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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 2h

Expect massive new tariffs on IKEA's core products today. Also renewed chatter about invading Greenland.

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 3h

A classic, but still relevant:

youtu.be/mt2qCjL6-n4?...

Lord of the Rings Trilogy but it's EVERY scene where two female characters interact

YouTube video by eightfootmanchild2

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 6h

This important paper shows a precipitous drop in girls' achievement in recent years, closing a third of the gap with boys.

Covid doesn't seem to be the smoking gun, but tiktok may be

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 19h

This claim is based on associational study in Denmark. It found slightly higher rate of ASD diagnosis among circ'd 0-4 yr olds but didn't test pain/Tylenol mechanism or rule out alternatives, such as that early ASD testing & early circumcision by a doctor have a common cause (e.g., parenting style).

Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 20h

This claim is based on associational study in Denmark. It found a small boost in risk of ASD diagnosis among cut 0-4 yr olds but didn't test pain/Tylenol mechanism or rule out alternatives, such as that early ASD diagnosis & early circumcision by a doctor have common cause (e.g., parenting style).

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 21h

Possible corollary, at institution level: If there was huge student demand for conservative Christian universities where at least 50% of professors identify as GOP/MAGA, Liberty and Oral Roberts would be among the largest unis in the US and their acceptance rates would be far lower than current 99%.

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 23h

I was going to include something about invading Greenland in retribution, but ran out of characters.

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

In addition to the $100M in grants that government has halted, OMB is simply not reimbursing the uni for work that researchers have already done on active grants. Feds owe $80M and rising.

Cornell is backstopping this w/ uni funds, but it's unsustainable.

(Also, endowments aren't bank accounts.)

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

47's attacks on higher education are antithesis of "conservative," in sense of preference for minimal government regulation and maximal competition.

I'm not 1st to point this out. Bears repeating, though, esp. given media's obsession with a few elite institutions at expense of bigger picture.

/fin

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

US higher ed also rife with competition, not always fair:

Universities compete for students, faculty, donors, grants and contracts, prestige, state funding, etc.

Depts compete for resources, some for prestige

Faculty compete for jobs, grants, awards, slots in "best" journals.

Ideas compete.

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

In American higher ed, students can choose from a dizzying array of institutions that differ in size, majors and courses, religious/secular orientation, culture ("party" vs. geek), demographic composition, selectivity, geography/lifestyle, etc.

Once in, students choose from 1000s of courses.

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

An irony of GOP/MAGA's attacks on university sector is that, structurally, it's as close to a "free market" as you'll find in US.

There are 1000s of universities, mostly operating independently.

Unlike tech sector (or coal, oil/gas, eyeglasses, etc), market concentration is incredibly low.

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

Antifa isn't an organized entity, but even if it was, it wouldn't have the power to get an airline to cancel tickets.

It could be an airline glitch. But, given last week's ramp-up in the admin's fascist rhetoric about "destroying liberals", it could also be Miller/Rubio using Bray as test case.

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

Great essay, esp this: universities are full of intellectual diversity. We study different things using different methods, we critique, we "debate so much that we put ourselves to sleep."

MAGA is really complaining about low % of MAGA voters in unis but political diversity ≠ intellectual diversity.

Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 2d

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

Don't know much about the 2 candidates, but Fbx is a pinkish university town w/ a strong progressive bloc. At least historically, Fbx Repubs tended to be pro business and anti-environment but centrist or libertarian on social issues. Can see how they'd stay home for a MAGA-like R candidate.

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

"Ask Habeas Corpus, he'll know."

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

Kotzebue AK, pop 2900, is under mandatory evacuation because of storm surge. No roads out of town, so evacuation is to high school.

Average annual temp in NW AK has increased 4.5˚F in last 50 years, fall temp 3-4˚F. 2-3 more storms/yr.

But sure: kill off renewable energy in favor of gas/oil/coal

CeeJay Johnson-Yellow Hawk @adriftalchemist.bsky.social · 1d

kotzebue, alaska declared a mandatory evacuation order

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

No. First author is assumed to be the lead author, unless a note indicates otherwise or the first author is a woman or a graduate student.

(OK, that last bit was snark. Snark with some basis in fact.)

Sociology

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

DHS is so desperate to preempt the buzz around Zach Bryan's "fuck ICE" message in Bad News that they chose another Zach Bryan song about a bunch of fake Christians having one last night of debauchery before they're sent to prison.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 2d

Portland is meeting the moment with spontaneous protestor parties featuring middle-age white people grooving to Bad Bunny and young people dancing around in inflatable animal costumes.

In other news, Oregon is behind only 4 other states (VT, NM, AK, and ME) in share of adults who use marijuana.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2d

No university that signs the compact will be a university, in the accepted sense, anymore. They will be mere Trump Institutes, teaching only what subjects Trump doesn't bar them from teaching -- and only until he does. Signing is an abdication of responsibility and an act of great moral cowardice.

Benjamin Nathans | Autonomy or obedience

Guest Columnist Benjamin Nathans urges Penn’s leadership to resist the White House’s demands in its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”

www.thedp.com

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 2d

Let's check in and see how September temperatures have changed in the U.S. and Canada over the last 75 years. 🔥😢

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 2d

Aside from obvious electoral shenanigans, a new Census could become a massive ICE op:

- ICE agents follow Census takers around, yank anyone "suspicious" (not white, accented) who opens door for Census taker out of home.

- People who don't respond are breaking law (Title 13), now easier to deport.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Tommy Tuberville on the 2020 census: "The Democrats were letting illegals come in for a different count. They obviously had a census going that was all rigged. The 2020 election basically was rigged."

(Believe it or not, Donald Trump was president in 2020.)

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jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 2d

"Ballerina Aesha Ash wandering around inner city Rochester breaking the stereotypes about women of color and to inspire young kids."

its a picture of a ballerina teaching future young ballerinas!!!

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