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"opportunity cost" = a chance someone might mildly criticize a thing I believe

People Are Calling Meta Ray-Bans "Pervert Glasses" On Bluesky, users quickly embraced the term "pervert glasses" to refer to Meta's Ray Ban smart glasses, following a shocking investigation.

Make it stick.

kevinrkirk 2d @ Threads Why are we bothering with the Strait of Hormuz when we could simply do this? Explain it to me like l'm 5. (Drawing of chopping of part of land) suahuatica 2d MOUNTAIN HARD AND BIG, WATER NO UP. MANY MANY DIG DIG.

Happy Friday. Don’t skip school.

Episode 283: They Want You to Feel Alone, But You're Not Fifteen Minutes of Fascism is a sadly topical podcast covering the global rise of the radical right. Listen every Thursday for news, analysis, historical background, and celebrations of the deaths of

I once again missed the anniversary of my podcast, Fifteen Minutes of Fascism. It's been six years since I started this project. While it is sometimes hard, it's helpful to remember that none of us are alone in this fight. We can win together.

Ep 283: They Want You to Feel Alone, But You're Not

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I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed.
Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

Our latest co-authored chapter with @ozbilgin.bsky.social and Dilek Torunoğlu Tinay, Incels at Work: Misogyny as Identity, Labels and Normative Structures of Work, is now published.

Postdoc opportunity in Sociology at the Max-Weber-Institute, University of Heidelberg. Great chance for early-career researchers looking to advance their work in a well-established European sociology program. #AcademicJobs #sociology

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Nobody ever beheaded a tenured harvard professor. Sadly.

the andrew mountbatten stuff shows that being a tenured antiwoke professor at harvard gives you more legal privileges and protection from the law than your family being divinely anointed to rule a country as absolute monarchs for 1,000 years

Neexxtt!

“Yeni Soğuk Savaş”ı anlama, Asya’daki dengelere bakma, tarihten paçamıza yapışan eski hesapları fark etme çabasına ek olarak, genç bir akademisyenin zoru göze almasının hikâyesi olarak da okudum, biraz gözüm doldu be hocam, çok emek var 👏👏👏 @cagdasungor.bsky.social uzun lafın kısası: kitap “akıyor”

roses are red
violets are blue
why are you buying flowers
when a book will do?

#books

Happy valentines 🏹

According to the student, who asked to remain anonymous, Lawson began slowing down, stumbling and struggling to stand. His eyes appeared to be closing, and his speech became slurred as practice continued. You could tell for a while that there was something wrong with him,” the student said. “Even me and the kids next to him were saying something wasn’t right. The student said players attempted to help their teammate up and down during the drills, believing at first he was simply exhausted in the heat. As his condition worsened, the student said Lawson tried to speak but was unable to clearly communicate. The student said Lawson eventually collapsed while standing. Trainers were called to the field and moved the teen to the side, while an ambulance was requested. During that time, the student said the rest of the team was instructed to continue practicing. We had to watch it happen while we were still doing the workout,” the student said. “We couldn’t stop.

A 16 year old San Antonio kid was essentially killed by a football coaching staff during an offseason workout.

Players were subjected to punishment drills and repeatedly noted the distress of their teammate, to no avail.

After he collapsed, the rest of the team was compelled to continue the drill.

oh yes

Frankeştayn, biz geliyoruz!

Let the week begin 🦾

Welcome to the One-Man Regime — The Dial The US looks a lot like Turkey.

Trump's attacks on universities & media, capture of the judiciary, and inflammatory rhetoric against "others" looks very familiar from the Turkish perspective - @kayagenc.bsky.social writes for @thedialmag.bsky.social on how the two countries now mirror each other www.thedial.world/articles/new...

The Five Ages of Antifascism Cambridge Core - Twentieth Century Regional History - The Five Ages of Antifascism

Free access in the next two weeks! The five Ages of Antifascism, from Joseph Fronczak, Princeton University. A new book from the Series "The politics and history of fascism", Cambridge University Press. Series editors Federico Finchelstein and Antonio Costa Pinto.

Emails between Noam Chomsky and Jeffrey Epstein spark reflection from author Vijay Prashad, who expresses sorrow, disbelief, and moral outrage over the revelations.

just saw 4 ice agents go up to a house and knock and within 1 minute there were 30 people out whistling and they left. we will not take our foot off the gas

Excerpt from Marcuse’s Counter-revolution and Revolt

Wise words from Herbert Marcuse in days when people are still laughing at Trump’s silly speeches or other far-right mishaps. “There are situations in which the fun falls flat.”

*screams in history of science*

Nerd Reich www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.

I don’t let bullies win.

Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

Uzun zamandır okuduğum en iyi polisiye! Şair ve avel bir dedektif 💜Örümcek Burgacı ne müthiş bir kitap ismi ayrıca 😁

Can Literature Help Save Democracy? A recent book argues that reading fiction and non-fiction can promote relational, cognitive, and emotional qualities that would improve democratic dialogue.

Can Literature Help Save Democracy? greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

A quote that reads: “If hatred can gather momentum and spread, so can compassion and understanding. The future of our democracy depends on it.”

A new book argues that reading fiction and non-fiction can promote relational, cognitive, and emotional qualities that would improve democratic dialogue. greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item... #academicsky #edusky