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RT @AJKayWriter: @KevinBardosh Like this? šŸ¤”
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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 lo….
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RT @kathoh: Keep in mind many aspects of an author's identity aren't obvious. So this proposal would force scientists, scholars, and lawyer….
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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. "!.
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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 ā€œI just don’t think I’m very good yet. I actually am afraid of being totally happy w/my work, because, if you are perfectly satisfied w/your abilities, there’s nowhere else to go. You might as well be dead.ā€.
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newyorker.com
The author of ā€œBabelā€ and ā€œYellowfaceā€ is drawn to stories of striving. Her new fantasy novel, ā€œKatabasis,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, the….
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.@hclaire_brown, Why Can’t 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.".
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nytimes.com
Chinese automakers have rolled out chargers that can mostly recharge a car’s 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!.
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chronicle.com
A guest columnist argues for rethinking the place of emeritus professors in university life.
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RT @justbuffalolit: Kenzie Allen’s (@cerena) poem ā€œQuiet As Thunderboltsā€ projected onto the Marine A grain silo during the July 26, 2025 S….
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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 des….
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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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Len Gutkin
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My take, for now, on whatever's going on at the University of Chicago:
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Saw two rattlesnakes on my run today, and I only went about 5K.
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David Meyer
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Tao, I’m 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".
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The ā€œMozart of Mathā€ tried to stay out of politics. Then it came for his research.
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.@JakobMcwhinney, Enrollment Decline Can’t Be Explained Away by Shift to Private Schools, Homeschooling "not much educators can do, because the main engines of the drops – declining birth rates & sky-high costs of living – are largely out of their control".
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voiceofsandiego.org
Yes, there are more kids being homeschooled. No, that’s 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 čŽŠå­, Yin di wang ę‡‰åøēŽ‹:. ę±åˆä½•åø ä»„ę²»å¤©äø‹ā€¦.
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RT @egasmb: This meme is very very funny, but it is also inviting a serious explainer 🧵 from yours truly about 0 in Sinitic languages (ther….
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David Meyer
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RT @JessicaBRiedl: The sad thing is that there are countless competent, respected conservative economists (especially at universities) who….
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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 a….
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RT @cerena: Jazzed to be joining the faculty at the @Tin_House Autumn Workshop this year — and what an amazing lineup indeed šŸ˜.
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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 l….
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