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Principal tech writer emerita at AWS Cryptography. Wrote PowerShell help at MSFT. Persnickety about APIs. Escalante<-->Seattle. Kayaking when not hiking. she/her/mom
@josephcox Without the consent of people in the meeting? (I'd include that in the headline.)
psa if you have to use notepad (new version) the disable ai button is hidden in the fonts section.
@grickle That's me! (Thank you!)
90 years after the 1936 Olympics in Berlin that were instrumentalised by an authoritarian regime, I will definitely not give a minute of my time or a cent of my money to a world championship from an organisation that invented a peace prize to appease another authoritarian. #BoycottFIFA #FIFAWorldCup2026
@rvaughnmd @lawprofblawg Yes, the syllabus, please. Or a zoom link!
@heidilifeldman "Police-involved shooting?" So, the police shot another person and we forgot how to speak English?

A philosophy professor at Texas A&M University has been told to change his syllabus to omit some teachings from Plato's "Symposium" in order to comply with guidance banning advocacy for β€œrace and gender ideology.” Martin Peterson's course on contemporary moral issues covers concepts like Aristophanes' myth of the the split human and Diotima's Ladder of Love. Here's Spectrum Local News's coverage, plus a story from Daily Nous that includes the email exchange where Professor Peterson is told either to remove the modules and readings, or be assigned to a different course.

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#Education #Literature #Philosophy #University #GenderIdeology #Plato #Texas

Texas A&M philosophy professor to not teach Plato due to new university policies

Martin Peterson, a philosophy professor at Texas A&M University, will change his syllabus to not include some teachings from Plato that may include gender ideology.

@andrew What about the major questions doctrine/fantasy?
@mathgrrl Thanks for the reply. I'll buy the yarn and share the remainder with friends.
@mathgrrl The Malabrigo Rios is really expensive yarn. Just wondering why you chose it. The cost might exclude some crocheters.