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Neuroscience-trained IFC-certified resiliency coach and delusional optimist. Hard knocks grad & retired professor with a PhD in Neurobiology and Behavior. At the buffet of life, both hope and pessimism are served, but only hope is easy on the digestion.
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LOL! You are a babe in the woods still. Happy birthday!
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It's so strange to me that the people who voted this mess in typically say they support jobs in America and the US Constitution. Yet, here they are, pretending the shit isn't going to get on them when the sewer they built with fear and hate explodes. I want to stay positive, but I also have a brain.
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"...too often fails its students." Students are struggling, but let's also focus on those who teach them. Morale is low for educators, and support is patchy at best. Administrators often punish faculty who are struggling. Many do not earn a livable wage. Drain a lake dry, nothing is left to give.
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I pledged when I started up social media again that I would be a positive voice, i.e. no politics, but that gets harder and harder. Leadership matters, but what frightens me more is the number of people who want a dystopian world because they think they only benefit and never suffer, it's erroneous
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Lol! What a day you are having. Lucky!
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Hahaha! Touché
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Wow! Maybe the ashtrays are keeping the doors on ;-)
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Hahaha, are you now the Bergstrom Onion on Bluesky? This can't be real, or is it?
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This is so tragic. It's hard to believe a people who were the targets of genocide would commit genocide. The Two-state solution was killed with PM Yitzhak Rabin in 1995 by Yigal Amir, an Israeli right-wing nationalist who opposed the most promising peace initiative. I guess hurt people, hurt people.
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I left education last year because I could no longer handle this hellscape--lol!
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Thanks for sharing Lesson 9. So informative! When I was a professor, information literacy was a big part of my introduction to major assignments but I left teaching just as AI was becoming a major tool in the academic space. This helped me better understand issues it has created.
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I agree, but I also think there is some pain that comes with accountability. There is no reason to trash people for something they said or did on the internet 10-years ago assuming what they are doing now does not represent the same problematic behavior. Education on issues is better in my book.
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Man, that is some good news in a horrendous news cycle! Thanks for all the science and good vibes over the years.
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I used to live in a wealthy ski town in Oregon. It always amazed me how folks renting their housing out at max rates as Airbnb's, could not comprehend why they could not find workers for their fancy restaurants and boutiques. Not everyone wants to earn minimum wage and live in a car--imagine that!
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As if it wasn't hard enough already. I'm sad for you and others who have stayed the course over years and years of awfulness in funding only to end up losing their positions anyway. It's insanity! I hope in the future voters will have the power to do the right thing. I hope you can hang in there.
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Devastating! These kind of studies are the opposite of DEI. Other countries take the risks in clinical trails while those in the USA benefit from safer drugs as a result. These cuts make no sense. But, somehow tax cuts for the uber rich aren't a problem while others die. It's all so sad.
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Folks, great advice for dealing with trolls, propaganda agitators, and just plain stupid people. Out of a shitstorm comes a few fertilized seeds!
Not a left/right issue with posts, it's refusing to read for underlying positive intent. As a ex-scientist, I too want fellow intellectuals to be safe.
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I grew up in foster care and was teen dropout. I worked so hard to get my PhD, and while I might have been disillusioned along the way, I never thought I would feel fear for the future of science or the safety of scientists in the USA. Yet, many universities and institutes will stay quiet.😭$$$ wins
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Because he is a blight on humanity. I was neutral about him UNTIL the Thai cave rescue when he called an actual expert in water cave rescue a "pedophile" for criticizing his dumb minisub idea. Elon won when the guy sued him by claiming "pedophile' was an innocent cultural ref. Now the Nazi stuff-WTF
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It's also willful ignorance. There is no such thing as "only two sexes." There are MANY cases of biological variance documented in scientific literature where folks are neither fully male or female. That is fact! There are going to be differences in gender identity too, brains vary. #pubmed #science
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Devastating! This is a class issue masquerading as race and gender, the rich being angry that their legacy kids and big donations don't take all the spots and money available. It's a is backslide into a world where ONLY the privileged get access, which is what it was mostly anyway. #Gatekeepers #DEI