S.L.James
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NEHRomanComedy/Dr.FeminaLongaeva @the Bird Place. My posts do not speak for anyone/anything else. See the 2012 Roman Comedy Institute videos (https://www.youtube.com/@sharonjames4955). Check out the 2023 Institute (https://romancomedy.wfu.edu/)!
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A teen's death in a Wisconsin sawmill highlights the growing number of children and teens around the U.S. working in hazardous jobs meant for adults
Teen's death in Wisconsin sawmill highlights "21st century problem" across the U.S.
The number of children employed illegally in the U.S. is soaring, Labor Department figures show. Sometimes that work kills them.
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December 26, 2023 at 11:35 PM
A teen's death in a Wisconsin sawmill highlights the growing number of children and teens around the U.S. working in hazardous jobs meant for adults
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With sufficient resources, time, and (ill) will, one could "discover" a few passages of "duplicative language" in the published work of *any* active scholar, myself included.
The assault on Claudine Gay's academic integrity is simply an undisguised effort to take down a successful Black woman.
The assault on Claudine Gay's academic integrity is simply an undisguised effort to take down a successful Black woman.
December 21, 2023 at 5:04 PM
With sufficient resources, time, and (ill) will, one could "discover" a few passages of "duplicative language" in the published work of *any* active scholar, myself included.
The assault on Claudine Gay's academic integrity is simply an undisguised effort to take down a successful Black woman.
The assault on Claudine Gay's academic integrity is simply an undisguised effort to take down a successful Black woman.
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In the context of the Substack statement, let me repeat what I keep repeating about Nazis:
The Nazis are always the bad guys.
You do not, under any circumstances, need them for a robust political discourse.
The Nazis are always the bad guys.
You do not, under any circumstances, need them for a robust political discourse.
December 21, 2023 at 6:46 PM
In the context of the Substack statement, let me repeat what I keep repeating about Nazis:
The Nazis are always the bad guys.
You do not, under any circumstances, need them for a robust political discourse.
The Nazis are always the bad guys.
You do not, under any circumstances, need them for a robust political discourse.
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How the Chapel Hill Planning Commission celebrates Festivus triangleblogblog.com/2023/12/19/a...
A Festivus tradition for the Chapel Hill Planning Commission - Triangle Blog Blog
A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.
triangleblogblog.com
December 19, 2023 at 2:11 PM
How the Chapel Hill Planning Commission celebrates Festivus triangleblogblog.com/2023/12/19/a...
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Mask up for the next 10 days when you're indoors in public so you can just share time with friends & family, not flu or Covid, later this month!
And, for everyone's sake, mask up at the airport, on the plane, at the winter concerts, and on public transit through the New Year!
And, for everyone's sake, mask up at the airport, on the plane, at the winter concerts, and on public transit through the New Year!
December 16, 2023 at 10:23 PM
Mask up for the next 10 days when you're indoors in public so you can just share time with friends & family, not flu or Covid, later this month!
And, for everyone's sake, mask up at the airport, on the plane, at the winter concerts, and on public transit through the New Year!
And, for everyone's sake, mask up at the airport, on the plane, at the winter concerts, and on public transit through the New Year!
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The people of North Carolina can't really be said to govern themselves anymore. A permanent single party Republican tyranny regardless of what the people of the state choose
Gerrymandering is why the GOP can eviscerate North Carolina's university system since the legislature appoints the Board of Governors
After Roy Cooper (D) beat Gov. Pat McCrory (R) in 2016, the GOP passed a law before he even took office that stripped his power to appoint campus boards of trustees
After Roy Cooper (D) beat Gov. Pat McCrory (R) in 2016, the GOP passed a law before he even took office that stripped his power to appoint campus boards of trustees
This is the CV of the new Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Things are bleak in higher ed, friends.
www.wral.com/story/unc-na...
Things are bleak in higher ed, friends.
www.wral.com/story/unc-na...
December 15, 2023 at 7:14 PM
The people of North Carolina can't really be said to govern themselves anymore. A permanent single party Republican tyranny regardless of what the people of the state choose
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Gerrymandering is why the GOP can eviscerate North Carolina's university system since the legislature appoints the Board of Governors
After Roy Cooper (D) beat Gov. Pat McCrory (R) in 2016, the GOP passed a law before he even took office that stripped his power to appoint campus boards of trustees
After Roy Cooper (D) beat Gov. Pat McCrory (R) in 2016, the GOP passed a law before he even took office that stripped his power to appoint campus boards of trustees
This is the CV of the new Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Things are bleak in higher ed, friends.
www.wral.com/story/unc-na...
Things are bleak in higher ed, friends.
www.wral.com/story/unc-na...
December 15, 2023 at 7:07 PM
Gerrymandering is why the GOP can eviscerate North Carolina's university system since the legislature appoints the Board of Governors
After Roy Cooper (D) beat Gov. Pat McCrory (R) in 2016, the GOP passed a law before he even took office that stripped his power to appoint campus boards of trustees
After Roy Cooper (D) beat Gov. Pat McCrory (R) in 2016, the GOP passed a law before he even took office that stripped his power to appoint campus boards of trustees
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Again, if your understanding of “campus politics” focuses on powerless left wing students and not influential right wing donors, you don’t have an understanding of “campus politics”
The story at UPenn is only getting worse. Check out the list of questions that the donor spurring the resignations sent to the Board.
"While recognizing the complete academic freedom of the faculty and the freedom afforded administrators as individuals...."
www.inquirer.com/education/ma...
"While recognizing the complete academic freedom of the faculty and the freedom afforded administrators as individuals...."
www.inquirer.com/education/ma...
Penn faculty fear the donor who started the effort to oust Liz Magill is attempting to set the agend...
Marc Rowan, who co-leads Wharton’s board of advisors, is asking questions about instruction, faculty hiring, free speech, and political orientation.
www.inquirer.com
December 13, 2023 at 1:31 PM
Again, if your understanding of “campus politics” focuses on powerless left wing students and not influential right wing donors, you don’t have an understanding of “campus politics”
This is what did it for me. I was inactive on Xitter for the lat few weeks, but the return of Alex Jones was, and is, intolerable. I felt such relief when I closed down my account.
December 15, 2023 at 1:18 AM
This is what did it for me. I was inactive on Xitter for the lat few weeks, but the return of Alex Jones was, and is, intolerable. I felt such relief when I closed down my account.
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Same in TX. I just did a “training” for evaluation of grad applications, in the wake of the affirmative action ban. 35 minutes of what felt like a wink-nod. Really, students are the ones who need training for writing statements that let us read them in context.
December 14, 2023 at 2:03 AM
Same in TX. I just did a “training” for evaluation of grad applications, in the wake of the affirmative action ban. 35 minutes of what felt like a wink-nod. Really, students are the ones who need training for writing statements that let us read them in context.
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Paste it to your refrigerator: this is the world the GOP wants, no matter what bullshit they mumble about moderation and exceptions.
NEW: The Texas Supreme Court VACATES the temporary restraining order that would have allowed Kate Cox to get an abortion in Texas, stating that her situation, as articulated, falls outside the medical-necessity exception www.txcourts.gov/media/145764...
December 11, 2023 at 11:28 PM
Paste it to your refrigerator: this is the world the GOP wants, no matter what bullshit they mumble about moderation and exceptions.
Deleted my Xitter account. What a relief.
December 12, 2023 at 12:37 AM
Deleted my Xitter account. What a relief.
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The Local Reporter substantially reworked a piece without any notice. That’s unethical. triangleblogblog.com/2023/12/10/t...
The Local Reporter substantially reworked a piece without any notice. That's unethical. - Triangle B...
A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.
triangleblogblog.com
December 10, 2023 at 2:36 PM
The Local Reporter substantially reworked a piece without any notice. That’s unethical. triangleblogblog.com/2023/12/10/t...
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Gordon Gee is still president of West Virginia University.
December 10, 2023 at 12:48 AM
Gordon Gee is still president of West Virginia University.
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Honoring the Polytechnique victims Geneviève Bergeron, Maryse Laganière, Hélène Colgan, Maryse Leclair, Nathalie Croteau, Anne-Marie Lemay, Barbara Daigneault, Sonia Pelletier, Anne-Marie Edward, Michèle Richard, Maud Haviernick, Annie St-Arneault, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz and Annie Turcotte
December 6, 2023 at 3:57 PM
Honoring the Polytechnique victims Geneviève Bergeron, Maryse Laganière, Hélène Colgan, Maryse Leclair, Nathalie Croteau, Anne-Marie Lemay, Barbara Daigneault, Sonia Pelletier, Anne-Marie Edward, Michèle Richard, Maud Haviernick, Annie St-Arneault, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz and Annie Turcotte
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École Polytechnique Tragedy (Montreal Massacre)
6 December 1989
6 December 1989
École Polytechnique Tragedy (Montreal Massacre)
On 6 December 1989, a man entered a mechanical engineering classroom at Montreal’s École Polytechnique armed with a semi-automatic weapon. After separating t...
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
December 6, 2023 at 12:52 PM
École Polytechnique Tragedy (Montreal Massacre)
6 December 1989
6 December 1989
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For anyone following/horrified by the news of the decimation of Modern Languages at the University of Aberdeen, we now have a petition (with lots of links and information!) that anyone can sign. We'd really appreciate your support. www.change.org/p/save-langu...
Sign the Petition
On 30 November of this year, all staff in the Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting section of the University of Aberdeen were told that they are at risk of redundancy, opening a false choice...
www.change.org
December 4, 2023 at 10:38 AM
For anyone following/horrified by the news of the decimation of Modern Languages at the University of Aberdeen, we now have a petition (with lots of links and information!) that anyone can sign. We'd really appreciate your support. www.change.org/p/save-langu...
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Hisham Awartani, one of three Palestinian students who were shot in Vermont, is paralyzed from the waist down his mother says in a statement to CNN.
I have verified with GoFund Me that this fundraiser has been setup by his family.
Donate Here www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
I have verified with GoFund Me that this fundraiser has been setup by his family.
Donate Here www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
December 3, 2023 at 5:17 PM
Hisham Awartani, one of three Palestinian students who were shot in Vermont, is paralyzed from the waist down his mother says in a statement to CNN.
I have verified with GoFund Me that this fundraiser has been setup by his family.
Donate Here www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
I have verified with GoFund Me that this fundraiser has been setup by his family.
Donate Here www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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If anyone is still curious, the scientific consensus is in (as in, > 100 peer-reviewed papers concur).
Like some other viruses, Covid weakens and disrupts our immune system, for months to years after infection.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2023...
Like some other viruses, Covid weakens and disrupts our immune system, for months to years after infection.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2023...
November 30, 2023 at 12:30 AM
If anyone is still curious, the scientific consensus is in (as in, > 100 peer-reviewed papers concur).
Like some other viruses, Covid weakens and disrupts our immune system, for months to years after infection.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2023...
Like some other viruses, Covid weakens and disrupts our immune system, for months to years after infection.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2023...