I have a conservative friend who fancies himself a historian. He got a BS in history. He then worked in government, having nothing to do with history. But with the internet he can cherry-pick data with the best of them. I had to start ignoring his emails when they got even more white-privileged than usual.
ETA: My point, which I forgot to add, was that thank goodness there are people like you setting the record straight.
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I have to keep spreading the gospel of Amy X Neuburg, one of my favorite singers/musicians/composers. Hereās how she does it.
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Your accompanying comment was not so crystal clear on your intent here.
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I sort of have the impression that getting a degree in history was de rigueur for would be conservative politicians in the UK.
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Considering how little respect people with advanced degrees in the humanities get, Iām not sure how much good it does. But thanks! As I said, Iām not on twitter or other social media platforms, but I suspect that people who correct historical inaccuracies, even people with advanced degrees, are seen as being little more than partisan hacksā¦ and articles like the one in question from other academics (especially those who have āmade itā by having one of the few tenure track jobs available in these fields) just illustrates that the criticism and lack of respect for what we do) isnāt solely coming from the outside. Itās depressing, the whole thing, the constant attacks from the right wing and the lack of action on the part of our colleagues with secure positions in the academy.
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Thankfully this guy isnāt a politician. But he votes, and emails a lot of his biased viewpoints around to a bunch of people. I used to be one of them because in between there were things we had in common. After all the voting sites were closed down south he said, āif people canāt be bothered to travel to the nearest voting booth, perhaps they shouldnāt be allowed to vote.ā He had the same reaction to the college students who, upset at Dumpsterās election, had a ācry-in.ā He said, āTheyāve got to realize things arenāt always going to go their way. If they canāt understand that, perhaps they shouldnāt be allowed to vote.ā
That was it. Iād had enough.
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What do you mean by āevangelizeā, anyhow? Spread the word far and wide to educate others? Or the Christian defintion (maybe not official, but the one I see them follow): Force people to listen to you and tell them they have to be saved from something, like inaccurate information, instead of God (hmmmā¦evangelical teachers of secularismā¦am I on to something here?) At any rate, I thought Twitter was for everyone to use for whatever reason, even those who obviously have no idea how to use it - like the POTUS?
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In science land, this is called āengaging with the publicā.
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Oh. I rarely see common Christian terms used in relation to science, sorry. Still donāt see the problem, though, with historians using Twitter, if theyād like to. I suppose thatās just liāl olā myopic bent.
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Itās PPE, generally:
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I love that thereās a reclusive species of āType Dā orcas that are (who are?) harassing the Chilean fishing fleet and stealing their catch. Although the poaching-no-recovery retaliation is probably going to be in the queue for ānext horrible genocideāā¦
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Animation warning (the hands in the clock move fast, and thereās a second animation later on.
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Itās definitely an idea whose time has gone. I know Iām not looking forward to feeling like a zombie for the next 1-4 weeks (depends on the weather, my workload, and how much quiet time I can pull together).
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Yes, please.
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Indeed. Iāve always been a night person, so the āspring aheadā always made me feel even more slothful compared to the bright-eyed morning people (back when even I believed it was a moral failing).
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So why have I never seen this before?
It sounds like Adam West was paid in Thunderbird Wine.
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Note that the push is to make daylight āsavingsā time last year-round rather than to get rid of it.
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Which is kind of stupid. As the article notes, itās functionally identical to moving one time zone east. Why would you choose to be in one time zone if youāre going to adopt the time as the next zone over?
If thatās what you want to do, just change zones.
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Just a heads up it starts autoplaying a video.
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I suppose the logic is that since Dubya made it eight months of the year, may as well stick with it. So long as I can slip the virtual jet lag, I donāt care much.
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