Dr PenIn case folks aren't aware, the Internet Archive now has a scholar version with a huge collection of academic work available.
#academicchatter #academicmastodon #academic #education #open
Ellie Margolis
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Matthew RimmerThe US library system, once the best in the world, faces death by a thousand cuts | Brewster Kahle https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/09/us-library-system-attack-digital-licensing
Frank PasqualeThe big tech “seven make up a remarkable 28 per cent of the market capitalisation of the S&P 500. The top 50 stocks account for 57 per cent. Concentration on this scale is extremely rare. There are just two other occasions — July 1932 and November 2000 — in the past 100 years where the biggest 50 stocks have made up so much of overall US market value, according to Absolute Strategy Research.”
https://www.ft.com/content/79076db7-b4f6-4b2e-9988-d84157e283a4
https://www.ft.com/content/79076db7-b4f6-4b2e-9988-d84157e283a4
Julian DayI'd like to be snarky about this, but it's sad to watch #Twitter's slow death. That stupid, beautiful site has been vital to me in my development as a poet. And as someone who can probably be described as Very Online, I used to find the site good in a bunch of other ways as well. But at some point, you have to go. He's deleting old tweets to save a bit of money on storage space. And meanwhile, all the tweets on the Arab Spring, the Mumbai attacks, etc, are gone. They're just...gone.
LaffyUpcoming dates for #Trump's #legal team:
Aug. 24: Judge #Cannon to hold a hearing in the classified docs case in #Florida
Aug. 25: #FaniWillis gave Trump and others indicted in the #Georgia case until noon to surrender
Aug. 28: Judge #Chutkan to hold a hearing in D.C. in the election interference case #TrumpIndictments
CyberDean07 ✅No, you don't have the ‘August flu.’ It's probably COVID
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/no-dont-august-flu-probably-221511036.html
petersuberUpdate. If #universities believe they need #legacy #admissions to keep up alumni donations, note that #JohnsHopkins phased out legacy admissions (2010-2020) and even increased alumni donations.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/johns-hopkins-has-quietly-stopped-giving-children-of-alumni-preference-in-admissions-heres-why/
(#paywalled)
Johns Hopkins Has Quietly Stopped Giving Children of Alumni Preference in Admissions. Here’s Why.
In the last decade, the university has lowered the proportion of legacy students in its freshman class from 12.5 percent to 3.5 percent. The share of students eligible for Pell Grants has gone up from 9 percent to 19 percent.
Sarah FackrellI'm still annoyed that was a manel.
Max KennerlyAmerica's healthcare system is both an obvious enormous drain on our economy, with far higher per capita costs than anyone else, and a less obvious enormous drain on our economy because every employer, including the self-employed, has to spend a ton of time administering healthcare coverage.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/18/opinion/universal-health-care.html
Amy Diehl, Ph.D.US men working remotely declined from 35% in 2021 to 28% in 2022, while the % for women was about even at 41%. This perpetuates unequal housework. On an avg day, 22% of men for unpaid housework, compared to 47% of women.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/american-men-giving-remote-returning-211500630.html
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/american-men-giving-remote-returning-211500630.html