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This deserves to be seen by all.

One change I've noticed since my time as dept chair is that whereas one used to be able to accomplish things with a call, upper admin is now structured like a mega company: you're never talking directly to someone who can give a definitive answer or make a final decision

The results of my subpoena of Congress’s sexual harassment slush fund are in. Nine members. One thousand pages. All records prior to 2004 were destroyed - which tells you everything you need to know about how long this has been buried. We are reviewing every page. We will name all nine. We will release the full 1,000 pages - once we confirm that personally identifiable information of victims and witnesses has been properly redacted. Accountability is not a threat. It is a promise.

@heavyredaction Building “a rich ethical and intellectual life” shouldn’t cost 100k and come with a life of debt. “University leadership” is a major source of the problem. I’ve never met a college administrator that gave a fuck about intelligence let along ethics, apart from vacuous branding.

University leaders should push back on the assumption that it is their responsibility to prepare students for the workforce — instead of preparing them to have a rich ethical and intellectual life. Employers should be responsible for job training

I spoke to a young man yesterday who could not recall ever having read a book all throughout his K-12 years. I was shocked and asked if it made it harder when he went to college and was expected to read in his classes. He laughed and said he definitely never read a book in college. How did we let this happened in America? If we’re going to continue on this path we at least need to be honest and call it something other than education because it’s not.

I remember when I first became a professor, I was excited to see what actually took place in a faculty meeting. About 10 minutes into the first one I attended, I realized it was all bullshit - people bloviating about irrelevant things, talking over each other, and saying things just to sound smart. In later years it became completely performative. The nastiest people behind closed doors would go on about how much they love students and minorities. It was pure narcissism - people trying to look good in front of others and caring more about promoting themselves than anything else.

Prediction: The replication crisis will unfold like #MeToo. Everyone in science knows how bad it is, but nobody wants to speak first. Then it all comes crashing down.

me as i read 40% of what claude wrote back and type in “continue”

🇪🇬 3,500-year-old Ancient Egyptian geometry papyrus written in Hieratic script. Dating back to the Second Intermediate Period, this work is one of the most tangible examples of mathematical thought in the ancient world.

@smarick @annbauerwriter So Andy, what do we blame all the “young adults that can can’t read, or write, or think as well as they should” today on? AI is an all too easy scapegoat for the decades long failure of education.

In 10 years, we'll realize young adults can't read, write, or think as well as they should. We'll wonder how we allowed students to offload huge chunks of their learning to AI. Today we're just watching it happen. This is the most obvious unforced error of our time.

@rand_longevity If colleges know the system is collapsing, trying to keep money coming in as long as possible is the height of unethical behavior. Knowingly ripping off people at the beginning of their adult lives is a grift. Money back guarantees would end the games and many areas of study.

@C_3C_3 @data_republican Man I was a professor. The profession, my colleagues, and institution, became so fucking embarrassing. I didn’t want to be associated with them anymore.

These are the Presidents of the largest 2 teachers unions… Becky Pringle and Randi Weingarten. Both are Marxists. Both paid over $500,000 per year. 99% of donations from their unions go to Democrats. They’re responsible for much of the destruction of public schools. Sick.

Education is a trillion dollar a year industry. Where is that money going?

@mattvanswol This is who is teaching your kids nation wide. This is who they are.

ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?!!!!! YOU CANCELLED MY KINDERGARTENERS CLASSES TODAY TO COSPLAY A REVOLUTION???!!!!!!! YOU DO NOT GIVE A CRAP ABOUT MY KID!!!!! I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS. I’M TAKING A VACATION DAY FROM WORK SO YOU CAN GO DANCE IN A PARK?!!!!!!!!!!

@RepLuna Good, the GOP needs a major house cleaning; your constituents are blessed to have such a fighter in their corner.

New Jersey realtor says her client has to pay a $185K transfer tax on a home they’re selling for $4 million. In simple terms, that $185K is the government’s “cut” for updating the public record to show who owns the property. If her client were moving out of state, they would also pay what’s often called the New Jersey Exit Tax. The state withholds 2% to make sure you don’t leave without paying any taxes due on the sale. New Jersey’s so-called “mansion tax” has also changed: the original 1% flat tax on homes over $1M has been replaced by a tiered system, paid by the seller, increasing by 0.5% for every additional $500K. As one observer rightly noted, that money could have remained in the hands of individuals, as a salary, a raise, or startup capital, to fuel real economic growth, create jobs, and build wealth from the bottom up. Instead, it’s seized through taxation and funneled through politicians and bureaucrats, who allocate it to social programs and pet projects with little accountability. History shows these initiatives are riddled with undetected waste, fraud, and inefficiency, often delivering minimal benefits to those they’re supposed to help while expanding government control.

A major study found that pesticide mixtures increased: -Childhood leukemia by 23% -Brain cancer by 36% -Overall childhood cancer by 30% And yet we’re still debating whether to protect these chemicals? Remove pesticide protections from the Farm Bill.

🚨 Wanna puke? Jennifer Mnookin is the president of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her salary is $892,000 with a bonus of $150,000 for no particular reason. She pinky-swore to the Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, that she'd hire ONE, just one, conservative professor in order to continue receiving $816 MILLION in federal funding. She never hired one. $816 MILLION was still shoved into the sweaty hands of her campus. In July, she'll begin her new job as the President of Columbia University, with a salary of $3 million and perks that would make you throw up. American taxpayers are being fleeced for this garbage.

The data is clear, the priority should be too. Why is Congress voting to protect pesticides over people?

Pesticides are giving kids cancer. Why the HECK is CONGRESS trying to include provisions in the Farm Bill that protect these corporations? Who the heck is getting paid? Is someone’s spouse on the payroll? Are you planning your exit from Congress to go lobby for Monsanto? Actual CHILDREN are DYING. IT IS BEING PLACED IN THE FOOD SUPPLY! Y’all are some sick freaks.