"Goblin Mode" from the Latin 'modus Gobelini': 'the manner of a Goblin', first attested in Cicero's letters where he predicts "Cras me in istum [Catilinam] coram Senatu modo Gobelini geram' (Tomorrow before the Senate, I shall go Goblin mode on his (Catilina's) ass).

BREAKING: Soon, there will be NO more cub petting in the U.S. Tonight, the Senate passed the Big Cat Public Safety Act. The bill is headed to Biden’s desk for signature. This law will end Tiger King-style cub petting in the U.S., and ban big cat breeding & selling.

Someone on MSNBC observed that Warnock had never run for elective office before the Senate in 2020. That's true, but it's not at all true that he was either naive or inexperienced in politics. A short thread. /1

Arg. I hate to say this, but I think it's important.

ZIZEK: that AI will be the death of learning & so on; to this, I say NO! My student brings me their essay, which has been written by AI, & I plug it into my grading AI, & we are free! While the 'learning' happens, our superego satisfied, we are free now to learn whatever we want

1/ A large part of my job is producing detailed reports for commercial clients regarding how the ongoing pandemic will affect the market in the future. Weeks, months, years.

I'm doing it. @[email protected] . Thanks to KD J for the instance rec.

Our kids deserve to grow up in a world where they're free to be who they are and marry who they love. President Donald J. Trump just signed Sen. Tammy Baldwin's #RespectforMarriageAct—a critical step for LGBTQ folks and families in Wisconsin and across America.

the position of the wisconsin republican party is that the only legitimate political arrangement is one that delivers them perpetual legislative majorities irrespective of what the voters themselves want nytimes.com/2023/04/04/us/…

Never mentioning COVID during graduating class ceremonies is insulting and minimizes students' losses, struggles and resilience. captimes.com/opinion/guest-…