really leaning into the lonely old cat lady trope, merry christmas my friends

A PhD is just doing this for 4+ years over and over again

seen quite a bit of discourse lately about detecting ChatGPT use in higher ed. I generally design courses so students don’t really need to deploy resources like that, but it’s fascinating to see what is being built to counter AI like this.

didn’t need another existential crisis this morning, new accounting software, but thanks

Recently I learned about a man who is trying to block offshore wind projects across the country. To recruit people to join him, he sends letters to coastal residents, runs Facebook ads, and even flies aerial banner ads over the beach. Here's his story. 🧵

It really pisses me off when grad programs & fellowships want diversity statements from my students, asking how their minoritized status will “contribute” to the program. UH, better question, what are you going to do for my students?

We're hiring influencers and by that I mean firefighters who influence the forest to no longer be on fire.

One of my biggest issues with academia is that the reward for being incompetent at service is less service, and the reward for being good at service is more service, which can lead to unequal (+ very often gendered) service distributions. Any tips for dealing with this?!

A student of mine is taking a class that’s at 6pm, and he’s having a hard time focusing and staying alert. Does anyone have any experience with evening classes? How did you handle feeling drained by then?

a colleague and I were just talking about how much of a crapshoot it is to get published in RenEn and then I read this abstract and now I quit everything, all of it, in its entirety

Renewable energy critics love to point out that it takes 255 tons of coal to build a wind turbine. But it would take a coal-fired power plant 154,494 tons of coal to generate as much electricity as a wind turbine produces over its entire life. 🧵

My mum just called me to say that Jim Cantore is reporting from Massachusetts so I am absolutely not allowed to leave the house. I’m 37.

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Before you begin your thinkpiece, the Supreme Court DID NOT strike down Affirmative Action Admission preferences for legacies, donors, employee families and special recommendations are still allowed The Court struck down Affirmative Action For everyone except WHITE PEOPLE

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent in affirmative action is on point.

Sotomayor to Thomas: "The three Justices of color on this Court graduated from elite universities and law schools with race-conscious admissions programs, and achieved successful legal careers, despite having different educational backgrounds than their peers."

I wanted to share some of my thoughts on today's Supreme Court decision on affirmative action:

…and evidently in no other areas of professional life is it important that leadership reflect the diversity of workers or students. some fascinating mental gymnastics in this footnote.

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