Oscar-winner Ryan Coogler recalling how a college writing professor pushed him to become a screenwriter & the possibility of #Sinners being taught in film curriculums someday:
“I have so much respect for professors…for dedicating their life to future generations & making sure their minds are solid.”
Once again, I saw the headline and thought it was satire instead of our sad reality in 2026. Is the plan to return to pre-vaccine times, where nearly all children contracted it and 400-500 of them died each year? Secretary of Health is now the Secretary of Death.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
The Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument is re-raised!
New Yorkers won’t let Donald Trump erase LGBTQ+ history, or trample the rights of our LGBTQ+ neighbors.
Absolutely chilling. „What was shocking to him was that people he considered to be friends turned out to be Nazis.“ I think we are seeing something similar now. We should listen to those who have experienced this before.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XEkE...
Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
My friends, we are in a serious constitutional crisis. The government is racially profiling, suppessing free speech, killing our own people in the streets— and lying about every fact along the way. If we don’t use our natural talents and voices to say “no,” then what’s the point of law at all?
This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
Dear ICE,
Thou shalt not wear a mask and abduct 5-year-olds and call yourself a ‘Christian.’
You are the complete opposite of Christ.
Hate,
God
Seems his arrogance knows no boundaries.
„US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has criticized the German government over legal proceedings related to the coronavirus pandemic, accusing it of disregarding patient autonomy.“
www.spiegel.de/ausland/robe...
Rescue Fellowships 2026-2028 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, to support early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA. Follow the link for more information.
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Happy New Year!
Could not decide which one was best for ringing in the new year, so had to bring both.
Bistro Jeanette never disappoints.
Merry Christmas Eve. I hope you are doing something that brings you joy.
MAHA Wins
Flying from Texas to Germany today I was reminded that Texans do, in fact, use gender neutral bathrooms.
Foreign tourist could be required to provide last five years of social media before entering the U.S. If you want to see this, and other proposed changes, click the link. Public comment period runs through February 9th, 2026.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
This is Trump's America -- where an American walking down the street doing nothing wrong can be chased, assaulted, and detained by armed thugs who refuse to even look at his proof of citizenship.
Trump has repeatedly said Somali Americans are "garbage," so now DHS is treating them that way.
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
That is patently false: not only do immigrants score better than native-born Americans in tests, the mere presence of immigrants improve test scores for all students, when factoring in white flight
sesp.northwestern.edu/news-events/...
If your origins are Southern Italian, Irish, Polish etc. some version of this claim - the immigrant is a criminal underclass incompatible with the true Americans - has been around forever. They hate that the idea of America is more important than any group.
Knowing Times New Roman is Rubio‘s font is ruining it for me.
Unbelievable. I guess the $12.5 billion drop in foreign traveler spending in the U.S. this year wasn‘t enough?
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud. 🤔
*41 programs to be deleted
*21 programs to be suspended
*193 programs will be retained with action plans in place to boost enrollment and productivity
This sounds bad.
okhighered.org/2025/12/okla...
I can't unsee this. The exact same face.
„X's use of the ‘blue checkmark' for ‘verified accounts' deceives users. This violates the DSA obligation for online platforms to prohibit deceptive design practices on their services.“
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
