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Sara Luterman @slooterman.bsky.social · 13h

I miss when covering news about the federal government didn’t leave me with my head spinning, completely exhausted.

Helen Rottier @helenrottier.bsky.social · 1d

“If we change to accommodate bad people, we will hurt good people.” @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social @dimension20.bsky.social

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

An integral part of the social fabric was understanding what “guy” a man was. Were you a guy with a truck? A guy who put stuff in the truck? A guy who could fix a toilet?

ceej @ceej.online · Aug 30

my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy

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ceej @ceej.online · Aug 30

critically: it’s just as important to know a guy as it is to be a guy that someone else knows

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ceej @ceej.online · Aug 30

my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy

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🍂 fall firmstival 🍂 @ind3fatigable.online · 1d

If you're neurodivergent and need to eat (which I can guarantee you do), try Matt's cookbook COLOR TASTE TEXTURE. Might be available at your local library (but not the Boston ones cause I need to return my copy tomorrow)

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 1d

COLOR TASTE TEXTURE should be a bestseller and have won awards. 😤

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Helen Rottier @helenrottier.bsky.social · 1d

I *want* to do the work that I do, but the university has created countless obstacles such that I cannot effectively do the job I was hired to do.

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Helen Rottier @helenrottier.bsky.social · 1d

How are we supposed to pretend that such policies promote equity?!

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Helen Rottier @helenrottier.bsky.social · 1d

I have a dual role in my organization but am required to be paid according to title and total compensation for the position with a lower pay range. My mentor *wants* to pay me more, and university policy means she can’t. Booo!

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Helen Rottier @helenrottier.bsky.social · 1d

I have a friend whose job is hiring in her same position at a significantly higher wage. She asked if she could apply and was told yes, but she would not receive the pay increase. Booo!

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Helen Rottier @helenrottier.bsky.social · 1d

In the spirit of anti-acknowledgement and a need for catharsis, I would like to extend my sincerest frustration to pay scale bureaucracy. You suck, pay scale bureaucracy. 👎🏻

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Gailey 🍉 @sarahgailey.bsky.social · 1d

books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Bi King Gent 👑 💖💜💙 @thesnarkygent.bsky.social · 1d

Would have been nice to not begin seeing the onset of burnout (*again*) barely 4 months into a job I thought I would be able to handle

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d

ICE hit our area hard again today. I spent the morning and afternoon on patrol, and then came home for Understory, the emotional and spiritual support group for activists I co-facilitate. @tanuja.bsky.social was going to cover for me, but I decided I needed to be there, for my sake. I was right.

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Dr. Erique Zhang // 张尔宁 🇵🇸 @erique.bsky.social · 1d

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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in power, Miss Major.

www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 1d

the zohran rally tonight was really fascinating to witness. it wasn’t mindless cultishness as gets characterized by rwers. people were keenly present, engaged. not reflexive call & response, but like the stage continued on to them, part of it. it was both familiar and new. optimistic with gravitas.

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Helen Rottier @helenrottier.bsky.social · 1d

💯 Any “business as usual” feels like a glitch in the matrix - systematic gaslighting of whole populations.

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RKK @ronakkapadia.bsky.social · 1d

Every day we get vivid reminders that we live in an utterly deranged society that enacts the most depraved violence on the wretched of the earth. Then we’re supposed to go on with the day to day knowing that we are (seemingly) outnumbered by ppl who are ignorant or unbothered by these conditions.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

I love hearing from those of you who are attending library board meetings, joining your Friends of the Library boards, and running for/seeking appointment to your library boards. Holler at me especially if you also want to write something for FTP's newsletter!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

What I learned from Miss Major was persistence and also keeping a sense of humor. I was lucky to see her work in various organizing meetings over the years. She was a model of how to be a good elder. Truly grateful for everything she did to make the world better. Time for the rest of us to continue.

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Helen Rottier @helenrottier.bsky.social · 2d

I reread Stefan Collini’s “What Are Universities For?” this summer and it was devastatingly relevant. Same with Chuck Rybak’s “UW Struggle: When A State Attacks Its University System.”

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Clare Evans @clarerevans.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve assigned this reading in my Medical Sociology class this term.

Lots of pre-med students and students thinking about careers in medicine/public health.

It’s so important for us to be talking about this. Thank you for tackling this hard subject!

#AcademicChatter #MedSoc

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Jocelyn Bosley @scitalker.bsky.social · 2d

🔥 Hot #SciComm Take 🔥
The key to helping folks understand WHY science matters is showing them HOW science really works. (SPOILER: It's not the scientific method most of us learned in school.)

Today is the LAST day to submit to the #MySciJourney Challenge! www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/my-scij...

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Jaime Hoerricks, PhD @jaimehoerricks.bsky.social · 3d

A critique of “consensus” in autism research—how inclusion becomes performance, power remains untouched, and cure rhetoric persists. Yet amid it all, autistic-led scholarship rises—quiet, defiant, building truth brick by brick

open.substack.com/pub/autside/...

Consensus Without Consent: The Myth of Democracy in Autism Research

On the illusion of democracy in autism research—and the quiet, stubborn work of autistic scholars reclaiming the right to define our own existence.

open.substack.com

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Helen Rottier @helenrottier.bsky.social · 2d

Academia was never supposed to run like this - competitive, precarious, racing to produce and accumulate. Many researchers are trying to identify solutions, and we need to work together to do so. #AcademicSky

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