Gaythia Weis @Gaythia@social.cleverlibre.org

@tzimmer_history

“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit:

There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind,
alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

There is nothing more or else to it,
and there never has been."

~Frank Wilhoit, composer
https://crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/liberals-against-progressives/#comment-729288

#GOP #Republicans #Conservative #Meme

People like Ackman tell themselves something like this: “Academic integrity demands to keep the *wrong kinds of people* out of positions of power in higher education. Since my wife and I are not those *wrong people*, this concern obviously doesn’t - and must not! - apply to us.” 5/

NEW COVID wastewater update from Biobot: Looks like we are near the peak.

The historical data shows we are in the second-largest wave since the start of the pandemic.

Currently in the US, ~1 in 23 are infectious with COVID, and there are ~2 million new infections a day.

The US is such a racist place that an effective attack on DEI programs is simply "This Black woman gets paid to teach companies about DEI!" 🤡

Seriously. Unpack that.

Why should DEI be a volunteer activity?

If a man shows up at IBM to teach their sales team to be better at sales, no one complains.

If a man shows up at Ford to reach their assembly line teams to be more efficient, no one complains. We call them Consultants.

But if she shows up to teach them DEI? Complaints! Crying! Sulking!

Common Sense Media (who appears short on common sense) is pushing a ridiculous and dangerous California ballot initiative to let anyone sue social media companies for perceived harm to kids. It's a disaster and CSM's boss has made it clear that he does not care about what the actual data says on this issue.

This will do real harm to kids, shutting down spaces they use, and allowing parents to go all moral panic and sue social media if they don't like how their kid is
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/01/08/leading-save-the-kids-advocate-pushing-absolutely-dangerous-protect-the-california-ballot-initiative-that-will-do-real-harm-to-children/

Colorado rivers may shrink by 30% as climate change continues, report says
https://coloradosun.com/2024/01/08/colorado-climate-report-2024-dry-rivers/?utm_content=bufferb5ea7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

This brings a smile for sure! Well done, young man.

THE REAL LESSONS WE SHOULD DRAW FROM CLAUDINE GAY’S RESIGNATION. https://lpeproject.org/blog/the-real-lessons-we-should-draw-from-claudine-gays-resignation/

"The Right’s agenda is to dismantle American democracy and civil society to prevent us from becoming a true multiracial democracy. They’re willing to damage every institution and piece of infrastructure they can in service of that goal. No one is safe, and staying silent or pretending to be politically neutral won’t save you."

~ Melissa Ryan

#RightWing #Republicans #diversity #PoliticsofDestruction #race

https://www.altrightdelete.news/p/end-white-male-mediocrity-once-and

If you're paying attention, you'll realize Claudine Gay's resignation is only nominally about plagiarism, anti-semitism, DEI. Ryan Enos explains why we should be very worried about attacks on public and private higher education in the US. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/01/03/opinion/claudine-gay-resignation-harvard-mob-rule/?event=event12

I prefer to remember and honor the heroes of that day.

The firestorm of criticism Claudine Gay faced from reactionaries like Elise Stefanik or Christopher Rufo has nothing to do with antisemitism or plagiarism.

We know this because Stefanik herself is a plagiarist. Hypocrisy is mandatory on the right now. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elise-stefanik-kathy-manning-letter-universities_n_65786041e4b0881b79187d76

@GottaLaff
I’m going to post this photo everywhere today.

Today with breathtaking clarity the political journalists of the New York Times show us they cannot rise to the challenge of this election. The will portray it as just two candidates clashing, each calling the other a threat to democracy. “Reality Is at Stake” the headline reads—but these reporters will not tell us what the reality is, even though they know.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/us/politics/jan-6-trump-biden.html

Abortion on FL Ballot!

A coalition of Florida abortion rights supporters surpassed the required number of signatures needed to put a referendum on next year's ballot, according to the latest data from the state Division of Elections.

Why it matters: If advocates succeed in enshrining abortion rights in Florida's constitution through the ballot measure, it would have massive implications for reproductive health care across the South.
#AureFreePress #abortion #Florida

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/05/florida-abortion-ballot-vote-2024

Lesson from #Chile
Left: The contribution of tree #plantations to #burned area is increasing
Right: #forest plantations act as a net carbon source in contrast to the #native forests (#sink)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534723002458 @TrendsEcolEvo

@ecology @wildfirescience @nature @biodiversity @conservation @management @chileconciencia @chilebosque @arcana2023

Evolutionary Ecology of Fire - a review of the current state of the art just published in Ann Rev Ecol Evol Syst

How fire shaped our biodiversity in temperate and boreal forests, shrublands, savannas & grasslands across the globe?

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102320-095612

https://jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2022/11/04/evolutionary-ecology-of-fire/

Pres. #Biden's speech was amazing.

@atrupar gave us highlights here:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1743369308497904081.html

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