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Political Scientist at Lewis and Clark College. Soccer, public opinion, religion and politics, and bad puns.

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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.

13.03.2026 20:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An oil tanker approaches the strait of Hormuz, collects a gold star and passes through while safely invulnerable

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

12.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 5327 πŸ” 1044 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 55
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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....

11.03.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 126 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 8
My cat curled up

My cat curled up

A croissant

A croissant

explain this, atheists

10.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 383 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 0

Funny how he gets dragged on Wikipedia.

09.03.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Carmen Sandiego from the 90s cartoon

Carmen Sandiego from the 90s cartoon

Happy International Women's Day to the original International Woman

08.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 11637 πŸ” 3297 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 21
Insane Clown Posse V
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I Don't care what we've said in our raps, woman come No 1. We all owe our lives to wemon.

Insane Clown Posse V @icp β€’β€’ β€’ 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

08.03.2025 22:59 πŸ‘ 3886 πŸ” 838 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 26

Pretty much this.

07.03.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(Reposting due to a dumb typo)

07.03.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

07.03.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Kambree Barber
McKinley Willardson
Braeden Gunlock

Kambree Barber McKinley Willardson Braeden Gunlock

Just looked at the BYU women’s basketball roster

04.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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[guy who sang baby beluga] the festering belly is splitting, each half digested soul fumbling for a knife

26.02.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 6146 πŸ” 1244 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 71

Very grateful that it's my daughter's birthday today so I have a good excuse to not watch the thing tonight.

25.02.2026 02:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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:
β€’ Why are girls making this request?

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: β€’ Why are girls making this request?

why are girls making this request

14.02.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 362 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is amazing and I'm mad I've never had it before.

13.02.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The noise he makes! I'm crying.

12.02.2026 04:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Isabella WranΓ₯ won gold for curling, but should've for this video

11.02.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 2927 πŸ” 683 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 57
a Norwegian man crying on air while being interviewed, with his biathlon stats besides him

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.

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...

10.02.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 3942 πŸ” 703 πŸ’¬ 196 πŸ“Œ 683
Three generic white guys are the major newscasters

Three generic white guys are the major newscasters

Wait, you're telling me this isn't just the same guy?

10.02.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow, congrats @emayfarris.bsky.social!

01.02.2026 06:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This guy's name is just Goofy saying wash

30.01.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This just sucks.

30.01.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you've ever wondered about the difference between Southern Baptists & American Baptists (formerly known as Northern Baptists), the Twin Cities are showing it.
An SBC church has a pastor who's an ICE leader.
An ABC church a block from Pretti's execution is ministering to those terrorized by ICE:

26.01.2026 20:49 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Me: Yay, I get to take the whole day to write!

Also me: Writing is the bane of my existence. I would rather grade papers. Why did I do this to myself.

20.01.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We watched the video for Lionel Ritchie's "Hello" for the first time since the Pop-Up Video era, and I had no idea how creepy it is. He's a theater professor trying to get with his (blind) student by following her around the halls and calling her at home! Yuck.

06.01.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was a long time coming, but that Washington Post editorial about Trump and Venezuela was so genuinely embarrassing it reminded me to finally cancel my subscription.

03.01.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Times like this I'm just grateful I don't study war or foreign policy or whatever so no one will ask for my thoughts or analysis. Instead I get to just be angry about how truly dumb everything is.

03.01.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We just got back in town from the east coast, so we're ordering pizzas, watching The Goes Wrong Show, and going to bed by 9pm (which is technically midnight where we began the day). Happy New Year!

01.01.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the line is actually "no JESUS for us meeses," an oblique reference to the fact that, as muppets are unable to take communion, they are forbidden from entering the kingdom of god

14.12.2025 04:13 πŸ‘ 1372 πŸ” 252 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 10

see what you’ve got here is a classic case of too many dries. you’ve got all dries, no wets. major blunder

29.11.2025 20:14 πŸ‘ 1213 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 6