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There's an irony here that the folks calling for a return of 'real jobs' in manufacturing hate academics, but on some level the academic actually is an artisanal craftworker. I craft my own words, write my own lectures, deliver them personally & offer instruction tailored individually to students.

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

To expand on this point that 'academia' won't provide meaningful resistance to Trump, the issue here is that while individual academics may have principles, *universities* no longer do, a byproduct of the shift away from faculty governance to the 'business' model of education. 1/

submitted 17 days ago • 6 comments

I've heard a lot of people say recently that Zuckerberg has gone over to the dark side. That is not quite correct. He was always on the dark side, he's just decided to be more open about it now.

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Hello!

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