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• Post #3965903

  I got my Moodle Composer mirror working with the new Moodle Marketplace just in time for the #php #pecl infrastructure to go offline. And no, pie isn't an option.

• Post #2765062

  This is a twenty-five-leg parlay bet masquerading as foreign policy: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/us/politics/iran-israel-us-leader-ahmadinejad.html

• Post #2479490

  Bard and Botstein are characterizing this as a "retirement" (he's 79), with all the usual long-time faculty/administrator retirement trappings, like remaining on the faculty and living on campus. I don't see how any successor president is meant to function while Bostein is still on campus. Following a fifty-year tenure would be a hard act under any circumstances. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/01/president-bard-college-resign-leon-botstein-jeffre...

• Post #2479489

  Long day, restless, and relaxing in front of the first episode of the miniseries of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, still one of the best things ever filmed in English.

• Post #2479488

  I just finished 1916 by Keith Jeffery. It's an interesting read, good not great, but props for highlighting the participation of Africans, Asians, women, and other groups not typically discussed in the wider context of World War I. Jeffery spent a lot of time discussing commemoration and remembrance, and one line toward the end really stuck with me... 1/2

• Post #2479487

  I'm astonished that Instructure hasn't updated the #Canvas status page in hours: https://status.instructure.com. Not even the usual "we're continuing to investigate" non-update.