meaghanbrown.bsky.social
Biblionerd; interested in what books do to people, what people do to books. Early modernist by training, chaser of waterfalls and nurturer of plants by passion. All opinions my own and quite capricious.
24 posts
307 followers
108 following
Prolific Poster
Conversation Starter
comment in response to
post
Is... he... giving up? He's surrendering? To who?
comment in response to
post
I also threw in how to search the Internet and used book stores for the ISBN of the class texts, why I'd chosen those editions, and how we'd be using them in class.
comment in response to
post
That would be a great option for many individual digital projects. We do like to personify them
comment in response to
post
I knooooow "We sunsetted the project" sounds so wrong, but I can't figure out what the verb should be. And I want the focus to be on the actions, not on the project's status, necessarily. "We sunset the project"?
comment in response to
post
Also a good description of the sunsetting process.
comment in response to
post
"The project has entered the gloaming"
comment in response to
post
Just to be clear, the personal bank account thing is because it's an individual award, not because of the topic restriction. That change predated the... Topical focus... And has to do with a change in CFR200. Institutional awards would still be paid to the institution, theoretically.
comment in response to
post
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
comment in response to
post
Thanks for the heads up. I'll be emotionally preparing myself for tomorrow
comment in response to
post
Actually said to a friend in undergrad, but “get off your rhetorical pony” played in my head during my dissertation. No, you probably don’t need to invent new words 98% of the time. Being able to explain concepts in clear, simple language is an important skill