Not the Only One

Since at least the 90s the U.S. in particular has increasingly stopped teaching humanities/critical thinking in schools AND gutted/privatized any other source of public education. All the so-called "desnobbification" was really about rendering the average citizen incapable of challenging power, and all the "run it more smoothly through the private sector" is in service of that as well. Covid called our bluffs more than anything. It rapidly exposed just how shit the US has gotten at taking...

Academics who identify or are identified with minoritised groups in society and teach marginalised subjects are particularly prone to experiencing individual and systemic bias and discrimination which harm their wellbeing and restrict their career advancement. These challenges can be likened to “headwinds” that they must constantly battle against, whilst those belonging to dominant social groups benefit from “tailwind” effects. We critique the framing of the “ideal” academic in the neoliberal...

From the vault - 2014 The idea that African homosexuality was a colonial import is a myth https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/08/african-homosexuality-colonial-import-myth "It's homophobia, not homosexuality, that was imported to Africa."

‘Climate-friendly farming can up farmers’ income by 275%’ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/climate-friendly-farming-can-up-farmers-income-by-275/articleshow/110682257.cms

Not to mention that they're not even trained to a high level of skill in their roles to begin with. Their training is designed by the state, which relies more on numbers and "acceptable losses" rather than the elite training of its pawns, and quality training is expensive. It's why you constantly hear about cops and military accidentally shooting their friends

• how will people be compensated for their lost work? People attempting to leave to go to work were refused by police • what processes have been put into place to allow people who need medication and other necessities to access them? • is there PPE peovided for the residents?

I’m not your on-call Aboriginal list-maker across your research area cos you can’t be bothered sifting through lists we already made. Today was 3 emails, 4 dms, 3 tags...all assuming I’m their on-call unpaid research assistant. I’ve got a job. Learn to google and to say thanks.

An Ashley said the minimum number of youth workers required to be on hand was eight.