Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 1hIt matters.static.klipy.comOffice Fist BumpALT: Office Fist Bump 000
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 19hStop Fucking Putting Cameras in Everything Challenge 2026: Impossible www.404media.co/usps-to-put-...404media.coUSPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’USPS says the cameras, put on USPS truck dashboards, will scan roads, signs, and more. 000
Reposted by Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D.Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 150160395368
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 29/09/2026You could almost hear Dan Quayle over in the corner shouting "poh-TAY-toes!"static.klipy.comSamwise Gamgee Explains Po-Tay-ToesALT: Samwise Gamgee Explains Po-Tay-Toes 010
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 29/09/2026Close to seven. But the grandson is now 6’2” and 280. They couldn’t *not* put him on the line this year. 010
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 29/09/2026My youngest is finishing college this year and my older grandson is now playing varsity high school football. For the life of me I just can’t make the maths work.static.klipy.comI'm In My Prime! Funny Old Man QuoteALT: I'm In My Prime! Funny Old Man Quote 121
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 29/09/2026It really is worth watching. Anthony Hopkins is brilliant in Season 1. 000
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 29/09/2026Saw that movie when I was a kid and have been haunted by that last scene ever since. 😂 110
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 29/09/2026Fortunately the lens flare gives SoCal folks a little bit of a warning. 100
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 28/09/2026static.klipy.comLinda Hamilton as Sarah Connor with RPGALT: Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor with RPG 000
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 28/09/2026I am still angry Zaslav screwed us out of that 5th season of Westworld. It deserved a chance to finish. Also, people who say Seasons 3 & 4 weren't very good are Incredibly Wrong. I will die on that hill. 121
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 28/09/2026Drop some ROBOTS 🤖🖤static.klipy.comDolores Abernathy: I've Evolved Into Something NewALT: Dolores Abernathy: I've Evolved Into Something New 010
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 28/09/2026Cocktail for sure.static.klipy.comCocktail Tom CruiseALT: Cocktail Tom Cruise 110
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 28/09/2026Yup. I remember going to the theater to see it with my dad. 010
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 28/09/2026I'm so sorry, Keegan. This is some ridiculous bullshit they're putting you through.static.klipy.comBernie Sanders: Solidarity ForeverALT: Bernie Sanders: Solidarity Forever 010
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 28/09/2026Instagram has broken a lot of people's brains, hasn't it? 120
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 28/09/2026static.klipy.comDesenchufar AnaALT: Desenchufar Ana 000
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 28/09/2026I think your cynicism is absolutely warranted. Early in my career, the community economic development nonprofit I worked for shared a building with one of these land conservation foundations, and even then it seemed a bit sketchy. 000
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 28/09/2026Probably putting it into a Land Trust run by a nonprofit and taking the very generous tax write-off for it. 150
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 28/09/2026Sarah Conner is *absolutely* the hero we need right now.static.klipy.comLinda Hamilton as Sarah Connor with RPGALT: Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor with RPG 020
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 26/09/2026Squirrel Girl, motherfuckers!static.klipy.comGood Night Squirrel Girl & Autumn ButterfliesALT: Good Night Squirrel Girl & Autumn Butterflies 010
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 26/09/2026Robert Eggers is gonna do Romeo and Juliet after Werwulf, omg www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...hollywoodreporter.comRobert Eggers Tackling ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Adaptation as Focus Wins Bidding War (Exclusive)Where art thou? Here art thou: The feature project will be the filmmaker's next after his upcoming 'Werwulf.' 000
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 26/09/2026RCM is a tool of the Devil when it comes to higher ed and you can't convince me otherwise. The incentives are just all out of whack if you want to build a true university commons for public benefit. But ambitious Deans are easily seduced by the model, a lot like Northern Kings and Rings. 010
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 26/09/2026But what really allows them to do this through the Receivership mechanism (as opposed to the wholesale political reasoning in Texas) is that Vanderbilt has been on an RCM(-ish) budget model since 2017 or so. When a school like Divinity has budget issues, there's the opening for attack. 220
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 26/09/2026This is *absolutely* political in nature. See Vanderbilt's Declaration of First Principles and you'll see why, given the social justice history of the Divinity School. www.vanderbilt.edu/declaration/vanderbilt.eduDeclarationThe University and Its Purpose: A Declaration of First Principles was adopted by the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust in June 2026. The declaration is organized around three core purposes: Pathbre... 110
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 26/09/2026Kind of interesting that Lovable is marketing themselves as an engine of tech debt, but here we are. thenextweb.com/news/lovable...thenextweb.com'Now you can have an agent navigate it': Lovable's CTO on securityLovable co-founder Fabian Hedin said revenue has reached $600m and two-thirds of the Fortune 500 use Lovable, often after staff found it themselves. 021
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 26/09/2026Look, I'm not here to defend Ed Zitron (though I appreciate his work), but this so-called rebuttal really amounts to tone policing and a lot of "nuh-uh!" response. danluu.com/zitron/danluu.comEd Zitron's AI prediction track record 010
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 26/09/2026There is not a day that goes by now where I don't think Heatmap has lost its goddamn mind. heatmap.news/ideas/energy...heatmap.newsThe Energy Trust Gap Is Crashing Our GridThird Way’s head of climate and energy argues that both sides have lost voters’ trust, with serious consequences for our infrastructure. 000
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 26/09/2026It would be extremely unusual if the Board or President took that level of control. 110
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 26/09/2026I imagine it is a larger scale version of what happens when a Department is put into receivership by a School/College. Curriculum remains under faculty control, but hiring, budget, space, etc. decisions go to the Dean or with Vanderbilt. I'm assuming the Provost's office would manage this directly. 220
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 26/09/2026I guess we finally found the Pope who's gonna give us the Orange Catholic Bible. thenextweb.com/news/pope-le...thenextweb.comPope Leo at UNESCO: machines get called ‘intelligent’ while people get discardedAt UNESCO, Pope Leo XIV argued AI can correlate data but cannot answer what life means, and warned we now judge people by efficiency. 000
Reposted by Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D.Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 26/09/2026Higher ed is the most poorly understood, poorly reported on institution in American society. Most of the people writing about it for the mainstream media actively hate it and the people who work in it, and make absolutely no attempt to understand it. 25812
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 26/09/2026Am I the only one who came away from Andor convinced Saw Was Right and the Mothma/Organa faction were a bunch of posh, betraying assholes who got lucky with the farm boy, the trucker and his dog? 151
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 26/09/2026I think I lost a pool tournament to that guy once. 030
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 25/09/2026Same. It was a troubled production that Gunn got a little too hands-on with, but it was a fun movie. With Lobo! And Lanterns has been a revelation. But the Ellisons are gonna want to roll all that back and embrace the fascist power fantasy of superheroes (as Alan Moore put it). 010
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 25/09/2026They are absolutely going to fuck with James Gunn. A Woke Superman? A Supergirl who doesn't smile and isn't Sydney Sweeney? A black Green Lantern? A Spanish Wonder Woman? Yeah, he's toast. The Supergirl failure and likely Clayface bomb aren't going to help him either. 100
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 25/09/2026Well, if NFTs, Metaverse real estate, and crypto didn't pay off for these kids, I'm *sure* AI will. 000
Reposted by Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D.Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 25/09/2026So I'm making pint glasses now... robsheridan.threadless.com/accessories/... 1047377
Reposted by Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D.Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The English department at Reed College—my department—is hiring a TT prof in post-45 US fiction and/or narrative. This position includes teaching in the interdisciplinary humanities program (mostly the freshman core course) as well as possibly contributing to upper level interdisciplinary programs.reed.edu Tenure-Track Assistant Professorship in Post-1945 Fiction and/or Narrative of the United States - Office of the Dean of the Faculty - Reed C... 18343
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 25/09/2026I refuse to engage with this obvious bullshit.static.klipy.comMad Max: Fury Road - That's BaitALT: Mad Max: Fury Road - That's Bait 100
Reposted by Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D.elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 25/09/2026a culture where highbrow ppl are obsessed with tony soprano and lowerbrow ppl are obsessed with being walter white is in retrospect BEGGING for a strongman 1431047
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 25/09/2026I Will Not Allow Myself to Get Upset About Subjective Rankings I Will Not Allow Myself to Get Upset About Subjective Rankings I Will Not Allow Myself to Get Upset About Subjective Rankings I Will Not Allow Myself to Get Upset About Subjective Rankings I Will Not Allow Myself to Get Upset About Subje 100
Reposted by Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D.Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English. 42103374398
Christopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 24/09/2026Mamdani: (sighs, looks over at top legal advisor) Are you *absolutely* sure we can’t arrest this asshole? Really, Tom?!? 020