Housemate/Ex just came home in tears (not usual for her). She's a history & classics prof at a small Catholic university in the US. The school has been cutting spending in alarming ways, like no longer contributing to retirement plans, for the past couple of years. Now there is buzz that the administrators are getting ready to lay off full-time faculty in her category. Administrators have been jumping ship whenever possible this year. Faculty at a teaching-focused school don't have many options.

#FuckThis #professor #highered #catholic #history

When the AI slop is bad enough the AI CEO notices

Tobias Lütke from Shopify blames the humans in the loop

youtube.com/watch?v=2weIKnLSmI… - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260921-… - podcast

time: 4 min 21 sec

'Grim' path for Republicans as Trump hands GOP 100-year midterm catastrophe

On Monday, new reporting revealed that a deep red state has become a midterm toss-up due to economic calamity caused by President Donald Trump's war with Iran. According to the Hill, Republican senators and insiders say that a Democratic candidate for the Senate has a slight lead in Kansas, and if he wins, it will be the first time the state has had a blue senator in nearly a century.

alternet.org/trump-republican-…

Trump is 'best witness' against himself in massive new suit: legal scholar

President Donald Trump could wind up being the "best witness" against himself in a massive new lawsuit against his recent press ban, with one legal scholar highlighting on MS NOW his relentless public attacks against the media as key evidence.

alternet.org/trump-lawsui-lega…

Fox News host pleads with Trump to spend bigger on spiraling midterms

President Donald Trump has begun to dole out PAC cash to midterm campaigns, but to some of his conservative allies, it still is not enough, with one prominent Fox News host pleading with him to double his efforts.

alternet.org/trump-midterms-fo…

Trump mocked for raging about losing case judge hasn’t even ruled on yet

On Monday, President Donald Trump got a head start on venting his anger toward a court ruling that hasn’t happened yet, raging on social media about a judge he himself appointed. The president was responding to news that a lawsuit filed against him and his officials by press organizations banned from the White House had been assigned to a judge who had previously ruled against him, and he was deci...

alternet.org/trump-press-ban/

Ex-'MAGA diehards' reveal why they have champagne ready for Trump’s demise

A group of former "MAGA diehards" revealed what has turned them so viciously against President Donald Trump in a piece for The i Paper, with one revealing that they now have champagne on standby to celebrate his demise.

alternet.org/maga-supporters-d…

Meta automatically filters out ‘social topics.’ Still think that Facebook is a ‘social network?’
theguardian.com/technology/202…

Miriam Margolyes, Michael Rosen & Alexei Sayle telling it like it is.

youtube.com/watch?v=AMdf4bDKMH… #Israel #genocide #zionism #colonialism #apartheid #ethniccleansing #Palestine #Gaza #Lebanon

Today I decided to modify my makeshift carport,
And got it to do the splits.
It meant I could get the big trailer underneath it,
After we cleared everything out first.
I loaded four axles onto the trailer,
And put aside another to sell.
Then loaded another two winches,
They are my Harvey Frost universal recovery winches.
Then I did a phone call,
And got house insurance sorted out.
Went to work,
And did H&S checks.
I did our laundry,
And checked on Mum.
Watched a couple of videos,
And bought a few trailer bits.
Better get to bed,
It's been a hard day.
#NosDa
#NightAll