
David Meyer
@dajmeyer
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RT @snezanalawrence: So this came in the post the other day - and has a little article about me on the last page! Thanks @YoaYeo for the loā¦.
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We took Ms17 to an @ApplyToBU info session. Her response after, "It didn't feel as if they were talking to me." We tried to reassure her, but didn't know @bulibraries are so far gone: "Consider [citing] alternative formats. which might include blogs, podcasts, video, zines. "!.
Our university librarian just reached out to faculty members asking us to sign a "citation justice" pledge. Text from the pledge and my reply.
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.@huahsu, The Otherworldly Ambitions of @kuangrf āI just donāt think Iām very good yet. I actually am afraid of being totally happy w/my work, because, if you are perfectly satisfied w/your abilities, thereās nowhere else to go. You might as well be dead.ā.
newyorker.com
The author of āBabelā and āYellowfaceā is drawn to stories of striving. Her new fantasy novel, āKatabasis,ā asks if graduate school is a kind of hell.
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RT @1776Authority: @dajmeyer @jamescwitte @JHUmath @JohnsHopkins For those without a subscription to The Chronicle of Higher Education, theā¦.
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archived 15 Aug 2025 18:30:40 UTC
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.@hclaire_brown, Why Canāt the U.S. Build 5-Minute E.V. Chargers? "Chinese companies have leaped ahead of the rest of the world in high-quality patents for many clean energy technologies, including batteries.".
nytimes.com
Chinese automakers have rolled out chargers that can mostly recharge a carās battery in about five minutes. Yet U.S. technology lags far behind.
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.@jamescwitte, The Case for Rewiring Faculty Who Are Retiring "considerable benefits may accrue to the individual as well as the institution".Not planning to retire soon, but having watched my dad retire @JHUmath @JohnsHopkins, whole-hearted agreement!.
chronicle.com
A guest columnist argues for rethinking the place of emeritus professors in university life.
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RT @justbuffalolit: Kenzie Allenās (@cerena) poem āQuiet As Thunderboltsā projected onto the Marine A grain silo during the July 26, 2025 Sā¦.
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RT @alastairmci: And a disproportionate number of that third will be people who have spent their lives doing the most grinding and soul desā¦.
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.@UChicago is wise to recognize the drastic changes for higher ed coming over the horizon--more bc of AI than Trump admin policies--and the need to prepare for them. But eliminating niche subjects that the wealthy may continue to pay to learn in person may be the wrong approach.
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Tao, Iām an award-winning mathematician. Trump just cut my funding. "appeals to long-term national interests, such as the development of future tech or the training of the next generation of leading scientists, fall on deaf ears at the current admin".
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
The āMozart of Mathā tried to stay out of politics. Then it came for his research.
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.@JakobMcwhinney, Enrollment Decline Canāt Be Explained Away by Shift to Private Schools, Homeschooling "not much educators can do, because the main engines of the drops ā declining birth rates & sky-high costs of living ā are largely out of their control".
voiceofsandiego.org
Yes, there are more kids being homeschooled. No, thatās not why enrollment at public schools is falling.Ā Ā
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RT @gyankotsu: The character åø appears in only once in all of history, in a single line of the text Zhuangzi čå, Yin di wang ęåøē:. ę±åä½åø 仄治天äøā¦.
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RT @JessicaBRiedl: The sad thing is that there are countless competent, respected conservative economists (especially at universities) whoā¦.
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RT @DanielDiMartino: This is one of the many elementary errors that show me Mr Antoni is unqualified for the labor market data collection aā¦.
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RT @cerena: Jazzed to be joining the faculty at the @Tin_House Autumn Workshop this year ā and what an amazing lineup indeed š.
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RT @MarshSongs: What an amazing way to end our first summer of live music! Thanks so much to a brilliant audience at Crampton Tower & the lā¦.
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