Jay Hanssen
@jhanssen.bsky.social
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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In keeping with the lebensraum being gibbered by our incoming president, I strongly urge my city's civic leaders to seize this moment and retitle the Chesapeake as Baltimore Bay. Also, the Montgomery and Prince George's jurisdictions should become Oriole and Raven counties.
Old Bay Uber Alles.
Old Bay Uber Alles.
January 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
In keeping with the lebensraum being gibbered by our incoming president, I strongly urge my city's civic leaders to seize this moment and retitle the Chesapeake as Baltimore Bay. Also, the Montgomery and Prince George's jurisdictions should become Oriole and Raven counties.
Old Bay Uber Alles.
Old Bay Uber Alles.
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for the potato fears not death
December 31, 2024 at 1:55 PM
for the potato fears not death
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Michel Foucault: Even when the Elf is not on the Shelf, you are never free of it. You carry the Elf within you, monitoring your own conduct for Naughtiness. You hold yourself prisoner within a self-surveilled snow globe of Santa’s making.
Great Philosophers on Santa’s Naughty and Nice Lists
(With thanks to Dr. Henry Gorman) - - -Aristotle: Be good for goodness’ sake. Plato: To be “good” or “nice” is to cultivate one’s knowledge of Sant...
buff.ly
December 25, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Michel Foucault: Even when the Elf is not on the Shelf, you are never free of it. You carry the Elf within you, monitoring your own conduct for Naughtiness. You hold yourself prisoner within a self-surveilled snow globe of Santa’s making.
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Spoiler alert.
December 2, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Spoiler alert.