In which I point out that even though it’s not targeting universities, the new legislation aimed at giving Americans priority in tech jobs is going to have a massively detrimental effect on the quality of American research going forward.
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In which I feel forced to remind people that (a) it’s not okay to be a dick to children, no matter whose kids they are, and (b) it’s also not okay to use autism as an insult. Because apparently these things need saying.
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Photo: jeanbaptisteparis, CC BY-SA 2.0 As part of my complicated relationship with my gender, I’ve always hated my tendency to cry when I’m frustrated or despairing, because of the way tears are coded as “feminine” […]
If you’ve been reading the news about the latest male contraception study, you could be forgiven for thinking that it was canceled because men are a bunch of wimps who can’t handle the side-effects women have been putting up with for years. That’s the story as reported by headlines like “Male birth control study nixed after men can’t handle side effects women face daily,” and “Yes, contraceptives have side effects – and it’s time for men to put up with them too.” The only problem? Everyone got so caught up in the “lol men” that they didn’t even bother to read the study.
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Things Not To Do Today | Photo: Taras Maksimuk/YouTube This week’s entry in the “things I can’t even believe anyone has to actually tell someone” file is… well, it’s amazing. Here, look around your office or […]
Image: Facebook Two days ago, The Guardian reported that Facebook had “walked” the team of humans that managed their “trending” links, and had handed their jobs over to an algorithm that had apparently been “learning” […]
This week’s #FeministFriday post is postponed until tomorrow, because talking about Feminism and the Rio Olympics is not a small subject. Instead, please take this: a rant about PayPal. *** I had the lovely experience […]
In any other year I’d probably advocate voting Rhinoceros | Image: This Week In Tomorrow, clip art by artbejo, CC BY 2.0 As the US presidential race continues apace, I find myself more and more often posting […]
Sugar | Image modified from NEUROtiker, CC0 (Public Domain) The Vermont GMO-labeling bill came into effect at the end of last week, and right around the same time the US Senate passed a GMO labeling […]
The perfect surveillance device is the one you carry yourself | Photo: Johan Larsson, CC BY 2.0 *** For the most part, I am very pro-technology. I don’t think I would have half of the friends […]