I have no expertise though, so I'm just guessing based on old photos I've seen from the time period, and an amateur's fascination with architectural styles!

Is it the opposite way around? I.e. that this was the popular architectural style at the time for significant buildings, but schools were less likely to have been knocked down and replaced than, say, department stores, railway buildings, private homes, etc? Museums/libraries prob have also survived.

Wake up babe, we are doing the Protestant Reformation but as farce

A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed their schools. Like, a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's "keep your children home so if you die, you die together" — instead of "well open back up once the plows have cleared" it's "we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight." It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before. "It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time. A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead. @michaelfdubois Mukad A QuBoy @michacifdubois

Brutal.

UM Chinese researcher dies after alleged questioning by feds China is calling on the U.S. to probe death of researcher after he was subjected to what they called 'hostile questioning' by federal authorities.

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My Emeritus Professor Uncle is being surprisingly open about struggling with the decrease in attention he is experiencing now he is no longer teaching, speaking at global events, or generally being admired for his work on a daily basis. His rooms were removed, too (new policy). No campus for him.

Perhaps if we were able to talk more openly about the realities of retiring from academia, fewer senior folks would stick around on campus long after they should really have retired.

retirees face real fears about loss of identity, community, & intellectual stimulation. Only for retirees, there isn't the hopefulness that comes from moving into a new & potentially better career.

This is a good thing! It would be great to have a more open and honest conversation about this, and how academics can better prepare for retirement. Similar to the conversations I (as a therapist for academics) have with people weighing leaving academia earlier in their career,

"Understanding the Effects of Granting Work Permits to Undocumented Immigrants" by Ferran Elias, Joan Monras, and Javier Vázquez-Grenno

On immigration, Spain moves against the tide of its European neighbors Citing economic and moral arguments, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's Socialist government is preparing to grant legal status to 500,000 undocumented workers, most from Latin America. The plan b...

Not only morally the right thing to do, regularizing the legal status of people currently paid "under the table" allows them to pay taxes. A study cited in this article estimates €4,000 in increased tax revenue per person, with no additional expenses.

THREAD: Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside.

On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors.

She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section.

Every time I sit down to learn about a long-standing conflict, basically the answer is: the British that started it. Every damn time...

I’m an NIH whistleblower. The scientific community cannot afford to avoid politics “Scientists are often encouraged to avoid politics. But this advice is outdated, if it was ever correct in the first place,” writes Jenna Norton, NIH whistleblower.

A heads down approach will not save science. We need to speak up, live our values, and demand integrity.

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UT Head of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Speaks Out • The Austin Chronicle On Monday, the Chronicle spoke with Lisa Moore, who has served since 2023 as the chair of UT-Austin’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department – a department that is now being collapsed with ...

Critiques for the ridiculous excuses to close depts: 1) A liberal arts degree is actually more flexible on the job market than a specialized STEM degree. 2) Small classes provide better education because of the improved faculty-to-student ratio. 3) Learning about the humanity of others matters.

An official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles dated February 23, 2026, with a redacted recipient address. The letter notifies the recipient that due to the enactment of Senate Bill 244, all Kansas driver's licenses and IDs must reflect the holder's sex at birth. It states that the recipient's current credential will become invalid immediately upon the law's publication on February 26, 2026, with no grace period. The recipient is directed to surrender their current ID to receive a new one matching their sex assigned at birth. The document concludes with instructions on how to appeal the notice if received in error, along with contact information for the department.

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license.

This is pure cruelty.

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More evidence for my thesis that discussion boards in online classes are always nonsense busy work. I will die on this hill...

“🇺🇸 agriculture is on the verge of widespread collapse… they’re asking for a rollback of virtually every policy Trump has introduced.”

As Republicans try to distance Trump policies from🧑‍🌾 farmer struggles, the truth is clear: www.facebook.com/share/v/17Up...

I watched the movie "The Great Escape" recently, and every time I read one of these accounts I can't help but think how POWs in WW2 were treated with more humanity and dignity than this.

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.” A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees. The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

Labour has brought back section 28 against trans and non-binary individuals. I lived through section 28 last time. I suffered the harms of it. This will do the same thing. Not even allowing young people to socially transition is plain wrong. It prevents them finding their own identity.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

tfw when you want to have fun and chant too but you can’t because you’re at work

The parable of the Nazi Bar, a screenshot of a series of tweets by Michael Tager (in a screenshot from Google Images). It's a long text and I'm not going to transcribe it here, but this Wiktionary explains it link and full Wiktionary definition below): https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nazi_bar Popularized by an anecdote shared by Michael B. Tager (@IamRageSparkle) on Twitter in July 2020. Tager recounted visiting a "shitty crustpunk bar" where he saw a patron abruptly expelled: the bartender explained that the man was wearing "iron crosses and stuff", and that he feared such patrons would become regulars and start bringing friends if not promptly kicked out, which would lead him to realize "oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now" only after the unwanted patrons became too "entrenched" to kick out without trouble.[1][2] (Instances of people noting that if a bar starts serving Nazis other customers stop going and it becomes a Nazi bar are older.)

The screencapped tweet from the OP, Thea Sewell complains she's been told she's unwelcome in a local pub because of her bigoted views.

So nice of The Times to make sure we finally get the other side of the story.

8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...

"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."

“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.

I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.

Current temp in Minneapolis: -12°F (-24°C), -28°F wind chill (-33°C)

Thousands of people are congregating downtown for today's General Strike march against ICE. Thousands more are on their way.

Of course we are going to win.

100 Clergy Arrested Blocking Minneapolis Airport Departures, Demanding Delta End ICE Complicity Faith leaders target airline's major hub and private aviation company enabling Trump deportation flights as Minnesota religious resistance intensifies into second day.

Btw, its currently -23C in Minneapolis. Kneeling outside, saying the Lord's Prayer in -23C (-10F) temperatures.

1958: Free Speech for Fascists? | Panorama | Voice of the People | BBC Archive YouTube video by BBC Archive

Incredible (and slightly depressing) to hear that this argument has been going on for nearly 7 decades...