AskAubry 🦋 🐆🦝 Why was his mantrum not "emotional".

In exchange for doubling my class size, I bring you: …. Drumroll…. Less teaching excellence See? That’s how it works #HigherEd #FundEducation #Unwell #MoralInjury

Sweden has the odd PhD tradition of Lutherishly nailing your thesis to a wall a few weeks before your defense, so here is my PhD student Vidya Somashekarappa nailing her thesis into the designated thesis nailing wall (officially required btw).

Are you a historian? Are you able to come to Laramie, WY this month to talk about your research (expenses paid + an honorarium)? If you are interested in this exciting, madcap opportunity to help me spend a pot of money before it is lit on fire, get in touch!

Respectfully, there have been 32 trans athletes who have competed at the NCAA level, ever. Most have been trans men. None in women’s basketball. 1 in WNBA history. Meanwhile, under-funding, under-resourcing, under-promoting, under-marketing, and utter disregard for women’s

I get so grumpy, still, at being addressed as "Mrs." by college students. I just got an email with this fr a JUNIOR. Are there so few women faculty that nobody else has addressed this w them yet? I sent an explanation abt the diff between social titles & professional titles.

The consequence for violently killing a child in the street in front of their parents is "driver safety class." No loss of license, car, money or freedom. There is no justice for traffic violence. It is completely legal to kill someone as long as you use a car. Senator Scott Wiener

University reimbursement culture means you're regularly lending money to your employer, yet they never pay you back with interest. It's frustrating that this is the norm in academia. What's the situation at your workplace?

My very favorite is never getting reimbursed at all! Take the slow-walking in the thread here and cross it with "sorry, you are now too late, we will not pay you" and you get a loss of thousands of dollars over my career. Pay to work, literally.

Too many queer youth say they don’t see elders to give them hope. Please, for #LesbianVisibilityWeek, I’m calling lesbians age 40 and over. Reply or quote with a pic/vid to show our youth they have generations past, present, and well into the future🧡🩷🤍❤️💜

Decades from now, the polite mainstream will claim the legacy of the protester who stands against the jeering white boys - just like it currently claims the legacy of protesters who stood bravely decades ago. But let’s remember where the polite mainstream stands in the moment.

And this is why there is no such thing as a “reasonable” abortion restriction. They are all extreme. They all cause harm. The law cannot purport to know the ins and outs of every pregnancy and home, nor should it attempt to. Abortion saves lives.

Male drivers: why are they such a menace behind the steering wheel? In France 84% of fatal road accidents are caused by men – and the figures aren’t much better for the UK or US. Why can’t everyone drive like women? theguardian.com/money/article/… 1/2

Glover75 "According to the Economic Policy Institute, employers spend $433 million per year on union-avoidance consultants—outside specialists who are brought in and paid hundreds of dollars per hour to convince workers not to unionize." fastcompany.com/91001266/the-w…

How can we filter out toxicity on #SocialMedia? Concordia University researchers Ketra Schmitt and Arezo Bodaghi argue we need both human and #AI intervention. Listen to their insights on CBC: cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… Read our story: concordia.ca/news/stories/2…