Gaythia Weis @Gaythia@social.cleverlibre.org
Retired Analytical Chemist
League of Women Voters -voting methods, election security
Board Member Colorado Citizens for Science
Joined Oct 2022
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@danielrh66 @mekkaokereke The controversy may not do much for her reputation, but she is independent. https://www.fastcompany.com/91005933/neri-oxman-soft-launches-her-new-company-amid-plagiarism-drama
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Why do large earthquakes occur along Japan's western coast, even though the subduction zones are to the east? In our latest post, we explore the tectonics to understand damaging events like the January 1 M7.5 below the Noto Peninsula.
Read more:
https://earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/tectonics-of-the-january-1-2024-m75
@mekkaokereke And Business Insider followed through: https://www.businessinsider.com/neri-oxman-plagiarize-wikipedia-mit-dissertation-2024-1
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https://www.europesays.com/987219/ “The whole world is watching what we do. You know who else is watching, is Vladimir Putin and President Xi in Bejing! They’re watching too, whether the United States really will prove to be a reliable partner” John Kirby, from the White house news briefing about the halted support to Ukraine #ConflictInUkraine #Ukraine #UkraineConflict #Ukrainian #UkrainianConflict
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Notice how the right wingers who banned Black people from schools, jobs, military, & public spaces, banned Latino & Asian immigration, locked up Japanese Americans, broke hundreds of treaties with Native Americans—& are now banning teaching that history—want you to stop making everything about race.😐
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🤯 Breaking news! After his wife Neri Oxman admitted to "cited but unquoted sources" in her academic work (gasp! The same thing Claudine Gay did!), Bill Ackman is calling for his wife to be fired immediately!
Just kidding. You already know that he's not.
The same dudes that attacked Claudine for saying, "My bad. Will add the quotes. But I stand by my work. I didn't take ideas." are calling Neri "brave" and "setting a good example" for doing the exact same thing🙂🙃
But you already knew that too.
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"Oxman {Bill Ackerman's wife} plagiarized multiple paragraphs of her 2010 doctoral dissertation, Business Insider found, including at least one passage directly lifted from other writers without citation. https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-ackman-wife-neri-oxman-mit-dissertation-plagiarism-2024-1?op=1
"Bill Ackman and other opponents of diversity, equity and inclusion programs won’t stop with academia." "DEI is about social justice, but it’s also about attracting and retaining top talent, setting them up to succeed and having a workforce and leadership team that reflects the population their companies serve. These are far from short-term goals. In the long run, they’re investments that will pay off. " https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-04/harvard-is-bill-ackman-s-model-for-attacking-corporate-dei-efforts?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy
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The diminutive Karoo dwarf tortoise may play a key role in seed dispersal of plant species in its semidesert habitat in South Africa, a new study finds.
A germination trial showed the tortoises transport seeds to microsites suitable for germination, a potentially vital means for plants to survive drought in the arid Karoo region.
by Sean Mowbray
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/study-tiny-tortoise-may-play-large-role-in-south-africas-karoo-landscape/
@jeffjarvis While the effort can feed and expand upon the anti-intellectual attitudes of the uneducated, I think it is important to realize it is orchestrated by ELITES. Harvard maintains its vaulted position by an odd balancing act. Enough academic accomplishment to maintain a veneer of status. But it really feeds off elites, and children of elites often admitted with financial backing but no real academic qualifications. The more that others with real academic qualifications are admitted, the more that the "legacies" are potentially squeezed. While Harvard now has enough of an endowment that logically there is no reason to be concerned about future donations, that is not the way that those in charge of such finances think.
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Variations in solar activity are an important and well-studied source of natural climate variability, contributing to a variety of past climate fluctuations.
However, recent changes are too small (and in the wrong direction) to explain recent global warming.
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Lawmakers and green advocates fear northern Colorado utility is falling behind on climate targets
https://coloradosun.com/2024/01/04/platte-river-power-authority-greenhouse-gas-reductions/?utm_content=buffer8e0c4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer
Wood Pellet manufacturing neighborhood sawdust pollution: https://www.wect.com/2024/01/04/you-see-it-everywhere-neighbors-sunset-park-complain-continued-sawdust-pollution-blame-enviva-biomass/
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Envomask is running a 20%-off promotion until midnight tonight. https://envomask.com/
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"As pundits and politicos spar over whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign will factor into the outcome of the 2024 election, one thing is clear: Kennedy’s political following is built on a movement that seeks to legitimize conspiracy theories."
~ Madison Czopek and Katie Sanders
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When someone says, “I can’t manage my team effectively if we’re all remote,” they’re right—and also, they can leave off the “if we’re all remote” and still be right.
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@w7voa
Yes, Nikki it’s definitely the questioner’s fault that you delivered pre-rehearsed Daughters of the Confederacy nonsense to the simplest question in US history.
Retired Analytical Chemist
League of Women Voters -voting methods, election security
Board Member Colorado Citizens for Science
Joined Oct 2022
