Hailey King

Thank you to the Dartmouth Political Union and @mehdirhasan for the opportunity to defend President Trump’s excellent record of constitutionality. And thanks especially to the students, who—even in the liberal Ivy League—were persuaded of the truth after hearing the facts!

Last night Ben Sasse confirmed my suspicion that Dr. Santiago Schnell, provost at Dartmouth, is quickly becoming the single most influential voice in higher education. If you haven’t already read his essay on AI that broke the internet you should. “AI has not created new educational problems; it has made old ones impossible to ignore. The habit of rewarding performance over understanding, fluency over depth, and polish over genuine engagement was already present in our institutions before the first language model was trained. AI simply industrializes and accelerates those habits until their emptiness becomes undeniable…” ncregister.com/commentaries/s…

WE’RE NOT DONE YET! #GoBigGreen | #TheWoods

Dartmouth President Sian Beilock: “Assuming that most Americans value our mission is a recipe for irrelevance and decline. We must demonstrate to students and families—and to the broader public—that we’ve heard their criticisms and will address them.” Five steps: 1. “Make college affordable” 2. “Return on investment matters…there must be an undeniable return.” 3. “Re-center higher education on learning rather than political posturing.” 4. “Emphasize equal opportunity, not equal outcomes.” 5. “Testing is important.”

After rewatching Home Alone, I couldn’t stop wondering: how plausible is the oversleep that leaves Kevin behind? So I wrote a tiny paper and ran the numbers. Merry Christmas! 🎄

FOX BOOTH: you can’t just throw sliders every pitch MARINERS PITCHER: [slider] BOOTH: got the batter perfectly set up for the fastball now, definitely MARINERS PITCHER: [slider] BOOTH (through tears): please. that’s enough MARINERS PITCHER: [slider]

Every pitcher did this in every National League Home game until 2020

CFM!

What a truly remarkable run by the Astros from 2017-2024: - 8 consecutive trips to the postseason - 2 World Series championships - 4 American League pennants - 7 straight trips to the ALCS - 7 AL West titles - 99 playoff games - Countless champagne celebrations

The 2017-2024 Astros: 8 seasons 8 playoff appearances 7 ALCS appearances 4 World Series appearances 2 World Series championships One of the best runs in modern MLB history that at some point had to come to an end. Proud to be an Astros fan.

Another good outing brings a close to Justin’s seasons In his final 6 starts he had a 1.78 ERA Year 20. Unreal. So proud. 👏👏👏

In the last few years we've seen: - The plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer - The Storming of the Capitol and pipe bombs left at the RNC and DNC - The break-in to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and the brutal on Paul Pelosi - Multiple assassination attempts against Trump - The assassination of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shooting of on State Senator John Hoffman and his wife - Luigi Mangione's assassination of Brian Thompson - The assassination of Charlie Kirk Political violence is contagious. It is spreading. It is not confined to one side or belief system. It should terrify us all. The foundation of a free society is the ability to participate in it without fear of violence. Political violence is always an attack against us all. You have to be so blind not to see that.

Fenway is already in love with Payton Tolle and it’s only going to grow from here. He’s fuckin’ unbelievable.

Reminder that the Astros asked the Rangers to switch home series and Arlington refused, offering Houston to play both series up there. Instead they had to go to Tropicana Field

what a world we live in

To forgive does not mean to deny evil, but to prevent it from generating further evil. It is not to say that nothing has happened, but to do everything possible to ensure that resentment does not determine the future.

Get that man ALL of the bacon and eggs that you have 🥓🍳

Let us pray that efforts to bring wars to an end and to promote peace may bear fruit, and that in negotiations the common good of peoples may always be placed first.