Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Low Midterm Grade! High five!
I'm a little obsessed with mascots, and above you will find one of my favorite mascot photos of all time. Inexplicably, it appeared on the home page of my university, linking to a story about writing to students who did poorly on midterms.
What is this cat doing? He seems to be giving the thumbs-up to bombing your test, which (as a professor) isn't the message I would give.
Of course, this does seem to be the message given to J.D. Vance, who is somehow viewed as the leading Republican candidate for 2028 despite having bombed his mid-terms. I mean... so far we have seen the following:
-- He went to Italy and visited the Pope, who immediately died.
-- He went to Hungary to stump for Victor Orban, who immediately lost the election.
-- He flew over to Pakistan to jump into the peace negotiations with Iran, which immediately failed.
But... high five!
