There are at least three ‘lost generations’ of the past 20 years - those who got their doctorate during austerity crises when there were no jobs for multiple cycles - the long tail of 2008, the pandemic, the current defensive crouch and contraction of so many institutions.
In Germany the number of titles every automated email system gives me is …a lot. Kinda want to correct it to Detective Pirate Cook. What would be your three?
Sexism extending to bird song is wild.
They found JKeats01’s Tinder
The task of de-Trumpification of science and public health will take a generation and a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild. Without a bold, expansive vision to guide us, there is no coming back. Small-bore, poll-tested versions of the future will not help us. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Two efforts to help Hampshire workers facing job loss:
General emergency relief fund: www.helphampshireworkers.com
Fundraiser for staff of Hampshire's Early Learning Center, which will also close: www.gofundme.com/f/elc-staff-...
Poem of the day - and in fact all the days
Beautiful invertebrates at the V&A. Grasshopper, snail, ladybug with stars
The snail brooch with its shell made of pearl is brilliant
This coat is one of the favorite pieces I saw - could be from so many different times and cultures
Schiaparelli at the V&A: fabric molded into sculpture
Tapestry up close looks like a pixelated screen
New reading - thanks @tobyfaber.bsky.social for the beautiful books!
Phonograph from 1913 with a massive trumpet - we played a Schubert disc and it was so LOUD! The needle is made of bamboo.
Invited to go swimming this morning in one of Hampstead Heath’s ponds. The water was 11C/53F: painful-amazing. Lasted ~7 minutes.
Hello London
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A Nature Careers feature shows how some researchers use poetry to visualize complex problems or translate the wonders of science for wider audiences. #Academicsky 🧪
calls for “viewpoint diversity” are little more than demands for a quota system for political conservatives who otherwise could not hack it www.aaup.org/academe/issu...
Wait I also transmit my preference for owls to others via hidden signals. I WANT more owl bias.
The chilling phrase “cognitive surrender” for passive acceptance of AI outputs
One of the biggest labor battles in the US is happening right now in Los Angeles, at USC, where our faculty-union campaign with majority support is being met by nasty, corporate-grade administrative resistance, and national press won't cover it.
My former student just won a Fulbright!! A truly talented and creative person now has an opportunity to pursue their imaginative research in environmental work.
Nurture the fire within students and some of them blaze
This house, like the Hansel and Gretel witch moved to the big city and got really bougie
Our Fredric Jameson sale will go through the weekend, with 30% off all of his titles until midnight on Sunday
Hiked to the remains of a monastery founded in the 8th century - Klosterruine St Michael
In case you need more
‘Old-school Gallic gangster mumblecore’ wins prize for today’s best phrase. No further entries please.
This! I How the wonderfully done shadow beneath the wings makes it look as if the giant moth is about to take off
Sign in cafe - nice to know there’s a place where I’m not the only one pretending it’s 1995 with my pen & paper & making eye contact with fellow humans