beatnikprof

beatnikprof, 6 hours ago to random

Morning, Mastodon.

Man opening curtains and falling down from the blinding light

beatnikprof, 17 hours ago to DoctorWho

“Why does a land mine have lights?”
“Capitalism.”
#doctorwho

beatnikprof, 21 hours ago to academia

Ah yes, a grade grubbing email written with ChatGPT. 🤦‍♂️
#professor #academia #academicchatter

beatnikprof, 1 day ago to random

I'm working on my paper about #jamesbaldwin and #malcolmx. Here are the opening lines:
"April 4, 1968. It was one of the days when those alive would forever remember where they were when they heard that Martin Luther King, Jr. was gunned down by an assassin’s bullet in Memphis, Tennessee. For James Baldwin, the burdens were all that greater, the devastating news all that more painful."

beatnikprof, 1 day ago to DoctorWho

I just learned that Steven Moffat wrote tonight’s episode of Doctor Who and I’m delighted to no end. The RTD/Moffat collaboration yielded riches, Moffat has written some of the best episodes (Blink, A Christmas Carol), and chef’s kiss to the Matt Smith era. And now he’s writing for Ncuti Gatwa. So excited. #doctorwho

beatnikprof, 1 day ago to random

Sol Invictus is a lie.

beatnikprof, 1 day ago to random

The last grade has been entered. One of the worst semesters (barring the Covid ones) in recent memory is now in the books.

beatnikprof, 2 days ago to random

With regard to that tequila shot, mistakes were made.

beatnikprof, 3 days ago to random

I rewatched the Lily Gladstone episode of Reservation Dogs last night. Remind me again why she doesn’t have an Oscar.

beatnikprof, 3 days ago to academia

Well, this is new.
Just got a grade-grubbing email from a student who was trying to grub the grade he already had. It truly is an age of wonders. #professorlife #professor #academia #academicchatter

beatnikprof, 4 days ago to random

RIP Alice Munro
“Because if she let go of her grief even for a minute it would only hit her harder when she bumped into it again.”

chronomyst, 4 days ago to random

Morpheus: Jesus fucking Christ did you just take both pills?

chronomyst, 4 days ago to random

This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and and go to your full-time job with benefits.

You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland, you get a PhD, and you're unemployable.

beatnikprof, 4 days ago to random

There are songs that rip your heart out, devastate the soul. The greatest of these is “Perfect Way to Die” by Alicia Keys.

beatnikprof, 4 days ago to bluesky

What is the point of #bluesky ? There is no engagement, and there is no joy.

beatnikprof, 4 days ago to random

Just received the first grade grubbing email of the semester. 🙄

beatnikprof, 5 days ago to academia

For my upper division classes, there is a research project due at the end of the term. 3 weeks before they have a literature review due so I can make sure the students are going generally in the right direction. For the literature review, they have to list their sources (some peer-reviewed) and describe how they will use said sources. I green light the sources. The new thing is not to use those sources I approved but some crap sources. 🤦‍♂️ What gives?! #academia #academicchatter

beatnikprof, 7 days ago to academia

I’m starting to post final grades.
I await the deluge of emails. #academia #academicchatter

Gif of Jon Snow standing alone facing down a charging calvary

beatnikprof, 7 days ago to academia

All my students now were born after 9/11. I tell them I’m a being from another century. And I often feel that in my bones. I look around and am baffled by the world we have built. #academia #academicchatter

beatnikprof, 7 days ago to academia

A must-read. #academia #academicchatter
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/bureaucratic-bloat-eating-american-universities-inside/678324/

beatnikprof, 8 days ago (edited 8 days ago) to random

What’s the maximum number of shirts one can bring to the pookie? Asking for a friend. #bannon

beatnikprof, 8 days ago to random

Weekend in New York, so you will be shocked to learn that the weather is crap.

RickiTarr, 8 days ago to random

Where do you live and how do you feel about it?

Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.

I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.

Pros:

This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.

Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.

It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".

I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.

We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.

Cons:

Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.

While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.

We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.