Ah, nothing like finding out yet again that while professional societies like my money, they don't like me as a person with a Masters who has not yet gone on to a Doctorate.

#Elitism #GradSchool #Academia

Do you want to know why conspiracy theories are so easy to spread or nobody care what expert said or people just listening to influencer in Indonesia?

This mentality and elitism from said experts are one of the reason.

Some background check:
Ferry Irwandi is sharing his opinion on how to make Indonesia better in economy.

And of course X people being X people, saying "hmm, please submit it on science journal paper".

The main problem is, all his opinion already there, why don't we just break it down? There are many experts on social media.

If we are just craving this elitism mentality, well general public won't care with what you said, they will just listen on what Ferry Irwandi said. EVEN IF YOU KNOW IT IS WRONG.

Note: Why am I not commenting at X on ths? Well they have limited number of post per character.

@indonesia

#indonesia #ferryirwandi #elitism #deathofexpertise #conspiracytheories

PAUL DROTOS’ GUIDE FOR YOUR IMPROV JOURNEY

Your Improv Journey is Paul Drotos’ treatise meant for beginners, veterans and randos. It is an easy read and is relevant even when considering teamwork, community and art in general.   

Improv is an art form where actors create scenes on the spot. In a show, troupes will usually have games they play with varying levels of audience input.   

When the scene ends, that is the end of […]

The recording of my discussion about Defund Culture on Breaking Culture Live is now up on YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QbYJ2JwSn4

Defund Culture: A Radical Proposal is available open access on a CC4r basis in a variety of formats: https://www.mediastudies.press/defund-culture-a-radical-proposal

'Drawing on contemporary debates around platform capitalism, cultural #elitism, #openaccess publishing and the crisis of the #humanities, Defund Culture makes the case for a bold rethinking of how cultural production is organised and resourced. Rather than defending existing institutions in their current form — or merely calling for incremental reform — it proposes a strategy of defunding as redistribution: redirecting resources, authority, and legitimacy toward more community-led, experimental, and socially responsive forms of cultural practice.'

#DefundCulture
#culture #class #UKPolitics
#copyright #theory #culturalstudies
#culturewar
#WorkingClass

Wikipedia Is a Valid Source, And It’s Time We Stop Pretending It’s Not

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/04/10/22/49/49/analysis/jaimedavid327/10525/wikipedia-is-a-valid-source-and-its-time-we-stop-pretending-its-not/

I keep coming back to this.

#Elitism has a very different meaning in Scandyland. Here we pay no tuition in #highered and everybody gets strongly subsidised student loans. We don't know what "trust fund" means. Nobody puts their kids through college -- the State does.

So here, if you have no uni degree, it's pretty much because either a) you don't have that kind of talent profile, b) *you opted out of readily available higher education*.

Let's take away the power from the dollar and see if USA can sanction sovereign nations, UN judges and keep its global racial agenda! #elitism #COTUS #TrumpToTheHague

President Sheinbaum defends Mexico's right to supply oil to Cuba

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/president-sheinbaum-defends-mexicos-right-supply-oil-cuba-2026-03-30/

#johnmastodon