Sigh. The American public is at it again.
Posts by Ben Gaskins
While bluesky was down I checked what was happening over on X and, well...
The real reason Vance thinks he knows more than the pope on Catholicism is the reason he thinks he knows more than everyone in everything: the malignant effects of Yale Law School
Monsieur Mixalot:
I would simply threaten the Catholic Church with the power of the sword, a problem it has never previously confronted.
Setting aside Israel (or for that matter Palestine) I have no idea what people mean when they talk about any 'state' having a 'right to exist'....Like, be summoned into being if it does not yet? Endure with an unchanging regime? I have no clue what any of it means in practice.
I'm told we need to drive engagement to this website.
The thing is, you could almost justify adding to reserves if they were used to prevent program closures and class loss. But hugely boosting reserves while also making brutal cuts is bonkers for a community college.
"Our bargaining teams came to the table in May 2025 expecting to make compromises in a challenging economic climate—that’s what bargaining is all about. But the administration appears to be prioritizing layers of management, extravagant benefits for the president and parking millions in reserves..."
Severn foot nine Florida freshman Oliver Rioux has a conversation with Prairie View Junior Hassane Diallo, who is listed at 6 feet 8 inches tall.
The dude on the right is 6 foot 8.
About three hours after learning that Chuck Norris died, I got an AI-written push notification saying "Chuck Norris hospitalized in Hawaii, but is doing well." Thanks, AI!
Hell yeah
Reason #3259 that I love teaching at a liberal arts college:
A student informed me that they needed to leave class early because their clown troupe had a rehearsal for their performance at the upcoming gender studies symposium.
An oil tanker approaches the strait of Hormuz, collects a gold star and passes through while safely invulnerable
I think I may have cracked it
New study. We had adults place historical figures on the left-right ideological spectrum. Folks most often place history's villains (Hitler, Stalin, etc) as extreme examples of their opponents. But they place heroes (Jesus, MLK, Lincoln) are on their own team. 1/4 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
My cat curled up
A croissant
explain this, atheists
Funny how he gets dragged on Wikipedia.
Carmen Sandiego from the 90s cartoon
Happy International Women's Day to the original International Woman
Insane Clown Posse V @icp •• • I Don't care what we've said in our raps, woman come No 1. We all owe our lives to wemon.
Happy International Women’s Day
Pretty much this.
(Reposting due to a dumb typo)
A lot of this debate comes down to whether voters are seen as consumers to be catered to or active members of the system with duties of their own to perform.
Kambree Barber McKinley Willardson Braeden Gunlock
Just looked at the BYU women’s basketball roster
[guy who sang baby beluga] the festering belly is splitting, each half digested soul fumbling for a knife
Very grateful that it's my daughter's birthday today so I have a good excuse to not watch the thing tonight.
Facebook post from the Minnesota orchestra reading Girls don't want want flowers for Valentine's Day they want to go to the orchestra and get a little glass of wine in a sippy cup Meta AI suggestion: • Why are girls making this request?
why are girls making this request
This is amazing and I'm mad I've never had it before.
The noise he makes! I'm crying.
Isabella Wranå won gold for curling, but should've for this video
a Norwegian man crying on air while being interviewed, with his biathlon stats besides him
In the interview with NRK, he first started by thanking everyone who has helped him on the path to his first individual Olympic medal. And then – unprompted – he made an admission: – And then there's someone I wanted to share it with who might not be watching today. Six months ago I met the love of my life. The most beautiful and kindest person in the world. Three months ago I made my biggest mistake and cheated on her, and I told her about it a week ago. It's been the worst week of my life, he says tearfully in the interview.
new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...