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eriverarn.bsky.social
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LIFE IS NOT ABOUT BEING EVER FASTER AND “MORE PRODUCTIVE”!!! WE LIVE IN A WORLD OF BOUNTY, IT IS A LIE FROM THE CAPITALISTS—WHO WANT TO RING EVER MORE VALUE OUT OF EVERY SECOND OF YOUR LIFE UNTIL YOU ARE MADE REDUNDANT, DIE OR BOTH—THAT EVERYTHING MUST HAPPEN CHEAPER, FASTER AND SHITTIER!

soon enough, the mere presence of black and latino students on campus will be illegal racial discrimination against white students www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...

Had an interesting discussion in my SciComm class about how “trying to stick to facts” is, in fact, bias—that choosing to not engage is, actually, a choice most ethical dilemmas are defined by the moment when choosing to refrain from acting has consequences worse than choosing which action to take

The Trump admin has cancelled the panels that approve NIH grants, & is also banning scientists from communicating with the public, attending conferences, and hiring. NIH is the largest funder of biomedical research in the world. This will severely halt the development of many lifesaving treatments.

This thread was so generously shared and is beautifully, intelligently stated. It's exactly what I needed to hear to knock me out of my existential despair spiral.

I have taken the resources that were in the budget and which you were probably saving for higher education Forgive me they were needed to feed the AI bubble and to dismantle the humanities

Hear me out... when I was pregnant and feeling horrible and hated all food I think I would have consented to this

@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social is always there for you when you need him

"For both patients and providers, prior authorization can feel like an unfair game they are designed to lose." Honored to work w/ Dr @nathangray.bsky.social on a graphic op-ed out now @usatoday.com on how #PriorAuth can leave some patients literally dying in pain. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Sometimes developing discipline is simply deciding Future You is someone worth taking care of.

Individual resilience is not something we should be working towards. Rather, the goal should be a healthy society where resilience is not a necessity. #trauma #mentalhealth

I'm adding this to my introductory class slides!

I try to be as aggressive as possible about offering students extensions on their assignments. And it's clear so many of them have had horrible experiences in their past with disrespect from instructors.

Excited to be included!

Stupidest mistake would be running gels/blots backward. Grossest mistake was definitely spilling an entire bottle of trimethylamine 🐟🐟🐟