The good thing about them holding the Waste Management Open three weeks into the semester each year is that I find out nice and early who my dumbest students are
I swear to god sometimes I think he’s just trolling. Bill Maher has the worst take on every issue. First it was Leno is funny, then it was It’s important to remember that Trump has table manners, and now in the Diddy trial his take is, She was a starfucker.
If we're going to have an honest conversation about abuse, we also have to have an honest conversation about what people are willing to do for stardom.
A kid just came into my office wearing Busch Light pajama pants and then proceeded to have the smartest conversation with me about our first essay that I’ve had all week. So joke’s on me I guess.
Happy Friday! Something to think about this weekend: are the challenges we face today the byproduct of an outdated system, or the sign of a truly functioning democratic machine? #politicaldiscourse
A society’s priorities are often reflected in how it cares for those in need. When it comes to disability benefits, what should that care look like? How do we balance efficiency with accountability? #PublicDiscussion
If politics were a game of Monopoly, tariffs would be the ‘luxury tax’—except no one’s sure who’s really paying the price. Are tariffs a smart strategy or just another cost passed down the board? #foodforthought#PoliticalDiscourse
To the guy who keeps saying “I haven’t changed,” I submit that “New Rule: those damn young people need to love America more” is a take @billmaher would have been embarrassed to make even a decade ago.
Rewatching BARRY. One of the best shows ever made in seasons 1 & 2, and then just…got up its own ass. Stopped caring about story (Chloe’s brought in, then dropped, Albert’s brought in, then dropped). Hader fell in love with his own directing and the rest became about that.
Watching Hit Man.
Student: “When did our professor get hot?”
Um, at the start of this film. It’s Glen Powell. We’re not supposed to buy that he was, like, a nerd right?
@jonwalter52 I once got into an argument on here with him wherein I had to post a link *from the Atlantic* to prove that sexual assault occurs frequently at frats…