“A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” canonically establishes Woodstock as a cannibal when he eats turkey in the closing scene of the special.

The irony of my wifi going down while uploading my syllabus and having a “wifi and tech malfunctions are not a valid reason to request an assignment extension” clause is not lost on me right now.

Absolutely loving that I reported a comment on Instagram saying that the user wanted to round up leftists and drive them into the nearest lake and Instagram said it doesn’t go against their terms of service 💕

Imagine being born in slavery and living up until 5 months before the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Anna Julia Cooper is one of my favorite people in history. She was born on August 10, 1858, and lived to the age of 105.

I can't sum her up in a single post, but she was born 167yrs ago today

Which means that the average response will be “that’s beyond the scope of my current study”

"this product is good because it's like having a pocket full of PhDs" just suggests to me you've never actually been in a room with a bunch of experts on a topic.

You think you're going to come away with a quick, simple, easy-to-digest summary of their expertise? Think again.

Graph showing the price of a dozen large eggs at Target, Walmart, Kroger, and Aldi as of 7/8/25

Graph showing the price of a gallon of 2% milk at Target, Walmart, Kroger, and Aldi as of 7/8/25

Grocery Price Update-- it's been a while since I've posted these, but I've still been keeping track. I can't figure out what the heck Google Sheets is doing to my bread graph, so I may have to move my tracking over to Excel.

The Indiana Fever is just about the only thing that makes me proud to be a Hoosier right now

Harvard will remove more than 800 students on research-based stipends from its graduate student union, capitalizing on recent National Labor Relations Board rulings to deal a crushing blow to student labor organizing. The University announced the change in emails to faculty and leaders of the Harvard Graduate Student Union-United Automobile Workers on Wednesday. The union’s membership list will be updated on Thursday. In the message to the HGSU-UAW, Harvard wrote that stipend recipients are not considered employees under the National Labor Relations Act “and do not have the right to unionize.” “Harvard has never agreed that non-employees should be included in the unit,” the message read.

Harvard, aka Resistance U, is taking advantage of the Trumpist NLRB to crush its grad student union by stripping it of 800 members.

Sounds about right.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A white outline of the midwestern US is overlaid an image of a university. Indiana is separated out in gray, with over 10 diplomas sticking out the top.

Indiana Public Universities to ‘Voluntarily’ End 19% of Degrees

Ahead of a new law setting a minimum number of graduates for low-enrolled programs, institutions have vowed to cut or merge more than 400 undergraduate and graduate degrees. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3I7UEBC

Graph showing prices of a dozen large eggs at Target, Walmart, Kroger, and Aldi

Graph showing prices of a gallon of 2% milk at Target, Walmart, Kroger, and Aldi

Grocery price updates! It's been a few weeks-- I've still been keeping track but have forgotten to post. Here's how eggs and milk stand as of today.

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Trump is losing his war on democracy Trump’s power grabs are dangerous. But he’s going about them all wrong — and facing effective resistance as a result.

I've spent years reporting on how democracies die. And I've noticed something: by international standards, Donald Trump is really, really bad at destroying a democracy.

And that should give us real reason for hope. www.vox.com/politics/410...

Me when yoga gets rough and I need to hit the child’s pose

Graph showing the price of a dozen large eggs at Target, Walmart, Kroger, and Aldi since 1/21/25

Graph showing the price of a gallon of 2% milk at Target, Walmart, Kroger, and Aldi since 1/21/25

Grocery price updates-- mostly steady from previous weeks (my bread graph is acting funky but there's no change from last week so I'm not going to worry about trying to fix it right now)

important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:

I think the charity someone chooses to advocate for says a lot about them and my students have a lot of heart.

So far, topics include many environmental charities, local food banks and aid organizations, cancer research funds, animal welfare organizations, and different programs for children and the elderly.

My public speaking students' final speech makes them advocate for a charity and I have to say, this is my favorite speech assignment. I love hearing what issues they think are important and seeing them make connections with people doing the work. It's something that's giving me hope rn.

Omg a brittany!

Graph showing prices for a dozen large eggs from 1/21/25 to 4/8/25

Graph showing prices for a gallon of 2% milk from 1/21/25 to 4/8/25

Graph showing prices for a loaf of white bread from 1/21/25 to 4/8/25

Grocery price tracking 4/8/25-- I forgot to post the last few weeks because there haven't been many significant changes. I have been tracking every Tuesday, though!

Stolen autistic valor is such a good phrase

The desperate times are artificial! He made the desperate times!

It’s been a looooong time since I’ve binge-watched a TV show and The Pitt is hitting the spot. Plan is to start watching ER when I run out of episodes

The amount of AI voiced videos that boomer men get on Reels shilling scam prostate supplements is a fascinating little industry. I just wish my dad would use headphones.

Everything You Say to Your Echo Will Soon Be Sent to Amazon, and You Can’t Opt Out Amazon is killing its “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” privacy feature on March 28 as the company aims to bolster Alexa+, its new subscription assistant.

I rarely tell people to throw their devices into the sea, but you should throw your Amazon Echo into the sea.

www.wired.com/story/everyt...

Needless to say, going home to IN for spring break has been exhausting. I love being a Hoosier, but man is this state red.

I’m already tired of magas instantly hating anything that runs on federal funding minus the military. No one’s money is being saved and you’ll definitely not see any kind of increase in your own bank account.

Got asked today, “Why should we still have libraries if they take so much federal funding?” First off, they just don’t. Second off, a US without libraries is one of the ultimate failures its citizens could be delivered.

And yet you deleted it. Neat, good job ⭐️