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Feb 24 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Imagine this: Helsinki Sanomat goes to historians for their perspective and context on the Russian attack. (Again, g'bless Google Translate.)
hs.fi/politiikka/art…
Says one (via Google Translate): “Europe is a continent with a strong memory. Many of us remember quite concretely the feelings of horror created by World War II. The way history has now been exploited is truly exceptional, visible and quite cruel."
Once again, at moments such as this, I so with American news organizations would call upon historians and other academics for their perspective, context, and research, as Sanomat does here. That journalists write "the first draft of history" is hubristic bullshit.
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"We will defend our land with or without the support of partners. Whether they give us hundreds of modern weapons or five thousand helmets." kyivpost.com/eastern-europe…
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The best-seller list is an artifact of dying mass media. The first best-seller list ever came in The Bookman in 1895, when steam-powered presses enabled publishers to print more than a few thousand copies at a pop, resetting the scale of success. 1/ nytimes.com/2022/02/17/boo…
Why do we even care about best-seller lists? Of course, publishers & producers do, for blockbusters are their most highly profitable products. In their risk-capital economy, blockbusters are for them what unicorns are for VCs. 2/
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Going on KCBS right now to talk about the death of @ew.
Heh. I thought KCBS called me about the death of @ew because I was its founder. They didn't even know. So that was fun, talking about the birth and death of the idea -- and of the magazine as an institution at the center of American culture.
I'll soon be announcing a book on the institution of the magazine and its century, now fading. I'll tell the @ew story there.
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Long before Web3 was a zygote in a VC's wet dream I conceived of a framework for recording & rewarding creative contributions: Creditright. It would be perfect for the blockchain: Web3 as a solution to a problem rather than a solution hunting for one. 1/
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Here's a Cliffs Notes for irony-challenged university presidents and journalists. The now-suspended Prof. Mehler imparts many lessons in this video, including....

1. Calling words profane is itself a profane act in a university that should be devoted to freedom of expression and exploration.
2. Plagiarism is a sin.
3. Syllabi stuffed full of ass-covering boilerplate fool no students.
4. Deadwood was fucking great...
5. American capitalism robbed native Americans and spread disease--cancer from tobacco--around the world.
6. Grading is bullshit and just a game of fate. (Note that he does say how one can earn an A.)
7. American Calvinism systematizes inequality....
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Watch the actual video. You will find a professor properly pissed about having to risk his life coming to class in a pandemic. You will find comment on boilerplate syllabi. The "profanity laden" part is a tribute to Deadwood, FFS.

washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01…
Here, for your viewing convenience and pleasure, is the video.
Like teachers across America, its really aimed at an administration that is risking his life.
Students, unlike his literal-minded, ass-covering university administration, get the professor's jokes and his point.
wzzm13.com/article/news/s…
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