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Dave Klassen

@drklassen.bsky.social

Mars clouds scientist, physics and astronomy prof; Episcopal lay minister; genealogy, RPG, LotR, comics; he or they pronouns

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Dave Klassen@drklassen.bsky.social · 4w ago

Dinner at Crêperie La Tête Noire in Nantes, France. The savory crepe was delicious, the dry cidre was wonderful, but the caramel desert crepe was divine. Every single bite was like angels dancing on my tongue. Even if I ever get back to Nantes (unlikely), it closed years ago.

Jacquelyn Gill@jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 4w ago

What’s a meal that haunts you because you can never have it again? Mine is mango rundown tofu, from Jamerica in Madison. I’ve tried unsuccessfully to recreate it form other recipes and nothing has ever come close. And if you search for it, you find tons of posts from other people who also miss it.

Victor Ray@victorerikray.bsky.social · 7mo ago

if conservative sociopaths can override faculty governance and professional expertise, you aren't running a university you are running a propaganda factory

Texas Tribune@texastribune.org · 7mo ago

Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.

Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 7mo ago

No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.

Sam Biddle@sambiddle.com · 8mo ago

NEW: A variety of military and intelligence contractors have already signed on to help ICE's immigrant bounty hunter program. A review of procurement data shows 10 companies stand to make up to *ONE BILLION* dollars from the program by 2027. theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...

10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.

And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deportation machine.

theintercept.com

Dave Klassen@drklassen.bsky.social · 8mo ago

So we all know trump knocked down the East Wing, put up partisan plaques, had his name added to two buildings. What I'd like to know is: what companies are doing this work for him? What construction company said "sure" to knocking it down? What company made those plaques?

Dave Klassen@drklassen.bsky.social · 8mo ago

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you? Well, it'll be fun with lots of errors, but ultimately successful.

two women in superhero costumes are standing next to each other . one of the women is wearing a cat mask .

Alt: Stargirl and Wildcat from the WB series discovering Wildcat's claws

media.tenor.com

Lori Lou Freshwater@lorifreshwater.bsky.social · 8mo ago

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you? It’s me so these two will need to work together to rescue me. Wish me luck.

Dave Klassen@drklassen.bsky.social · 12mo ago

“This has been the playbook all along — to issue things that I suspect the administration knows will be overturned by a court, but it doesn’t matter, because issuing it in the first place has the intended chilling effect,” added Gellman-Beer www.chronicle.com/article/coll...

Colleges Rushed to Comply With Trump’s Anti-DEI Guidance. A Judge Just Struck It Down. Now What?

The government’s missives sought to “substantially alter the legal obligations of schools and educators” without following the proper procedures, Thursday’s ruling said.

chronicle.com

Dave Klassen@drklassen.bsky.social · last yr.

So the Chronicle of Higher Ed is musing about why unis are "powerless" in their fight with trump and fall back on "they are decentralized" and "they just aren't used to fights". No. It's because we have an administration that is actively *breaking* *the* *law* to try to make unis accept fascism.

Dave Klassen@drklassen.bsky.social · last yr.

Just slashing science. They say this will allow more focus on science and less on administrative costs, but that's a lie. Because we'll now have to spend time and effort calculating percentages of larger costs into our proposals as direct costs. www.chronicle.com/article/trum...

Trump Halts Grants, Caps Indirect Costs at the National Science Foundation

No reason was given for the freeze, which is said to last “until further notice.”

chronicle.com