We all are. They just keep shifting the metrics. It’s a conspiracy. I’m a scientist*. I know this to be true.

You know that by increasing your heart rate, doomscrolling has exactly the same effect as an intense running regime?

Well, I just checked Oakland and it seems that and the hills around Berkeley are now cheaper than San Diego… Does that mean I have tons of equity? Of course not! Because, obviously, I’m in the neighborhood that never appreciates.

Wonderful!

Of course it does

Janja organized a wonderful and memorable meeting in Lancaster last year. Lots of really terrific folks!

Soon, likely

Six figure shitty book contracts and a culture of desperately chasing the Joneses to be an Instagram Academic TM are very good at eroding norms and commitments.

How The Heck Did I Not Know About This Dot Com! I feel I have failed as a constant purveyor of campus gossip. I have failed my community and will not retire in absolute shame.

Two things come to mind: 1) this is unrelated to the pause on grants, which was due to the office that manages grants not realizing a faculty member retired and hadn’t submitted multiple reports (yay fewer staff I guess); and 2)