Dr. Dylan Parrilla-Koester

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For The City. #RollWave

Class of 2030, welcome home 💚🌊 This is where your next chapter begins and your ideas turn into impact.

Why the A.I. Job Apocalypse (Probably) Won’t Happen nytimes.com/2026/05/03/opi… via @NYTOpinion

Good luck on finals! 🍀 The culmination of learning comes full circle as the final stretch begins.

Fascinating example of how social media works today… (LONG POST) Saw a display in the BHM airport honoring the Tuskegee Airmen. Like 99.999% of Americans, I’m Team 🇺🇸… especially over Nazis. Posted it. Most responses were what you’d expect likes, RTs, patriotism. Then the algorithm shifted. Started seeing a wave of replies saying: “Tuskegee success was a myth. Just PR. DEI BS” The argument? They had fewer aerial kills than other escort groups, so therefore it was all BS. So I paused and did a real deep dive looked for actual historical data from the official Air Force accounts and historians. Here’s what I found…. They were right. They did have less aerial kills the other fighter groups. However….. The SAME data being used to discredit them tells a completely different story if you read the whole reports. Yes, they had fewer kills. But here’s the data that they omitted: Bombers lost under escort (same theater, same aircraft): • Tuskegee Airmen: 27 • Other groups: ~49, 68, 88 That’s not spin. That’s the mission. Escort fighters weren’t there to run up kill counts, they were there to protect bombers. And by that measure, the 332nd was one of the most effective groups in the war. Why did they have less aerial kills? Was it because they were less skilled? Historians pointed out the 332nd was known for staying disciplined and stuck with the bombers while others groups tended to often peel off chasing kills. So both things can be true: • Fewer kills • More bombers protected But here’s the social media lesson: Same report. Same data. One side cherry-picks “lowest kills” = “they weren’t good” But they “conveniently” left out the part where they protected bombers better than anyone. What I observed? 2 things. 1) Most of the accounts pushing the “myth” angle? Burner accounts, fake names…,people that hid behind a vague account names 2) Setting the record straight wasn’t the goal of the “myth” posters, it was for them to get their personal beliefs off without the actual information they claimed to have used. Anyway… Team America 🇺🇸🫡

The most popular set of views these days is 1) I don’t trust the legacy media 2) I completely trust and will build a new personal philosophy around any vertical video I see.

folks in da comments the point isn’t that past presidents had scotus justices to state dinners it’s the total polarization of politics. The sitting president has no members of the opposition party from Congress, from the ranks of governors, no liberal Supreme Court justices and the media is almost entirely from Murdoch owned outlets. sign of the times.

There are few scenes in life more uplifting than the community parties outside of the various Jazz Fest gates at 7:15 pm. Rocks bands in driveways, brass bands on corners, folks selling beers + waters out of rolling coolers as sweaty people say hello and goodbye to each other.

@Dave_K_C Man, it’s tough to swing that early! Break a leg!

The Last Ride in the Ballad of Andy Rocket. Will he feel the Limbo today? Or maybe he'll be feeling a little more mischievous? Who can tell? There's only one way to find out, I guess. Go face them head on in one last epic battle. It's gonna be something folks. Especially at 8:30

Yeah, this is the good shit from @DKThomp. derekthompson.org/p/if-americas-…

The bald eagle almost disappeared from the lower 48. Now it’s one of the greatest wildlife comebacks in American history. America's 250th birthday hits different when you remember that.

Last days of Rome stuff

i mean we have to post this... 🚨 JAKE ROGERS FIRST CAREER STRIKEOUT 🚨

@Dave_K_C Happy birthday, sir! Coffee now, scotch at hour 15?

A 14-hour work day with no dinner break, but at least there is coffee! Happy birthday to me, I guess.

Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth. #ApostolicJourney #Cameroon vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

One would have thought that a pope insisting that public policy be guided by by natural law principles and Christian morality (and just war doctrine reflects both) would be something a postliberal Catholic politician would welcome.

Started this book. I like the prayer with young people that Pope Leo gave which starts the book. A good message for today.

outstanding and on-the-money thread on what just happened in hungary. worth your moment.

Join us this Friday at 7:00pm in Dixon Hall as the Tulane Concert Band presents “Through Lines,” featuring guest composer Dr. James David and the world premiere of his new work “Unseen Wings.” Admission is free. 🎟️🌊

The Pope - the first American Pope, no less - isn't just the leader of the Catholic Church as an institution. His interpretation of Jesus's teachings represents the moral and spiritual foundation of the religion. The President just attacked him as weak and accused him of not caring about human lives - and the actual White House promoted it. America's got more than 50 million Catholics.