{coughs in over 50 with overdue eye appt} - sometimes alt text is really funny

Proposing analog to,”racism can explain every weird thing in America” is, “women are busy working for money is the secret reason everything we miss about a society is now dying.”

Adding to Mount To Be Read, which always gets significantly bigger when I look through posts for STS conferences.

New online! Understanding and managing ecological light pollution

prose to the plagiarism machine. But it sends an important message. Especially: do this LOUDLY if you are a senior scholar, since emerging scholars don’t have the space to maneuver much I’ve now done this successfully 2x in the last few months.

Academics: Before you agree to contribute to a volume, special issue, etc, consider requiring a written guarantee up front that AI will not be used in any part of the editorial process, plus a clause in the publication agreement you sign. ofc it’s not enough to prevent others from feeding your

If you could use a pick-me-up, check out the Smithsonian’s live cheetah cub cam. The five-day old cubs are beyond adorable, and an important addition to the captive breeding program for this vulnerable species.

CHAIRS DO YOUR JOB

As we move into the seasons for academic conferences + job talks, consider astronomer Harlow Shapley's sage words for giving presentations:

I know the feed is bleak, but please have a brand new lamb picture. I wasn’t expecting this one, and he might be a premie, but his mom is great and he is eating well.

Dante's 9 circles of hell, if he were writing today.

Tonight. The Washington Monument, in the heart of the nation’s capital. Students converging here after a nationwide walkout from classes against sexual violence, sparked by the Cornell rape case.

THIS

I was trying to figure out the Serious Toronto Bro Culture I was seeing and experiencing after arriving yesterday afternoon. Then I found out we are in the Financial District. 🤢