ZingerLearns @ZingerLearns@social.cleverlibre.org

"The law school had long stood out for its rightward leanings and ties to conservative benefactors," the report explained. "Its renaming after Justice Scalia in 2016 was the result of a $30 million gift brokered by Leonard Leo, prime architect of a grand project then gathering force to transform the federal judiciary and further the legal imperatives of the right. An ascendant law school at George Mason would be part of that plan."

https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-george-mason-university/

All this rigidity is a product of fascism. It doesn't have to be this or that. It can be all.

Pres Joe Biden announces his re-election bid, so of course Republicans assail VP Harris with sexist attacks. Sen Ted Cruz: "When [Putin & Xi] stand up and bully America...can you imagine her just cackling ineffectively and weirdly and creepily?"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/04/29/biden-harris-republicans-2024/11752523002/

I’m sharing this as a screenshot because I think the question from @BlackAzizAnansi and the two replies from @GWillow are easier to read together, in this order (as opposed to free floating, contextless, in your timeline).

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research (Wright 1979).
#research #academia #science #philosophy #StevenWright

Scientists in India protest move to drop Darwinian evolution from textbooks.
“Scientists in India are protesting a decision to remove discussion of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution from textbooks used by millions of students in ninth and 10th grades. More than 4000 researchers and others have so far signed an open letter asking officials to restore the material”. @academicchatter https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-india-protest-move-drop-darwinian-evolution-textbooks

Weight bias: Studies show that overweight women face a wage penalty, 16% for female execs. Overweight men are not penalized or earn more. Weight isn't a protected category in the US so discrimination is not illegal.
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/29/1171593736/women-weight-bias-wages-workplace-wage-gap

Statistical data shows the NUMBER ONE thing that threatens the safety of children in America is not:
drag queens
transgender health care
books or libraries
women’s health care
easy access to voting

It’s #guns! It’s the easy access to ammo and guns coupled with the toxic need for men to measure up to each other.

#ItsTheFuckingGuns

This happened just two days ago.
Another day in America.

https://www.live5news.com/2022/04/26/gunfire-interrupts-youth-baseball-game-north-charleston

"I want you to fight for trans rights"
Chewbacca pasteup seen in London

Organizing for the Common Good: what is at stake as union organizing among student workers intensifies. https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/04/25/organizing-common-good

This is first on Mastodon! Please boost this thread. It’s an important one.

Good morning to readers. Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

Some career news: I’m leaving NPR as part of the layoffs that dramatically reduced the company’s workforce.

I’ve decided to go back into Ukraine to keep reporting.

But this time, alone.

#HigherEd is burning in Connecticut. Under Gov. Lamont’s budget, the CSCU system may have to lay off 600-800 faculty and staff, close programs, cut courses, and increase class sizes. https://ctmirror.org/2023/04/25/rome-and-higher-ed-is-burning-in-connecticut/

Florida Students Walk Out of School to Protest DeSantis Education Policies https://www.teenvogue.com/story/florida-students-walkout-learn

I learned today that 5 of my books are among the more than 1600 books banned in some schools right now.

https://pen.org/index-of-school-book-bans-2022/

For more information
https://pen.org/issue/free-the-books/

Study finds the presence of women IT experts on boards resulted in better cyber risk management--board monitoring, mgmt supervision & corp governance. Women valued disclosures more than men, had lower risk tolerance & engaged less in fraudulent practices.
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/cybersecurity-it-expert-women-gender-board-research-canada

Wow, the WashIngton Post treats Trump's vows to create a fascist federal government as just a routine political story. Here's the headline and deck:

"Trump touts authoritarian vision for second term: ‘I am your justice’

"The former president is proposing deploying the military domestically, purging the federal workforce and building futuristic cities from scratch."

This stuff is beyond authoritarian.

Senate Committee Probes Top Universities, Museums Over Failures to Repatriate Human Remains
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U.S. senators want five institutions to explain why they continue to hold thousands of #NativeAmerican remains and belongings, following reporting from ProPublica and NBC News.

“It’s immoral, it’s hypocritical, and it has to stop,” one senator said.

#Repatriation #Museums #Schools #Universities #College #NAGPRA

https://www.propublica.org/article/senate-probes-universities-museums-nagpra-failures?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

"Hundreds of institutions nationwide still hold a total of more than 100,000 ancestral remains, according to the news organizations’ analysis of federal data. None has more than UC Berkeley, with 9,000..."

There is literally no reason for this, Berkeley. None.

#Repatriation

Is anyone else here being consumed by 'application' duties (grant, jobs, ethics, annual monitoring reports) all cramping together?

@phdstudents @academicchatter