J.D. Vance is *that* guy from discussion section.

This is absolutely the way forward for academic publishing. It's in everyone's interest except the for-profit publishers'. It just requires overcoming some pesky collective action problems. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Academic journals are a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that | Arash Abizadeh

Giant publishers are bleeding universities dry, with profit margins that rival Google’s. So we decided to start our own, says academic Arash Abizadeh

Here I am, once again, in a time castle of my own creation.

I have an email policy. People still send several emails in a row when I don't respond at 3am on a Saturday. lol

New Yorkers moved here during the pandemic (though I think they've left), and the prices have not come back down. The 4th floor walkup I live in is *by far* the worst place I've ever lived in the worst location (and I am not skittish about location). And it costs the same as my Fishtown *house.*

Rent in the Lehigh Valley far exceeds my rent in Philadelphia for comparable units. It's horrendous.

JCjonathancohn.bsky.socialJan 25, 2024 1:38pm

"Half of all renters in the United States spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent and utilities, more than at any other time in history, according to a new report by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies." www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/r...

More Renters Than Ever Before Are Burdened by the Rent They Pay

A new Harvard report says 22.4 million households in the United States now spend more than 30 percent of their income in rent, with 12.1 million spending more than 50 percent.

I, like others, am curious why Justice O'Connor is pictured here... but also, awful awful awful.

CGcharlottegarden.bsky.socialJan 7, 2024 3:51pm

I’d characterize this more as a “blow to people facing health emergencies during pregnancy,” but you know, po-tay-to, po-tah-to

Hi polisky -- anyone have a (very loosely defined) American political development-oriented paper on disability politics that they would like to present this year at APSA? Email me at hes323 at lehigh dot edu!

Neither Jefferson Davis nor Robert E. Lee were ever tried for insurrection, but the authors of the Fourteenth Amendment *absolutely* would’ve considered them both barred from office by it.

On a similar note to my last post, I am also organizing a roundtable on eugenics and critical approaches to medical politics/health with some cool folks if anyone is interested in participating!