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Adjunct Professor of Jewish Studies and Social Justice, University of San Francisco ed democracy ̷e̷d̷ ̷p̷r̷i̷v̷i̷t̷i̷z̷a̷t̷i̷o̷n̷ warriors giants ̷l̷a̷k̷e̷r̷s̷ ̷d̷o̷d̷g̷e̷r̷s̷
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I am, admittedly, from a family of nerds, but it’s hard to overstate how much university education and employment has been the engine of our prosperity and personal happiness, leaving aside that a lot of us would be dead if not for great treatment/research from university health systems

submitted 10 days ago • 6 comments

say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

submitted 11 days ago • 70 comments

Take the fictional characters quiz and post the first 4 that you know. openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac... no women?

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Good post. A somewhat optimistic interpretation here is that you get can so far with a paper that makes big claims based on false data. Once the paper starts to get public attention, it becomes a target for closer scrutiny. The incentives to cheat are there, but being caught is a career-ender.

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments

never seen a more distilled vision of american soft power that tactical big mac command centers can be deployed anywhere in the world in under 24 hours

submitted 16 days ago • 63 comments

This isn't right even as a matter of literal definitions. Bribery requires quid pro quo. "Corruption" is not limited to bribery. It is corrupt to personally profit off your public office even if it's not direct bribery. Don't finger-wag about "terms matter" if you're going to misdefine said terms.

submitted 17 days ago • 88 comments

Democracy rots when officials act to preserve access to money and power, *almost always* without a direct bribe. It creates a government run on influence, not duty. What Eric’s describing here, in the literal paper of record, is a fucking child’s understanding of corruption.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

This is too wholesome

submitted 18 days ago • 288 comments

Got to break these out yesterday for the first time since I made them

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

The new pope signed up for Twitter in 2011 with a Hotmail email address that he also used for a lot of other stuff, which is how I know that he's probably the first pope on Zynga and almost certainly the first pope on Tumblr

submitted 21 days ago • 56 comments