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dolohodgson.bsky.social
Retired dean, anthropology professor and author. Avid birder, photographer, reader, traveler, and citizen of the world.
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Thursday’s front page of the British Daily Star. Putin’s Poodle

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

The truth is these are not very bright guys...and things got out of hand.

“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”

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This Wednesday….12 noon

Here is a photo of a trans non-binary biologist (me) holding a bird (Eastern Towhee) that is likely a bilateral gynandromorph-- a fusion of cells with female-type chromosomes and cells with male-type chromosomes in one bird! Biological sex and human gender diversity is real and wonderful ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

The antidote for despair is action ❤️ * Dial (202) 224-3121 * Enter zip code * Leave voicemail * Say “My name is ___, I’m a constituent in [town]. (If clinician/scientist, say so) “The NIH freeze harms research and patients and must be lifted immediately.” Be brief. Staffers tally all calls. Go! ✅

PSA: you do not have to watch the news tomorrow. You do not have to keep track of everything day 1. This is a marathon not a sprint. Take care of yourself and spend time with friends and family. I'll be out on the slopes wfh my partner enjoying nature. They can't take our joy, I won't let them.

On this day of national disgrace, I will limit myself to a single comment: I stand with the transgender community. ❤️

New NEH/AHRC partnership "to encourage more international collaboration in humanities research between US and UK scholars focused on examining the societal impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and ensuring such technologies are deployed and used safely and responsibly" bit.ly/3Wilwmw

We spent the past week working on this. Please share - it’s not getting enough attention.

The hearing on UNC's plan to burn paper & plastic pellets at the power plant has been moved to Chapel Hill Town Hall. Thanks to all the petition-signers, organizers & electeds who advocated for the move. Special tip of the hat to Sen. Meyer. LFG! triangleblogblog.com/2024/12/17/g...

👇CFP for the SCA Biennial UNconference, Restorative Relations Here’s the starting point: does the thought of attending another academic conference elicit fatigue and burnout instead of excitement and possibility? Can it be different? This is gonna be GOOD! @culanth.bsky.social #anthrosky

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Anthropologist: Dichotomies are a legacy of European colonialism and are not universal. I perceive the cup as completely full of water and air, though a person of another culture may perceive the cup/water/air system differently

Headed to #AAA2024Tampa? Join the SCA team for a joint reception on Thurs, Nov 21st at 5pm w/ our friends at Visual Anth, APLA, and American Ethnologist, The reception venue (Marcolina’s @ 1517 E 7th Av) is ~15 min away from the conference venue via Tampa's free streetcar! See you all there.

My lovely home town!

Please let us know of good candidates, and feel free to ask me any questions you might have!

If I can add, FIRE's pressure campaign to get universities to adopt "institutional neutrality" is actually a violation of the very principles of institutional neutrality they claim to promote. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...

Who made this? Ahahaha

The same people who’ve spent the last several years decrying “unqualified DEI hires” are now shoehorning through Cabinet nominations who can’t even pass a basic background test.

Happy Friday!

Like others, fleeing the evil black X for bluer skies