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[ullathynell]

Merry + Happy!

♥

[newyorker]

Now is the time to counter lies with facts, repeatedly and unflaggingly, while also proclaiming the greater truths: of our equal humanity, of decency, of compassion. Every precious ideal must be reiterated, every obvious argument made, because an ugly idea left unchallenged begins to turn the color of normal.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “Now Is The Time To Talk About What We Are Actually Talking About”  (via newyorker)

[oupacademic]

Remembering Gwen Ifill

Award-winning journalist Gwen Ifill passed away yesterday at the age of 61. She was the first African American and first woman to host Washington Week; she moderated vice-presidential debates, was awarded fifteen honorary degrees, and during her years as a  journalist she “earned a reputation as a trusted reporter who asks tough questions, speaks authoritatively, and readily understands the complexity of seemingly simple matters.”

Image credit: “Gwen Ifill - PBS NewsHour” by PBS NewsHour, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

[humansofnewyork]

“We don’t have any hobbies. But we do try to get together a few times a month to judge people and complain about things.”

[juniperjill]

There’s your hobby!

[juniperjill]

Fighting Brexit, with Six Hundred Croissants - The New Yorker

A day before the referendum, Operation Croissant delivered pastry and messages of unity from across the English Channel.

I love this!

[humansofnewyork]

“I’m working on my second doctorate and doing clinical research in HIV. I’ve always wanted to be a tenure track professor, but I’ve been questioning that lately. I imagined that one day I’d get to a place where I can do the research that I want to do. But I’m seeing now that it’s more about doing the research that will get funded. I’m noticing a lot of disenchantment among my senior mentors. They don’t get to be as innovative as they’d like. Their primary task seems to be sustaining the institution. It’s not about doing the research that they think will make the most impact. It’s about going for the most likely money. It’s publish or perish. Fund or get fired. And education suffers as well. I love to teach, and I’ve always thought that teaching would be a big part of the process. But it’s not emphasized. Because teaching is paid for by tuition. It’s ‘money in, money out.’ But research funding comes from outside the school. It’s new money.”

[juniperjill]

I wonder if there is, or could be, a KickStarter for research ...

[newyorker]

Li’l Donald

Li’l Donald has some more choice words for his schoolteacher in today’s Daily Shouts:

“Do I know the square root of a hundred and forty-four? Is that what you’re asking me? Of course I do. It’s absurd that you would even ask me that.”

“Please tell the class what it is.”

“You want ME to tell the class? Excuse me—aren’t you supposed to be the teacher? I think we can all agree that, if anyone around here is going to tell the class the square root of a hundred and forty-four, you should be the one to do it. If you even know the square root of a hundred and forty-four—which, frankly, I have my doubts.”

Read more.

[juniperjill]

144 is gross, Donald, just like you.

[newyorker]

A cartoon by Drew Dernavich.

Find more cartoons from this week’s issue.

[juniperjill]

I wonder if her boss has an app that keeps track of how long she’s been wearing work clothes without really working.

[theeconomist]

Our Economist Espresso quote of the day is from the British writer and humorist Douglas Adams 

[juniperjill]

Amen. I’m so tired of having to troubleshoot applications that are supposed to make our lives easier!

[maddieonthings]

Shhh….lets close our eyes and listen to Die Zauberflote

[juniperjill]

Let’s paws for a minute ...

[humansofnewyork]

“I was a maintenance man for fifteen years. But then my mother got cancer and she needed somebody with her all the time. I had to cook for her, clean her, help with her medicine— everything. I ended up losing my job because I’d missed so many days of work. But by that time, I started to realize that I was really good at taking care of people. So now I’m studying to be a registered nurse.”

[juniperjill]

Now you maintain people.

[maddieonthings]

Hm. This dog appears to be on a rock

[juniperjill]

She’s a rock star.

[smithsonianmag]

Photo of the Day: Catch the Sunset

Photo by Tuan Nguyen Manh (Da Nang, Vietnam); Vietnam

Submit to our 13th Annual Photo Contest, open now!

[juniperjill]

Catch of the Day

[newyorker]

Today’s Daily Cartoon by Tom Toro. Find more, visit our new cartoon hub.

[juniperjill]

Misogyny is a supervillain!

[juniperjill]

[juliezissou]

Well… We’re getting married!!! Ben proposed at the Como conservatory sunken garden!

[juniperjill]

Congratulations on your Bengagement!

[humansofnewyork]

“I’ve got a PhD in classical history. I think the goal of most academics is to publish something that moves the line of scrimmage ever-so-slightly. But instead of participating in the discussion, I spend all my time comparing myself to top scholars that I’ll never measure up to. So my goal now is just to be a good teacher. I figure that teaching is about forming relationships, and that’s harder to measure.“

[juniperjill]

This would be hard to measure too, but I suspect that a good teacher has more impact than a publication that moves the line of scrimmage ever-so-slightly.