Me: In the interest of time, I will convince you using a Proof by Intimidation only.
Student: Sure!
Me: *shows slide*
Student, nodding approvingly: That worked :)
Me: In the interest of time, I will convince you using a Proof by Intimidation only.
Student: Sure!
Me: *shows slide*
Student, nodding approvingly: That worked :)
Thanks everyone for your well wishes!
Everybody was a sweetheart today, so even when I messed things up, things were still okay.
Update. "Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/us/politics/trump-jews-penn-list-judge.html
Penn will appeal the ruling. “We continue to believe that requiring Penn to create lists of Jewish faculty and staff, and to provide personal contact information, raises serious privacy and First Amendment concerns.”
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