With news of promotions being withheld another year at the University of Edinburgh, I checked out of curiosity, and yep, the pay scale for Assistant Professor starts *below* the NHFP stipend.
Hired on a postdoc salary (big pay cut) with a promise of promotion in 2020 and still waiting...
thank the old gods SOMEONE had time
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This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
I want to pull this out: for an ever increasing majority of people grad school is the only time when they get to experience the best model of academic life. That sad truth comes with stakes for folks in grad education (which I am not):
03.03.2026 12:40 — 👍 106 🔁 9 💬 7 📌 4The model of unpaid academic labor required good jobs with ample unstructured time.
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"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world."
#AIslop #refuseresist
I thought this was the kind of thing that only happens on TV shows:
"Nearly all the traffic cameras in Tehran had been hacked for years, their images encrypted and transmitted to servers in Tel Aviv and southern Israel, according to two people familiar with the matter." www.ft.com/content/bf99...
Ok, put it on the line, I have a message for it: settle down and play nice with Rami, or you’re going into timeout until you’ve spun yourself down a little!
03.03.2026 04:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I'm starting to come around to the idea that Trump has a serious medical condition that his doctors have told him is terminal and he's decided to speedrun his bucket list
02.03.2026 15:30 — 👍 179 🔁 30 💬 10 📌 2Rami. That is too many parameters. You have to give some back.
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It's always "trying to bring about the rapture" and never the part of the bible about eliminating all debts.
If they were really serious about biblical teachings all loans (including credit card debt) would be wiped at the end of seven years
The New York attorney general's office has ordered NYU Langone to resume gender affirming care for trans youth due to violating New York Human Rights law.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/n...
Bypass here.
archive.ph/4NboB
I've listened. It's good.
If smart conversations about different aspects of the Middle Ages, and how & why a guest became a medievalist, and the ways all this looks from 21st Century America, might interest you, check it out.
At least look over the topics of previous episodes. Maybe try one.
I got a homemade birthday card from a bunch of (grad) students today? It was super sweet!
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Senator Merkley to me on Trump’s war in Iran:
“This president has chosen to steal the power of the purse, breaking the Constitution; steal the power of taxation, breaking the Constitution; and now, stealing the power of War, breaking the Constitution.
I’m not sure, are we still a republic?”
Colorful Purim celebration items including a blue glitter mask, red sequined bow tie, Star of David, groggers, and hamantaschen cookies on a light blue background.
Wishing a joyful Purim to all who are celebrating across our city.
As families gather to read the Megillah, share hamantaschen, and give to those in need, we honor the resilience of the Jewish community at the heart of this holiday.
Chag Purim Sameach!
Replace "Venezuela" with "Iran" and my old McSweeney's article becomes depressingly relevant again.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...
You always know when Women's History Month starts because of @pdtoler.bsky.social's annual blog series. Don't miss reading about the people who do the work of women's history. 🗃️ #WomensHistoryMonth
www.historyinthemargins.com/2026/03/02/t...
arborization
02.03.2026 21:22 — 👍 64 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0Thank you Stephanie!!
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A big difference between Catholicism and Evangelicalism which JD Vance doesn't seem to understand is the rapture isn't a "thing" in the former.
I remember when the Left Behind books came out, I had no idea what they were talking about.
For centuries, women have mapped the stars, often without credit, always with brilliance. When we widen who belongs in astronomy, we widen the #universe itself.
Join us on March 5 for @astrosociety.org’s #Women in #Astronomy workshop and help build a future as expansive as the #cosmos. 🧪🔭👩🏻🔬
OTOH: I got THEE loveliest handmade birthday card from the students (and some mentors too) in the CUNY MS in Astrophysics program—people wrote whole paragraphs(!).
I’m really honored!!!
For no other reason than because I stumbled across it today, and we should all celebrate both the highly visible and the daily accomplishments of #Women
#SheShed #Pinks #WomenInSTEM
time.com/collections/...
The US is detaining pregnant children in Texas and limiting their access to health care.
We shouldn't tolerate this obscenity.
Andrea Pitzer on how this mirrors some of the public spectacle and private terror that took place during Argentina's military dictatorship.
Reposting, albeit with a lot of sadness, with alt text
03.03.2026 03:20 — 👍 444 🔁 145 💬 7 📌 9The enemy gets a vote? The enemy? You gave him a vote?
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1. This morning, Texas AG Ken Paxton just released a chilling new declaration:
Mental health therapists, counselors, and psychologists must cease affirming trans youth - using their name and pronouns - or potentially face child abuse charges and loss of licensure.
Its a horrifying escalation.
Among vertebrates: capybaras?
But what about the many invertebrates: beetles, ants (especially leaf cutters?), moths, butterflies, tarantulas, scorpions, mosquitoes?
I was SO MAD my mom wouldn’t let me have a first communion (we were very very NOT CATHOLIC).
I feel her, is what I’m saying.
