no way NYT

Here are five key findings from a Times examination of Ron DeSantis’s educational backstory.

I loved this for the big town small town angle(?): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/business/media/kansas-newspaper-marion-county-record.html

Ross Douthat

James Bond Is Now ‘Woke’

james bomb trans now

I did think of James when I read that thing on some other thread about cishet men only wanting to sip their little drinks from phallic glasses

anyway, fuck Douthat for stealing my screenplay idea

total clickbait headline on that Douthat piece, which mentions a new Bond novel in the lede but only as a launchpad for some meandering thoughts about UK and Canadian politics

how does one doubt a hat

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/8f/94/82/8f9482771a7a3b8bc13dbcb1551f7e4c.jpg

is this the new bond by charlie higson of revered "post-punk" clatterers the higsons?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bec8XIycg_w

pamela paul column about freddie de boer’s book

they had lunch together!

tmi

Two Families Got Fed Up With Their States’ Politics. So They Moved Out.

some incredible nyt pitchbot-ass false equivalencing in this one:

"After Iowa banned gender-affirming medical care for minors, criminalizing their son’s treatments, the Nobles — lifelong Iowans — concluded they had to get out."

"Jesse Jordan, of Tennessee, said he and his fiancée had considered moving to Oregon after Tennessee leaders adopted a near-total abortion ban, with no exception for a fatal fetal abnormality. “It has become kind of unthinkable for us to pursue a pregnancy in this state,” Mr. Jordan said."

vs.

“One thing I do like about Missouri, there’s lots of American flags,” Mr. Huckins said as he steered around a traffic circle where the Stars and Stripes flapped crisply on a pole. “In Portland, the American flag was offensive.”

"Matthew Krall, an accountant, has no regrets about moving his family in 2019 to Tennessee from California, where he was frustrated by that state’s Democratic governor and liberal policies. When Mr. Krall and his neighbors discuss politics now in his conservative suburb outside Nashville, “it’s more of an agreeable conversation,” he said."

god this thing just gets worse and worse. it turns out that the portlanders who left OR supposedly because of the city's politics--the entire thesis of this terrible article--have *grandchildren* in the area of MO they moved to lmao

lol okay

While there is no precise count of how many Americans have relocated because of politics and social issues, interviews with demographers and people who have moved or are considering moving, as well as a review of social-media postings and polling, show the phenomenon is real.

"some people are saying"

TEACH THE CONTROVERSY

https://i.imgur.com/mlaffBT.jpg

at the risk of defending david french, the column itself isn't horrible. but evidently the NYT's editors want people to think it is

Not All Karens

no the column is pretty horrible.

But just as older Americans can have an obligation to let go of professions and power, young Americans can have obligations to hold on to their elders, to treasure them rather than shove them aside. Ancient wisdom can speak to modern conflicts, and ever since the onset of the generational conflicts during the pandemic, I’ve pondered a key part of the Westminster Larger Catechism, an almost 400-year-old statement of Protestant theology. It takes an expansive view of the Fifth Commandment, “Honor thy father and thy mother.” The catechism asserts that father and mother don’t merely refer to your biological parents, but to “all superiors in age and gifts.”

this is just shit

yeah that column was execrable

yeah lol that's a pure no way nyt for me

Do people even say 'OK boomer' anymore?

well luckily for young Americans whenever older people lose their jobs they're willing to spend all day online imparting their Ancient Wisdom.

new borad description

Do people even say 'OK boomer' anymore?

I think many have moved onto "fuck you boomer"

listen, old people have a slower response time than younger people. apparently by 2-3 years

"Don't trust anyone over 30": the ageist slogan that must be stopped

don’t trust anyone under 30 or over 45

Do people even say 'OK boomer' anymore?

I don't know but I got harrumphed at by several elders on FB for calling Jann Wenner a "prototype of white Boomer male entitlement" — there was a lot of "not all Boomers!" stuff. Boomers are very easily butthurt by this stuff. One guy told me that even using the word "Boomer" was a slur. lol.

I mean, I don’t see any reason to deny using Boomer as a slur, if it matches your intention

the truth is the truth

OTOH, I have no problem calling it FaceBoomer

well luckily for young Americans whenever older people lose their jobs they're willing to spend all day online imparting their Ancient Wisdom.

is the nyt aware of the existence of colleges that aren't elite expensive private institutions?

you mean where the poors go to learn?

Barely, judging by the recent articles written by their higher ed reporters:

https://www.nytimes.com/by/anemona-hartocollis
https://www.nytimes.com/by/vimal-patel

you mean like Barnard and Sarah Lawrence and stuff?

lol

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:m34vt2ca7xdvivhgibpxc46r/bafkreiewgp5xh2tojvxb4m4avw5omjshnqripmv43hmzubk77i6lbzhos4@jpeg

The New York Times needs to expand its reach to include the more modest, mainstream institutions of higher education where most American students go, like Cornell

Was gonna say, "Whaddya expect them to write about, Brown?"

heckuva school

My first thought was "Stanford is going to be really pissed off about this" until I realized that it's just as plausible that Stanford paid the NYT to be left off.

Let’s Talk About Biden, Trump and … Taylor Swift

jfc: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/business/dealbook/universities-antisemitism-harvard-mit-penn.html

Who Should Run Universities?

In the wake of a controversy at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard over antisemitism, a debate has arisen over whether academics are best suited to lead big schools.

I probably don't need to remind anyone here that Dealbook just hosted Elon Musk immediately after his public embrace of antisemitism

schools should be run LIKE A BUSINESS

oh wait

Coming from business doesn’t guarantee success either: Simon Newman, a former financier, resigned as president of a Maryland college after reportedly comparing struggling freshmen to bunnies that should be drowned or shot.

Had to look into this more.

The Mount St. Mary’s campus has been in turmoil since word leaked in January through The Mountain Echo, the student newspaper, that Newman had compared struggling students to bunnies that need to be drowned or killed with a Glock. The metaphor grabbed attention, but educators said the underlying debate was what really mattered.

Newman had proposed to use a survey -- on which freshmen would be told there were no wrong answers -- to identify those at risk of dropping out and to encourage them to do so in the first weeks of the semester. The idea was to raise the university’s retention rate, since those who leave very early in the semester don’t count in the total enrollment figures. Many professors and some administrators protested the plan, saying that the university has an obligation to try to educate those it admits.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/03/01/president-quits-mount-st-marys

Like, even without the metaphor, this is deranged.

this is how colleges see their students

Taylor Swift should run universities, of course