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academic somewhere; views represent my personal opinion and do not represent any current or past employer or organization.

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Ah, banks. A $530 dog wheelchair purchase = no problem. A $55 Jansport backpack flagged for suspicious activity. Make it make sense.

24.02.2026 05:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ICE is really just openly killing people. The man who shot and killed him is a murderer and needs to go to prison.

25.01.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

NYT Video (shot by the woman in the pink jacket) shows ICE Agent clearly removing his handgun and shooting the unarmed and contained man after the man was trying to protect someone from getting hurt by ICE agents.

25.01.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sid the cat abandoned in Wolverhampton gets his happy ever after Sid has a nasal deformity which affects his breathing and now lives with a blind cat in Berkshire.

Sid the cat who was abandoned in Wolverhampton has been given the best life ever.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

23.12.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 744 πŸ” 59 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 5

Time to take a break and log-in to my Vanity Fair subscription . . .

16.12.2025 23:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, Hegseth threw Bradley under the bus. Awkward, since Bradley spent his entire career making sure buses and troops were safe.

Remind me again: Who do you think knows more about the Geneva Convention? Decorated, Naval Academy, SEAL, JSOC, Admiral, or "I-read-headlines-once-on television" guy?

02.12.2025 19:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This would have been much better handled had the grad student teacher had a one-on-one, asked for a revision, and provided some coaching on how to meet expectations so that the student could succeed in the assignment and class.

02.12.2025 19:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oof, reading that Chronicle article about the student who got a zero on a paper... the student should not have been marked a zero per the rubric, but the paper did not meet the assignment criteria completely.

02.12.2025 19:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
How to: Manage Your Digital Footprint Search for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like addresses, email accounts, usernames, or family members. Each piece of information is often public and not typically seen as harmful. But together these parts of your identity...

Everything you do online is tracked, saved, and shared for what feels like a lifetime. But there are some steps you can take to minimize what data is out there. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...

30.11.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 130 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

No. No, no, no, no. NO!

01.12.2025 04:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
ebeck2@ucmerced.edu
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ebeck2@ucmerced.edu inbox 4294967295

Apparently, I have over 4 million unread emails in my work inbox. When am I getting that pay raise? πŸ˜‚

21.11.2025 00:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One year ago this week, California made history in pushing toward clean, sustainable aviation fuel.

The result? Clean fuels are taking flight in the Golden State:

⬆️ Sustainable aviation fuel use up 300%
⬇️ Dirty diesel fuel use down 80%

29.10.2025 01:25 πŸ‘ 1772 πŸ” 326 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 9
Governor Newsom announces the return of 17,030 acres of ancestral land to the Tule River Indian Tribe and the reintroduction of tule elk to the area.

Governor Newsom announces the return of 17,030 acres of ancestral land to the Tule River Indian Tribe and the reintroduction of tule elk to the area.

Governor Newsom announces the return of 17,030 acres of ancestral land to the Tule River Indian Tribe and the reintroduction of tule elk to the area.

Governor Newsom announces the return of 17,030 acres of ancestral land to the Tule River Indian Tribe and the reintroduction of tule elk to the area.

As part of today's historic return of ancestral land in the Sierra Nevada foothills and Central Valley back to the Tule River Tribe, the Department of Fish and Wildlife is helping reintroduce tule elk to the area.

It's a critical step in restoring balance to the lands and waters of their ancestors.

29.10.2025 17:53 πŸ‘ 2272 πŸ” 493 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 21

Finally received my formal PSLF eligibility notification. I now have a 30-day wait, and I could not be more excited to have this take place. Wishing the same for all those in PSLF who have been in limbo waiting for their notices.

29.10.2025 21:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Folks, people are all up in arms about the $200M ballroom, and 1) it's funded privately, 2) no taxpayer expense.
More interested in who's funding it & what other deals are happening. And raising $200M for a ballroom at a time with sky high everything, where else could that money have been directed?

21.10.2025 20:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

10.10.2025 13:42 πŸ‘ 26140 πŸ” 7575 πŸ’¬ 1042 πŸ“Œ 433
Portland Oregon War zone. Reporting live as a volunteer combat journalist. #showmeyourhellhole
Portland Oregon War zone. Reporting live as a volunteer combat journalist. #showmeyourhellhole YouTube video by Awkwardly Audrey

It's the trash collection during the peaceful protest that gets me. Portland, hats off. www.youtube.com/shorts/pmjpt...

10.10.2025 16:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, Portland. Thank you.

08.10.2025 00:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All those abandoned cars! No pedestrians, except one brave soul. People didn't even have time to board up the windows.

08.10.2025 00:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Any government that uses invasive spyware on its citizens, on visitors, on migrants throttles and disrupts freedom.

08.10.2025 00:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

fake news.

08.10.2025 00:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If anything, the anti-vacc rhetoric reminded me to schedule annual vaccinations for me and my family. So, thanks?

26.09.2025 21:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I also see a genuine opportunity for both sides of the aisle to come together to put pressure on the administration to cancel this event.

26.09.2025 20:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hegseth’s surprise gathering of top military brass is to deliver speech on β€˜warrior ethos,’ sources say | CNN Politics Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s surprise gathering of hundreds of generals and admirals in Virginia next week is being called so he can describe the administration’s reinvention of the Department ...

What a waste of taxpayer money, operational readiness, and ongoing military planning.

As a citizen, I would feel much more safe and comfortable knowing that the top brass are in their command posts around the world than coming to DC for a "pep rally".

www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/p...

26.09.2025 20:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in a grassy field Alt: homer simpson from the simpsons is moving backwards into a green hedge to disappear.

Logs in first time in four months. Logs right back out.

11.09.2025 03:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Washington Post now willingly handing reporting to OpenAI The Washington Post now willingly handing reporting to OpenAI

WaPo realizing that anyone under 50 isn't reading the news anymore: "What if we fed our journalism to the thing everyone is talking to?"

www.avclub.com/washington-p...

23.04.2025 04:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

War correspondent Pete Hegseth, because nothing says β€œI understand the stakes” like treating top-secret ops like a forwarded chain email in 2003: β€œIf you don’t send this to five friends, the Navy won’t strike Yemen.”

23.04.2025 04:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Made this out of grocery store flowers.

22.04.2025 03:26 πŸ‘ 13108 πŸ” 635 πŸ’¬ 616 πŸ“Œ 53

This is the equivalent of "I never heard of racism when I was a kid" (whispers: because it was an all white neighborhood).

And, I also support banning petroleum-based food dyes, but not under the rhetoric of this presser.

23.04.2025 04:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0