I enjoyed the blubber talk more than the other two.

it's infuriating!

I’m certain that future generations will come to be taught the philosophies of George Monbiot

bsky.app/profile/geor...

Of course!

I’m excited for retirement bc it means more time for MMMD!!!

Wow I scrolled down and saw the “staff” - so it’s all ai and they sell memberships? (I see booktubers create patreons and bookclubs, but they don’t seem particularly scammy).

You are so kind!!!

I had a campus interview at the University of Miami many moons ago and found myself walking around Coral Gables thinking how strange it would be to live there.

Bc I teach there and it’s not as bad as the state it’s in.

Excuse me????

Except in his head.

💯

As in not complicated at all?

Almost at the end of volume 4 of Balle‘s „On the Calculation of Volume“ and the title is finally making sense. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. #solveigballe #onthecalculationofvolume

Just downloaded a sample of The Oyster Diaries: it’s very interesting!

Very true.

I would watch this show.

Three 2-year Postdoctoral positions at Aarhus University: Projects on personality cults and strategic communication in autocracies - Vacancy at Aarhus University Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University

@au.dk is hiring 3 postdocs (2 yrs) on personality cults & strategic communication in autocracies, led by Jakob Tolstrup & Alexander Baturo. They're looking for profiles with text-as-data, survey experiments and/or Chinese politics experience. Start fall 2026. Looks like a great opportunity!

I am so glad!!!!

Orban is out!!!! Hooray hooray!

WHO could win?

In 1987 I was interviewed for a fully- funded year of study in t States by 3 German English profs. They quizzed me on Paradise Lost. 1 asked what t American equivalent of T Church of England is. I guessed Lutheran! 😆They said it was Episcopalian. I said that’s why I need to go! So I get it right! 😉

I let a class pick team mascots a couple of years back and one team was insistent they be the horseshoe crabs. 😆

To be honest all those would have been cooler, but the choice was connected to a student knowing someone who had one and they liked it.

I thought Episcopalian was American Church of England.

I’m so glad!

Pointy ears. (And apparently pointy feet too!) 😆

I checked to make sure they wanted to be donkeys and they did. 😁

It’s a donkey! 🫏😁