Tired Ass Prof Collective

We are pleased to report that Twitter has taught us some things this week about being Ass Profs. Pretty sure our @ass_deans are going to be stoked for us. A 🧵

Very hot take for a former NIH-funded scientist who now acts like her crypto tax shelter science front buys her moral superioriority

Oh great… the same new PIs who were hit by a global pandemic just as they started are now trying to renew their grants and get tenure when the funding agencies are actively being destroyed but sure.... that COVID tenure clock extension really made a difference....

But did you try buying less avocado toast? x.com/vectorgen/stat…

We've been saying this for years but maybe now that this is coming from a more established investigator the Significance of Overall Impact of this idea will be met with more than "modest enthusiasm".

Laughs in NewPI... x.com/vectorgen/stat…

Stay tuned for more live coverage of boomer/genX funding hoarders complaining about losing money they refused to spend while millennial PIs were drowning trying to start their labs

Will the academic version of long covid hit senior folks different?

NOW:

THEN:

The surgery to give princess Kate a more accessible Kate haircut did not go as planned. Kate does not have 8 children, only the three that were there before and is waiting for her hair and pride to recover. #KateGate

Stop saying that hiring women or URM faculty proves anyone's "commitment to diversity." This BS erases our accomplishments and implies our hiring was someone else's charity

🙋5-7 years of experience, an R01, MIRA or equivalent and graduated 1 student

More of a comment than a question but....

"Barrier" facility

So wonderful to watch so-called 'champions of ESI' punching down on anyone who dares to have a different idea of how to make change than they do or questions the new orthodoxy they wish to establish.

Also, it's R01. Like with a zero. Hope this helps!

Poor leadership blames the vulnerable, undermines their credibility, and tries to dismantle them. We expect better from an Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development

Bias against junior faculty from a study section member and the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?

Feeling bad for the senior profs whose ultra productive pandemics are being interrupted by my tenure evaluation commitments that require them to come to campus.