For me, it is usually a man who knows a lot about military history and believes that field is superior to literature. Anything I say to them is interpreted through a misogynistic lens.
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For me, it is usually a man who knows a lot about military history and believes that field is superior to literature. Anything I say to them is interpreted through a misogynistic lens.
Yes, if you have any suggestions! I'm thinking I need a reading list of history, politics, medicine, psychology, pharmacology, sociology, nematology, and horror titles.
Does anyone have any suggested literature for understanding RFK Jr? I'd like to take an interdisciplinary approach...
This is a great idea.
This upsets me.
JD Vance talking about what a great President he would be makes me feel unwell.
He's clearly never travelled with children.
I hope RFK Jr is impaired in some way, because if he fully understands the likely consequences of what he is doing it's a level of depravity that I just can't handle.
With so few people out and about I would feel less safe.
Absolutely!
It's Minnesota State Fair time! It's time for Minnesotan folk art! Here, for example, is Saturn Devouring His Corn, in the seed art category!
I feel like the problem is that democracy isn't popular enough and fascism isn't unpopular enough. Much worse on the right, but it's everywhere. Until that changes, I don't think the Democrats can talk their way into power, no matter what words they use.
Having grown up in the DC area, I am very angry at what Trump has done to the city and its citizens. I hope most Americans feel similarly.
No doubt some of the National Guard troops are police officers in cities with more crime than DC and have been called away to arrest a few people smoking pot in DC.
Is it fall allergies or is it a cold? Or maybe it's both?
I'm fortunate my mom taught me right from wrong, taught it well, and lived it too. Grateful to have a moral compass today. #gratitude
Every time I see Trump waiting for Putin, I think about the staged amphora 🏺 photo of VP allegedly discovering (he didn’t, it was planted) the ceramic while scuba diving in the Kerch Strait. lol. Ancient history is always a prop to these men. www.theguardian.com/world/2011/o...
Not having formal contact with research? Good lord. We just hired an instructor who's written a book and we are just a regional public.
Yikes.
If there's anyone out there whose job it is to hire teachers in states where teacher pay is peanuts and is still scrambling for staff, I'm thinking of you today.
After attending a long lecture on integrating AI across the curriculum, the first thing I see on Bluesky is U Chicago wondering if it can outsource language instruction to ChatGPT.
Not the worst thing the administration has done, but one of the most nauseating.
Just wow.
“No one chooses evil when they recognize it, but they are deceived into believing it is good compared to a greater evil and get trapped.” οὐδεὶς βλέπων τὸ κακὸν αἱρεῖται αὐτό, ἀλλὰ δελεασθεὶς ὡς ἀγαθῷ πρὸς τὸ μεῖζον αὐτοῦ κακὸν ἐθηρεύθη. #Epicurus
Long used to be my representative and if he's too ethical for the Trump administration, we are truly in peril.
Whatever treatment may be developed will have far more risks and side effects than the vaccine. It's just so stupid.
Here's my Lab mix when he was a puppy. We got him from a shelter.
There just seems to be a lot of fascism out there today.
Trump
I've discovered that if I block an account that's posting fake pictures, two more accounts posting fake pictures will appear in my feed.
Looking for translators for Pompeii: The Legacy! If you're passionate about languages, Roman history & indie games, I’d love your help. (Languages & details below 👇) #GameDev #IndieDev #Localization #WishlistWednesday
I always underestimate how long it will take me to set up my courses on the LMS.
Who has read "The House in the Cerulean Sea" by TJ Klune? I don't read a lot of fantasy but I've been trying to read outside my comfort zone. It got very preachy at the end but most of it was quite charming. #booksky
Birdwatching this morning I saw a Great Egret. And I bought a watermelon at the farmer's market yesterday. Beautiful weather. So all in all a good weekend.
I will miss the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Hope the letters and numbers that sponsored Sesame Street aren't going away.
I'm getting Domus Aurea vibes from this, but maybe there are better parallels.
I have also received crude comments on evaluations that I don't think anyone should be subject to as part of a performance evaluation.
I'm the same with languages. I want to see the whole chart and then do drills where I rewrite the sentence changing the tense.
How is everyone feeling about school starting up up this year? Excited? Terrified? Nauseous?
The worst is when the carpet is on the dining area. That is an abomination.
Can you let us know where academic freedom is not being violated? Thank you.
God cares for us through our pets. They'll show you the next step when it's time.
The thought of Ghislane Maxwell getting a pardon makes feel sick to my stomach. Guess I should get some Tums? I think it's coming.
Last summer I broke my foot while on a family trip including a 3 year old. Because our flight was delayed we missed our connection, were rerouted, arrived 24 hours late. I was in so much pain. We aren't traveling this summer.
Another blow to languages.
Just when I think I can't dislike AI more.
Since I don't believe the Columbia faculty should be shamed if they choose to stay--school is starting in a few weeks, for heaven sakes-- I found myself talking about the Ivy League online today, even defending it. Very weird. Hopefully back to myself tomorrow.
I think each faculty member has to balance a lot of competing values and the right choice for one may be wrong for another. My bottom line is that attacking intellectuals is a hallmark of fascist regimes. Let's not add to it. Keep the shame directed at the Board where it belongs.
I'm sorry you or anyone had to deal with people like that.
Yes. There's more than one reason why I feel this way.
Classes or academic programs that have to be canceled will mean students will take longer to graduate, go into more debt, etc. Or perhaps the university will hire more adjunct who can be more easily exploited and controlled.
I see it differently. Assuming the faculty are motivated only by money is a mistake. I care about my students and my colleagues who are depending on me to be there when school starts in a couple weeks. I expect the Columbia faculty feel similarly.
I don't agree with what Columbia has done, but academic jobs aren't easily transferable and the same thing could be said of many universities. So let's not shame the faculty here, thank you.
Who gets the $200 million?
Undermining the President is not treasonous.
This reminds me of when a student once told me he was supporting Trump so he would not have to learn Chinese. We see it as incompetence, but they're happy about it.
What are the best books on Qanon and contemporary conspiracy theories in general?
I think it's because the people in those branches support Trump and autocracy generally.
Preach!
It's as if we are doing everything we possibly can to stop students from reading books.
Fellow IU graduate alum here. Aghhhhh!
Has anyone read the Flavia de Luce series by Alan Bradley? I just read the first one and didn't really like it. It seemed really fussy. #bookskies
Thank you.
I'm at a stage now where I can just say thank you, but I spent years saying, it's ok, I'm ok, no really it's fine, it was a long time ago, yes I'm taking care of my mother, etc, etc. It does get easier with time and practice and age.
My Dad died when I was one, and it took me until my thirties to stop filling the silences.
Yes. For whatever reason, people don't want to accept that wealthy and powerful people support Trump. They are not surrendering. Exhibit A: the Supreme Court.
Has anyone read "Herc" by Phoenicia Rogerson? It was a little too cheesy for me. Maybe it's more of a Young Adult book and I'm too old for it. #booksky
Community college and regional public universities need more coverage. Also people who can speak to the economic impact on communities and states if these public institutions are diminished. People who can speak to how state legislatures are planning (or not) to address the attack on higher ed.
Wow, that's wild.
No I will NOT forgive your language. I'm not in a very forgiving mood tonight.
Rebecca is a graduate of the Classics program at Missouri State University. Also my grad school classmate at Indiana.
There's an episode of Star Trek TNG when they are discussing a planet with the technological capability of late 20th century earth and Dr. Crusher says, "That's all you need, if you're a damn fool."
Very fascist day, but a nice sunset.
Would the people who know what to do please identify thrmselves? Thank you.
I assumed it was AI at first
I once again want to thank the lower court judges for doing their jobs and upholding the law, knowing the Supreme Court will overturn their rulings. #gratitude
So what authority does Congress have now, exactly? I'm confused.
No. Just no. If you are offered a piece of homemade carrot cake, do not turn it down. Especially if it has cream cheese frosting.
Here's a thought: Since Trump voters tend to vote for candidates who defund education at the state and local levels from early childhood on up, perhaps this affects the quality of education their children receive and the opportunities available to them.
Yes! Your state or local government requiring the use of masks In public spaces during a pandemic is not equivalent to masked federal agents kidnapping people and sending them to concentration camps or gulags. These memes drive me crazy!
All this fury over the Epstein files shows how conspiratorial thinking drives so many Trump supporters. A dose of conspiracy is like a dopamine hit.
So much nonsense hyperbole. I'm in that Gen X cohort too and in my career, the most extreme cases of bias I have witnessed have been in favor of white men. And I do mean extreme.
Shout out to the decent people still left at FEMA and the rest of DHS. They have a terrible boss.
I'm surprised it's only 37%.
It's hard to figure out what I am most upset about, there are so many options. But I took a nice picture of the sunset from my back porch yesterday.
Along with owning the libs, conspiratorial thinking drives many of them. They don't accept facts or make logical inferences.
Little known fact: Julius Caesar was able to divide Gaul, cross the Rubicon, have an affair with Cleopatra AND start an Empire because he never had to waste time with Microsoft updates and Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft's various AI junk.
Love it! I'm a Latin teacher.
A new dystopian vision everyday. Someone could make a calender.
This is even crazier advice in the US where federal support has dropped to almost zero, making private grants much more competitive. The problem is that academia is in chaos, not that junior people aren't working hard enough.
If your blood pressure is too low, I would recommend listening to this conversation.
The Mosaic of ‘Anubis’ from Rimini which may depict the god or more likely a dog-headed person (cynocephalus) from beyond the borders of the known world in an exoticised landscape. A complex image of Roman engagement with different cultures 🏺 #AncientBluesky #MosaicMonday
Absolutely. It's hard to get people to understand that lots of people (including educated people) actively support Trump. Most of his supporters are not naive or ignorant --at least not about what Trump is doing. The first step to getting out of this is recognizing where we are.
What's beyond "beyond parody?"
#MosaicMonday Mosaic emblema with cupids and lion, excavated from a Roman villa near Anzio, Italy. This floor mosaic would have been the central square image panel emphasized by surrounding geometric patterns. Dated to the late 1st century BC. Centrale Montemartini, Rome.
Trying to escape reality, I recently read two books by Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train and The Blue Hour. I thought The Girl on the Train was better, but the Blue Hour was creepier. #booksky
I wish some of the Trump voters I knew were reconsidering. The ones I know are still very pleased.
Today I'm thinking about the people working in understaffed NWS offices and all the government employees managing critical systems without sufficient support. And of course the victims of the resulting tragedies, present and future.