A heads down approach will not save science. We need to speak up, live our values, and demand integrity.
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Critiques for the ridiculous excuses to close depts: 1) A liberal arts degree is actually more flexible on the job market than a specialized STEM degree. 2) Small classes provide better education because of the improved faculty-to-student ratio. 3) Learning about the humanity of others matters.
Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license.
This is pure cruelty.
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More evidence for my thesis that discussion boards in online classes are always nonsense busy work. I will die on this hill...
“🇺🇸 agriculture is on the verge of widespread collapse… they’re asking for a rollback of virtually every policy Trump has introduced.”
As Republicans try to distance Trump policies from🧑🌾 farmer struggles, the truth is clear: www.facebook.com/share/v/17Up...
I watched the movie "The Great Escape" recently, and every time I read one of these accounts I can't help but think how POWs in WW2 were treated with more humanity and dignity than this.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
Labour has brought back section 28 against trans and non-binary individuals. I lived through section 28 last time. I suffered the harms of it. This will do the same thing. Not even allowing young people to socially transition is plain wrong. It prevents them finding their own identity.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
tfw when you want to have fun and chant too but you can’t because you’re at work
![The parable of the Nazi Bar, a screenshot of a series of tweets by Michael Tager (in a screenshot from Google Images).
It's a long text and I'm not going to transcribe it here, but this Wiktionary explains it link and full Wiktionary definition below):
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nazi_bar
Popularized by an anecdote shared by Michael B. Tager (@IamRageSparkle) on Twitter in July 2020. Tager recounted visiting a "shitty crustpunk bar" where he saw a patron abruptly expelled: the bartender explained that the man was wearing "iron crosses and stuff", and that he feared such patrons would become regulars and start bringing friends if not promptly kicked out, which would lead him to realize "oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now" only after the unwanted patrons became too "entrenched" to kick out without trouble.[1][2] (Instances of people noting that if a bar starts serving Nazis other customers stop going and it becomes a Nazi bar are older.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xfrwohjwxmkytdzadc4lqqy6/bafkreiefmg6zucjna7se4szf7ykihyrej4gzgjujgeicnraj3h4duqpl7i)
So nice of The Times to make sure we finally get the other side of the story.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.
Current temp in Minneapolis: -12°F (-24°C), -28°F wind chill (-33°C)
Thousands of people are congregating downtown for today's General Strike march against ICE. Thousands more are on their way.
Of course we are going to win.
Btw, its currently -23C in Minneapolis. Kneeling outside, saying the Lord's Prayer in -23C (-10F) temperatures.
Incredible (and slightly depressing) to hear that this argument has been going on for nearly 7 decades...
I feel I ought to have more serious questions.... but isn't that a statue of a leopard eating a man's face??
Our high school students across the metro area show what they're made of and stage a walkout to protest ICE.
Greenland's Cooperation Party: Tillie Martinussen says the people of Greenland flat out say NO to MAGA's bribery & propaganda.
Turns out, it doesn't work on people whose government invested in educating their own citizens. 🙌🏻💪🏼
(Which is exactly why Republicans don't do it) / Pt1
hah! I recently rediscovered a playlist I made cerca 2010 that included The Streets. After playing it at home, my tween had questions.
Everything about this is glorious
Le Monde had a good take on this too. "The US operation has forced European nationalists to confront their own contradictions, as politicians from relatively small countries which, on their own, wield rather little influence when faced with Russian, Chinese or American imperial ambitions."
In just seconds, an encounter with ICE agents turned deadly. The Star Tribune examined the video evidence frame by frame.
my second grader is *obsessed* with everything dave pikey does. our house is overflowing with captain underpants and dog man and all the spin-offs www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/b...
I think they work because, for all the poop jokes, they are remarkably wholesome. Not disimilar to Pee-wee's Playhouse. In comparison, books like "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" feel snarky and mean. Dogman is anarchic and imaginative but always sincere.
Anti-depressants save lives. We live in a world where most people are completely unaware that depression can be a terminal illness - and not just because of suicide. This is a very good thing. The rarity of depression at that level of severity is entirely due to modern medicine.
Guys, it's not just about oil. Don't be so cynical. After all, Venezuela also has gold and rare earth elements.
