@hlangberg
National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian, Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Buddhism Public Scholar. Lover of Paul, Grey Sculptures from India, Rooms a Thousand Years Wide. Religions of South Asia, Goddess Traditions. Writer, Singer, Postdoc (she/her)
A five-panel comic strip from XKCD discussing perceptions of cold weather and global warming, with stick-figure characters and a chart showing decreasing days of cold in St. Louis over decades.
It’s freezing cold. Global warming is solved!
Lol indeed!
@kendrawrites.bsky.social Yet another optical illusion crane post!
Haha, That’s excellent! I’m glad I’m not alone in my T-rex sitings!
Your words have righted my eyes! Amazing!
Is there also a dinosaur or large frog dancing in the background there?
As always: corporate developers don't exist in these stories. They're not mentioned, not interviewed + DEFINITELY not named as one of the causes of friction as large-scale wind/solar sites.
Why not force a corporation to share benefits, instead of forcing communities to accept not getting them?
I'm sure this is of no interest to anyone here.
www.factmag.com/2015/11/30/d...
Take off the table the idea that this is an empirically sound and responsible argument (it's not). Instead, let's focus on where this way of talking about universities comes from and who it serves, based on recent historical precedent.
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In a quest to steer away from amazon and stop buying books that take up space, I joined my local library and WOW I forgot how incredible libraries are! In an age where you pay for literally everything, it's amazing to have a free public resource.
A fellow graduate student who was a few years ahead of me told me, at the beginning of my grad program, that I would have a better chance making it “big” as a musician, than I would basically landing a TT job. Back then I laughed… not so much now!
A record number of women were elected to statehouses last year. But in the Southeast, where some legislatures are more than 80% male, representation is lagging as lawmakers pass bills that most impact women, like near-total abortion bans.
www.propublica.org/article/stat...
So often, I write with great fire and frustration b/c the utter scale of sexual violence Black women experience and the traumas we carry are met with an immoveable apathy.
But there is always decency, and I'm glad my Bison brother TNC reminds me of that. Immensely proud🖤
apnews.com/article/tane...
'It’s hard to think of any comparable social institution that cost so much and covered so much physical space and then imploded so quickly. As always, the story is far more complex than any tidy summary can encompass.'
I know the plagiarism isn’t the point and is distracting us all from more important points, but for what it’s worth: It’s been the norm for my entire career to explicitly tell UNDERGRADS not to cite Wikipedia, but to follow cited reliable sources linked in Wikipedia articles and cite those instead.
Every semester I talk w/my students about the power of citation - it's not just ticking a box or giving appropriate credit, it's also a form of politics + poetics, a way of entering conversations you want to be part of, of making community, and it's its own form of writing.
Just start with an hour a day, or something smaller, 20 min, doesn’t have to be productive just focused. Have a clear intention not to work on anything else during that time.
I like the iPad and an Apple Pencil (I use Apple Books) to move pdfs from laptop to iPad
Another way is the Apple Books app
I don't know who needs to hear this but wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...
A mature bald eagle with a white head and tail surveys its domain from its perch in a frosty tree. Frost-covered branches frame the bird.
Considering I had to lean over my friend with my big lens and shoot out her car window, I think this turned out pretty well. 🌿🪶
Screenshot of a post from from Captain Obvious '@TheFungi669.' The post says: 'If gas prices keep going down, Chevron will have to lay off 270 Republicans in Congress.'
Oh, snap!
In 2017, Trump inexplicably named former Epstein prosecutor Alex Acosta his Labor Secretary. Acosta then attempted to slash funding for sex trafficking victims by 79%.
unprecedented.ghost.io/archive/trum...?
Beaker in REM “Losing My Religion” video
that’s meep in the corner
COVID-19 Wastewater Levels in the U.S. Chart shows national trends of SARS-COV-2 viral activity levels in U.S. wastewater
According to the latest CDC COVID-19 wastewater data, we are currently in the second-biggest surge of the pandemic.
It will peak in the next week, with ~2 million infections per day. During this surge, ~100 million people total (~1 in 3 people in the US) will likely get COVID.
Read this @nytimes.com interview with @hannahritchie.bsky.social!
– Karma is intention.
– Karma is a web of causality beyond understanding.
– Play in practice allows one to discover what works best for one. Play is good.
– There are many, many meditative practices worth exploring and experimenting with. What is skillful is what works.