StevenUIC

Grew up in a one party state: Chicago. Working in Higher Ed.

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@SeanTrende What, no love for Hall & Oates?

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@tomselliott I remember when Jennifer was James in the National Guard. https://t.co/K7NVgNhp4t

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@redsteeze Boy, won’t they happy when Ellison buys the Post and puts Barri Weiss in charge.

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cc @walterkirn

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Luigi Mangione was clawed by seven Thai LADYBOYS during mysterious disappearance months before United Healthcare CEO murder https://t.co/SDEEYXv7NC

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@Chris_arnade I think a lot of this is a bias in education against boys. To distracted or rambunctious, get them on drugs and an IEP.

My son went through this and my biggest regret is I listened to them.

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@alexthechick

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@exjon And put your work files on an external hard drive cc @redsteeze

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@MikeLaChance33

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@walterkirn Disappointed if UChicago participating in this. Seems like compelled speech to gain admission. Freedom of Speech should include choosing not to speak at all.

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@BecketAdams I think most people misunderstand this. This is protection, not punishment. Receiving communion while in grave sin can only compound the breach between man and God.

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@BecketAdams

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@ChuckRossDC @MZHemingway @RichardGrenell The Winston Wolf of the Trump Administration

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@elonmusk We’re paying for this, right?

[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty @RFERL]

Donald Trump’s 10% tariffs on all Chinese imports took effect on the morning of February 4. China reciprocated. Proposed 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico have been postponed. Experts warn that prices will rise, inflation will accelerate, and economic growth will slow.

Will U.S. consumers pay the price? @AjlaObradovic #trump #tariffs #canada #china #trumptariffs #rfe_rl

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@walterkirn @mtaibbi This video clip is a exquisite.

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The Machine Stops is a short story by E.M. Forster from 1909, voted one of the best short stories in science fiction.

It describes a world where humans live in isolation underground in identical pods, communicating with each other through an early internet, fearful of travelling any distance.

All the needs of the people are met by a giant machine. Over time they begin to worship it as God, forgetting it was built by people. Direct experiences of the world are shunned by the subterraneans as unnecessary and dangerous. Instead they use social media to communicate and to experience life, never leaving their solitary cell-like rooms.

The story focuses on two characters, Vashti and her son Kuno, who live on opposite sides of the world. Vashti is happy with her contemplative life and her virtual communications with others. However her son Kuno rebels and travels to the forbidden surface to see people living there in the wild. The Machine threatens Kuno with homelessness for his actions, but later he is moved closer to his mother where he prophesises the end of their world: "The machine... stops."

And then, of course, it does.

One of the few filmed versions of Forster's story was made in 1966 for Out Of The Unknown, the BBC2 science fiction anthology series. It was extremely challenging to produce, requiring a number of complex sets as well as a working monorail. However the result was intriguing: a futurism that also harked back to the Edwardian period - a fitting motif for Forster’s tale.

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@DonaldJTrumpJr Would be wonderful if the people of Greenland benefit from the natural resources the way they do in Alaska. https://t.co/J1X555kR6N

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@Heminator They’ll recommend them on water faucets next.

https://t.co/QVZgH5qJkw

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@Chris_arnade What time of day? It is the third Sunday of Advent.

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@TomBevanRCP Don’t forget the other one. https://t.co/Ysw7kwiA1z

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@Oilfield_Rando @seanmdav It is amazing that the income inequality people are all NIMBY when it would be them paying more.

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@davidharsanyi Make Health, Education, and Welfare Great Again!