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say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

submitted 24 days ago • 70 comments

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

submitted 38 days ago • 249 comments

No science fiction movie has ever made a prediction as accurate as the mega-popularity of Ruby Rhod, a flamboyantly annoying little bitch who livestreams himself yammering nonstop about nothing and everyone is like “damn, goals”

submitted 73 days ago • 15 comments

We don’t give ground on who is protected because they might come for us next, we don’t cede ground because we all deserve to be here. There’s no prerequisite of value to being human. Why are you here if you’re not going to protect your vast and vivid human family? What is this for?

submitted 72 days ago • 3 comments

Really appreciated this conversation with Matt Galloway of the CBC. We got to talk about tuberculosis, the implications of defunding USAID, and the future of the disease in a world where human health is not being prioritized. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

submitted 90 days ago • 22 comments

if you were ever a fan of the comic Pictures for Sad Children & wondered what happened to the artist, these days she's out as a trans woman and has been struggling with poverty & access to medical care but still making art, & could use some help with stable housing www.gofundme.com/f/help-simon...

submitted 96 days ago • 9 comments

I'm gonna keep reposting examples of people not taking shit because it's important for us to see that you can, simply, reject the shit. Say "Uh... no no no, we will not be tolerating that."

submitted 110 days ago • 75 comments

I watched this video this morning and it really has been instructive for understanding, well, a lot of behavior. youtu.be/bNOol5OTasw

submitted 117 days ago • 94 comments