“I cannot successfully mentor someone with independent legal protections” seems like telling on one’s self
Jennifer R
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Left handed left coast resident. Breast cancer survivor, mom of humans and cats. Also a software tester. Peace, love, and environmental justice.
I mean, postdoc unionization probably didn't make sense in a world where a postdoc was a stepping stone to a tenure-track position. That has been not the case for decades
Two of the rhetorical tricks of union-busters right there: 1) respectability politics. stressing the snob appeal of "professional" vs. manual labor, and of unions as low class and a threat to that status; 2) pretending the workplace is characterized by "amity" between boss and workers, and an...
Using fast-food employees as an object of offhand ridicule is really, really wrong. Snobby, elitist, mean-spirited. And extremely common. Let's try not to do that anymore.
It’s funny his ignorance. Michelangelo was upgraded to artist in pay after a year, mostly had artists assist him at the Sistine Chapel, and mostly didn’t run a studio with formal apprentice. Ghirlandaio’s workshop, where Michelangelo apprenticed, is the example he wants.
"bespoke" is an interesting way to spell "exploitative"
i would simply yoke the humanities to the sciences, so scientists could get through an essay without tripping on their dicks
Roses are red Our prices can’t be beat
Dave Jorgenson@davejorgenson.bsky.social · 4d agoIs the U.S. serving wild horsemeat?
Amazon had 80/20 ground beef on sale for $1.99 a pound today. Yesterday it was $6.99. Normally, when it goes on sale, it's $5.00. I asked Alexa where it was sourced. They said, "I don't have access to that information."
The first Trump administration was a boon for comedians—but today, many of them are sick of the shtick, @willgottsegen.com reports:
The Trump Comedians Are Tired
The president’s first administration was a boon for satirists. Today, many of them are sick of the shtick.
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not the only thing going on here but are we under the impression that a lot of burger flippers are union
Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 3d agoOpinion | Postdocs Aren’t Burger Flippers: Why Unionization Is a Bad Idea Unionization disrupts the bespoke mentor-mentee relationships that are central to the advancement of science. By Evan D. Morris: https://bit.ly/3Sus7fa #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Toddler water bottle flooded my phone in my bag yesterday, a day after I fully blew my voice out reading a Frances the Badger story while sick with a preschool bug. The Authorities* are working to silence me *small children
Cool, cool, I have a couple quick questions -- who's in charge of preventing food-induced illnesses right now and how good a job are they doing?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayRFK Jr defends measles: "In 10 years, there have been 3 measles deaths in America. There are now about 1.2 million deaths every year from food-induced illness. The media and certain demagogic politicians are constantly trying to scare us about infectious disease."
I was just hit by a wave of total despair upon the realization that presumably for the rest of my life I will have to be aware of every crackpot because thanks to the collapse of gatekeeping today's crackpot could be tomorrow's cabinet secretary.
It's absolutely a problem that colonialism/imperialism created and perpetuate, but you can't just wave a magical buzzword at it and expect it to keep people from starving or dying of AIDS by virtue of its political alignment.
Mutual aid is local and relationship-based. If you don't have local resources, who exactly is supposed to be doing the aiding? (And I ask this as someone who is very much interested in mutual aid frameworks as a mode of localized resistance and resilience)
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2d agoThis is also why I really don't care for how an increasing number of people on both the left and the right (and in between) now claim that mutual aid is *better* than existing aid organizations, and therefore we don't really need to prioritize saving them.
(alt text for quoted image: Elon trying to get Grok to roast Billie Eilish, then complaining that the result should be longer and wittier)
"Be... longer and wittier" -guy who definitely knows what the soul of wit is
huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · yesterdaymost embarrassing guy of all time
How can one person fuck up a reflecting pool so badly, so quickly?
this is so incredible I can’t stop laughing because he forgot to include Reagan
Alt text: a chart of presidential greatness rankings posted by Trump on his Truth account. Trump is at the top). And Reagan is missing, lol
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 3d agothis is so incredible I can’t stop laughing because he forgot to include Reagan
It's the people on my list (laudatory) but also the people on my list (derogatory)
Alan Elrod@aselrod.bsky.social · 3d agoTo be completely honest, I’m not entirely sure what range of opinions I’m meant to represent here
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A lot of arbitrary hoops to jump through that will discourage a lot of people, so not unmitigated good news But good news nonetheless
