Apparently, most bullets have a non-lead casing now.

My husband says the speed at which bullets are fired - at least in contemporary guns - makes them sterile. I have no idea about 1815, but how much faster can guns be?

As recently as the late 1980s, tuition at @uwmadison.bsky.social was <$1000/semester. In current dollars, that's about $2500/semester. There is one central reason for that: the . This was a choice. Other choices remain readily available.

The Trump admin fucking up state administrative capacity to provide SNAP benefits is not just a feature of the shutdown. This is their long-term plan to reduce SNAP.

Soon, GOP will start talking block grants due to administrative complexity they created.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...

I am on a prof org board now. Planning future sites means weighing “will foreign scholars come if it’s in the US?” vs “will
US-based foreign scholars feel safe leaving the country if it’s not in the US?” No easy solution.

Similar story here at UNC. Combined with no COL increase bc no state budget, so it’s a de facto pay cut for everyone employed within the UNC system.

Yikes. USDA sent threatening letter to states telling them that if they sent out EBT money —which many states did during the window when a lower court said SNAP funds had to be released—they have to take it back (?)
Trying to sort out what this means and if states even can claw back the funds

I have only had very high-tier places ask for either specific comparisons (supplying names) or asking me to provide comparisons (maybe to people at my own institution or to recently tenured people I am aware of).

I do!