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The Great Effeminization of the Academy
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The Great Effeminization of the Academy

An expected and obvious consequence of the Great Effeminization of the Academy is that a great deal of academic output is now about the feelings of academics. From the peer-reviewed…
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Researcher Imagines Weather With No Human Influence: Concludes Climate Change Hurts Incomes
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Researcher Imagines Weather With No Human Influence: Concludes Climate Change Hurts Incomes

If I had to pick one paper to represent why the Class is so important, about why so much which passes for science is unworthy, it might be the peer-reviewed…
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Scientists Seeking To Escape Criticism Run To The Warmth & Comfort Of Bluesky
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Scientists Seeking To Escape Criticism Run To The Warmth & Comfort Of Bluesky

Ressentiment and hurt feelings over lose of prestige has hit many academic scientists hard. The ebbing away of respect and deference was not something they prepared for. They were taught,…
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Don’t Take The ‘Long-Covid’ Alzheimer’s Study Seriously

Headline (one of many): "Long COVID may be triggering Alzheimer’s-like changes in the brain: new study". Story: The effects of long COVID rage on. Over 20 million Americans are believed…
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Desperate Need For Equality: AP Exam Performance
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Desperate Need For Equality: AP Exam Performance

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart at age four gave what was by all accounts a terrific piano recital, the first of many. In more recent times, Kit Armstrong (now 33) at age…
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Polar Bears Are Doing Fine: Activists, Not So Well
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Polar Bears Are Doing Fine: Activists, Not So Well

The hersterical (there is no misspelling) headline: "Polar bears are 'rewriting their DNA' to survive warming Arctic, study suggests" (one of many who "reported" on this). I suppose it's good…
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Scientists Invent New Name For Models: Digital Twins
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Scientists Invent New Name For Models: Digital Twins

Cracker Barrel infamously tried changing their homey friendly warm and folksy logo to a stripped down dull almost monotone cool version. To remain "current". They also, reports say, redid the…
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On Laws Banning Hacking Women’s Genitals & Imposing Beliefs
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On Laws Banning Hacking Women’s Genitals & Imposing Beliefs

I stole most of the headline from The Times, which ran a subtler version: "Laws banning FGM are harmful and ‘stigmatising’, say academics". The practice of slicing off a women's…
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