Today's best student typo: "St. Ignatius of Anarchy"

It is too many degrees outside

I am sitting next to a French-speaking family at Whole Foods, and their son (maybe 8 or 9?) asked what I was doing on my laptop. I said: "I'm working on my lunch break." And he said, in an adorable French accent: "Ah! I did not know that people could work on their lunch breaks!"

Chumbawamba 3:16

Still waiting. This needs sorting out.

So it turns out the U.S. astronauts that are unexpectedly stranded on the ISS through the November election will, in fact, be able to vote…via a hilariously complicated but nonetheless fascinating process. adastraspace.com/p/nasa-boeing-…

Math checks out.

Introduction: I conclusively show Body: I tentatively explore Conclusion : I apologise

Cardinal Avery Dulles deserves a better airport imho.

Everyone jumps on you if you question the narrative, but why are people resistant to new information? If you’re so sure, you should welcome this questioning. I’m going to talk about something you won’t hear in the history books: You should press your face against a hot stove /1

I think the best advice I got as a young academic was that the habits you form before tenure are the habits you'll have after tenure. It applies to your teaching, your research, and your willingness to say and support what you think

I think a lot of the ongoing confusion about AI in higher ed has to do with a lack of clarity (and self-confidence) about what we are doing at a very basic level. The argument in favour of liberal arts education is that it gives a specific type of pleasure.

David Hume, zoo enthusiast

Someone should re-edit this scene to feature Raygun

Remarkable