Author: Mark Perigard

Writer. Editor. Survivor. Half-man, half-metal.

Baboon to Harvard: Stop Hitting Yourself

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Ole Yamtits’ war on Harvard took another turn late last week:

Administration officials stated the letter demanding that Harvard cede control of its hiring, admissions, and curriculum was actually a draft that was accidentally sent and that Harvard should have known that, and Harvard blew it big time by making the entire kerfuffle public.

Does this letter look like a draft to you?

It’s literally signed by three officials of the Orange Dodo’s administration.

An unnamed member of the administration complained to the New York Times that Harvard went on a victimhood campaign after getting the letter.

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Little Batman is the Hero We Didn’t Know We Needed

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Sure, the much anticipated “Hush” sequel “Would You Be Damn Quiet” – er, I may have that title wrong – dropped this week with 87 variant covers.

Honestly, I got a bit batty myself at the local comics shop staring at the three rows of covers for sale, including the oversized edition, a third taller than a Treasury Edition.

Good luck storing that one in mint condition, kids!

Oh, “Batman” No. 158 is gorgeous, just what you’d expect from artist Jim Lee.

But we have, what, eleven more issues to go to settle a verdict on Jeph Loeb’s story.

Let’s talk about the recently concluded miniseries “Little Batman: Month One.”

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At Last, a Good Use for AI

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AI stands as the most disruptive force in our world today.

It threatens the creative professions. It undermines our ability to discern what is real. It promises nothing but chaos for our political system, which is already dominated by bad faith actors.

But we’re not talking about that today.

Someone has found a great way to use AI to stick it to some of the most loathsome parasites in the world.

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‘On Tyranny’ is More Vital than Ever.

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With Shitler and First Lady Elon Musk taking power, ushering the United States into an era of unprecedented fascism, Timothy Snyder’s 2017 book “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century” is the guidebook for concerned citizens.

“…the history of modern democracy is also one of decline and fall,” he notes in his foreword.

“Americans today are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy fall to fascism, Nazism, or communism in the twentieth century. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so.”

The first warning is the most presicient:

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