Thanks to a massive baby bust in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, exacerbated by Trump immigration crackdowns and the COVID-19 pandemic, US schools will see major declines in enrollment, with some states seeing *double-digit* declines.
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Posts by Donovan Schaefer
And no Rogan? She’ll never carry Pennsylvania.
OH COME ON
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATHER
Jim Lahey as Trump as Jesus
thank you to whoever made this meme for more Cancon in this discourse
Real Americans are sick of divisive issues like Marcan priority, Farrer theory, and the nonstop stream of Waluigi into our lives.
This piece begins with Amity Shlaes' most common and most deceitful trick -- citing the unemployment numbers in 1938, when the country fell into a recession because FDR had been persuaded to *ease off* the New Deal, as proof that the New Deal didn't work.
Pure hackery.
1976
Interior of the Arch Street Meeting House.
Went on a tour of Philadelphia religious sites today with some students, including a stop at the Arch Street Meeting House.
Quaker architecture is fascinating! Rows of pews where the *only* focal point in the room is more pews.
On the note of writing advice, here's one I got in graduate school that straddles the line between mean and actually good.
I once turned in a story with no quotation marks around the dialogue. The professor asked why, and I didn't have an answer. He told me: "Find more interesting ways to rebel."
Never gets old.
We need an arsenal of ferocious academic revenge ideas like this for at least the next 3 presidential cycles
The primary reason to keep your physical CDs is because they have tickets stubs tucked in the cases that remind you of when you saw your favorite bands 24 years ago
“Feud with the Pope” is BACK as a likely Wikipedia section heading after a 400-year gap.
Worth a visit to the Met:
incredible exchange here, this website has the juice
how is this literally happening in real life
We need an arsenal of ferocious academic revenge ideas like this for at least the next 3 presidential cycles
Interior of the Arch Street Meeting House.
Went on a tour of Philadelphia religious sites today with some students, including a stop at the Arch Street Meeting House.
Quaker architecture is fascinating! Rows of pews where the *only* focal point in the room is more pews.
Totally. It was inevitable once the cheatbots showed up.
Absolutely--I think a lot of people are justifiably very raw about this.
Another casualty of AI in education: total collapse of the value of online course credits, let alone degrees.
Horrific. I'm so sorry. Your point about moral injury replacing what should be the nourishing role of teaching is something I think a lot of teachers are feeling.
Humans are useless now, let’s replace the Olympics with robots
Middlemarch, a number of Henry James stories, etc.
You can live an unsurpassably rich life with a park, some friends, and a library card
Another casualty of AI in education: total collapse of the value of online course credits, let alone degrees.
1/Every-time, some bro-tech fascist open their mouths about “culture” and “Western Civilization”, I play Robert Johnson: www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco....
I’ve been feeling stressed out and distracted all week and then I got my screen time report and guess what: 25 percent more time on my phone week over week!