Dear fellow readers, I am a STEM professor who decided to pour my frustrations into an essay. It’s written in a personal style, shaking my fist at the heavens about students who have never developed good skills in high school math and yet refuse to switch from a highly quantitative field to something else. I…

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Wait, you thought I was done with links? BWAHAHAHAHAHA! No. And then Me and my sister recreated Mick Jagger and David Bowie’s Dancing in the street vid. Ur welcome @laviniajwright pic.twitter.com/F7kVT1kGTs — Maris Jones (@themarisjones) June 12, 2020 Asian parents have been parenting like this forever, I see 😆 -Tao Qian (~365–427 AD), translated by…

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Lots to write about, but even more to do at work, which means I’ve hit a point of overwhelm at which I don’t feel like doing anything. But the work must be done, so, without further ado, Twitter links! It’s okay to take a break for your mental health. pic.twitter.com/joJNDbNY7T — Swear Trek (@swear_trek) June…

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I don’t do much politics on this blog, usually because I’m insufficiently informed to write anything particularly illuminating. But the ongoing protests, which I support, must not be ignored. I wanted to avoid performative posting, which seems to permeate social media, but I suppose I’m failing, so at least I’ll keep it brief. I wish…

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