thomassdavis.bsky.social
English/Env Hum @ OSU. The Extinct Scene: Late Modernism & Everyday Life (Columbia 2016). Finishing: Forming Attachments: Aesthetic Education & Ecological Crisis. Starting: Searching for William H Johnson. www.thomassdavis.net
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It would be good to know what the trajectory was that led him to co-sign a bill aimed at eroding tenure protections and crushing faculty autonomy and academic freedom. It’s hard to imagine someone so eagerly collaborating on this sort of thing.
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It’s in my queue! After Oil are finishing up a book called Against Renewability that has some arguments about transition without transformation and new forms of what we call “fuckedness.” One example: new offshore Norwegianwindmills being used to…power offshore oil rigs…
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American oil production is at a record & we consume about 60% of it. What becomes of American petro-economics as global demand shrinks & our infrastructure remains dependent on oil? What does a future look like where the US doubles down on fossil capital in a world trying to leave it behind?
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The Biehl is good. Also @aprilanson.bsky.social has a zine that would be great in the classroom. Download here: deceleration.news/against-the-...
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Nah. I cheered for ND in the championship.
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Not sure thousands of faculty, students, and staff who didn’t ask for this bill and don’t want it “deserve it.”
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My understanding is that this required class exists to give a revenue stream for the Chase Center, a state funded, a semi-autonomous conservative think tank the legislature forced on us last year. Like everything else in the bill, it’s all smokescreens and ideology.
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This is the dumbest of all possible dystopias. Is the Vichy Chair in Peace Studies next?
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I think a lot of us are asking that question. I also think this bill reveals what the legislature & their think tank companions believe we should be doing, which doesn’t have much to do with thinking, critique, or truth.
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I did this and got plantar fasciitis, which I understand as my body’s rational response to my delusions. But now I miss running…
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Oh and I loved how you came with data about what this sort of law did to Florida in short order. Boom!
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We need that kind of solidarity right now! This one isn’t over yet and I think there will be additional battles to be fought if it passes. I think we have the right argument and hopefully we can outlast them!
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“Proactive steps”: probably unrelated to two top DEI officials leaving.
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Thanks, Scott!
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Link to all opponent testimonies: ohiosenate.gov/committees/h...
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This almost makes me nostalgic for a bygone era of conservative eloquence that gave us “freedom fries.” We are going to perish at the hands of the absolute dumbest fucks.
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I think this looks amazing and will ask my chair if there’s service credit before applying. It’d be lovely to have a firsthand look at new EH work.
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I promise once you go through a round, it all makes sense. But it’s a lot to grasp at first! See if your set came with those four sheets that walk you through a round.
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The game we bought came with sheets to follow for your first go at it and they’re really good. I watched a 5 minute tutorial on it and admittedly got lost😂
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As people who teach 1984 will know, much of that teaching is to make sure students don’t graft “Orwellian” or “Big Brother” onto everything they see. I counted it as a win a few years ago when we spent two days discussing the difference between media in 1984 and private tech/technofeudalism.
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It’s such a good way to engage kids too…we cherish anything that is screen less and analog!
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I should also note that the wild Turkey saved me (as it has done in other contexts…).
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I give zero fucks about this game but I do love the idea of Mahomes erasing Brady from the GOAT conversation just a few years after TB ascended to that spot. Because I’m a Colts fan and hate all things NE and Brady. But I’m just here for the nachos and beer, I guess.
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Totally. “Detailed reporting”😂 Might need to exercise some better judgment before arriving at that conclusion.
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But I think what they’re telling you is that they’re now the landlord. It’s grim times and the youth know it.
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And this is from about two weeks ago before the missile launched into NIH funding.
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Insert all “it’s Reddit so…” disclaimers here.
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It is WILD! Just pause for a second and you realize that he is supporting the erosion of his own tenure, increased surveillance, and degraded working conditions. Because…DEI and his buddy?!?!
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A good reminder that if you write a book about defending judgment as a critical faculty , you should be equipped to defend your own individual judgments.