Did I really see there was a sad field goal?
Grad school people: "Gee, I don't know, the history of the DFL might be too niche. Give the Wellstone stuff a rest." Me, today: "Fine, here's a conference paper on the UWSP SPUD BOWL, a college football game complete with a locally-brewed beer!" Don't tell me I don't have range as a historian.
DO I HAVE THE GUY FOR YOU coryhaala.org/media/left-w...@raylaraja.bsky.social and everyone in this Niskanen Center series of Hypertext. Highly recommend.)
Discussions about political parties lack talk about boundaries. What is the core of a political party? And why should we care? Julia Azari and others are right about the weakness and hollowness of U.S...
Tried to get the kid to watch the classic Sesame Street "12345" pinball clips. She just screamed "WHERE'S ELMO?!" the whole time. I'm gonna go yell at a cloud.
YouTube video by herman13s
When the department moves the 9am meeting to Zoom, but you still have to commute to campus... ...along your route you find a WPA-built castle dedicated to the dead mail carriers of Dunn County and join from there, of course. Beautiful morning, beautiful views...and also a meeting.
go prairie stars imo
Yet another First Day of School. My first-ever Year 2 at a school. And I've already become a crank: channeling/paraphrasing @drewmagary.bsky.social on my slides and in my official syllabus language: "Take out your damn AirPods."
Matter of fact I DIDN'T recall this, UW System, and boy am I sure you learned a lot you didn't already know and didn't just waste a ton of money.
