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probably mostly just RPGs. i actually like bethesda video games and the studio and only performatively hate them out of love

I understand academia feels it must take a defensive posture but it's a genuine shame that as far as I can tell that Dr. Copelovitch (to his great credit) is virtually one of the only *academics* (let alone the general public) who will regularly speak on this issue with the outrage it deserves

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This & the cancellation of Title VI/FLAS funding for foreign language & area studies pose existential threats to the social sciences at every R1 university in the country. And it's been ~total 🦗🦗 from our university presidents/chancellors & a total lack of public collective action.

I'm not saying that the Republican Party has entered a dark pact with Moloch, laying the lives and souls of untold millions on the altar of sacrifice and offering up their lifeblood in return for electoral victory, but I am saying that if they DID do that, their policy approach would be identical.

Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Any prolonged pause in funding could disrupt HIV treatment programs, leading to treatment interruptions, rise of drug-resistant HIV. That’s playing with fire, risking progress that we’ve made over decades to control the HIV epidemic” -@jirairratevosian.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...

🚨 PSA: If you are trans, do NOT mail in your passport to attempt to change your gender marker. The State Department is currently collecting them unchanged and will not give a public timeline for returning them. You could be without a passport indefinitely.

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