Woman is invited to do a peer review - within her area of expertise - she declines because the journal is too woke.

WTAF.

Also happening in the academic monograph supply chain! A screencap from GOBI, the supplier used by a lot (most?) academic libraries.

I had a similarly life affirming experience at the Oasis concert with my old friend from uni. I had dreaded it, thinking I’d made a huge (expensive) mistake. But it turned out a singalong with 50,000 ppl was exactly the right kind of fun I needed!

I wanted to go to this show, but I knew the timing would be bad for me! Glad it was a banger.

It definitely soothes my soul. If you squint hard enough, you can see still the kid in them!!

I only heard snippets but Greek mythology was invoked.
And one problematized meeting the dolphin in the water.
I just loved it. It was the Scholastic series Who Would Win in an undergrad context. 🥹

I admit that I don’t like them in restaurants! I want to look at a paper menu. But I get it. Reluctantly.

Links to the material we are using in class (slides, journal articles).

I think the pandemic really made them relevant. Because I do remember thinking that the way we were trying to use them was a bit of a reach. But hey, the world changes! Glad we have them now!

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The way she closed that talk was the highlight of my day. 'The coffee was cold, the room was too hot, MEOW MEOW MEOW." 😂