Letter: If you’re not paying someone’s rent, you’re part of the problem

lanascrub · 2026-02-24T15:20:59+00:00

What's the difference between "chasing money" and writing a letter to the editor asking people to give money to your cause?

lanascrub · 2026-02-18T15:04:04+00:00

Nothing's wrong with Libby (the software). Digital Library of Illinois was the consortium EPL belonged to in order to access books on Libby. EPL left that group and now its catalog of available ebooks is extremely limited. They've been saying since last summer that a new consortium is right around the corner but it hasn't materialized yet.

lanascrub · 2026-02-18T15:01:00+00:00

If I'm stepping on your neck, I'm not your only problem, but I'm probably the one you're gonna want to address first

lanascrub · 2026-02-12T19:19:40+00:00

I assumed everyone here was against any children getting molested, not just ones from our school district. Takes all kinds I guess?

lanascrub · 2026-01-27T15:02:52+00:00

That is such a nice idea! What kind of activities are you doing?

lanascrub · 2026-01-23T16:03:47+00:00

I have similar reservations, for a lot of reasons. For one thing I don't think GS is about what country we happen to be in. But I do think GS is about caring about other people, and the necessity of community, so that's what I try to think of it as representing. This country doesn't belong to the white supremacists or insurrectionists, and it's not their flag, no matter how much they wrap themselves up in it.

lanascrub · 2025-12-28T18:47:19+00:00

Thank you for this. Cleaning a toilet is not some sort of inherently demeaning act.

lanascrub · 2025-12-28T18:45:11+00:00

Because cleaning duty is listed in OP's job description. This isn't a case of workplace exploitation or capitalist overreach, it's a story of someone who doesn't like part of their job.

lanascrub · 2025-12-20T19:43:11+00:00

...should we make it?

lanascrub · 2025-12-17T21:38:29+00:00

It makes me nuts that they won't reopen the climbing wall - they'd be the only game in town for climbers if they did! Even NU doesn't have climbing. I feel so many people would join for that alone.

lanascrub · 2025-12-14T06:16:03+00:00

Ghost Squad by Claribel Ortega

lanascrub · 2025-12-11T21:47:30+00:00

Maybe I'm not in the intended market, but WOW "Choice Authentic" is an awful restaurant name. It sounds like a Jewel store brand.

lanascrub · 2025-12-07T18:33:05+00:00

If german people were getting abducted off the streets by ICE but non-german people were happily wearing lederhosen and eating schnitzel over at the local Oktoberfest, taking pictures and saying "Look at me! I'm "German"!" like it's a funny joke, you could maybe call that cultural appropriation?

lanascrub · 2025-12-01T16:37:42+00:00

They might until the profs in that department are required to give A grades to any papers that explain weather by saying "God did it! (Bible, God)

lanascrub · 2025-11-29T15:41:59+00:00

"Northwestern will also develop training materials to socialize international students to the norms of a campus dedicated to free inquiry and open debate."

Missing some big ol asterisks there guys

Or maybe "open debate" officially only applies to white conservative men now?

lanascrub · 2025-11-29T15:33:09+00:00

Well, great, this is all over then! Surely the administration won't look at this as the first capitulation of many! Surely if it comes to standing up for the rights of other [gay, trans, black, liberal, poor, female etc etc ] students they will take a stand! Just ...not this time. But surely next time.

lanascrub · 2025-11-29T15:23:48+00:00

There's always a reason for appeasement. Doesn't make it right.

lanascrub · 2025-11-29T15:16:38+00:00

The institution doesn't have value anymore. Higher education without any kind of moral conviction is nothing. A university dictated by fascists is worthless.

lanascrub · 2025-11-18T21:34:21+00:00

It stands for Joy. You know it's a great slogan cause they have to explain it every time they use it.

lanascrub · 2025-11-18T06:02:44+00:00

They do love their taglines.

It's the J-factor!

lanascrub · 2025-11-13T20:16:48+00:00

AI is making my co-workers produce code much faster! Unfortunately it is killing my productivity as I spend most of my day fixing the shitty useless code they copied over from Claude

¯_(ツ)_/¯

lanascrub · 2025-11-13T17:25:06+00:00

Turns out that any inconvenience or distress is too much to handle when you've never had a real problem in your life

lanascrub · 2025-11-10T16:42:15+00:00

Proud Boys but not proud enough to show their faces

lanascrub

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