Stonehenge Winter Solstice
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"NOBODY WANTS TO WORK ANY MORE!"
A brief history of capitalists complaining that nobody wants to work for starvation wages Image by @paulisci
Dog autism? 37% of US dog owners buy into anti-vaccine nonsense
For the bazillionth time, vaccines do not cause autism—and dog autism is not a thing.
Amazing story. Have you followed it?
Texas A&M announces a new journalism dean. She's black and she's qualified— and an alum of the school! Ex-New York Times too.
They announce her appointment in a splashy event.
Dark forces of reaction mobilize.
The offer is watered down to one year, with no tenure. She says no way, and withdraws. National news is made. It's negative. And today, the president of A&M resigns!
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/21/tamu-president-resign-journalism/
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/11/texas-a-m-kathleen-mcelroy-journalism/
“The recent challenges regarding Dr. McElroy have made it clear to me that I must retire immediately,” Banks wrote in her resignation letter. “The negative press is a distraction from the wonderful work being done here.”
Beautiful timelapse of Earth rising over the Moon captured by the Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft Kaguya.
Credit: JAXA/NHK