ninjaphysics

I'll reiterate - this admin is f'd. No one deserves to be abducted and held without due process. With this admin, it's always human rights abuse first, ask questions later, and there are no exceptions to the rule.

We might not have them as you see them today, but there is building science that is centuries old that works with the environment to have architectural solutions that don't even rely on electricity to retain heat or cool a space. There's also the more modern passive house design. As someone born and raised in a hot climate like you mentioned, had we created a built environment like this instead of crippling ourselves to use fossil fuels and refrigerants with high global warming potential, we wouldn't be where we are today. I agree that a/c changed the world. That change could have been a much more positive one had we taken a more practical approach!

Holy f. This piss poor administration is showing just how incompetent they truly are. Everyone will suffer for their actions. I had no idea just how much the US gained in having peaceful relations with traditional allies, and so many Americans have been blissfully unaware just how f'd that all has become in record time. Way to go, a holes.

Reading that Denmark lost just as many soldiers post-9/11 as the US did, I'm in shock as to how idiotic our education system is that it wasn't highlighted how brave contributions allies have provided over the years has helped us, and of course not just in war time. As an American, I'm truly sorry to the rest of the world for not knowing the great extent of solidarity and kindness allies have shown over the years. Of course, I understand why that's likely no longer going to be the case.

This article needs to go to all my teacher friends. And I need to distribute some of those red cards!

Okay, how many Wisconsinites can we mobilize? To the streets!

This is horrifying to hear. How long ago was this? Of course it could be "just last week" given how these same issues persist today. A lot of what you mentioned resonates with me on how women struggle (especially women of color) to be taken seriously for how talented they are. I'm currently working with one who is a scientist as well, whose manager refuses to compensate her for her time at events representing the organization. Worse, we have a telecommuting policy that is organization wide, but she has yet to be allowed to work from home once, while our new hire in our team was able to do so right away and is of 'lower rank' than her. It makes no sense that we still have constant double standards in operation. When I mentioned to my scientist colleague that her time is valuable and that she should be compensated for event time, she cried. I'm the type of person that stubbornly ensures that I'm not played by double standards when I can identify them, but she's the type that doesn't want to make waves. I'm trying to find a way to help her without making her work life more complicated but it's a struggle.

Thank you for sharing this story, and I'm sorry for your losing such an incredibly talented co-worker.

Admittedly I know little about journalism as a profession and practice, but I feel this is an absolute spot on take. So much of what's happening is going to shake up pretty much everything. Here's hoping it wakes enough people up to mobilize for radically good change that puts the working class first.

Same. I stopped using non-Beehaw social media at the end of last year and haven't looked back. I barely respond to texts as well. My social battery is pretty weak these days and I can only take so much irl interaction.

How is this meaningful when leadership there is likely in support of the current administration? If there are actually positives here, I'll remain hopeful.

Neat! Sounds promising. Funny, I was just telling one of my friends about G4 (the channel) today. I miss that 2000s/early 2010s vibe. Everything just went to major commercialization too fast and it took so much fun out of the hobby. I think gamers are recognizing this nowadays and trying to claw their way out of it and this feels like a step in that direction.

I'm proud to say I'm related to an Austinite roller derby star (not mentioned in this article). They really are a badass group!

It's all so confusing when you put what you interpret to be "good" out into the world, only to be shit on, chastised, or ignored after the fact. Reading what Kwakigra responded to you with, and remembering the examples of Pals coming together and celebrating community despite the horrors they face, I'm reminded of a cliché - those who mind don't matter, and those that matter don't mind. In your struggles, despite them or because of them, you can still find community. I count myself as grateful to see your continued contributions here, and it sounds like others feel similarly. You've probably opened my eyes to a number of things that enrich my life in these two short years here. I just hope that this random Internet person (me) can somehow show thanks for your existence. Does this count for much? Maybe not, but maybe. All I know is that you seem to be a positive influence here, and I appreciate you.