ($100k-$125k) to transform data practices at a 200-year-old cultural heritage org with an eye towards the future.

Looking for someone to imagine & collaboratively implement tomorrow's data infrastructure.

Apply by May 1! Tell your friends!

I used AI. It worked. I hated it. I used Claude Code to build a tool I needed. It worked great, but I was miserable. I need to reckon with what it means.

[2/2] "But if we're all in hell together, we might as well try to lift each other up."
-- @taggart-tech.com

h/t @masnick.com

taggart-tech.com/reckoning/

"Do I think LinkedIn is the digital River Styx, where damned souls clamber over each other and claw at the boat passing overhead in the dim hope of salvation from those who have escaped the shambling horde? I do." [1/2]

You might forward this story to every Marine you know.

I was very grateful to Bishop Sally French of New Jersey for her unequivocal prohibition of AI use in sermons and pastoral writing. She said (and I agree) that preaching is a task for humans, inspired by the Holy Spirit, in a particular congregation, and AI cannot do that.

📢TEI goes AI! We welcome our new SIG: 💻AI Tools for TEI SIG. Join the newly founded mailing list here: tei-c.org/activities/s...
#tei_community #ai #tei

The fact that I am a successful physicist is in spite of men like Daniel Biss, and he should not have any power over the future of women in STEM or be held up as an example of what leadership looks like

Next Conference for TEI will be in Vancouver, Canada! 🇨🇦 🍁
"Creating Connections, Unsettling Practices"
📅August 10-14, 2026 #tei_community

Photo of Andrea LaFlamme wearing a shirt with the Desmond Tutu quote, "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."

Hi everyone! My name is Andrea LaFlamme and I'm running to unseat Susan Collins in the US Senate. I'm a feminist public health professor and the ONLY candidate in this race who has worked in education, municipal health, and as an elected union leader. (1/2)

Stormy grey sky in the background, with trees (mostly pines) at a dutch angle at the bottom of the screen. A light pole sticks up on the left side. There's a bright rainbow on the left, crossing the pole, with a faint double to the right.

Double rainbow for morale

Sign the Petition Keep the Classical Languages Major at the University of Iowa

Hi friends. As I previously noted, the U. of Iowa is planning to get rid of African American studies; Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, & the Classical Languages major—along with others. If you wish, please sign the classics petition: www.change.org/p/keep-the-c.... I will add more as I find out.

Not user error. Could be the search service it’s hitting is down.

Years ago our admin did a red and black report. It took salaries & how much $ each instructor made in tuition $ for classes we taught-you were in the red or black. They released numbers once & shut it down bc humanities were producing huge $ for uni & engineers, business and scientists were losing $

Not even a job. Applying to get on their list of people they might offer part time temp work to. I’m sure it pays well though…

Viral Doomsday Report Lays Bare Wall Street’s Deep Anxiety About AI Future Citrini Research’s thought experiment rattled investors already wary of tech disruptions. The Dow industrials fell 1.7%, or 822 points.

Wall Street has a panic attack. Maybe destroying the economy not good for economy? 🤷🏻‍♂️ www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

Damn, that’s grim.

The Greenlanders are gonna have to rescue the crew, aren’t they?

And that’s another thing. They clearly aspire to be a Ponzi scheme, but they’re having to pivot to ads to try to make up for the money they’re hemorrhaging.

There is something about language being the API to the human brain that comes into play here. All those myths about how careful you have to be when you talk to nonhuman entities…

I get some of the same vibe from AI evangelists that I do from Evangelical Christians. Like, I’m glad this is working for you, but I cannot myself access it. Entirely possible I’m just stupid, but there it is.

AI might be a cult. Discuss.

Preach!

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups apparently no longer contain chocolate. It is the end of days.

It’s funny to me that the Dow had an “oh shit, Dad’s gonna be pissed” moment when the tariff announcement came out and then a couple of hours later was like “Nah, it’s gonna be fine.” 🤷🏻‍♂️

Good news! The TEI 2026 Call for Papers deadline has been extended to February 27th!

tei2026.tei-c.org/CFP.html

Looking forward to seeing your proposal!