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#21
General Discussion / Re: NYT Spelling Bee
Last post by ciao_yall - Today at 01:34:57 AMGood morning from Geneva Airport!
Yesterday QBwSBB, last word mummified. LB nudge for finalize-eyebrow.
Happy solving!
Yesterday QBwSBB, last word mummified. LB nudge for finalize-eyebrow.
Happy solving!
#22
Research & Scholarship / Re: May Research Thread
Last post by Parasaurolophus - May 14, 2024, 05:54:37 PMQuote from: Parasaurolophus on May 14, 2024, 07:04:33 AMAiming to get a large chunk of T1 done today.
Not as large as I'd have liked, but enough.
#23
The State of Higher Ed / Re: Protests and police on cam...
Last post by dismalist - May 14, 2024, 03:25:48 PMQuote from: Parasaurolophus on May 14, 2024, 10:32:06 AMContext from the Guardian:QuoteAn analysis of 553 US campus demonstrations nationwide between 18 April and 3 May found that fewer than 20 resulted in any serious interpersonal violence or property damage, according to statistics from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (Acled).
Over the same period, Acled documented at least 70 instances of forceful police intervention against US campus protests, which includes the arrest of demonstrators and the use of physical dispersal tactics, including the deployment of chemical agents, batons and other kinds of physical force.
The whole point of a demo is to get arrested! Preferably in front of TV cameras. Better yet, provoke the police to use their sticks on people, cuff them, and throw them on the pavement. Gas is OK on account the filming doesn't move too many, so don't protest it too much.
In that sense, I guess the demos have been successful.
In another sense, I have no clue where these numbers come from, the number arrested aside. You can get a demo in New York City at any time, for any cause, but all these events seem populated by protesting tourists.
#24
The State of Higher Ed / Re: Colleges in Dire Financial...
Last post by deepsouth - May 14, 2024, 12:00:02 PMDelta State University in Cleveland, MS releases a fiscal sustainability plan.
https://www.deltastate.edu/news-and-events/2024/05/delta-state-university-announces-plan-to-ensure-fiscal-sustainability/
https://www.deltastate.edu/news-and-events/2024/05/delta-state-university-announces-plan-to-ensure-fiscal-sustainability/
#25
General Discussion / Re: RIP: To remember those los...
Last post by Langue_doc - May 14, 2024, 11:43:03 AMQuoteAlice Munro, Nobel Laureate and Master of the Short Story, Dies at 92
Her stories were widely considered to be without equal, a mixture of ordinary people and extraordinary themes.
#26
General Discussion / Re: NYT Spelling Bee
Last post by cathwen - May 14, 2024, 10:51:56 AMGood afternoon!
QB yesterday with cryonic as my last word. QB today, albeit with a little nudge for the last two words.
LB: I had bigamists-sophistry. Lots of solutions with bigamist! No luck yet today.
Happy puzzling!
QB yesterday with cryonic as my last word. QB today, albeit with a little nudge for the last two words.
LB: I had bigamists-sophistry. Lots of solutions with bigamist! No luck yet today.
Happy puzzling!
#27
The State of Higher Ed / Re: Protests and police on cam...
Last post by Parasaurolophus - May 14, 2024, 10:32:06 AMContext from the Guardian:
QuoteAn analysis of 553 US campus demonstrations nationwide between 18 April and 3 May found that fewer than 20 resulted in any serious interpersonal violence or property damage, according to statistics from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (Acled).
Over the same period, Acled documented at least 70 instances of forceful police intervention against US campus protests, which includes the arrest of demonstrators and the use of physical dispersal tactics, including the deployment of chemical agents, batons and other kinds of physical force.
#28
General Discussion / Re: The Venting Thread
Last post by apl68 - May 14, 2024, 10:07:51 AMThat foot has been a trial to you, all right. Sorry you've had to deal with it.
#29
General Discussion / Re: The Venting Thread
Last post by Parasaurolophus - May 14, 2024, 09:28:50 AMSeems to me you're well within your rights to gripe, AmLitHist! You don't seem to catch many breaks. Especially with that &!*/%(!ing foot.
#30
The State of Higher Ed / Re: What's your price for a bu...
Last post by EdnaMode - May 14, 2024, 07:51:19 AMIf I were closer to retirement and they offered a buyout, I'd take no less than one year's salary, would prefer two, but the most important thing would be to keep my insurance at employee rates until I'm eligible for Medicare. My insurance isn't amazing, but it's okay and the cost is reasonable. I've lived below the poverty line before, and don't wish to do so again. I could continue to do the consulting I already do to bring in additional income or would look for an industry job, or if all else fails, go work at a bookstore because I always thought that would be fun, though I'd probably make excessive use of my employee discount and spend most of my income on books.