“Via a parent or sister or nun or friend, a spouse or former spouse, names and addresses of the AIDS afflicted had a way of making their way to Dan. One visit tended to lead to another until death intervened. A typical first sentence: ‘I heard from so-and-so that you were ill and thought I would drop by to see how it’s going.’ He never identified himself as ‘Father Daniel,’ just Dan.
Kinda mad no one told me about Clare Carlisle before now. Glad that Transcendence for Beginners is in the mail.
Sperm whales gather up to help birthing mothers and babies.
Went to a recent school district committee meeting and: almost all council reps on laptops the whole time. Annual symposium at my university today: laptops during presentations. Was visiting consultant to big tech company to speak with staff about an r&d mandate that is open-ended, well-funded, ambitious and: laptops. Endless scrolling while presentations, hearings, talks are happening. I make an absolute rule in my classrooms or it would be the same.
Chocolate chip pancakes on World Down Syndrome Day.
Currently riveted by this book — told by a man who was a young Catholic Worker in the mid 20th c, in the circle of both Berrigan brothers, plus Day, Merton, so many others. If you only see the draft-card-burner rabble-rouser in this character, you’re missing so much.
I’ll be speaking with my philosopher colleague Jacob Stump at a Veritas Forum event on March 25 on Northeastern’s Boston campus—a dialogue about the nature of anger. Register with this form.
I need to write a long post about the many parents I know who come to me for advice about accepting an ADHD/related dx and the requisite IEP or 504 bureaucracy for their very average kids. It’s a well-meaning move from all parties to “do everything we can to help” by intervening. But the longitudinal data on labels is pretty damning and on medication is mixed at best. Again: good intentions from everyone.
Friends in MA and NY: Skylark Ensemble performs a Lent program this weekend. I am so sorry to miss it — this group is incredible.
Officially: gonna make it
Currently reading: Burdened Agency by Travis Pickell 📚So many strong concepts and integrated thinking here.
Glad to see my colleague in disability/design @pauldefazio here on Micro! Do please welcome him.
A student-built ice cathedral at Notre Dame.
My PhD student is being advised left and right to let Claude do her lit review, write her qualifying presentation, summarize the books she needs to read to prepare. She is holding fast to the conviction that this slow, frictionful work is the work she signed on for. Immensely proud of her.
My son Malcolm (15) and I are on our fourth watch-through of Band of Brothers — a winter tradition. I think I’ve seen it twice more before that, so I’m officially versed in the 101st airborne. Other fans here?
Hundreds of tasks to go and still more snow coming down, but we’re in to our new place! It’s very quiet here.
here we go
I have plenty of complaints about the UI of Substack, but there is a burgeoning network of professors there sharing principled and ingenious pedagogy for the age of LLMs.
Current status: moving week, new apartment! We’re having to get snow removal just to fit the truck out front, but such is the process.
You guyssss Bruce Herman’s latest work.
