Andy Tseng

@andytseng.bsky.social

Director of IT and Digital Strategy at @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social, MIT. PhD in CS. Turning data into discoveries. Fan of practical tech that works. Tea drinker, research enabler, innovation chaser. Views are my own. He/him.

Almost every young woman academic I know (including myself) has been targeted and belittled, sexually or otherwise, at some point by a higher-ranking man. After the state of the job market, it’s probably the number two thing I warn prospective grad students about.

Chokely Carmichael🥋@stewartcoles.bsky.social · 5d ago

UW-Madison professor engages in multiple sexual relationships with students, disparages another over their sexual orientation and appearance, creates hostile environment, and department leadership covers it all up. And in true “pass the trash” fashion, moves on to ASU once forced to resign.

Another wrinkle on the student loans interest rate fiasco, this time with rather obvious EDI implications for women and maternity leave (remember that 2010 Equality Act thing?). One for Pregnant Then Screwed to take on? pregnantthenscrewed.com

It’s wrong that mothers end up paying more for their degree

The Labour MP Ruth Cadbury argues that young women have been let down by a student loans system that punishes them for taking maternity leave

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20,000 purple flags cover Boston Common this week, each representing a Massachusetts life lost to substance use disorder. The powerful display marks International Overdose Awareness Day and honors the thousands of lives lost to the overdose crisis. 💜

Starting in the '80s, Dolly Parton devoted herself to philanthropy, building a charitable legacy through her Dollywood Foundation that arguably puts her in the ranks of any Carnegie or Rockefeller. (Plus, she did it without the robber-baron baggage -- and w/rhinestones and wigs on.) My story today

A Huge Part Of Dolly Parton's Legacy Has Nothing To Do With Music

The “9 to 5” singer wasn’t just iconic songs, big hair and sparkles.

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Jason Arday was a victim of the worst kind of media pile-on The former Cambridge professor suffered a relentless campaign of coverage against him. His death should teach us an important lesson about keeping a sense of proportion and plain humanity, writes Alan Rusbridger

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