Not to add to the discourse, but… It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’ It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’ It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’ It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’ It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’

I got the Wordle in one guess yesterday which means my life has officially peaked.

It was a pretty disastrous season opener for Bill Belichick's UNC football team, but not for App State, which trounced UNC-Charlotte in the Duke's Mayo bowl. Read more from @theappalachian. theappalachianonline.com/mountaineers-d…

As an AI skeptic, this makes a compelling argument for the possibilities AI could unlock for journalists if used responsibly. poynter.org/tech-tools/art…

I think about this student's email every day.

"The AI plushie made me do it." nytimes.com/2025/08/15/art…

As a person who works on a college campus, my heart is absolutely broken for the thousands of students traumatized today. They fled in fear. From the student newspaper: dailyutahchronicle.com/2025/09/10/cha…

Few accolades more touching and deserved than Jeff Hiller's Emmy win this weekend. Somebody Somewhere deserved a lot more love, but I'm glad at least Hiller got his nod. youtube.com/watch?v=tlCot0…

My cat makes these sweet little snorelets and I think it’s what keeps me alive.

Philip Roth - the smart one Don DeLillo - the cute one Cormac McCarthy - the quiet one Thomas Pynchon - the funny one

Cried so hard at the Grand Finale of Downton Abbey. What a beautiful ending to a great story.

Damn near choked on my Diet Coke reading this headline. politico.com/news/2025/10/1…

"We’re a state whose essential hue is being erased. Trump won North Carolina by less than 2% in 2020 and just over 3% in 2024, when Stein won the governor’s race by almost 15%. There’s a color for those conflicting signals. It’s purple." nytimes.com/2025/10/27/opi…

One of my college students turned in an essay written in Comic Sans. It's Monday.

Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.

Of the Dems breaking from the party line to end the shutdown, 2 are retiring and the other 6 are not up for reelection this next cycle. nytimes.com/2025/11/10/us/…

I yearn to be lost in more familiar sauce.

"Bone-deep despair" sums it up. thelocal.to/investigating-…