COVID finally got me. Last time I had this was May 2022 and before that was September of 2020. We were traveling but we're still fairly careful masking/using covixyl. Not as bad as the last two times so far but still a less than ideal way to start the semester.
Bnova
joined 3 years ago
I'm gonna use this one.
When he died I bought a dozen donuts and gave them out to everyone I could find as I told them the tale of Henry Kissinger -Warmonger extraordinaire. I found out that one of my colleagues is from Argentina and we celebrated.
I do not doubt that there is a rise in anti-Semitism, but it is worth noting that many of the "hate crimes" categorized as anti-Semitic attacks are literally things like renaming a salad or graffiti.
Oh fuck off Bernard. Should've said shit months ago.
I need to measure these people's skulls.
Oh fuck oh shit. I'm Slavic and that's different right guys?
Not just using one as a human shield but several! Children are small and Hamas is very large -lots to shield folks! 
I most recently read Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire. It was good and changed my teaching style and I'm working towards getting away from "banking" teaching in my less flexible courses.
My Wive's Uncle always gives me books whenever I see him, not for a holiday or anything just in general since he's a prolific reader and an absolute character. He gave me Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank, which I got through partially, not the most useful book but I think it can give good insight into how rad libs think. I also read part of Debt: The First 5000 Years that was good, it was a graduation gift for my little cousin and I was stuck in an airport with it and got through a few chapters.
Last year my wife bought me all of Mike Davis' books for Christmas after his death since Verso had a sale. I've been meaning to get through them, I finished the Ecology of Fear, which I wanted to read since I work in Fear Ecology, and enjoyed it. His chapter on letting Santa Monica burn was great. I'm either gonna read planet of the slums or late Victorian Holocaust next.
There's a point in San Diego where the freeway going South has 13 lanes. The notion that you could shutdown a city with a dump truck is really damn stupid. Sure maybe in some red state 3rd rate city with 80k people but not most places.
I got permabanned for calling people on World News genocidal freaks. Godspeed warrior.