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Shaun McKinnon
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Despite my extreme disdain for gulf-state authoritarianism, I've tried to be supportive of friends and colleagues who took university teaching jobs. The marketplace is awful, the jobs were real, and (ostensibly) their academic freedom was to be upheld. This? Was the 450K+CAD/yr just not enough?
I don't know anything about the organization of the protests, but I suspect it took many months of planning to execute. As such, I am very much willing to believe the intersection of the 'One Good Thing™' and the protests is entirely coincidental.
Excellent! Grabbing now! Thank you!
I host these through my Discord server. The environment is casual, but the material is treated respectfully. Fire me a DM if you'd like to in join. This lets you vote on topics and participate in the Q&A. Direct links for the two recorded sessions:

Sept
youtu.be/oV6KTaFGONI
Oct
youtu.be/-JiLjy47Bko
Wednesday Oct 15 Q&A Session
YouTube video by Shaun McKinnon
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I've been hosting monthly Q&A sessions (more or less informal lectures) with friends. I've recorded the last two and put them up on my YouTube. The first recording covers Israel/Palestine and Ancient Sumer and the second covers The Cold War. You can view them at: www.youtube.com/@shaunnmckin...
Shaun McKinnon
I am a former academic interested in public education. This channel features content from my university lectures, public outreach programmes, and informal Q&A sessions.
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I imagine it requires two things:
1) An overwhelmingly American following &
2) A large enough contingent of self-described 'Progressives' within that following
But invariably someone will clap back 'who cares why we're mad, the point is that they are the worst and everyone needs to know about it' coupled with 'you're awfully invested in carrying water for [X]' and, since I'm a guy, 'You know she won't fuck you right?'. God... why am I even on this site...
It irritates me because its intellectually lazy and ideologically motivated. I agree with you completely! Be mad sure, but make sure you're mad for legit reasons!
Hey, uh BlueSky... Ceasefire declared... Regardless of who proposed it or who gets credit, you know that a ceasefire is a good thing right? Potentially worthy of discussion?
I hope this ends the perpetually delayed 'fiscal update' nonsense that we've seen over the past ten years, but I'm not holding my breath.
I'm surprised, not even an episode of Star Trek eh? That's quite an accomplishment if we are similarly aged. Did you not have a television growing up? Or was it strictly regulated?
My grandfather drank straight Tabasco and ate peanut butter and onion sandwiches. I'm good lol!
Mine's Futurama

"Now I am leaving Earth for no raisin"

I can't say the word 'reason' without thinking of this stupid quote.
Apotheosis of 'Academics are the real proletariat'!
Edmonton (16C) would like to negotiate an exchange!
Sorry, I don't know you well enough to know if you are chuckling while growling, but I like to think that you are :D
We could substitute this out for a real classical comparative formulation like μὲν...δὲ
Academics love the EM and EN dash, so I wouldn't consider that a giveaway at all (source: was academic, had many conversations with colleagues on our love for EM and EN dashes).
OOOOH okay, so somewhat similar motivations to Hegseth then eh? Thank you for the additional explanation!
Could you go into more detail on this? Specifically the high number of MOH awards because it was controversial. I don't really get the connection.
Evidently my gif was enough for them to block me but you, the original sinner, remain unblocked :D