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Ursinus College (blameless). Author: Let's Be Reasonable (Feb. 2021). Work in WSJ, Bulwark, Commentary, Wash. Examiner, CHE, InsideHigherEd, McSweeney's

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Thread: 1. Today is publication day for my book, Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education (@PrincetonUPress). If youre interested in our colleges and universities, please give it a look. press.princeton.edu/books/ha…

Let's Be Reasonable

A conservative college professor's compelling defense of liberal education

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Very unfair. As I think my tearful references to my former graduate assistant Tiny Tim should have made clear to this guy, there were ghosts, and they were pushing my buttons.
Yuan Yi Zhu
@yuanyi_z21h
It's always very sad to see an once-distinguished academic lose his mental faculties in public and lash out at ghosts.
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How naive is Barro. We know that thousands of Canadians vote illegally in our elections.
Josh Barro
@jbarroOct 23
This is strange. I was told the foreign countries pay the tariffs, so why would this help in the election?
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Josh Barro
@jbarroOct 23
This is strange. I was told the foreign countries pay the tariffs, so why would this help in the election?
Catherine Rampell
@crampellOct 23
The U.S. is expected to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian products in a bid to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins and other Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections wsj.com/politics/policy/trum… via @WSJ

Exclusive | Trump Expected to Remove Some Tariffs on Canada in Bid to Help Susan Collins

The move, which could come as soon as Friday, would remove tariffs on some agricultural and forestry goods but could raise levies on other products.

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Looking forward to Phil’s next book, Sensibility, Necessity, and Spice
Phil Hoyeck
@PAHoyeckOct 23
Next week is Reading Week for me. Gonna use the time to finish Norms and Necessity. Might be realistic to try to finish Sense & Sensibility too. I'll definitely be able to make a lot of progress on Dune.
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David Polansky@polanskydjOct 23
The ostracism of Themistocles
King Abert
@Abert_SquirrelOct 21
What is the oldest political news story you can remember? For me it's Joe Biden being selected as Obama's VP.
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I tried adopting this persona for my “Teaching and Learning Elevator Pitch” at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Pa Educators Association. It went well, so now I am working it into all my conference presentations.
Randal Hendrickson@RandalHendrick923h
This rules. I always admired Macho Man Randy Savage. That’s a very good name for a thousand reasons. He knew what he was doing. WWMMRSD is my wrist tattoo.
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No sane person really believes RFK Jr.'s relatives criticizing his antisemitic & anti-science statements is comparable to Amy Acton's mother, estranged for decades b/c of colluding with an accused child rapist, calling her daughter a liar. But many still use it for whatabouting.
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Hadas Weiss@weiss_hadas23h
here we go again
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I tried this, then remembered that I don’t like talking to people. Don’t sulk, Dessa, I just asked you to rent me a boat, like on the commercial. What? Of course I appreciate your work!
jack
@jackOct 23
We believe voice is the most natural way to interact with intelligence, so we created Dessa, the most authentic full-duplex speech model ever built. Talking with it feels like talking with a person…full of emotion, nuance, pauses, and a natural cadence. block.xyz/dessa

Dessa - the Conversation Model trained only on speech

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Oliver Traldi
@olivertraldi22h
A core curriculum engages students with a millennia-long tradition of ideas. By the end, they should think of themselves as part of that conversation. Inserting a lot of discipline-specific texts that all advance the same viewpoint undermines that goal and narrows their vision.
Dennis M. Hogan@dennismhoganOct 24
What is the specific objection to this list? Be explicit
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Great?
unusual_whales
@unusual_whalesOct 23
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman: "I don't even know a dramatic enough word to use… models can find bugs that are outside of the normal threat model of what we think a hacker can do… hardware-level, insane stuff… I no longer think we're gonna be able to just patch all the bugs."
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Had a red team test the containment system I built for my self-designed AI agents. They easily broke through and the agents are now doing nothing but buying dog food. I should not have assigned Clyde to the red team,
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Scott Lincicome
@scottlincicomeOct 23
Just such a fun chart here from @greg_ip. If only we could tease out some meaning. Ah, well, nevertheless. 🤣
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As they used to ask at my beloved P.S. 54, what’s grosser than gross?
Will Sommer
@willsommerOct 22
After some initial shock, MAGA media figures like Glenn Beck and Ben Shapiro have come to embrace Vivek Ramaswamy's ad starring Amy Acton's estranged mother. My latest False Flag for @BulwarkOnline: thebulwark.com/p/maga-media-…

MAGA Media Learns to Love Vile Vivek Ramaswamy Ad

For these supposed moral authorities, the only question is whether it works.

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Charge the peel & eat shrimp station or you die. You may die anyway. You—or the leader of your party—may make it to the shrimp station and, in your haste and gluttony, choke. There are no guarantees.
Randal Hendrickson@RandalHendrick9Oct 23
A Flight 93 buffet situation. It’s all or fucking nothing. We could die, but freedom isn’t free.
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They told me if I voted for Harris foreigners we allowed into the country would undermine us, and they were right.
Michael Kofman
@KofmanMichaelOct 22
Disappointingly, Starshield still doesn’t work well and seems to cut out for units above 160kmh. The improvement observed earlier today seems inconsistent and unstable.
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They're calling it Vance? Really?
The Associated Press
@APOct 23
BREAKING: Vance has become a hurricane as it churns off the coast of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said early Friday. The center said the storm is expected to strengthen rapidly and could be a major Category 4 hurricane before the end of the day. apnews.com/article/hurricane…

Vance becomes a hurricane as it churns off the coast of Mexico

The National Hurricane Center reports that Vance has become a hurricane off the coast of Mexico. As of early Friday, Vance is a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 85 mph.

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Sam Stein
@samsteinOct 23
And the efforts by Trump to stop certification of election results they don't like has begun. DOJ now seeking to block Alaska Senate results if Peltola wins and the other Dan Sullivan gets votes courthousenews.com/wp-conten…
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Not enough. What about reparations?
Graham Grant@GrahamGGrantOct 21
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum has removed Egyptian mummies from display because there was no 'informed consent from the deceased individual'👇 mol.im/a/16227743 #Exclusive #Scotland #Glasgow #Museums #EgyptianMummies #Woke @MailOnlineScot

'Woke madness' as museum removes Egyptian mummies from display...

Bosses at one of Scotland's most popular museums are at the centre of a 'woke' row after removing mummies from display because of a lack of 'informed consent from the deceased individual'.

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