Karen Kovaka

@dsc_wv 😂

Last day of class, so I asked all of my students to recommend something to the group: something to read, watch, listen, visit, etc. Their suggestions are way too good not to share! 🧵 Here are a few:

And a host of other good ideas: swimming in the rain, star gazing in the desert, best local surf breaks, tide pooling, museums, hiking trails, animal sanctuaries, Pho restaurants, street fairs, and more. 💕💕💕

Cheer yourself up by exploring goodanthropocenes.net.

@danieljhicks This is the thing!

You won’t find a more fun conference this summer, I guarantee it. Magical venue, spectacular people. Apply!

What a great way to spend my birthday - a lab presentation from Professor @KKovaka on her philosophical analysis of climate doomerism. Snapped by @ChemCooper on his way to a demonstration.

So the UCOP position is that it’s impossible to refuse to do struck labor without automatically becoming on strike myself? After all, how could I possibly post grades for a 100+ student class without making it that work the TAs were meant to do to gets done by some other means?

Why are they striking? Several philosophy graduate students in the University of California system share their stories... dailynous.com/2022/11/22/rep…

@PubliusorPerish Exactly.

@PubliusorPerish With writing, it must be that downloads > reads, but I wonder what the precise function is