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did history for 20 years, now I do work-life in higher ed. Special Olympics coach. southerner living in the PacNW. runner/Peloton cult member.
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Even more convos needed when those same R1s consistently fundraise off athletics. Silence from that side of the house. Hello? If the university disappears (even a chunk of academic programs), so do "student athletes" and big spectacle collegiate sports.

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

Cuts to NSF expected to be at 50% reduction in force for an independent agency that fuels discovery and innovation. "The NSF budget was $9B, or 0.13% of the total [budget]." This is not about fiscal prudence. This is about killing universities. nanoscale.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

submitted 1 day ago • 120 comments

Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.

submitted 5 hours ago • 130 comments

submitted 17 hours ago • 165 comments

BREAKING: The USDA has confirmed five additional dairy herds in California have tested positive for the virus, raising the total to 732. Currently, 74% of the state's dairy herds are infected with H5N1.

submitted 9 hours ago • 427 comments

I know we’ve kind of moved past it as a human society but I think I’ll always love the 40 year old Australian professor who was like “well I have a degree in breakdancing, time to put it to work in the Olympics” and then hopped around like a kangaroo

submitted 1 day ago • 16 comments

100% and I need everyone to understand right now that there is only one solution: people need to start getting their asses kicked in public again

submitted 1 day ago • 114 comments

Gee, I hope none of our global adversaries realizes that we have a totally unqualified Defense Secretary and are about to have a Joint Chiefs Chairman who doesn't meet the statutory criteria for appointment unless waived. I guess that's merit hiring for 'ya.

submitted 19 hours ago • 11 comments

Alarm as bird flu now ‘endemic in cows’ while Trump cuts staff and funding

submitted 9 hours ago • 32 comments

Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

submitted 20 hours ago • 449 comments

she made the greatest posting mistake you can make, acknowledging a dunk on you like this

submitted 1 day ago • 418 comments

When I see Steve Bannon doing a Nazi salute to cheers it means only one thing: 420,000 U.S. troops died defending our country from Nazi assholes and 77 million people voted for them to be in power. MAGA betrayed our country voting for this nightmare.

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