good thread on risk, especially on how social networks are risk reduction, which is a barrier to moving to avoid risk i'm grateful my dad did a classic dad thing of pointing out a house or lot was in a flood plain
"Tenant" is the best laugh I've had in days.
Christopher Rufoâs self-ignited comeuppance couldnât happen to a more vile and repugnant person and yet it comes way too late for many of the victims of his mob-inciting atrocities
The student isn't the reason for the university any longer, they are just the product used to generate the real revenue which is handouts from the Ackmans of the world, and defective products that don't serve the company's purpose cannot be allowed to hit the market
Nate Silver mansplaining what is political science to the sitting President of the Society for Political Methodology is *chef's kiss*.
This is what happens if you interpret academic freedom to mean every belief should be platformed in academia, regardless of its scientific basis: those who misuse science to their own advantage will be given academic legitimacy. That's not going to go well
Next month, New College of Florida will welcome activist and writer Steve Sailer, a âproponent of scientific racismâ
The profiling is part of an effort âfinanced, in part, by US taxpayer dollarsâto downplay pesticide dangers, discredit opponents & undermine international policymaking, according to court records & documents obtained by the non-profit newsroom Lighthouse Reports. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Network includes derogatory profiles of figures such as UN experts and food writer Michael Pollan, and is part of an effort to downplay pesticide dangers, records suggest
Please help spread the word! The English Department at Harvard is hoping to hire an assistant professor of post-45 Anglophone literature. I'm not on the committee, but would be happy to answer your questions. academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14143
Libraries are one of the best things society can invest in. Gives us so much for the little funding they get (deserve more) Currently giddy, because my card gives me access to Hoopla, which has a large selection of Comics/Manga. I'm off to read Emil Ferris's - My Favorite Thing Is Monsters đ đ â¤ď¸
We need to talk about right-wing students harassing professors
âI wasnât fired for anything I said in the classroom. I was fired because of a charge brought by a student I had never met, let alone taught, who had been surveying my social media account for months.â
Pennsylvaniaâs Muhlenberg College may have become the first institution since Oct. 7 to oust a tenured faculty member for such statements, though the professor is appealing the decision and still rece...