Professors please pull up a chair.
I’ve been talking to my classes about what has been going on. I explained indirect costs to them. I talked to them about what a probationary employee is in the government.
At the end of class they asked if we could talk about it more. (1/)
I’ve been talking to my classes about what has been going on. I explained indirect costs to them. I talked to them about what a probationary employee is in the government.
At the end of class they asked if we could talk about it more. (1/)
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I had a 5 yr car loan in 2000, paid it off by 2003.
In 2003, I lost my job, but at least I had paid off my car loan early!
But no federal employee makes even $1 million a year. No matter the job. Compare healthcare CEOs at $20M+. https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/unitedhealth-ceo-andrew-witty-was-2023s-highest-paid-payer-ceo-heres-what-his-peers-earned
Especially since DOGE is cutting costs and canceling payments.
https://youtu.be/59114v_Uxoc?si=jkFuifJODDuhPLjw
I start with Zombie by the cranberries and we discuss the fighting between catholics and protestants. It clues them in on, we may not look different than who we hate.
“I Ain’t Marching Anymore” by Phil Ochs (1965)
“Bring ‘Em Home” by Pete Seeger (1966)
“Saigon Bride” by Joan Baez (1967)
“Eve of Destruction” by P.F. Sloan (1965)
“We’ve Gotta Get Out of this Place” by The Animals (1965).
It is better to be unborn than untaught; for ignorance is the root of misfortune.
It is ignorance that has drawn you to this misfortune you are now suffering.
If you look at it all dispassionately, the planet won't be affected whether we're here or not, it'll continue to roll, but that doesn't mean we should destroy ourselves or other creatures.
Scientists, Doctors, and really anyone who doesn't agree with their agenda and may have a voice or power to defy what they claim.
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It ain’t government largesse.
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Despite Project 2025 claims, the new 15% federal rate is not “generous” compared to the rates paid by Gates Foundation, etc.
27% across all institutions, from Birmingham (UAB), to Boston (Harvard).
More below.
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So much need to assist students in making sense of their circumstances in the current world, I feel for them
Talking to students is important and they are curious
Learning what's real and true requires a lot of effort and dedication, and while the rewards are great, they're not immediate.
Their future livelihoods depend on what is happening too. They deserve to understand it and to have background to read the news and talk to their friends and family (2/)
Monsters are always better faced in the light than they are in the dark.
also urged them to believe this: we can be as good as we are bad. We can have good governance but we all have to contribute
But this is what I tell people who now don’t want to talk about it because it’s politics
It’s like “leaking your power level” for the average liberal American of yesteryear.
Thank you for doing this because every day I lament the consequences that ignorance of civics (the basics of how the government functions) have wrought on this country.
Even our politicians are so ignorant of civics, they don't know they're breaking things.
This is a superpower
Knowledge is power
Thank you
The only way to save ourselves is to save each other 💜 thank you so much for sharing this
2025 in the United States of America
Surreal
The Monday after the first announcement my local news interviewed a former Harvard Med School Dean who did the WORST job of explaining and it was such a huge disservice to this cause.
Use your superpowers!
The former Dean made it sound like the action would be an annoyance to administration without being clear about what cuts would mean for research and for Americans. As a former HSPH employee I was horrified.
Usually it's something your bros say when you drive off with your parking brake on.
Nobody wants #Elmo putting software on govt servers
And there’s literally not 1 thing #tRump has done that’s good
If you can’t see the USA is in free fall about to lose our republic, then it is YOU that cannot engage in critical thinking.
#DefundElon
#TrumpFelon
Brain dead mfs
Why do you think DT's crew are going for the Canada, Greenland (the frozen north)? Because it won't be frozen much longer.
It's the new great game
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2lCHnqdit9wm2QPh1EIA0O?si=45864f4c4af24a11