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Things that bear repeating
sexual harassment in Academia is symptomatic of the larger-scale dysfunctionalities between the sexes in our culture, and any address of them must be grounded in the fundamental tenets of women’s liberation from Hope Jahren
While you’re waiting for the bus
Stuff worth reading The Fallacy of Success That book won’t help you Listen to a brain seizure turned into music Lovely and intimate view of our brains misbehaving What’s Ailing Healthcare.gov? Bad software fucking up policy Finding Out You’re a Sexist, Misogynistic, Homophobic, Classist, Racist Asshole and Hypocrite — about work — Medium Shutdown coverage […]
Stupid, lazy young folks
Usually millennials get shit for being lazy and entitled. But now that the numbers show so many of us are working crap jobs, we’re getting called stupid, too. This WSJ article suggests that young people are shooting themselves in the foot by staying in their low wage jobs. Changing jobs is one of the most […]
While you’re waiting for the bus
Stuff worth reading What inner city kids know about social media Teenagers are better at the internet than you Most Americans Will Be Able to Spend $0 Per Year in Retirement. Maybe once enough of us are poor, businesses will have no one to sell to and so start advocating for government paychecks for everybody? […]
While you’re waiting for the bus
Stuff worth reading Fork in the road: Cyanogen raises $7 million to build a better version of Android A Brief History of Slash The New Deal We Didn’t Know Physics student makes amazing Bohemian Rhapsody cover Grad students do all the best work “Google can access most Wi-Fi passwords worldwide” On the upside, when the […]
Economist uses proxy data for hunger and ignores actual hunger data to prove people aren’t hungry
Nearly one quarter of Americans can’t afford enough food. Conservative economists say stop your whining.
I’m not the only one
If you liked my post last week on navigating academia with a chronic illness, you may also appreciate these: Sarah Boon writes about taking medical leave after getting tenure. Chris Buddle on slowing down after an injury