Kevin Wortman
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The Anaheim Halloween Parade was Saturday! Amanda and I volunteer with the Float Team who builds and drives the parade organization's floats. www.youtube.com/live/Y3KqWZv...
2025 Anaheim Halloween Parade
YouTube video by CityofAnaheim
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October 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The Anaheim Halloween Parade was Saturday! Amanda and I volunteer with the Float Team who builds and drives the parade organization's floats. www.youtube.com/live/Y3KqWZv...
Times are tough, but at least there's a new Neko Case album to sink my teeth into. nekocase.com
Neko Case | Neon Grey Midnight Green
New Album ‘Neon Grey Midnight Green’ Out Now On ANTI- Records.
nekocase.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Times are tough, but at least there's a new Neko Case album to sink my teeth into. nekocase.com
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@aaup.org Youtuber Hank Green (with 3.94 million followers) has made a video about Trump and higher ed. He's provided a link to the AAUP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQwh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQwh...
What Trump is Doing to Universities
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
www.youtube.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
@aaup.org Youtuber Hank Green (with 3.94 million followers) has made a video about Trump and higher ed. He's provided a link to the AAUP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQwh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQwh...
On days like this I'm glad I switched from a total market fund to USXF, an ESG fund that does not hold Tesla.
July 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
On days like this I'm glad I switched from a total market fund to USXF, an ESG fund that does not hold Tesla.
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Kids playing Ozzy's Crazy Train on xylophones
July 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Kids playing Ozzy's Crazy Train on xylophones
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Absolutely insane. They are destroying this country's scientific enterprise.
If you're not a scientist and don't know what this means, it basically means they are planning to fund only the top 4% of grants. Historically it's around 10%.
If you're not a scientist and don't know what this means, it basically means they are planning to fund only the top 4% of grants. Historically it's around 10%.
Funding policy for 2025 from NCI. Was just released: 4 percentile…maybe!
www.cancer.gov/grants-train...
www.cancer.gov/grants-train...
Funding Policy - Research Grants
NCI funding policy for research project grant (RPG) awards reflects the funding goals of the institute, NIH, and HHS.
www.cancer.gov
July 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Absolutely insane. They are destroying this country's scientific enterprise.
If you're not a scientist and don't know what this means, it basically means they are planning to fund only the top 4% of grants. Historically it's around 10%.
If you're not a scientist and don't know what this means, it basically means they are planning to fund only the top 4% of grants. Historically it's around 10%.
Have canvassed, can confirm
Maybe it's uncouth to say this out loud, but if you've ever spent time with "regular voters", you know that most people have heterodox, contradictory, and largely incomprehensible political beliefs. It is maddening and why I could never work in electoral politics.
ngl it seems like voters only understand "I'm happy with the way things are going" -> vote for incumbents and "I'M MAD!!!" -> vote for whatever party has the most anti-status quo vibes, and social media + residual covid stuff has pushed voters to feel the later
July 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Have canvassed, can confirm
At a Sunday night concert targeting mostly people in their 40s-50s (Psychedelic Furs). So far 75% of the people around me have checked their work calendar for tomorrow.
July 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
At a Sunday night concert targeting mostly people in their 40s-50s (Psychedelic Furs). So far 75% of the people around me have checked their work calendar for tomorrow.
As an instructor, I feel this loss of a shared frame of reference. Sometimes it would really help to explain something by analogy, or theme an assessment around a pop culture reference, but there aren’t any stories that practically everyone knows anymore.
Yeah we grew up on cartoons made in like the 40s without even knowing it and I don’t think we appreciate how cool it was to have a shared frame of reference.
July 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
As an instructor, I feel this loss of a shared frame of reference. Sometimes it would really help to explain something by analogy, or theme an assessment around a pop culture reference, but there aren’t any stories that practically everyone knows anymore.
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This is so so sad.
And I don’t see many people talking about the student loan shit they jammed in that bill. They’ve ensured only the rich can go the college. They capped the amount you can borrow over 4 years AND cut Grad Plus loans (which is how I paid my rent during law school).
And I don’t see many people talking about the student loan shit they jammed in that bill. They’ve ensured only the rich can go the college. They capped the amount you can borrow over 4 years AND cut Grad Plus loans (which is how I paid my rent during law school).
July 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This is so so sad.
And I don’t see many people talking about the student loan shit they jammed in that bill. They’ve ensured only the rich can go the college. They capped the amount you can borrow over 4 years AND cut Grad Plus loans (which is how I paid my rent during law school).
And I don’t see many people talking about the student loan shit they jammed in that bill. They’ve ensured only the rich can go the college. They capped the amount you can borrow over 4 years AND cut Grad Plus loans (which is how I paid my rent during law school).
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The dismantling of the research apparatus that made America the science and tech giant it's been over the past century is the greatest own-goal in history. We haven't even begun to calculate or feel the losses
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The dismantling of the research apparatus that made America the science and tech giant it's been over the past century is the greatest own-goal in history. We haven't even begun to calculate or feel the losses
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this 48-second video of a protest in ontario, california is top-tier storytelling 🤌🏽🤌🏽
June 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
this 48-second video of a protest in ontario, california is top-tier storytelling 🤌🏽🤌🏽
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Trump is deliberately killing one of our strongest exports: higher ed www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
REPORTER: There are 277k Chinese students in the US. Should all of them feel they're at some risk of having their visa revoked?
TAMMY BRUCE: Everyone who's here on a visa has to recognize that America takes their visas seriously, that vetting is not a 1-time process... we are looking at their visas
TAMMY BRUCE: Everyone who's here on a visa has to recognize that America takes their visas seriously, that vetting is not a 1-time process... we are looking at their visas
May 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Trump is deliberately killing one of our strongest exports: higher ed www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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I don’t think a single person should do any ethics training modules if Trump actually takes that plane. Why the hell should I if he’s not going to?
May 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I don’t think a single person should do any ethics training modules if Trump actually takes that plane. Why the hell should I if he’s not going to?
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This. 🧪
BTW. If you’re a scientist and are feeling hollowed out, depressed, fried, frustrated, confused, and simply exhausted by everything, I understand you. You are perfectly sane and you are not alone.
May 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This. 🧪
Sometimes estate sales are bittersweet. Kicking the tires on this ‘66 Fury, I found that once upon a time the owner wrote labels with detailed maintenance notes. A kindred spirit! #weirdcars #musclecars #plymouth #mopar #stationwagon
May 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Sometimes estate sales are bittersweet. Kicking the tires on this ‘66 Fury, I found that once upon a time the owner wrote labels with detailed maintenance notes. A kindred spirit! #weirdcars #musclecars #plymouth #mopar #stationwagon
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With billions of dollars in federal funding at risk, Harvard University officials on Monday rejected Trump administration demands to make sweeping changes to its governance, admissions and hiring practices.
Harvard rejects Trump administration’s demands with federal funding at risk
The university’s response comes after the government announced a federal review of nearly $9 billion in funding to Harvard and its affiliates.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
With billions of dollars in federal funding at risk, Harvard University officials on Monday rejected Trump administration demands to make sweeping changes to its governance, admissions and hiring practices.
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LOL Who did this? 😆😉😏
April 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
LOL Who did this? 😆😉😏
Annual reminder that the Coachella music festival is streaming for free. Honestly at this point I prefer streaming outdoor festivals over attending. coachella.com
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
See you in the desert. April 11-13 & 18-20, 2025
coachella.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Annual reminder that the Coachella music festival is streaming for free. Honestly at this point I prefer streaming outdoor festivals over attending. coachella.com
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Every casino and resort on the Vegas Strip is now 100% union.
The Culinary and Bartenders Unions have reached an agreement with Fontainebleau Las Vegas, and for the first time in the 90-year history of the strip every establishment is totally unionized.
963kklz.com/2025/03/06/l...
The Culinary and Bartenders Unions have reached an agreement with Fontainebleau Las Vegas, and for the first time in the 90-year history of the strip every establishment is totally unionized.
963kklz.com/2025/03/06/l...
Las Vegas Strip Reaches Full Union Coverage as Fontainebleau Signs First Labor Deal
The Culinary and Bartenders Unions have reached a historic agreement with Fontainebleau, making all casino resorts on The Strip 100% unionized
963kklz.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Every casino and resort on the Vegas Strip is now 100% union.
The Culinary and Bartenders Unions have reached an agreement with Fontainebleau Las Vegas, and for the first time in the 90-year history of the strip every establishment is totally unionized.
963kklz.com/2025/03/06/l...
The Culinary and Bartenders Unions have reached an agreement with Fontainebleau Las Vegas, and for the first time in the 90-year history of the strip every establishment is totally unionized.
963kklz.com/2025/03/06/l...
I'm in Pittsburgh for the SIGCSE Computer Science Education conference. Loving the city! #SIGCSE #SIGCSE2025 sigcse2025.sigcse.org
SIGCSE TS 2025
Welcome!
The Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE TS) is organized by the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) and is the organization’s flagship con...
sigcse2025.sigcse.org
February 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I'm in Pittsburgh for the SIGCSE Computer Science Education conference. Loving the city! #SIGCSE #SIGCSE2025 sigcse2025.sigcse.org
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If you have a job offer that you want at a university take it now. Widespread hiring freezes are likely.
February 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
If you have a job offer that you want at a university take it now. Widespread hiring freezes are likely.
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The NIH capping the indirect cost rate (IDC) for grants at 15% can best be described as a direct assault on Universities. It’s such a bureaucratic, innocuous sounding thing that actually means that research universities will be kneecapped. Thousands of employees across the US will lose their jobs.
February 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The NIH capping the indirect cost rate (IDC) for grants at 15% can best be described as a direct assault on Universities. It’s such a bureaucratic, innocuous sounding thing that actually means that research universities will be kneecapped. Thousands of employees across the US will lose their jobs.
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⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
⚠️ Effective Monday 2/10/25, NIH indirect rate capped at 15%. Applies to existing & future grants.
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?
—> Deep budget cuts & program closures coming to a university near you.
Is this the break the glass moment for university administrators who have been silent so far about the attack on science?