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JPL

@teknonym.bsky.social

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Coastal Urban Elitist of Appalachia. Supporter of the so-called Gender Freedoms. he/him

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JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 5h

We'll be greeted as liberators.

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 9h

I feel like I read about a student newspaper being seized somewhere in the US at least once a year. It's convinced me that school administrators are pretty tyrants who can't tolerate any criticism.

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 12h

Gelderland gets no respect.

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 12h

I found out recently that Shetland is considered to be part of Great Britain but the Isle of Man isn't and I'm just kind of ambiently angry about it.

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 12h

The bump out at the bottom for Jersey is also funny since it is neither Britain nor Ireland.

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 12h

This is Manx erasure.

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 1d

(ironically I double checked the wording on the original tweet but did not take a second look at Shelley's name, which I do know how to spell)

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 1d

Lysenkoism

Adam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 1d

A Texas public university administrator's notes for a meeting with faculty.

"No daylight": faculty "cannot discuss or teach anything regarding transgender - only male and female." They must "scrub" syllabi for "transgender items."

And keep everything out of writing: "Don't email; talk directly."

Notes from "Faculty Meetings":

1. From Tech System Chancellor through the Vice Chancellor and
General Council to our President, Provost and General Council:

Executive order of the President
Executive Order of the Governor
HB229

2. These documents direct that there are only two sexes: male and female

3. With regard to curriculum and what is discussed in the classroom and as part of the course, you cannot discuss or teach anything regarding transgender - only male and female

4. If you decide not to do this, you are on your own, no backing from the university, and you are placing your position at peril (Texas A&M)

5. Questions have been raised and are being asked, but for now a complete moratorium is what is expected.

6. No daylight on this - tell FACULTY NOW

7. Trans names are recognition in class are also a problem, use given/legal names, not preferred names

8. Check course descriptions to scrub for transgender items - Rewrite syllabus if necessary

9. Take preferred pronouns out of email signatures (expect a "standard" email signature to come from Communication & Marketing soon)

10. Remove "Ally" stickers from email signatures, offices, etc.

11. Don't email; talk directly

12. Questions; Please help me to coordinate any questions that you might ahve so that I can forward them up and get them answered.

13. Email copies of the information listed above (executive orders and HB)

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 1d

Percy Shelly: In my poem I invented Ozymandius as a cautionary tale

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 1d

Are they actually marching at yours? The ones near me we just stand around listening to speeches and the kids hate it.

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 1d

To be fair if you had said "British Isles" the Irish would still be mad at you so it's tough to win in this one.

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 1d

Still not beating the accusations.

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 2d

For a real fun time, look up when they passed Glass-Steagall, then compare to what happens to the graph when they started chipping away at it in the 80s and culminating with Gramm-Leach-Bliley in 1999

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 3d

I might suspect this if I thought they were smarter and more capable but I just don't think they have it in them.

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John Knefel @johnknefel.bsky.social · 3d

Trump, Rubio, Obama, the Nobel Peace Prize committee, leading human rights groups, legacy media, the CIA, and the drunkest man who's ever worked at Fox News are all functionally on the same side of this issue

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 3d

Succinct explanation of why Dems have been turfed out by a historically unpopular buffoon.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 3d

Asked if Zohran Mamdani represents the soul of the Democratic Party, Hakeem Jeffries replies: "The Democratic Party is of course extremely diverse ... it's represented by people like Mikie Sherrill" and "Abigail Spanberger."

"I haven't spoken to Zohran since the shutdown started"

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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 3d

There's a lot to unpack in "we call it the Hate America Rally", but the biggest one is that they are panicking

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 3d

Seventy five years later they are still not beating the accusations.

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 3d

Remember the mysterious drones that were in our night skies last year?

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 3d

Caping for ticketmaster is crazy.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 4d

Report examining the employment history data of more than 3m finance & tech workers at companies that rolled out office mandates found that turnover among women is almost three times as high as that of their male co-workers, and that women are more likely to take a lower position if they leave

Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office

Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.

www.washingtonpost.com

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 4d

They should have just invented the caravel. Bong bong so simple.

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 5d

Wait, the Vux have acquired BUTT missile technology? This can't be good.

JPL @teknonym.bsky.social · 5d

Do you think this makes him look good? The wispy hair, the neck wattle. This is not how you would shoot it if you were trying to aggrandize him.

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 7d

Headlines from the richest country in the history of countries

A bunch of stories about 80-year-olds still having to work in order to make ends meet. Also, for some reason, one about people over 80 who are "using AI more than you."