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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈's avatar David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social
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Reminder from a Pittsburgher who was at one point Mr. Rogers neighbor: β€œLook for the helpers” was intended to be advice for his usual audience, children. We’re grown ups now. We’re supposed to be the helpers.

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thadeus's avatar thadeus @thadeusk.bsky.social
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I think this viewpoint is too absolute, too all-or-nothing. Depending on what we're discussing, an 'objective' analysis gets more or less possible. We depend on rationality, research, etc., despite postmodernism's alleged rejection of this as 'modernist' (as if no one was rational before that).

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I think I went tubing in that river once.

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So, who's gonna kill Kevin Roberts?

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"Luxury" = spend money like the wealthy to pretend you're wealthy. There is no greater aspiration for the plebs than being just like their bosses, and their wealthy role models. Everything's fine here. It's fine. Look ... you can afford a 'luxury.' Therefore, you are fine and everything's fine.

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This was the first Fugazi album I listened to. Got it because it was the dude from Minor Threat. First listen: what the fuck is this shit Second listen (almost a month later): this is fucking awesome I'm not sure what happened, but I'm glad it did.

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Screenshot taken at 7:26PM. Defrag finished at 11:49PM.

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I think we definitely, absolutely need consider our frame if we're making any claim to truth or recommending a course of action based on our observations. But, I also think it's possible to deconstruct the 'frame' so that it doesn't interfere as strongly with our perception/assessment of truth.

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I love stuff like this so much. Little things that make the mundane seem wonderful.

Years ago at Texas A&M, anthropology students mourned a dead cockroach: www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kris...

This happened over a short period of time, and eventually the roach was sent off with a funeral pyre.

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Something important that I find myself reminding students about from time to time: 'objectivity' is 𝘯𝘰𝘡 neutrality. I'd even argue that if our analysis ends with us being 'neutral' in a matter, then we should definitely look again or, at least, recognize that maybe we don't care.

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Steal a little they throw you in jail Steal it all and they make you king

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I hope the driver had the good sense to feel embarrassed.

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We did not forget. We have been waiting. WHERE HAVE U BEEN SYNFINNER

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It's been almost a decade now where I watch the Hawks make roster moves and I have no idea if they have an actual plan or not

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Goddamn. The sad part is that I can see this happening; the Lakers desperately need 3-point shooters, and they know it. They tried drafting for one. I wouldn't be happy to see Klay in purple and gold, but I wouldn't be surprised either.

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I don't know if we're ever going to escape from this state of affairs. Thank you for continuing to write the truth despite the dangerous consequences for doing so.

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I'm guessing Etsy is about to be bought out by billionaire corps, mostly likely a private equity firm. Getting rid of the porn is one of the first things that any of these companies do when they're preparing to sell to billionaires. And, like everywhere, it'll turn to shit once the MBAS rule.

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Fuck the Supreme Court. This decision will have terrible consequences.

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These are the same people accusing regular, everyday students of being 'antisemitic' for protesting the genocide in Gaza.

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thadeus's avatar thadeus @thadeusk.bsky.social
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See: accusing pro-Palestine protesters of being 'antisemitic' and also accusing university administrators of being 'antisemitic' and accusing anyone running for public office who voices support of Palestine as being 'antisemitic' It's an easy power that's very difficult to contest.

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including this in my 'Writing Tips for Professionals' newsletter

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I'd be willing to bet that AIPAC funded this.

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It's gotta be AIPAC again. They're 'donating' a TON of money to politicians.

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"AI in the classroom is inevitable" = "We invested heavily in AI so we're going to pretend as if it's inevitable and hope everyone believes us so that we can get a lot of money"

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Happy Māori New Year to you too! (that's the first time I've ever typed that and now I am strongly in favor of it so I hope I remember it next year)

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If anyone has or will need a source of online information, better grab it now (or hope that archive.org can withstand the endless lawsuits). Otherwise, we're going to have entire periods/contexts of human history that will simply vanish.

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first time anyone has ever seen wrinkly salad tossing on a major network

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Maybe I can get one that will plant fake memories of years and years and years of observing human foibles and coming to a clear conclusion about why humans keep doing so much stupid ass shit like this

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I think I'm definitely going to try this once I figure out where to buy zucchini blossoms! I've never seen them on sale in a grocery store, so might need to hit a farmer's market.

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I've had fried zucchini before, but I've never eaten a zucchini blossom! My Michigan grandmother made incredible fried zucchini--Grandma knew we loved it, so she'd always make some when we'd visit. I'm super curious about stuffed, fried zucchini blossoms now! It never even occurred to me before.

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It's a genuine shame that the big companies moved most of their manufacturing elsewhere. They thoroughly damaged Detroit when they did that. For all the good they did, and for as many years as they did it, in the long run their profits were more important to them than the people/culture of Detroit.

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It's this weird babushka doll where the people most likely to accuse protesters for Palestinians of being antisemitic are the same people who are then doing antisemitic shit like this The power of that sort of critique is too easy to use & too difficult to contest; the fascists have figured it out.

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thadeus's avatar thadeus @thadeusk.bsky.social
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Or we could just banish them. Except for the young folks--they'll either change their minds or become techbros. We can wait.

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Yes, do a great service to humanity. Maybe we'll build a monument to you.

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I DON'T BELIEVE U THIS IS A CONSPIRACY AGAINST VERY NORMAL PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT STRANGE

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thadeus's avatar thadeus @thadeusk.bsky.social
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It might be even simpler! We're basically forced to be Malthusian, to believe that there isn't enough on the planet for us, when in reality it's quite simple; there isn't enough for our needs 𝘒𝘯π˜₯ their profits; if we didn't have to waste resources on 𝘡𝘩𝘦π˜ͺ𝘳 profits, there's more than enough for us.

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thadeus's avatar thadeus @thadeusk.bsky.social
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Yeah. It's easy to be Malthusian about stuff when the most powerful people eat up our resources. The issue is that they're not consuming resources to fulfill needs--they're consuming resources 𝘡𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘒𝘡𝘦 𝘀𝘒𝘱π˜ͺ𝘡𝘒𝘭. WE don't need nearly as much to just support ourselves. There is ENOUGH for that.

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