Posts by shermandorn@mastodon.online
(DIR) Post #AQUuMpZlunxX9dQ1Ro by shermandorn@mastodon.online
2022-12-11T01:21:44Z
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Surprisingly, "nano-" leads to search results for theology, dentistry, history, and sociology... but apparently the field is wide open for nanosociobiology.https://xkcd.com/2656/#xkcd
(DIR) Post #ARV9pDksolqJnXkffk by shermandorn@mastodon.online
2023-01-10T13:35:37Z
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@kairyssdal see https://americanarchive.org/ and https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-plan/about-this-program/radio-preservation-task-force/
(DIR) Post #ARe2vCgvbQCXsmUeFk by shermandorn@mastodon.online
2023-01-14T20:25:20Z
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@Popehat You provided a clear legal explanation, in an era when many Americans don't trust the stability of law (and I think for some pretty good reasons, hello Corruption SCOTUS, though I agree with your reasoning). As an historian of education I'd have put it differently. 1) There is a consistent pattern of people with power having used schools to punish those with dissenting views -- Jehovah's Witnesses, Communist teachers, LGBTQ educators and students -- ... 1/
(DIR) Post #ARe2vE5QPpOID2xj4i by shermandorn@mastodon.online
2023-01-14T20:28:30Z
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@Popehat ... and the argument on behalf of punishing the red-hat teacher is saying at one level, "the problem in the past is not the abuse of schools' power to punish based on identities and political views, but who it was punishing." And I think that's the wrong historical lesson to draw. 2) At another level, the argument on behalf of punishing is an argument AGAINST individual conversation, of using power to substitute for civil confrontation. 2/2
(DIR) Post #ARu83lxTyNNHsUV6CO by shermandorn@mastodon.online
2023-01-22T13:08:51Z
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Yes, NYT, “nictate” is an English word
(DIR) Post #ATrRt67Wt5z1v9aBeK by shermandorn@mastodon.online
2023-03-22T02:36:47Z
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@jessicacalarco the world needs more happy ass clams. Just saying