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  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.

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  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

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  While war itself remains as a possible policy option for modern states, no commemoration of past wars can be entirely pacific. Beneath the wholly admirable expressions of reconciliation and peaceful coexistence which almost invariably (and rightly) now accompany war commemoration, so long as states continue to possess armed forces and are evidently prepared to use them, there will always be some still, small voice reminding us that on occasion, for some communities and for some states, war works

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  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...

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  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.

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  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.