2 Kings 2:23-24: A story about what happens when you make fun of bald dudes
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‘Many’ arrests as police descend on pro-Palestine encampment at UCSC
Droves of police officers descended on UC Santa Cruz early Friday morning, initiating a standoff with pro-Palestinian supporters, who have blocked off the campus' main entrance since Tuesday. #ucsc #california #palestine #gaza #israel #protest #police #strike #university #santa
https://lookout.co/huge-overnight-police-presence-triggers-standoff-at-ucsc-encampment/
Why UC grad students are going out on strike
> More than 1,500 graduate students, teaching assistants and researchers are expected to walk off the job at UC Santa Cruz today, launching the first labor strike over the University of California’s response to pro-Palestinian protests in the past month.... #ucsc #california #labor #strike #palestine #gaza #israel #hamas
https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2024/05/uc-strike-protests/
Do you roleplay differently in private?
I was just working on my current Ironsworn story at work, and I suddenly wondered about whether I considered it to be personal or private, or how I would feel if someone started watching over my shoulder. It made me think if I would roleplay differently if I knew someone else was watching or would read the story later....
I was just working on my current Ironsworn story at work, and I suddenly wondered about whether I considered it to be personal or private, or how I would feel if someone started watching over my shoulder. It made me think if I would roleplay differently if I knew someone else was watching or would read the story later....
‘This isn’t how good scientific debate happens’: academics on culture of fear in gender medicine research
> Critical thinking and open debate are pillars of scientific and medical research. Yet experienced professionals are increasingly scared to openly discuss their views on the treatment of children questioning their gender identity.... #news
Religious service attendance, mapped
> Vermont (75%), New Hampshire (66%) and Maine (66%) have the highest share of adults who say they never or seldom attend church or religious services, compared to the national average of 49%, per a new Axios analysis of Household Pulse Survey data.
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/27/church-religious-services-american-attendance-drop
A post I just saw made me realize one of the reasons I want to use social media less and less is that people are primed to be angry and looking for a fight. I’m here to learn, discover new stuff, share things I enjoy or care but I always feel like doing that will bring toxic people out of the woods to attack me.
I already have enough things to be angry about thanks to where I live, I’m not looking for more.
Doxing or in the public interest? Free speech, ‘cancelling’ and the ethics of the Jewish creatives’ WhatsApp group leak
> The recent release of a leaked transcript of a private WhatsApp group for Jewish writers, artists, musicians and academics has stirred a controversy that has led to threats of violence, a family in hiding, and the fast-tracking of new federal legislation to criminalise doxing.... #doxxing #palestine #israel #antisemitism #zionism #news
The end of workplace loyalty: Why work feels so broken right now — and how it can be repaired
> In the two years I've been writing about Americans' changing relationship to work, there's one theme that's come up over and over again: loyalty. Whether my stories are about quiet quitting, or job-hopping, or leveraging a job offer from a competitor to force your boss to give you a raise, readers seem to divide into two...
Is Iowa the next step to civil war?
> In the silence of the Civil War’s Antietam battlefield on a winter day, bucolic hills give way to rows of small, white gravestones in the nearby cemetery. Wandering over the deadliest ground in American history, a melancholy visitor may be excused for wondering if this November’s presidential contest poses the greatest... #politics
https://unherd.com/2024/01/is-iowa-the-next-step-to-civil-war/
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