Dr. Rich B

It struck me in the last decade that our collective cultural mantra was to construct a society of the haves and have-nots.

This way, we’d always have someone we were superior to.

By this logic, Boomers saw their kids & grandkids having more than them and couldn’t let that happen.

Also, racism.

Science of sex and gender being misrepresented by Trump officials, experts warn Scientists say crackdown on gender-affirming care could have impact on healthcare of all Americans

Major thanks to @melodyschreiber.com for interviewing me about what biology actually says about sex & gender

Unscientific attacks on trans rights are fueled by fascism, not science, and harm all of us - cis or trans

Excellent reporting 🧬🏳️‍⚧️

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Dear @underwood.house.gov @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov

NO WAR WITH IRAN. Under no circumstance do I support these actions. Do your jobs!!

In a state of over 3,000,000 people, Kansas is attacking less than two thousand trans people's ability to formally interact with any legal system. Scaremongers said trans people were taking over! It's only two thousand trans men and women simply unfortunate enough to be surrounded by teeming bigots.

"In the university’s records, I remained a student of Professor Prominent. The junior faculty member who actually did the work of commenting meaningfully on my dissertation was relegated to 'committee member.' Her only reward was having to write letters of recommendation for me for years to come."

Fun fact, US passports did not have a gender marker until 1977, when a rising trend in unisex fashion started freaking the government out.

Study in Nature that just came out shows a 51 PERCENT drop in Dementia post Shingrix vaccine. That is earth shattering. 19% drop was reported from the older+ less effective vaccine given up to 2019. Whew. So glad I got mine already!

“Decorum” etc went out the window when Mitch, Ted, Lee, & co all decided that trashing Obama by trashing the country was their only objective.

At that point, if you weren’t willing to meet them at their level, you were letting them win.

Now, you’re just complicit.

I understand why chatbot cheating happens but every time I read about it I want to gently remind everyone that the point of schoolwork is not for the submission to exist. Teachers are not just greedy for more essays or solved equations. The point is to do the work WITH YOUR OWN BRAIN, FOR LEARNING.

Yeah no doubt. Companies are just exploiting students’ exhaustion and desperation for higher grades to destroy education.

This is why I am going back to paper and pencil. I got some other things that I have no choice but to be digital but I’m working on redeveloping those

Interior to Sell Off Millions of Acres of Public Lands in Alaska The Trump Administration has begun the great public lands sell off in earnest.

"The Trump Administration has begun the great public lands sell off in earnest."

Interior to Sell Off Millions of Acres of Public Lands in Alaska
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SATs are a socially acceptable form of social Darwinism. They reinforce the idea that "the best and the brightest" are the people most deserving of wealth, power, and opportunity. And the people obsessed with them are usually those who feel they haven't gotten what they deserve for their scores.

Actually, this is all I heard growing up: Reagan f*cked us over... Reagan was a monster... but yeah this tracks.

Former Microsoft executive’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein comes under scrutiny Seattle Times business reporter Alex Halverson has written about connections between Epstein and former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold.

If the paleo community is going to be serious about Horner’s connection to Epstein, we also have to be serious about Myhrvold’s, because guess who contributed photos of animals mating to Epstein’s birthday book and has been appearing in new paleo papers this year - including the new Spinosaurus.

So, they’re against people… living… now?

Jesus is this some dystopian technocrat stuff. Just stay away from #AI. We can starve them of what they crave: our complicity

Katie Pavlich: Why is the left radicalizing students to leave school when the country has a 54% rate of not being able to read?

BTC: The lowest literacy rates are in red states.

Katie: That's actually not true.

BTC: [accurately lists off the red states with the lowest literacy rates in the US]

People are “justifying” Whitten by giving her credit for hiring football coach Cignetti and them winning the title this year.

I still don't understand how this isn't the headline everywhere. If Biden or Obama said the words, "I'm allowed to destroy the country" Fox News would be giving tips on where to buy pitchforks and torches.

Myrhvold’s check must have been as big as a Spinosaurus.

Court rulings are meaningless unless they are enforced. That’s the job of the Executive Branch if I recall my basic civics.

Will there be compliance or will Donnie just ignore SCOTUS and continue?

So far, you are the person with the most notoriety in paleo to call this out. Thank you.

Nathan Myhrvold’s check must have been really big to keep him on this project.

I’ve already read a few excuses, so it must have been a really big check.

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Where are my #IU peeps at? If you are an IU alum, consider signing this letter to fight back. IU Pres Whitten has stifled free speech and with Gov Braun hollowed out IUB. Geology was one program hit.

Please spread the word and help fight back! #Hoosiers @iubaaup.bsky.social

I’ll share here, but I don’t have as extensive an IU network as I did at the other place. I’ll see about sharing and tagging some of the IU Geology folks on like FB.