Craig F

ha ha ... you're welcome :-)

Gave a test today to undergrads and I could feel the anger, stress, and dismay as I challenged them to think without the use of their computers or phones to help them.

I predict they will sell every one they can make at these prices.

And who just gave this corporation a pardon?

Donald Trump.

Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s library ABC, Meta, Paramount and X reportedly agreed to pay at least $63 million in settlements with the president. The original fund was dissolved last year.

Big Tech and Big Media donated some $63 million to a Trump-aligned nonprofit that was set up to help finance Trump's presidential library.

Now the nonprofit has disappeared and with it the money.

Three guesses on where it's gone.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

*Hippocratic

(Hippocrates, not hippopotamuses or hypocrites)

Abysmally moronic.

A great example of why it's vitally important to choose the right dependent variable.

one more time: our problem is not polarization. our problem is fascism.

"polarization is the problem" is literally the thesis of Birth of a Nation. it has long been a white supremacist justification for fascism in the US. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/our-proble...

No lies detected.

Taylor Swift
Pearl Jam
Olivia Dean
Zach Bryan
Oasis
The Cure

What do they all have in common?

They've all spoken out about Ticketmaster ripping off fans.

But Trump just gave Ticketmaster the equivalent of a corporate pardon.

It's a betrayal of every fan in America.

That's the best way to use it...as an assistant that produces content for you to review and further transform (rather than an outsourced agent who does your work FOR you).

What we really need isn't #MAGA or #MAHA, but MOGA:

Make
Our
Government
Accountable

Legislators, Presidents, Governors, and Justices -- at all levels of government -- who fail to do what's in the interest of the people of the United States should very much fear for the security of their jobs.

Bier: "Over the last 30 years, we looked at all the government budgets -- federal, state, and local combined. Immigrants reduce deficits by $14.5 trillion."

oh, @theonion.com ... you never fail to make my beverage shoot out my nose.

I haven't read this sequel to '1984,' but it sounds pretty dark.

This dead-eyed cretin is effectively illiterate, but if anyone ever pressed Donald Trump or Elon Musk like this in an interview, they would sound exactly the same

Trump's "New Golden Age" for America.

How's it working out for you?

I've found it can be quite useful when applied in the right way to the right problem.

The issue is, as with almost any tool, the misapplication of it, usually based on the assumption it does things it just can't...or can't yet.

And as with any new business opportunity, there will be opportunists.

We all work with two kinds of people: Those who fix the workroom stapler when it's jammed...and those who just use the other one.

Why is China set to approve a new law promoting 'ethnic unity'? A law that could threaten the rights of minority groups is a sign of the direction Xi is taking China.

Phenomenal reporting from the BBC here on the many and varied ways Xi's China is accelerating the decimation of ethnic minorities.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Fecking March...always trying to "hold my beer" when it comes to weather variability.

I honestly don't care WHY someone supports and defends liberal values -- if it's their religion or just their internal moral compass or even if it's just good business -- as long as they do.

From theatlantic's profile on Reddit: Since the start of Donald Trump’s second term, Republicans have deployed Nazi imagery and rhetoric, and espoused ideas associated with the Nazi Party, Tom Nichols... Explore this post and more from theatlantic's profile

"He explores how a dark fringe reached the center of the GOP"

I hope Tom realizes that, when a darkness reaches the center of something, it's no longer "fringe" and can only then be described as the thing itself.

www.reddit.com/user/theatla...

I tried e-biking for a year on city streets and it was still terrifying. Even at 30mph, cars whizzed around me & trucks crowded me. And since I don't want to wait for the infrastructure, I fixed my ability to keep up with traffic. It's been a delight to ride to work without that source of stress.

FTA: "In 2021, Republican lawmakers gave counties and townships the power to restrict or outright ban large wind and solar projects. Supporters said residents deserved local control.

That same authority does not apply to fossil fuel plants."

www.cleveland.com/news/2026/03...

As I understand it, he got his tax credits, then voted to eliminate them for anyone installing them on their homes in the future. 100% "got mine, f*** you" Republicanism.

Now imagine how affordable it is when you can get 12-15 miles per kWh. My 5-mile commute on my Ryvid electric motorcycle costs me just under a dime for the round trip.

Also, I find that countries with far LOWER religiosity than the US (e.g., Canada, Sweden, Germany, and Japan) consider their neighbors to be far more "good" than Americans do.

Maybe faith isn't the ticket to morality that some like to claim.

In 25-Country Survey, Americans Especially Likely To View Fellow Citizens as Morally Bad | Pew Research Center Across 25 countries, Americans are the most likely to see the morality and ethics of people in their country as somewhat or very bad.

If there was ever a doubt that the US is headed in the wrong direction, this piece of data should eliminate it. At-your-throat politics, barely regulated capitalism, and the demonization of every group under the sun makes for a toxic culture indeed.

www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...