Kim Weeden
@weedenkim.bsky.social
Inequality, higher education, gender, work and organizations, open science, Alaska.
All posts are made in my personal, not professional, capacity. I do not speak for my employer.
All posts are made in my personal, not professional, capacity. I do not speak for my employer.
A ≈13 yo boy is old enough to know its wrong to make and spread a deepfake porn video about a female classmate.
This "boys will be boys" acceptance of sexual exploitation and harm of women is exactly how we end up w/ sexual abusers in positions of power.
www.12onyourside.com/2025/11/12/g...
This "boys will be boys" acceptance of sexual exploitation and harm of women is exactly how we end up w/ sexual abusers in positions of power.
www.12onyourside.com/2025/11/12/g...
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A ≈13 yo boy is old enough to know its wrong to make and spread a deepfake porn video about a female classmate.
This "boys will be boys" acceptance of sexual exploitation and harm of women is exactly how we end up w/ sexual abusers in positions of power.
www.12onyourside.com/2025/11/12/g...
This "boys will be boys" acceptance of sexual exploitation and harm of women is exactly how we end up w/ sexual abusers in positions of power.
www.12onyourside.com/2025/11/12/g...
The NYT sat on a story and pictures that could have destroyed Trump's electoral chances in 2016.
Sulzberger appears in Epstein's list to Bannon.
I'm sure there's a perfectly benign explanation. Right, @nytimespr.bsky.social ?
Sulzberger appears in Epstein's list to Bannon.
I'm sure there's a perfectly benign explanation. Right, @nytimespr.bsky.social ?
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The NYT sat on a story and pictures that could have destroyed Trump's electoral chances in 2016.
Sulzberger appears in Epstein's list to Bannon.
I'm sure there's a perfectly benign explanation. Right, @nytimespr.bsky.social ?
Sulzberger appears in Epstein's list to Bannon.
I'm sure there's a perfectly benign explanation. Right, @nytimespr.bsky.social ?
💯.
The enormous drain caused by for-profit publishers persists b/c (a) they have a monopoly on the high-prestige journal titles; and (b) researchers and evaluators (e.g., T&P committees, deans, letter writers) use journal prestige as indicator of quality.
We have met the enablers and they are us.
The enormous drain caused by for-profit publishers persists b/c (a) they have a monopoly on the high-prestige journal titles; and (b) researchers and evaluators (e.g., T&P committees, deans, letter writers) use journal prestige as indicator of quality.
We have met the enablers and they are us.
November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
💯.
The enormous drain caused by for-profit publishers persists b/c (a) they have a monopoly on the high-prestige journal titles; and (b) researchers and evaluators (e.g., T&P committees, deans, letter writers) use journal prestige as indicator of quality.
We have met the enablers and they are us.
The enormous drain caused by for-profit publishers persists b/c (a) they have a monopoly on the high-prestige journal titles; and (b) researchers and evaluators (e.g., T&P committees, deans, letter writers) use journal prestige as indicator of quality.
We have met the enablers and they are us.
Happy Bad Hair Day, from a veteran of them.
November 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Happy Bad Hair Day, from a veteran of them.
I can’t believe I have to wear my winter tennis shoes today.
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I can’t believe I have to wear my winter tennis shoes today.
The Dem's gerontocracy problem began well before the Boomer vs. Millennial conflicts. It stems from Boomers' exclusion of those born 1965-1980 from slots & party support. These folks would now be peak political age: experience + name recognition, w/o being old.
Instead Gen-X got the CBSN treatment:
Instead Gen-X got the CBSN treatment:
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The Dem's gerontocracy problem began well before the Boomer vs. Millennial conflicts. It stems from Boomers' exclusion of those born 1965-1980 from slots & party support. These folks would now be peak political age: experience + name recognition, w/o being old.
Instead Gen-X got the CBSN treatment:
Instead Gen-X got the CBSN treatment:
From 2012 to 2022, the median pay of private uni presidents increased by 49%, not inc. bonuses, housing, jet use, etc.
The median pay of FT faculty rose by 16%. (Inflation: 28%.)
% change slightly greater at publics, tho off lower base.
Source: Chronicle's analysis of 228 large endowment unis.
The median pay of FT faculty rose by 16%. (Inflation: 28%.)
% change slightly greater at publics, tho off lower base.
Source: Chronicle's analysis of 228 large endowment unis.
November 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
From 2012 to 2022, the median pay of private uni presidents increased by 49%, not inc. bonuses, housing, jet use, etc.
The median pay of FT faculty rose by 16%. (Inflation: 28%.)
% change slightly greater at publics, tho off lower base.
Source: Chronicle's analysis of 228 large endowment unis.
The median pay of FT faculty rose by 16%. (Inflation: 28%.)
% change slightly greater at publics, tho off lower base.
Source: Chronicle's analysis of 228 large endowment unis.
A one-two punch of dark humor.
Top post: @janierola.net announces a fantastic new grant that will allow him to do his own research for 6 years. (Congrats, Jani!)
Bottom post: Halloween yard decoration of a headstone that reads, "I did my own research" & a skeleton emerging from grave.
Top post: @janierola.net announces a fantastic new grant that will allow him to do his own research for 6 years. (Congrats, Jani!)
Bottom post: Halloween yard decoration of a headstone that reads, "I did my own research" & a skeleton emerging from grave.
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
A one-two punch of dark humor.
Top post: @janierola.net announces a fantastic new grant that will allow him to do his own research for 6 years. (Congrats, Jani!)
Bottom post: Halloween yard decoration of a headstone that reads, "I did my own research" & a skeleton emerging from grave.
Top post: @janierola.net announces a fantastic new grant that will allow him to do his own research for 6 years. (Congrats, Jani!)
Bottom post: Halloween yard decoration of a headstone that reads, "I did my own research" & a skeleton emerging from grave.
A year ago. Seems like a decade ago.
(Pic: Cornell sailing center on Cayuga Lake)
(Pic: Cornell sailing center on Cayuga Lake)
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
A year ago. Seems like a decade ago.
(Pic: Cornell sailing center on Cayuga Lake)
(Pic: Cornell sailing center on Cayuga Lake)
My cat put her head in a Dorito bag, got stuck, became disoriented, panicked, and had to be rescued. All while her brother looked on with the cat equivalent of a laugh.
Just in case you thought YOU were having a bad day.
Just in case you thought YOU were having a bad day.
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
My cat put her head in a Dorito bag, got stuck, became disoriented, panicked, and had to be rescued. All while her brother looked on with the cat equivalent of a laugh.
Just in case you thought YOU were having a bad day.
Just in case you thought YOU were having a bad day.
Fall sunset over the falls.
October rarely disappoints in Ithaca!
October rarely disappoints in Ithaca!
October 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Fall sunset over the falls.
October rarely disappoints in Ithaca!
October rarely disappoints in Ithaca!
October 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Murkowski supports Trump most of the time, but there's nothing wrong with this statement on the Trump EPA's decision to cancel all Biden-era climate mitigation grants because they are "a waste of money." (This includes a $20M grant to Kipnuk for sea erosion barriers.)
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
October 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Murkowski supports Trump most of the time, but there's nothing wrong with this statement on the Trump EPA's decision to cancel all Biden-era climate mitigation grants because they are "a waste of money." (This includes a $20M grant to Kipnuk for sea erosion barriers.)
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Shades of Spinal Tap
October 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Shades of Spinal Tap
Bonus indicator: if they talk about "females".
October 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Bonus indicator: if they talk about "females".
Yes, yes, but apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, did you enjoy the play?
Knight Institute documents how the Trump "compact" with universities violates the law and the constitution.
knightcolumbia.org/blog/a-brief...
Knight Institute documents how the Trump "compact" with universities violates the law and the constitution.
knightcolumbia.org/blog/a-brief...
October 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Yes, yes, but apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, did you enjoy the play?
Knight Institute documents how the Trump "compact" with universities violates the law and the constitution.
knightcolumbia.org/blog/a-brief...
Knight Institute documents how the Trump "compact" with universities violates the law and the constitution.
knightcolumbia.org/blog/a-brief...
Sec of Transport Sean "I Once Visited the Real World on TV" Duffy: "You don't have roads in Alaska."
Yup, roads cause too much damage to the paws of the sled dogs that all Alaskans use, winter & summer.
(TBF, he's not wrong about rural communities' reliance on air travel to connect to the cities.)
Yup, roads cause too much damage to the paws of the sled dogs that all Alaskans use, winter & summer.
(TBF, he's not wrong about rural communities' reliance on air travel to connect to the cities.)
October 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Sec of Transport Sean "I Once Visited the Real World on TV" Duffy: "You don't have roads in Alaska."
Yup, roads cause too much damage to the paws of the sled dogs that all Alaskans use, winter & summer.
(TBF, he's not wrong about rural communities' reliance on air travel to connect to the cities.)
Yup, roads cause too much damage to the paws of the sled dogs that all Alaskans use, winter & summer.
(TBF, he's not wrong about rural communities' reliance on air travel to connect to the cities.)
If GOP fails to extend IRA premium subsidies, cheapest health insurance for Alaskans will skyrocket.
Single mom earning $40K/yr will pay $1800/yr, 7x more than in 2025.
2 64-year olds earning $110K/yr will pay $58K/yr (!), 5x more.
(AK's poverty thresholds 25% higher b/c of CoL)
@charlesgaba.com
Single mom earning $40K/yr will pay $1800/yr, 7x more than in 2025.
2 64-year olds earning $110K/yr will pay $58K/yr (!), 5x more.
(AK's poverty thresholds 25% higher b/c of CoL)
@charlesgaba.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
If GOP fails to extend IRA premium subsidies, cheapest health insurance for Alaskans will skyrocket.
Single mom earning $40K/yr will pay $1800/yr, 7x more than in 2025.
2 64-year olds earning $110K/yr will pay $58K/yr (!), 5x more.
(AK's poverty thresholds 25% higher b/c of CoL)
@charlesgaba.com
Single mom earning $40K/yr will pay $1800/yr, 7x more than in 2025.
2 64-year olds earning $110K/yr will pay $58K/yr (!), 5x more.
(AK's poverty thresholds 25% higher b/c of CoL)
@charlesgaba.com
Good morning, Chicago.
September 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Good morning, Chicago.
Republicans want this for Alaska. Human inhabitants, wildlife, clean air and water, and hunting/fishing/tourism industries be damned.
September 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Republicans want this for Alaska. Human inhabitants, wildlife, clean air and water, and hunting/fishing/tourism industries be damned.
Went for a 6 mile walk to get away from it all. Ran into this American toad. Looks like he's as disgusted by American politics as I am.
Or maybe that's just Resting American Toad face.
Or maybe that's just Resting American Toad face.
September 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Went for a 6 mile walk to get away from it all. Ran into this American toad. Looks like he's as disgusted by American politics as I am.
Or maybe that's just Resting American Toad face.
Or maybe that's just Resting American Toad face.
My parents' hobby orchard of organic, heritage variety fruit will produce 15,000 pounds of apples this year.
Problem is, all local growers have a bumper crop so September's apples are like July's zucchini: you can't give them away, even to the food bank.
Latest plan: convert apples to venison.
Problem is, all local growers have a bumper crop so September's apples are like July's zucchini: you can't give them away, even to the food bank.
Latest plan: convert apples to venison.
September 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
My parents' hobby orchard of organic, heritage variety fruit will produce 15,000 pounds of apples this year.
Problem is, all local growers have a bumper crop so September's apples are like July's zucchini: you can't give them away, even to the food bank.
Latest plan: convert apples to venison.
Problem is, all local growers have a bumper crop so September's apples are like July's zucchini: you can't give them away, even to the food bank.
Latest plan: convert apples to venison.
I agree but this case is even worse: it appears that the detailed course description* explicitly mentions that it will explore how gender and sexuality are depicted in YA literature.
*As the reddit poster mentions, there's some confusion and possible misreporting of which course she's teaching.
*As the reddit poster mentions, there's some confusion and possible misreporting of which course she's teaching.
September 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I agree but this case is even worse: it appears that the detailed course description* explicitly mentions that it will explore how gender and sexuality are depicted in YA literature.
*As the reddit poster mentions, there's some confusion and possible misreporting of which course she's teaching.
*As the reddit poster mentions, there's some confusion and possible misreporting of which course she's teaching.
Rising gold prices means a placer mining boom in Yukon Territory and other Gold Rush regions.
Here's what placer mining does to the environment.
But it's OK because YT gvt got 36,000 CDN (26K US$) in royalties. Whee.
And a few jobs, tho mining is heavily mechanized.
HT @shanahstone.bsky.social
Here's what placer mining does to the environment.
But it's OK because YT gvt got 36,000 CDN (26K US$) in royalties. Whee.
And a few jobs, tho mining is heavily mechanized.
HT @shanahstone.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Rising gold prices means a placer mining boom in Yukon Territory and other Gold Rush regions.
Here's what placer mining does to the environment.
But it's OK because YT gvt got 36,000 CDN (26K US$) in royalties. Whee.
And a few jobs, tho mining is heavily mechanized.
HT @shanahstone.bsky.social
Here's what placer mining does to the environment.
But it's OK because YT gvt got 36,000 CDN (26K US$) in royalties. Whee.
And a few jobs, tho mining is heavily mechanized.
HT @shanahstone.bsky.social
