One of the key messages I carry is that we don't have to accept any of this. Sometimes I see opposition in the form of "Get in loser, you'll be left behind" and other times it's in the form of "It's all over the place, what do you mean you think you can opt out?" >>

Trouble is, most people don't have bandwidth to step inside the sausage factory.

Educate the people who need educating in those upper-management committees. Use the hierarchical clout that you have and I don't. Kick up a stink *before* the bad idea is locked in as good, or at least help me make a functional purse out of the sow's ears.

I think a lot of academics treat systemic change like Vogon Galactic Traffic Plans and try to fight it when the battle is already lost. We needed you last year, when we were pushing back hard in every place we could reach. We need you now, in the places where we still wield influence.

An episode of the X Files references a missing ship departing Leeds, UK, which as someone who has lived in this landlocked Yorkshire town for over 30 years I can assure you it did not.

17 days of strike action coming up this semester for us

Very true, & also - as I sometimes forget - it's just cool. Like it is fun & neat & exciting. Sometimes I get so lost in unpacking how a folktale speaks to some anxiety of an age that I forget it is also a cracking story, that magic can be delightful & scary & I am also here for the Good Time.

Would watch 10/10 and rule 34 suggests there's already a fanfic version out there....

Make a war film rubbish

Junk Mail from Iwo Jima

SISSY

An AuDHD man told to try the Pomodoro Technique as a way to overcome distractions and procrastination has reportedly fallen down a multi-hour rabbit hole on the history of the tomato.

Publishers Weekly called today, asking questions about the Must Read Magazines contract situation. Did a 38-minute interview w/ them. This story isn’t going away. ICYMI: I’ll fight just as hard for the rights of the kid entering the industry as I will for my own. Don’t f**k w/ artists’ rights.

Essential thread from an essential author. Thanks, buddy:)

I'm seeing headlines about how 25% of students admitted to university without qualifications fail to complete their degrees, and that this is justification for preventing people without qualifications from accessing student loans. That means *75%* of students without qualifications complete degrees.

This is why we love you

Very dystopian that on the article about a A.I. data center poisoning the air, there's a little rainbow A.I. chatbot button just lurking at the edge, waiting to poison the air some more to answer your banal question

Also a reminder that his female characters range from sexy bimbo to sexy industrialist thatcher with many unique characteristics...but their body ain't one of them. Dude has a *type*.