sure, but I was pointing out that it's not just Caltech that assumes math majors have already taken calculus.

when I pointed out he had gotten things backwards, he asked me if I had learned how to write math proofs (like at a math summer camp), I said no, so he steered me away from the proofs-based course that math majors typically take. (mind you, I did plan to major in physics)

it was slightly more complicated than that. I was trying to decide which freshman math course to take after having gotten a perfect score on the placement test, so I asked the math advisor how much our decision should rest on the test, and he assumed I was implying I had done poorly. >

~everyone majoring in math at Harvard and MIT studies multivariable calculus and linear algebra in their freshman year

man, there are so many things we can add to this list. look at the vaccines available in 1976 compared to today. the most prescribed drug in the US had not yet been invented.

I know a grandson of Holocaust survivors who married an ethnically German woman whose parents/grandparents uttered that "we were victims too" line to him

you were very obviously only explaining the decision. just block the people willfully misinterpreting your posts. their goal was to force you out of here; don't let them win.

I posted your screenshot at the other place, and a couple people suggested that I may have fabricated it. in case anyone here also thinks that you might have fabricated the screenshot, GG replied to right-wing antisemite Jake Shields cheering the email by justifying it:
x.com/ggreenwald/s...

AIPAC spent MORE money on anti-Biss ads than anti-Kat ads.
x.com/FrankCalabre...

and you also know one of Biss' ex-girlfriends!

UChicago currently prohibits romantic relationships between faculty and undergrads, but it appears it may not have been prohibited in 2004

there's an "um" and an "uh."

I don't have a NYT subscription but my impression is that the overall complaint is: when the NYT reports on Trump's statements w/o necessarily quoting them, they "sanewash" them, which is a different claim from what people are claiming here, which is policy on quoting

I quoted from an article about Trump's incoherence. again, the NYT wrote an entire article about this!

also, AOC didn't merely say um/uh. she couldn't and didn't answer a critically important FP question at a FP conference. (no, that was not strategic ambiguity either)

Hasan Fills Out His Ballot LIVE | Hasanabi Votes YouTube video by Hasan Reactions

when did he say he voted for Kamala? here he explicitly says he won't say which Presidential candidate he voted for:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPqf...

you wrote: "I cannot recall anytime [the NYT] literally included 'ums' and 'uhs' into a quote." so I gave an example, and it's not the only example.

surely if the NYT had written a whole article about AOC being incoherent, you would have strongly objected, so I don't understand your point.

Kamala attacked him in her memoir, and he responded.

AIPAC attack on Jon Ossoff divides Jewish Georgians Patricia Murphy: An attack from the powerful pro-Israel lobby against Georgia's first Jewish senator divides Jewish Georgians over Sen. Jon Ossoff.

the reality is that AIPAC viciously attacks Ossoff:
www.ajc.com/politics/202...

www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/u...

yes?
www.nytimes.com/2024/10/20/u...

no, people know what a gallon of gasoline costs and what certain grocery staples cost and can tell if the prices rise. what they generally can't tell is if median wages rose more than inflation (which is what actually happened during Biden's term)

I ignored that. I asked if YOU are claiming HRW = genocide deniers here b/c I cited HRW: bsky.app/profile/nuri...

in response, you linked to a Guardian article about a controversy at HRW, indeed implying that you think HRW = genocide deniers

you are profoundly dishonest, so I'm blocking you.

that HRW report does not concern genocide. anyway, if you're trying to claim HRW = genocide deniers, I think you are best ignored

Will Stancil: The Heroes of Minneapolis Podcast Episode · The Bulwark Podcast · 02/03/2026 · 59m

she is a very dishonest person, but I'm confused b/c on the Bulwark podcast today you said that your black eye is from falling on ice:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

can you please clarify?

anyway, I hope your eye is ok.

wait, I need a link to Tibi telling Chanda to stop being antisemitic

I posted a link to HRW. Are you claiming HRW = genocide deniers? Forensic Architecture originally tried to claim an Israeli artillery shell caused the Al Ahli blast:
x.com/ForensicArch...

Their 2024 "new evidence" says it's "inconclusive." they retracted their original claim w/o admitting it

really, it is you with the literacy problem. Will was replying to this:
bsky.app/profile/zapa...

which was referencing this post:
bsky.app/profile/garb...

obviously the post was a reference to the October 2023 explosion at Al Ahli hospital.

Will was responding to a post referencing this:
bsky.app/profile/garb...

It was specifically about Al-Ahli Hospital, not the IDF's bombing of other hospitals

Gaza: Findings on October 17 al-Ahli Hospital Explosion The explosion that killed and injured many civilians at al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza on October 17, 2023, resulted from an apparent rocket-propelled munition, such as those commonly used by Palestini...

which later evidence? "The explosion that killed and injured many civilians at al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza on Oct 17, 2023, resulted from an apparent rocket-propelled munition, such as those commonly used by Palestinian armed groups... Human Rights Watch said today"
www.hrw.org/news/2023/11...

that person has used the n-word here. I reported it. should I link to the post so they can get mass-reported? not sure how that works here...