I have to talk to a TIAA financial consultant and you can do it weekdays in the evening, and on Saturday. I changed back to the aggressive formula, after years (at their urging) on the “moderately aggressive” formula. I would have spent my entire life on the very aggressive formula if they had not always … More The future
“I think you should sell that [your] house and get out of that town.” “You cannot know when you will have to leave your [tenured] job. You may not get to be the one who chooses that.” “You cannot know that you will live to be old. Even if all the members of your family … More Bullies
Networkmanager should do the job for you if you have the right module for your wireless adapter configured in your kernel. Way better than it was in the old days. Look at dmesg to see if the module came up correctly when it booted. Here is mon problème: I’ve been lazy learning all these Linux … More Linux wireless
TOP PRIORITY: CHECK WITH RESTAURANTS. Dad has hearing issues and hearing aids. Sometimes his hearing problems get in the way of understanding what is happening. The hearing aids are not perfect as they do not address a tinnitus issue he apparently also has, and they are due for adjustment. But, they are in his apartment … More Things for the social worker
Working classes internalize harm. They respond to hurt and pain that liquid capital inflicts on them by, first and foremost, self-harming. It’s easier for them to believe the neoliberal narrative that they fail because something is wrong with them. So they self-punish and self-destruct. Creative and professional classes have better defenses against this. They externalize … More The modern workplace
There are hardly any blogs anymore. I read an old post by the great Twisty therefore, and realized once again how much it all comes down to patriarchy. Twisty refers to “her spiritual death at college.” “It took me about 30 years to grow [my mojo] back,” she says. I didn’t have her experience then … More Le soleil d’hiver
“It is I who have learned to stand in my own way because of having been taught it was illegitimate that I could do these things, and inappropriate that I should be happy.” That was in a computer file I am deleting. Axé.
This is an important article and should be read. “You would be hard-pressed to find a mental-health professional, a productivity expert, or a writing coach who would suggest that — rather than recognizing people’s talent and rewarding their hard work — the way to get good results out of people is by making them feel … More On abusers and enablers in academic culture
Yea, verily I say unto thee that it is a bad omen when you do not wake up in the morning thinking about research and teaching, but about how to withstand and/or avoid bullying and harassment. Axé.
I learned a number of the things one normally learns, about new work, ideas, books. I learned that I have to actually write the proto-article I presented on: it is time to write it, and the thinking will come in the writing. Here are some of the other things I learned. My projects are many … More Some things I learned at the conference
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