@Alon Sorry, but I'm still thinking about this: in WHAT WORLD did even the people who lead negotiations for Hamas, individuals not known for their connection with either reality or morality, think 'oh, sure, Israel would be totally cool with us returning dead people rather than living people.'
I guess I was just looking for a way out from PhD. You know, the PhD that was my dream job. That I was loving so much I was lamenting how quickly the time was going. The one I now can’t bear the thought of
@purplepadma I'm so sorry. PhD programs are absolute psychological destruction, and no one tells you that before you do one, only after you're experiencing it. So in case you're worried it's you: it's not. It's the system.
Helen Lambert, freshly divorced from Roger, meets Luke Varner for the first time on a blind date in 2012. Or so she thinks until Luke informs her that they've met before: in France in 1895, then California in 1935, and New Mexico in 1970…
I'm trying to find a good non-paywalled source, but it sounds like it will now be the case in the US that coal power plants have to either close down or capture most of their CO2 (lol) in the next 10ish years?
If this happens, this seems like pretty good news. The two biggest climate change issues are transportation and fossil fuel based electricity. Closing coal (and natural gas) power plants is harder for individuals to influence politically but it's just as important
If you are reacting to the Penguin/DOJ case, as someone pointed out elsewhere: don't believe what a corporation says in an antitrust hearing about being Just A Smol Little Guy. They are massively incentivized to act like they are less successful than they are. #books#bookstodon
Also also, maybe don't trust a viral piece of commentary about books and publishing that mentions the concept of a 'Netflix of books' and doesn't once mention libraries (if you know, you know). #books#bookstodon
I am not implying anything about any specific current campus protest being dangerous for Jews (which there is not solid evidence for), just that the rhetoric is becoming increasingly fucked up.
@kingrat Pulping has a different valence. But in this case the experiment was tied to perceived value: it was for librarians (!), asking what books they would burn first for warmth if they had to. The whole thing makes me uncomfortable.