Imported Scotch Socialist
@gruntyginman.bsky.social
Parlor Pink. Golden shellback. Maroon, white, buff, and blue. Public history and Public lands. Gun guy but not your gun guy. Hedge-wizard. Opinions my own.
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In undergrad I had a mentor prof who I ran into after school and she asked how I was doing. Meh. She asked what I would do if I could.
I said "MA in Public History, work at a park somewhere". She asked what's stopping me. "Need more than 30k to live on".
"Can't you just ask your parents to help?"
I said "MA in Public History, work at a park somewhere". She asked what's stopping me. "Need more than 30k to live on".
"Can't you just ask your parents to help?"
basically every single measure of academic achievement is correlated with family income for pretty obvious reasons. the ~20% of SAT variation explained by family SES makes it one of the measures *least* determined by this.
And then we can go on to discuss the fact the only consistent correlation for SAT scores (as well as other standardized educational assessments) is to family income level--which in turn is nicely correlated to race/ethnicity for minoritized Americans.
November 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
In undergrad I had a mentor prof who I ran into after school and she asked how I was doing. Meh. She asked what I would do if I could.
I said "MA in Public History, work at a park somewhere". She asked what's stopping me. "Need more than 30k to live on".
"Can't you just ask your parents to help?"
I said "MA in Public History, work at a park somewhere". She asked what's stopping me. "Need more than 30k to live on".
"Can't you just ask your parents to help?"
Posting this picture for no reason(it's because the Administration wants to do this today)
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Posting this picture for no reason(it's because the Administration wants to do this today)
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
What a quarter inch of rain does to a desert
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
What a quarter inch of rain does to a desert
Every week
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Every week
The Sultan did not understand that the mob will gleefully cheer for the execution as loudly as the coronation.
even Fuentes turning against Trump, I didnt had this shit on my bingo card.
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Sultan did not understand that the mob will gleefully cheer for the execution as loudly as the coronation.
I was in line for 2hrs for my badge
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I was in line for 2hrs for my badge
It's all so tiresome
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It's all so tiresome
Hold on guys
I need to check into my timeshare
At
THE Excalibur!
I need to check into my timeshare
At
THE Excalibur!
November 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hold on guys
I need to check into my timeshare
At
THE Excalibur!
I need to check into my timeshare
At
THE Excalibur!
The Old Mormon Fort has a cat named Ranger Whiskers
She is a DELIGHT
#lasvegas #nevada #nevadastateparks
She is a DELIGHT
#lasvegas #nevada #nevadastateparks
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The Old Mormon Fort has a cat named Ranger Whiskers
She is a DELIGHT
#lasvegas #nevada #nevadastateparks
She is a DELIGHT
#lasvegas #nevada #nevadastateparks
November 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Did John Ringo write her talking points?
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Did John Ringo write her talking points?
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It’s harassment to tell me my opinions are bad
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It’s harassment to tell me my opinions are bad
Another airport day is upon us
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Another airport day is upon us
Anyway leaving in a bit to go to Vegas, McCarran is always a GODDAMN DELIGHT.
The two easiest TSA walkthroughs I've ever been on have been Manchester in NH and Kansas city. Kansas City has the various terminals physically separated so they have way more TSA people because they can't funnel them through it.
Ah, the advantage of small town life. At the Charlottesville airport and TSA took literally one minute. No one is here. Now we'll see what it's like when I get to Charlotte, but I won't need to go thru security there at least.
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Anyway leaving in a bit to go to Vegas, McCarran is always a GODDAMN DELIGHT.
The two easiest TSA walkthroughs I've ever been on have been Manchester in NH and Kansas city. Kansas City has the various terminals physically separated so they have way more TSA people because they can't funnel them through it.
Ah, the advantage of small town life. At the Charlottesville airport and TSA took literally one minute. No one is here. Now we'll see what it's like when I get to Charlotte, but I won't need to go thru security there at least.
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The two easiest TSA walkthroughs I've ever been on have been Manchester in NH and Kansas city. Kansas City has the various terminals physically separated so they have way more TSA people because they can't funnel them through it.
Big vibes of Kruschev remarking that whenever he wants the West to Squeal he'll squeeze Berlin. Trump is going to take this lesson away if the Dems don't get a win.
"Well I'll just cut off food for the poor"
"Well I'll just cut off food for the poor"
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Big vibes of Kruschev remarking that whenever he wants the West to Squeal he'll squeeze Berlin. Trump is going to take this lesson away if the Dems don't get a win.
"Well I'll just cut off food for the poor"
"Well I'll just cut off food for the poor"
Adventures in Geo Bachelor. Sitting in my back porch listening to Desert Solitaire, drinking Applejack Brandy.
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Adventures in Geo Bachelor. Sitting in my back porch listening to Desert Solitaire, drinking Applejack Brandy.