Tootfinder

Another banger by J. B. Crawford in his "Computers Are Bad" series, this time going through computer history from PLATO to Lotus Notes. PLATO is probably the most influential computer system almost nobody knows about (unlike, say, Mother of All Demos).
https://computer.rip/2026-03-14-lotusn

LotusNotes

Texas A&M valiantly protects innocent college students from the woke works of Plato.
https://pen.org/press-release/plato-has-been-censored-what-next/?brid=xE4WDJ8u_Tlotsza8OvzfQ

Lawyer: Do you have an understanding as you sit here today of what Plato’s Cave means?
Me (a genius, actually): Yeah.
Lawyer: So what's your understanding of what it means?
M(AGA): It is exactly what was written in “Plato’s Cave”
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Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous #philosophy #Texas

Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, was told by university officials today about his upcoming "Contemporary Moral Problems" course, due to start next

Plato Understood Why Masking Would Turn ICE Agents Into Devils (Paul Rosenzweig/The UnPopulist)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/plato-understood-why-masking-would
http://www.memeorandum.com/260208/p53#a260208p53

University bans philosophy professor from teaching about Plato because it's too gay - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/university-bans-philosophy-professor-from-teaching-about-plato-because-its-too-gay/

Oh, wow :-( Man wird wohl auch in diesem Fall keine #freespeech-Rufer rufen hören …
Texas A&M Bans Plato (with updates) - Daily Nous https://dailynous.com/2026/01/06/texas-am-bans-plato/

Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato (Alan Blinder/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/us/tamu-plato-race-gender.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p12#a260108p12

Texas A&M Bans Plato (Justin Weinberg/Daily Nous)
https://dailynous.com/2026/01/06/texas-am-bans-plato/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p27#a260107p27

Harris relaunch of 'Kamala HQ' as Gen Z content hub stokes speculation on what's next (Barnini Chakraborty/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4447694/harris-relaunch-platoforms-gen-z-content-hub/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p128#a260205p128