NielsBohron

Not for the first round of appointments in 2017. Tillerson, Pruitt, Ajit Pai, DeVos, etc. were all industry insiders with their own harmful agendas who resigned as soon as they gutted whatever specific parts of their agencies they wanted.

So, frankly, yes men are probably less harmful.

If there is a benevolent God, then this is the shit that could convince me that they might exist

“Have you met the new kid, Bryan? He seems pretty cool!”

Achh, good point. I’d forgotten about that

Even better is the fact that Trump’s Secret Service detail would likely be… shall we say “less than motivated” to protect their charge

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I would say that “Sweet Home Alabama” is very different. It was not written bitterly and it was written by a bunch of Neil Young fans (and Neil himself loved the song). The point of “Sweet Home Alabama” was to show that there were people who grew up in the South who weren’t racist, who acknowledged and decried the racist history of the South, but who also felt resentment at being lumped in with the racists, past and present. Being both proud of being from the South and ashamed of being from the South at the same time even has its own term, coined AFAIK by the band The Drive-By Truckers: “the duality of the Southern Thing.”

There are plenty of artists and musicians that should just be written off, but I don’t think Skynyrd is among them. They were actually relatively progressive for their background and were trying to paint a fairly sophisticated and balanced story; it’s not their fault that their fanbase evolved into a bunch of racist assholes who preempted the song for their own causes, especially since the heart and soul of the band died in a plane crash in 1977. But that’s just my two cents as a huge music fan who grew up listening to Skynyrd in the 90’s.

We all know the proper response, but imma say it anyway:

Trump is not a cunt; he lacks the depth and warmth

I honestly don’t think Putin cares that much. Putin just wants to see chaos and division, and Trump just being this close is already a huge win for him.

Would he get even more of Trump wins? Sure, but he’s already doing whatever he wants and the Republicans are a huge asset whether they’re in the White House or not.

Same. I don’t even listen to podcasts, but it looks like I’m about to start

probably won’t happen. IANAL, but I seem to recall hearing that most bankruptcy laws have provisions such that you can’t be forced to sell your primary residence to pay off a debt.

It’s also worth noting that calling any ionic compound a salt is a little archaic as it’s simply confusing for no good reason. I teach chemistry at a college and while I make sure my students have heard this terminology, we mostly stick to calling them “ionic compounds” to avoid confusion

Ah, yes, I forgot; getting a haircut is clearly the same level of complexity and cost as finding childcare or earning a college degree.

That’s fair, and I think a realistic view of the current situation is definitely beneficial for aspiring academics, especially given the current “academic industrial complex” pumping out PhDs far faster than jobs open up.

holy shit, that dude is still around and posting content! Albeit, just 5 times in the past 4 years, but still.

Typically, the amount of grant money you receive does not affect your salary. It can affect your job security and it can be a factor in earning tenure, but in general, writing more grant proposals=/=higher pay (just more money for research).

Plus, even at R1 schools, tenure-track positions are often starting out with pretty low pay compared to tuition and very low compared what the professor could be making in private industry. According to this study by National Center for Educational Statistics, only about a third of college budgets are spent on instruction, with about another third on support services (counselors, financial aid, tutoring/library services, accessibility services, etc.), with the remainder spent on administration. But that doesn’t look so bad until you realize that at most schools, 50%-75% of the courses are not taught by full-time instructors, but by adjuncts, and adjuncts are often paid at or below the poverty line (about 25k/year in 2020). Even as a tenured instructor with 10 years of salary schedule advancements and a partner with a full-time job in higher education, I’m still living paycheck-to-paycheck.

So, yes, it is more complicated than “all professors are underpaid,” but not by much. It’s really more like “75% of college instructors are near or below poverty level.”

Community college professor here. I’m lucky enough to be tenured at this point, but when I started teaching, I was making just enough money such that if I had been paying the going rate for rent edit: and health insurance, I would have been losing about $100/month, before taking into account other expenses like food (or health insurance or gas or utilities…) (edit: I went back and checked numbers, my memory was a little off). And that was with me teaching 75% at two different schools (so, a total of about 24 units per term when full-time is usually 16 units per term)

I was privileged enough to be able to live with family while I pursued a full-time position and extra work, but many are not so lucky.

So, yeah, college professors are drastically underpaid, on par with K-12 teachers

Exactly. And frankly, from a brewing and chemical engineering perspective, the consistency and subtle flavors of a light beer are more impressive than something like an IPA where you can just blow out the drinker’s palate with hops and win an award for it.

Don’t get me wrong, I still love big beers. It’s just that I’m almost 40 with three hyperactive, mischievous, and hellaciously smart kids under 10 (and a partner to match); there are many times where light and predictable is really nice.

I can hear this comment.

It gets used as the in-house chat client at my place of employment. I work in a rural area in an old building so cell service is spotty at best, so it’s handy to be able to shoot a chat to anyone instead of an email or walking over to their office.

Time to strap in

Time to stock up on 1:1 CBD:THC edibles and renew the xanax prescription. Otherwise, my liver will never survive the next 4-5 months…