glad to see the Miami Herald is taking this opportunity to remind everyone that, contrary to Project 2025's aims, we need NOAA actually www.miamiherald.com/opinion/edit...

Does what we pay teachers matter? A 🧵. Teachers once took home salaries in line with workers in similar professions. Through the 80s and into the 90s, they paid a small penalty for choosing to teach; in 1993 the average salary of teachers was about 5% lower than that of others with college degrees.

Now we know that nitrogen-fixing trees lack fall colors because they have a surplus of nitrogen. These photos are our next step in understanding fall colors. Everything we need to know to understand fall colors is in these photos. What clues do you see? Answers tomorrow morning.

There are dozens of us!

Faculty knows what this means but most people don't. It means 70% of all US faculty are being paid close to minimum wage.

Another canary in a coal mine.

Wildfire officials warn of a "fire DEFCON" as resources are overwhelmed by near-record fires: “The new fires are all big now too, but hardly anyone is on them...The system is being stressed and can’t deal with it.” @abestreep @propublica www.propublica.org/article/wild...

As Millions of Acres Burn, Firefighters Say the U.S. Forest Service Has Left Them With Critical Shortages

The agency recently said that it had reached 101% of its firefighter hiring goal for 2024, but those on the front lines say the agency is understating how badly depleted their ranks are, especially fo...

Commentary: Ohio Sec. of State Frank LaRose has deliberately sabotaged the ballot language of a citizens’ initiative for an anti-gerrymandering amendment. He wants voters to defeat it in November, so he’s manipulating the ballot summary.

Ohio Sec. of State Frank LaRose failing his basic duty of being an impartial election administrator • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has deliberately sabotaged the ballot language of a citizens’ initiative for an anti-gerrymandering amendment. He wants voters to defeat it in November so he’s man...

Florida and Indiana faculty should join the teachers union ASAP. If this is how these states want to play it, it's imperative faculty play hardball.

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Defending a new law requiring “intellectual diversity” from professors, the Indiana attorney general echoes Florida and asserts that “curriculum of a public university is government speech.” #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/46NndfP

Indiana says professors lack First Amendment rights

Defending a new law requiring “intellectual diversity” from professors, the Indiana attorney general echoes Florida and asserts that “curriculum of a public university is government speech.”

Strikingly clear indication of potential tornado-strength "pyrovortex" within strongly rotating pyroCb atop #ParkFire#CAwx