daiyami

@daiyami

Believer in the value of small things. University staffer, former history prof. Listening for themes in race, tech, sewing, cycling, and infrastructure.

California-SF Bay Area
Joined December 2008
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    4 hours ago

    If we can't agree on masks and vaccine mandates, it might be worth mentioning that in the 1930s and 1940s, it was not unusual for schools to delay opening because of rising cases of polio over the summer.

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  2. 2 hours ago

    I think grocery stores are exciting to visit in foreign countries, too.

    I have wondered what the deal is with the ethnic aisle since I was a kid grocery shopping with my dad in the Dallas suburbs. In my latest piece, I got some answers.
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    3 hours ago

    So, a thread sharing a few articles I've seen lately. That are each notable and together seem to be... pointing at something... somehow. 1/x Remote work made life easier for many people with disabilities. They want the option to stay.

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  4. 2 hours ago

    I don’t even like baseball, and this thread is great.

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    This might possibly be the most satisfying slide i’ve ever seen in my life
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    18 hours ago

    I ran from William H. Smith in Sept. 1829. He had bought me from Maj. William Vance’s estate, where I was listed with Sancho and his sister Lizey for $1300. Smith was still looking for me in Feb. 1830, where he threatened to sell me out of state if caught. I was called TENAH.

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    19 hours ago

    HURKLE-DURKLE v. n. To hurkle-durkle is to lie in bed or lounge about when one should be up and about. One can also be in hurkle-durkle (in indolence).

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    Aug 9

    Still not vaccinated? Here's your chance! Free drive-thru vaccinations on the campuses this week. See the schedule below and get vaccinated to protect yourself, your family and friends against this very transmissible !

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    Aug 9

    like even on smaller, more micro scale stuff it works. teachers that make a Polite Public Request For Changes In Their School to benefit the students and the teachers health are taken a lot more seriously if they've also recently been willing to do a wildcat strike

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    Aug 8

    A friend of mine was flat-out told that if she didn't plan to stay in academia, she was a waste of faculty mentors' time. 🤷‍♀️ Students are worried for good reason and faculty need to seriously do better - individually and at the department culture level.

    on this panel on careers outside of academia. yet again – students saying they don't know how to break it to their committee that they are interested in jobs outside of the academy. students afraid of losing support. faculty friends, please find ways to make this okay.
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    Jul 20

    Thinking today about the climate and personal responsibility vs. personal power. The greatest trick corporations pulled was convincing us that we, personally, are responsible for all pollution, because we ate the wrong thing or bought the wrong car or didn’t recycle enough.

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    Aug 8

    name me two more useless words in the English language

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    Aug 8

    Interesting blog article about Janet Dailey's new books being authored by an unknown ghost writer. Dailey died in 2013, but new books written by "Janet Dailey" continue to be published at around the rate of two or three novels per year.

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    Aug 8

    Never before have this many national organizing committees won a medal at a single Olympic Games. 93 earned medals at the !

    Flags of all 93 national organizing committees that won at least one medal at the Tokyo Olympics
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    Aug 8

    On Wednesday 8/18, the Stanford Humanities Center is hosting an online info event for prospective applicants to our external fellowships. Please share the announcement.

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  15. Aug 8

    NCAA claiming 1000 past/current student-athletes at the games, not so many.

    Can someone give us a percentage of how many basketball Olympians came through US colleges?
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  16. Aug 8

    Frantically retweeting to counterbalance every time I saw that “typical professors are adjuncts and earn $3556 per class” link go by.

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    Aug 8

    Don't wait too late to start exploring career options. If you're not ready to network just yet, start by doing a little introspective thinking about your values and/or what you need to thrive in a workspace. Check out these other points to consider:

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  18. Aug 8

    I can’t get past the difference between how black and immigrant people talk about “aunties” and this GEICO “we have aunts” ad.

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    Aug 7

    I work at a food bank, and I spend a lot of time at food pantries and food distributions. I get asked all the time, "do you think people LIE and come to get food if they don't really NEED it?" 👀 My short answer is: no. My long answer is: (thread)

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    Aug 8

    When asked, most PhDs want to work where they'll have an impact. You don't have to stay in academia to find purpose. Not only are private sector jobs filled with meaningful careers, but they're also intellectually stimulating and challenging.

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