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“Gimme more coleslaw than meat while I stare vacantly into the middle distance. I’m a relatable Heartland politician”

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“Gimme more coleslaw than meat while I stare vacantly into the middle distance. I’m a relatable Heartland politician”

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JD Vance sitting at a diner, eating what appears to be a burger that is more coleslaw than anything else 

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@seanbala If I’m connected to them IRL OR elsewhere, I kept it, but otherwise yeah I let it go. And yeah, journalists and academics were the major drop off for me.

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@seanbala If I’m connected to them IRL OR elsewhere, I kept it, but otherwise yeah I let it go. And yeah, journalists and academics were the major drop off for me.

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In moving accounts last night, it's striking how many of my followers/follows were totally inactive. I cut my follow list in half last night, but not because I was looking to get rid of anybody: I just didn't see much point in following accounts that posted three times eighteen months ago and haven't since.

The Mastodon drop off was real, ya'll.

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In moving accounts last night, it's striking how many of my followers/follows were totally inactive. I cut my follow list in half last night, but not because I was looking to get rid of anybody: I just didn't see much point in following accounts that posted three times eighteen months ago and haven't since.

The Mastodon drop off was real, ya'll.

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@eco_amandine That attitude is such a huge part of the problem (that it's a hobby or something you do after), because you're absolutely right, it can be a future job -- and you're better positioned if you get started early. New careers aren't something you can generally snap your fingers and start after graduation.

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@eco_amandine That attitude is such a huge part of the problem (that it's a hobby or something you do after), because you're absolutely right, it can be a future job -- and you're better positioned if you get started early. New careers aren't something you can generally snap your fingers and start after graduation.

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Good Lord, I'm definitely going to abuse a thousand character limit.

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Good Lord, I'm definitely going to abuse a thousand character limit.

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One of my pet issues in #academia was career diversity for PhD holders -- but as a critic of how departments have tried to implement it. It's a topic that was near to me because I had to build a new career and I found that my degree was more hindrance than help.

A few years ago, I published this: it studied a grant program that was partly funded by the NEH to transform how departments trained people. The funding got pulled early on, then it was partly taken over by Mellon...and then Mellon pulled the plug a couple of years ago.

Now that it's been a couple of years, I've been thinking about this again. I kind of want to revisit what happened now that Mellon has pulled the plug. My expectation is that the centers I wrote about are withering away for the most part as the money dries up.

But am I wrong? It would be interesting to see which of them (if any) hangs on, or whether they're a low priority for their various institutions.

https://www. chronicle.com/article/doctoral-training-is-ossified-can-we-reinvent-it

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One of my pet issues in #academia was career diversity for PhD holders -- but as a critic of how departments have tried to implement it. It's a topic that was near to me because I had to build a new career and I found that my degree was more hindrance than help.

A few years ago, I published this: it studied a grant program that was partly funded by the NEH to transform how departments trained people. The funding got pulled early on, then it was partly taken over by Mellon...and then Mellon pulled the plug a couple of years ago.

Now that it's been a couple of years, I've been thinking about this again. I kind of want to revisit what happened now that Mellon has pulled the plug. My expectation is that the centers I wrote about are withering away for the most part as the money dries up.

But am I wrong? It would be interesting to see which of them (if any) hangs on, or whether they're a low priority for their various institutions.

https://www. chronicle.com/article/doctoral-training-is-ossified-can-we-reinvent-it

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More incredibly depressing news like out of Wisconsin. States are on a collision course in terms of public higher ed: systematic defunding combined with a pending enrollment cliff is going to make layoffs like this very, very normal in the next ten years. It’s important to keep in mind that this is an entirely manufactured problem, too, and one used to justify layoffs instead of tackling administrative bloat.
https://madison.com/news/local/educati on/university/uw-milwaukee-faculty--layoffs/article_5993f3e4-250b-11ef-9407-53a1a247c7be.html

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More incredibly depressing news like out of Wisconsin. States are on a collision course in terms of public higher ed: systematic defunding combined with a pending enrollment cliff is going to make layoffs like this very, very normal in the next ten years. It’s important to keep in mind that this is an entirely manufactured problem, too, and one used to justify layoffs instead of tackling administrative bloat.
https://madison.com/news/local/educati on/university/uw-milwaukee-faculty--layoffs/article_5993f3e4-250b-11ef-9407-53a1a247c7be.html

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@jacobydave @realn2s Plagiarized from another account, sadly (I follow her on Bsky)

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@jacobydave @realn2s Plagiarized from another account, sadly (I follow her on Bsky)

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Image of the original tweet from OP’s post, created in 2022. 

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@kerim It’s apparently been abandoned? Hasn’t had any updates in months and nobody can get hold of the owners.

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@kerim It’s apparently been abandoned? Hasn’t had any updates in months and nobody can get hold of the owners.

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@kini26 Thank you! It’s a little mindbending to think how close it is.

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@kini26 Thank you! It’s a little mindbending to think how close it is.

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@aprilfollies Oh, that’s very interesting. A big chunk of my research was on Americans who became involved in activism through travel, but most of it was focused on people in Africa, or South Africans who came to the US.

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@aprilfollies Oh, that’s very interesting. A big chunk of my research was on Americans who became involved in activism through travel, but most of it was focused on people in Africa, or South Africans who came to the US.

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@aprilfollies Ooh, Artek sounds like a fascinating other dimension to this. What brought you there?

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@aprilfollies Ooh, Artek sounds like a fascinating other dimension to this. What brought you there?

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@aprilfollies Oh yeah, and there’s a history of activists who opposed South African apartheid calling attention to Israel even then, mostly over arms shipments but over time because of the occupation.

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@aprilfollies Oh yeah, and there’s a history of activists who opposed South African apartheid calling attention to Israel even then, mostly over arms shipments but over time because of the occupation.

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@britt Thank you! Yeah, it was apparently abandoned a while ago so I wanted to preemptively just find a new instance and get situated.

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@britt Thank you! Yeah, it was apparently abandoned a while ago so I wanted to preemptively just find a new instance and get situated.

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@aprilfollies In fairness, I got a lot of shit for researching such a "modern" topic? I connected with some of my research subjects on Facebook.

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@aprilfollies In fairness, I got a lot of shit for researching such a "modern" topic? I connected with some of my research subjects on Facebook.

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Ok, time to dust off the old #introduction, seeing how I've got a new instance to be on. New instance, sort of a fresh start, maybe meet some new folks.

Hello! My name is Zeb and I'm a long-time #humanities person. I exist in kind of a weird space professionally: I have a PhD in #history and wanted to go into academia, but the godawful job market drove me into a completely different profession: software engineering.

Today, I #write for fun on a freelance basis, look for ways to work as a public humanities person, and of course sling code.

I also spend a fair amount of time shitposting, deep-diving into the #music I'm passionate about, being mean to #academia, and posting about #politics, particularly leftist politics.

I'll post my writing here as I publish things, though I'm in a bit of a fallow period at the moment: I've got a baby on the way imminently and I'm between book manuscripts atm. But I'm looking forward to getting back to pitching soon.

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Ok, time to dust off the old #introduction, seeing how I've got a new instance to be on. New instance, sort of a fresh start, maybe meet some new folks.

Hello! My name is Zeb and I'm a long-time #humanities person. I exist in kind of a weird space professionally: I have a PhD in #history and wanted to go into academia, but the godawful job market drove me into a completely different profession: software engineering.

Today, I #write for fun on a freelance basis, look for ways to work as a public humanities person, and of course sling code.

I also spend a fair amount of time shitposting, deep-diving into the #music I'm passionate about, being mean to #academia, and posting about #politics, particularly leftist politics.

I'll post my writing here as I publish things, though I'm in a bit of a fallow period at the moment: I've got a baby on the way imminently and I'm between book manuscripts atm. But I'm looking forward to getting back to pitching soon.

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@disjekta Well with zirk seemingly not long for this world, might be a good idea? At least makes the lurking simpler.

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@disjekta Well with zirk seemingly not long for this world, might be a good idea? At least makes the lurking simpler.

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@jnl Ngl, once I saw that you made the switch here I figured I would try it.

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@jnl Ngl, once I saw that you made the switch here I figured I would try it.

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Well, getting all of my followers set back up and seeing if I lost people during the switch -- I think it went smoothly, but I'd like to make sure.

Introductory post to follow, and apologies if I'm missing folks!

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Well, getting all of my followers set back up and seeing if I lost people during the switch -- I think it went smoothly, but I'd like to make sure.

Introductory post to follow, and apologies if I'm missing folks!