Harold Crook

Professor of Nez Perce Language, Lewis-Clark State College

[David Decosimo @DavidDecosimo]

University of Chicago Law School had decided to ban *not just AI* but laptops from the first year law classroom. This is the way!

[Harold Crook @hdcrook]

Amen!

[Dr. Arthur Brooks @arthurbrooks]

Most of us say we value the arts. We enjoy music, books, paintings, theater, and poetry. We recognize that they add something important to our lives.

Yet they're often the first things to disappear when life gets busy.

We treat the arts as a luxury, something we'll return to once the important things are taken care of. But that's backwards.

The arts aren't an escape from reality. They're one of the best ways to understand it. They help us appreciate beauty, make sense of our emotions, and reflect on the deeper questions of life.

Just as you don't wait until you have extra time to sleep or exercise, don't wait until life slows down to make room for the arts. Make art a habit, not a luxury.

[Harold Crook @hdcrook]

Maybe lay off the beer? And the snacks?

[Rod Dreher @roddreher]

That's almost $263. I thought cost of living was bad when I moved back to the US, but this week in beautiful London has blown my mind. I didn't go to a dinner tonight bec too hot to ride the un-a/c'd tube for 44 minutes, and a crosstown cab ride wd have cost $91 --one way!

[Harold Crook @hdcrook]

I love pork, but I’ve basically stopped eating it out of moral compulsion.

[Lewis Bollard @Lewis_Bollard]

Prediction: the pork industry will come to regret pushing the Save Our Bacon Act.

Gestation crates have survived this long for one reason: most people don't know about them.

The Save Our Bacon Act fight is changing that. It's exposing millions of people — including some very influential ones — to what gestation crates actually are.

The pork industry can keep saying they're a "science-based" solution for "animal care." It will never win this debate. Anyone with common sense knows the crates are cruel.

Every additional day of public debate about the Save Our Bacon Act is a day closer to a world without gestation crates.

[Lewis Bollard @Lewis_Bollard]

Prediction: the pork industry will come to regret pushing the Save Our Bacon Act.

Gestation crates have survived this long for one reason: most people don't know about them.

The Save Our Bacon Act fight is changing that. It's exposing millions of people — including some very influential ones — to what gestation crates actually are.

The pork industry can keep saying they're a "science-based" solution for "animal care." It will never win this debate. Anyone with common sense knows the crates are cruel.

Every additional day of public debate about the Save Our Bacon Act is a day closer to a world without gestation crates.

[Harold Crook @hdcrook]

Excellent. Gotta get his book.

[Ross Douthat @DouthatNYT]

A good review of Pollan that doubles as a useful contribution to A.I. consciousness discourse.
https://t.co/qmRy0b4cXx

[David French @DavidAFrench]

"The modern history of political evangelicalism is riddled with the same kind of story: A powerful man gains a following by casting himself as the heroic warrior against the heretical and the godless. When he uses his power and fame to indulge his basest desires, he treats exposure as an attack and justice as persecution." https://t.co/8Ln41M3waS

[Munther Isaac منذر اسحق @MuntherIsaac]

My friend Fr Louis is being forced to leave Palestine. He is not the first Palestinian clergy to be exiled

[Harold Crook @hdcrook]

Jonathan Sacks describes this in his intro to his commentary on Genesis -“Covenant and Conversations.”

[Ari Lamm @AriLamm]

This book, The Hebrew Republic by Eric Nelson, genuinely changed my life.

[Ihab Hassan @IhabHassane]

Today, Israeli settlers stormed the Christian village of Taybeh in the West Bank again, establishing a new illegal outpost, harassing residents, and threatening to kill them if they return to their land.

This follows their takeover of a quarry in the village.

Christian residents are appealing to the international community, the Church, and Christian leaders to intervene and stop these attacks on the last entirely Christian village in the West Bank.

These settlers are funded and backed by the Israeli government — ministers openly praise them, and they receive protection from the Israeli army.

Residents warn this is part of a plan to ethnically cleanse the village of its Christian population.
https://t.co/tOCw1ygxty

[Harold Crook @hdcrook]

@anishmoonka So interesting! Thanks!

[Harold Crook @hdcrook]

Such a great exhibit!

[Idaho Public Radio @IdahoPubRadio]

The Moscow Furniture Show, featuring work by @uidaho Interior Architecture & Design students, will hold a one-of-a-kind Furniture Exhibit on Saturday, May 2. 4-8 p.m., 1912 Center, Moscow.

[Peter Burns @PeterBurnsESPN]

Fascinating example of how social media works today… (LONG POST)

Saw a display in the BHM airport honoring the Tuskegee Airmen.

Like 99.999% of Americans, I’m Team 🇺🇸… especially over Nazis.

Posted it.

Most responses were what you’d expect likes, RTs, patriotism.

Then the algorithm shifted.

Started seeing a wave of replies saying:
“Tuskegee success was a myth. Just PR. DEI BS”

The argument?

They had fewer aerial kills than other escort groups, so therefore it was all BS.

So I paused and did a real deep dive
looked for actual historical data from the official Air Force accounts and historians.

Here’s what I found….

They were right. They did have less aerial kills the other fighter groups.

However…..

The SAME data being used to discredit them tells a completely different story if you read the whole reports.

Yes, they had fewer kills.

But here’s the data that they omitted:

Bombers lost under escort (same theater, same aircraft):
• Tuskegee Airmen: 27
• Other groups: ~49, 68, 88

That’s not spin. That’s the mission.

Escort fighters weren’t there to run up kill counts, they were there to protect bombers.

And by that measure, the 332nd was one of the most effective groups in the war.

Why did they have less aerial kills? Was it because they were less skilled?

Historians pointed out the 332nd was known for staying disciplined and stuck with the bombers while others groups tended to often peel off chasing kills.

So both things can be true:
• Fewer kills
• More bombers protected

But here’s the social media lesson:

Same report. Same data.

One side cherry-picks “lowest kills” = “they weren’t good”

But they “conveniently” left out the part where they protected bombers better than anyone.

What I observed? 2 things.

1) Most of the accounts pushing the “myth” angle? Burner accounts, fake names…,people that hid behind a vague account names

2) Setting the record straight wasn’t the goal of the “myth” posters, it was for them to get their personal beliefs off without the actual information they claimed to have used.

Anyway…

Team America 🇺🇸🫡

[Harold Crook @hdcrook]

I’ll keep my old one as long as possible. Ugly mug on my passport? Let it be just mine on page 1.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: The State Department will begin offering a new version of U.S. passports featuring an image of President Trump inside. https://t.co/eOjO9T8KoK

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Breaking news: The State Department will begin offering a new version of U.S. passports featuring an image of President Trump inside. https://t.co/eOjO9T8KoK

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Although we don’t yet have the details about the motives behind last night's shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, it’s incumbent upon all us to reject the idea that violence has any place in our democracy. It’s also a sobering reminder of the courage and sacrifice that U.S. Secret Service Agents show every day. I’m grateful to them – and thankful that the agent who was shot is going to be okay.

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Last year a record 129 media workers were killed worldwide, 2/3 by Israel -- reflecting "a persistent culture of impunity for attacks on the press," the Committee to Protect Journalists, @pressfreedom, said. Israel killed 10 times as many journalists as Sudan, and 20 times as many as Russia.

[David French @DavidAFrench]

One of the saddest and most disturbing realities of the second Trump administration is the gap between the administration’s Christian rhetoric and its corrupt and lawless actions.

The administration wants all the benefits of religion and none of the burdens. It wants to be seen as godly while acting godlessly.

I’m reminded of Jesus’ words in Matthew 15: “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” https://t.co/Q6cPKjFEJO

[Harold Crook @hdcrook]

A good life for us all.

[Rod Dreher @roddreher]

Living in wonder, aye!