jimnicell.bsky.social
Professor and former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, spouse of a wonder woman, father of 3 men of great character and promise, book and uranium glass addict, and devoted sustainabilist. Not on Twitter. Views are mine alone.
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I knew there was something wrong with "John Wick" but I couldn't put my finger on it.
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Shhh. Just sit back and watch. Don’t distract them .
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He has so much more to apologize for.
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At first glance, I thought you had finally decided to throw out your yellow pages collection.
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By the way, do people in PPs new constituency know how little time he typically spends with the people who elected him?
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Isn’t it also questionable that a rightfully elected MP must step aside to make room for someone who ran and lost and who had no local connection with constituents? Also, what back room deal was made with this MP who must step aside? It smells bad.
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Given his confidence, I would like to see either a turnkey project (payment upon delivery of a functional system) or a contract with significant financial penalties for cost overruns and delays.
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Trump Endures and Prevails in Demagoguery (TEPID)
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Ouch.
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You are clearly a shill for the big volunteer industry…
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Why would anyone with integrity want to present their candidacy for this role? You would be doomed to being a puppet of right wing politicians and appointees.
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A really great book. I highly recommend it.
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All of this is to say that this Nature article is just the tip of the iceberg. Yes, we punish those who have already crossed the boundaries but, even worse, we have turned away many of those who were ready to jump.
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As academics, we always talk about the importance of interdisciplinarity, but then we punish those who are willing to take career risks and work across boundaries. I can only begin to imagine the magnitude of losses the world has experienced because of this.
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In my experience, academics are merciless when it comes to reviewing the work of those who attempt to pivot out of their field. The credibility of the researchers is too often in question, rather than their track record of delivering on their ideas.
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Stalin set arrest quotas too, and nobody cared whether those picked up were innocent or not.
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This looks like an attempt to shore up the value of their investments in the short term so that they can sell off their shares and recoup their losses.
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Make it a turnkey project: contractors only get paid once the system is fully operational.
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www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...