Happy Birthday, Cliff!

Today we are celebrating Cliff Arroyo, one of my most favorite commenters of all time!

Please join me in wishing Cliff a wonderful year and a prompt return to his favorite parts of pre-quarantine reality.

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That's the danger of social media. Lots of these efforts at manipulation, and I know I'm not totally resistant to…

OT. https://twitter.com/kevinnbass/status/2002499783983087861?s=20

Agreed, although the clip is clearly shown as being Dec 20, 2025, it was actually from Oct 7, 2024. Clearly…

I wanted to believe that Trump at least cared about the nation state somewhat I have nobody to blame. I…

US is currently bombing Syria. With what face can anyone make the case for Syrian refugees to "remigrate" to Syria?…

Because it makes me sad to accept reality.

Trump threw the 2020 election by chasing the black vote. Now he's trying to recreate that winning strategy because why…

Good job guys, you locked down 3 black votes. https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2002811699351703842?s=20

brought to you courtesy of Kash Patel: Brought to you courtesy of this administration. Kash Patel is only verbalizing what…

Female students, in the meantime, use any interaction to advance a narrative of their frailty. I've got stuff like this…

Ohio born and raised: I have never even heard of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Our state's best known writers are probably…

Apparently this is from last year on the anniversary of October 7th. Still cringe, but makes more sense than him…

They're so easy to manipulate too. Just dangle a few lucrative deals and they'll sell their country, mothers, daughters, wives,…

Witkoff and Kushner again. Like they haven't done enough damage already. I'm so tired of these two, meddling everywhere, grifting…

"U.S. Pitches ‘Project Sunrise’ Plan to Turn Gaza Into High-Tech MetropolisThe blueprint drafted by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff could…

I used to be somewhat ambivalent about Israel, but now I really think they have far too much influence over…

It's like he's trying to sabotage the administration on purpose.

What do you mean without exception if I explained that male students are not experiencing this problem.

If it's so completely without exception, maybe it's you and not them.

I'm quite pro-Israel, but "prioritize Israel?" What am I even supposed to be doing as a private citizen lol.

Thank you! I've been offered money to post fake reviews of books but I angrily refused. Books are sacred to…

For sure, but still... Who can lend any credibility to Joyce Carol Oates and people like her, in this day…

The only female student who'd show up and ask questions was a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic. She was actually really great…

Do you colleagues experience the same difference?Also, may your female students come from a certain American background in which they're…

I gave up on Amazon customer reviews some years ago. Now glance at what they might say in goodreads.com but…

"male students ask me questions. They want to know things" Where I work about 80 percent of students are female…

I'm astounded. I feel your pain.

It was a while ago. The official reason is that I used the word "woke" twice but I believe it's…

I wasn't aware that Amazon does this, but googling 'amazon deleted book reviews' reveals that it's a thing they do…

Hmmm, okay, Kid, if O'Brian's Aubrey is too adult, or too male, perhaps Sutcliffe's Eagle of the Ninth ;-D