The Columbine massacre was on this date in 1999. Instead of energizing our country to get gun violence under control, it kicked off a new normal. One of the best explanations ever of journalism's destructive impact on mass shootings came from Roger Ebert in his review of Gus Van Sant’s “Elephant.”
"The University of California system, the California State system, the City University of New York — these are the institutions actually educating America’s workforce, actually moving first-generation students into the middle class, actually delivering on higher education’s democratic promise."
Mine is, of course, κ.
What a waste of time and effort to see BA degrees in Chemistry being eliminated. They are still offering the BS. Nothing will change in terms of the courses offered since the BA is a subset of the BS. (ibid to many other STEM BA degrees.)
Where is that?
Welcome to the CA governors race
If they interviewed a single 15 year old from the Midwest in the 90s the entire article would have been about Olive Garden breadsticks.
From early Nirvana to Phish, a Chicago fan’s secret recordings of 10,000 shows are now online. blockclubchi.co/4t6zW7R
Okay CTA. This is a good sign.
That’s how I feel going back to the Midwest in the winter. “Oh, I grew up in the cold…”
Took me four years to finally get the local Thai place to believe I meant “hot.” Didn’t realize they were mining the surface of the sun for their spice.
I challenged the local Thai place not to be afraid when setting the spice level of my lunch. I would like to announce that I hereby regret that decision.
Tabasco is not a hot sauce.
This is the same thing I keep saying about that paper I just haven’t published yet.
It’s all vibes
i think we should be clear that just because the astronauts did not immediately declare the moon haunted, does not mean it is not haunted
it may mean that the astronauts are now themselves haunted
have we prepared for this eventuality and if so how
Hello my name is Alex Goldman and I used to host the Reply All podcast. A lot of people liked that show. Now I make @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social which if you liked reply all you’d probably like well. The thing is that a lot of people who liked Reply All don’t know my new show exists.
Went there all the time in high school. In a pinch thought I’d try a 7-layer bean burrito 20 years later. I’m now building a Time Machine to go back and have a talk with HS me about bad decisions.
Lasers were a huge scientific breakthrough and now we use them to play with cats. Computers were also a huge scientific breakthrough and now we use them to look at pictures of cats. In other words, science was made for cats.
This. Real thinking happens when you try to form the mush in your head into something others can understand.
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OK for fun: top funniest tweet ever? I am torn between "moon's haunted" and "Denise I was at your wedding."
Music from 20 years ago is a good place to be stuck
Do you work on #AirQuality and/or care about Los Angeles? May I suggest the Podcast #Smoglandia.
Chemistry to save the day, your lungs, spinach & more ...
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Mentally where I’m at
When cars kill, it's just the cost of doing business. When e-bikes get popular, suddenly we need strict ordinances to stop "accidents".
if you want to know the history of this kind of policy, I made a podcast two years ago that explained why these tests make no sense, how they were already used and eventually abandoned by the IOC in the 80's and 90's, and the devastating impacts they have on real athletes: www.tested-podcast.com
I've seen a lot of demoralized posts (and emails) from people who didn't get into grad school this cycle.
This was one of the worst cycles I've ever seen due to massive cuts to research funding, financial difficulties at universities, and technological disruptions.
The cover of the insane climate denial book "The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism: Mankind and Climate Change Mania" by Steve Goreham. The book is placed on a green cutting mat. The cover features three polar bears in an orange convertible car. One polar bear is driving, while the other two are in the back seat. All three polar bears are wearing sunglasses and hats. The background of the illustration shows a cloudy sky and a few trees and a wind turbine on fire. The book's title is written in large, bold letters at the top of the cover. The author's name is written in smaller letters at the bottom. A foreword by Harrison Schmitt, Senator and Apollo Astronaut, is also mentioned on the cover. These people are insane.
Who remembers getting this nonsense from Heartland?
