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... and we should harness the whatever power of AI, etc. But in my not inconsiderable experience, many––most?––students want to read books and grapple with thorny philosophy and find their voice in authentic essays, if allowed to do so and properly encouraged and supported. The kids are alright.

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There's also a bit of a parallel in American public education where administrators and sometimes parents can be quick to declare that teenagers don't like to read and write, and will AI their way through it whenever possible, so we should respond by assigning fewer long texts & challenging papers...

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I enjoyed this (although there's a glitch after your last line where it sort of starts over). "Like so many sad, pale little supermarket apples" is nice and will probably slow my next supermarket selection.

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That's an amazing story, maybe my favorite of his.

Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's past time for us to start wearing the 'far left-wing activism' label as a badge of honor and equating it, in public discourse, to anti-bigotry and pro-equality of opportunity. Taking control of the language used is a big part of allowing people to think about things in a new way.

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Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

To borrow from Hobbes, painting dogs is automatically fine art.

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Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Absolutely correct, and many of us said so at the time.

Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Correct. Solidarity in your profession or it's all meaningless bullshit.

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Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Way to get on the wrong side of this, Ed

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Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Man-Bat, and his wife, the Man-Bat

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Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Yessss. Wore my Rock Island Independents jersey to work on Friday, so I'm taking credit.

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Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

That's cause one of those things is (at least) 5x as cool as the other.

Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

And a great soundtrack by AC/DC, no less.

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Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

If only some other institutions––investigative, journalistic, legal, academic––could learn a lesson from this. Alas...

Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Black girls have babies; young white women have children. Try to keep up.

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Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

That is the perfect, and only, response. No notes, as DS would say.

Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Gamergate, those dipshits. Remember that Sarkesian Effect doc they tried and somehow failed to make? That was ground zero for pathetic online incel dudebros. Probably some of them are crypto rich and/our have cabinet positions, but we still need to mock them mercilessly. Small men.

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Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Foxbat?! Where's that panel of Spider-Man laughing at Paste Pot Pete.

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Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

There was a lot of strange shit for both Marvel and DC in the 70s, but Howards the Duck was weirdest. My elementary-school brain was never quite the same after that giant-sized annual with the Defenders.

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Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Darwyn Cook was one of the all-time greats. New Frontier is a masterpiece and should have been the cinematic foundation for the DCU.

Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

How about Lake Go Fuck Yourself?

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Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

And because they don't have a fucking soul. Small, insecure, pathetic men.

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Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

THIS. They're gonna suppress and intimidate and invalidate, but none of that will matter IF everyone who can vote DOES. Overwhelming, unprecedented turnout is the only way forward. (I've been saying this for months, but not nearly so well, wow!)

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Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

PP - Who are you? JB - I'm a really good lawyer.

Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Is that Mysterio or some other fishbowl head?

Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This is why I don't live on a hill.

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Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Love it. My son was a pitcher and catcher and never played fall ball because he didn't want to, he needed mental break from the game and to give his arm some rest. He ran XC instead at and it did a lot for him. Glad to hear Jr. calling out the trophy-factory club coaches.

Gary Kramer @garykramer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Fucking evil. No other word for it.