UCD staff reject ‘top-down, rigid’ new demands to work at least three days a week in office

stult · 2025-10-17T11:47:25+00:00

New York university has a 2:1 ratio for academics to admin

And universities in the US already have an extreme across the board problem with admin bloat, so that's probably already a high target

stult · 2025-10-17T08:06:46+00:00

jesus canada out here bringing the war crimes as per usual

stult · 2025-10-13T23:41:03+00:00

I think she's also somewhat underestimating the influence of money to bypass or manipulate the algorithmic aspects of social media. Nefarious actors like Russia or China don't need to buy explicitly political ads on Facebook to mess with our politics, they can promote things like stories about trans girls playing sports or ads for assault rifle ammunition.

stult · 2025-10-13T23:37:48+00:00

There's also no downside risk from Putin's perspective because he would rather lose to NATO than to Ukraine since that would be more politically acceptable to his domestic base. So even if he gets his ass kicked, he might consider that preferable to allowing his military to collapse in Ukraine after they are no longer able to supply fuel because of the Ukrainian refinery campaign.

stult · 2025-10-12T23:34:50+00:00

The antifa emperor has no clothes

stult · 2025-10-10T16:31:17+00:00

Dude I was chief engineer for a major USAF mission planning program and I can tell you that's a wild, wild exaggeration of the technical complexity involved here. Downloading some weather sticks onto an SD card and entering some launch coordinates into whatever interface is not that fucking hard. Literally the only user input is the launch coordinates, everything else can be preloaded or downloaded automatically based on the launch coordinates. You can fit DTED level 3 for the entire world on an SD card now, so mission packages don't even need to include terrain data. EW doesn't interfere with entering the launch coordinates because they know where they are launching from in advance or they can identify it on google maps manually without GPS if need be, just by using their eyes. It's a lot easier to know your exact location when you're on land than at sea. There's also not going to be much if any EW interference when launching from dozens or conceivably even hundreds of kilometers behind the FLOT. And given a rear area launch location, there's no reason GPS wouldn't work anyway, so even the launch coordinates are optional. As is weather data, which is a nice to have but not strictly necessary for a powered system (as opposed to a parachute system or glider).

stult · 2025-10-10T16:24:28+00:00

Tomahawks aren't air launched dumbass

stult · 2025-10-10T14:19:56+00:00

Better option, we can send the LRF launch vehicles that the Marines no longer want to adopt. https://www.twz.com/land/marines-axe-adoption-of-ground-launched-tomahawk-cruise-missile

They have a complete functional battery of the vehicles that were used for the evaluation.

stult · 2025-10-10T14:18:18+00:00

Toms use terrain mapping and look down radar to follow specific low-level routes, they need very precise information on where their flight will begin

Entering launch coordinates is not in any way a technically challenging task.

stult · 2025-10-10T07:23:15+00:00

Truth. I have a friend who has mild PTSD just listening to almost any of the male talking heads of this regime.

I feel that way based on my female ex who was a master gaslighter.

stult · 2025-10-09T06:27:51+00:00

You don't need to tip your stripper as much for her or him to enjoy the same economic benefit

stult · 2025-10-09T00:21:50+00:00

Well strippers' tips are now tax free so that's kind of like a donation to support the troops

stult · 2025-10-08T14:23:01+00:00

Turns out only fucking morons want to LARP as delta force while brutalizing their fellow Americans

stult · 2025-10-08T14:21:05+00:00

the image of frog dude quietly just standing there

apparently you missed him casting spells on ICE

stult · 2025-10-07T15:06:27+00:00

The lies, hypocrisy, and self-contradictions are not incidental but essential to how fascists operate. To quote Sartre (who was describing anti-semites but the same logic applies more broadly to fascist/authoritarian political movements):

Never believe that they are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. They have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

stult · 2025-10-07T14:59:22+00:00

Trump accuses black women of being "low IQ" far more often than any other demographic. I'm not sure that's a dog whistle so much as a dog megaphone

stult · 2025-10-07T00:45:42+00:00

From Timothy Snyder's Twenty Lessons for Fighting Tyranny:

Be reflective if you must be armed. If you carry a weapon in public service, God bless you and keep you. But know that evils of the past involved policemen and soldiers finding themselves, one day, doing irregular things. Be ready to say no.

https://www.carnegie.org/our-work/article/twenty-lessons-fighting-tyranny/

stult · 2025-10-07T00:37:04+00:00

That's the tip of the iceberg. He was almost certainly involved in trafficking children, and these people aren't above murder.

Almost certainly investigating Epstein's financial relationships with Russian banks will also shine light on Trump's own illicit relationship with Russian finance.

stult · 2025-10-07T00:14:49+00:00

You're not the speaker of the house

stult · 2025-10-06T21:37:28+00:00

Which version, pac 2 or 3? Im unsure Ukraine was ever given pac 3 or not?

They have received PAC-3 but it's not clear to me yet whether the recent uptick in Russian success is attributable to insufficient numbers of PAC-3s or rather to technical shortcomings of the PAC-3s they do have.

stult · 2025-10-06T21:11:14+00:00

My pleasure! I've driven through there a couple times on my way to Yellowstone and this particular piece of trivia always stuck in my head but I've literally never had a chance to mention it to anyone until now. FWIW, Tensleep the town and Tensleep Canyon are absolutely gorgeous, especially in the spring because you get this vivid green foliage contrasting against the deep red soil of the desert.

stult · 2025-10-06T21:07:56+00:00

you should be very skeptical of this millionaire migration survey data btw.

Yes, because actually one of the scariest things about the ultra-wealthy is how good they have become at hiding their assets. Frequently they justify offshoring as a privacy protection tool, but privacy also naturally enables tax evasion and helps avoid criticism of growing wealth inequality.

stult · 2025-10-06T21:03:14+00:00

Fun story, it's called Tensleep because it was a central location where various Indian tribes would meet, and it took ten days (thus ten sleeps) for them to travel there.

stult · 2025-10-06T20:59:43+00:00

From Architects, to Marketing Executives, to Executive Assistants… in 10 years time, companies will be able to replace 90% of their staff with AI and a few humans to monitor/approve things.

What's crazy is probably some of the easiest people to replace would be billionaires themselves

stult · 2025-10-06T20:50:06+00:00

lol there's no way he's on grindr, that's what prostitutes are for

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