jajajjaa su papá 😂😂😂

Llevo unos días en shock porque Raúl Pacheco-Vega ya no está con nosotros. Descansa en paz, profesor. You're the bomb.

there are two things i wished i'd learnt sooner: that sleep is precious and you should prioritize rest, and that having (and being!) a support network of women (and allies) will improve your life in ways you can't even begin to imagine.

train is the superior form of transportation

LASA having a conference in Paris--insanely expensive for a lot of Latin Americanists, especially those from Latin America--and then not providing audiovisual equipment. siri is academia broken or am i broke

i declare my graph to be beautiful. i mean, look at those effects.

Nondisabled people like the idea of AI accessibility because on a superficial level, it makes everyone sound kind of the same, thereby erasing the disability in the experience of the author. That’s not empowerment. It’s just not. It’s deciding a person is worth more if they sound a certain way.

Obvs great to have access but also, selection on the dependent? How are you going to know what makes a proposal successful if you only look at successful grants?

Hello hi Do you have a treat

there are many (MANY) correct takes by @taniel.bsky.social but this is the most correct

Eso. Colegas excelentes que hacen investigación increíble, y se nota. Ahora, también se reconoce.

La porra saludando a Ayuso es lo que necesita mi corazón

another one bites the dust

If you like Love Island, Materialists, the Matchmaker in Mulan, or reading delightful texts about about marriage markets and scandals in France, look no further. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

2026 se trata de funar a cualquier que use IA.

es tremendo

es clasismo o es progresismo discutan en grupos de tres

fuck this

i've been reading a lot about scams targeted at those who had already been scammed and wanted their money back. not sure why i remembered that all of the sudden.

Cuánto se ha fallado para llegar a esta política pública.

i am retaking control of my life by making friday a data cleaning day which basically means i work in sweatpants and spend 10 hours crying but trying to convince myself i love this.

Great work from UPF doctoral student @emanuelemurgolo.bsky.social on how detentions changed as a result of BLM protests

same vibes

i cannot stop thinking about this

Yup. Also at least one senior male faculty member asking not to feed the rumor mill and instead choose institutional routes. Some institutions reify the status quo, and the status quo is shit, so...

my repertoire includes "baby biscuit, baby cakes" and "who's gonna get a greenie"

los sindicatos salvan vidas 😍

i saw the movie where julia roberts plays a yale professor and i cannot stop thinking of the scene where she says "i have to publish something this month." this month. this. month.

#Comunicat [1/2] Davant la suspensió del servei de #Rodalies dictada pel Govern de la Generalitat, i després de valorar diferents opcions, l'equip de direcció ha decidit mantenir l'activitat acadèmica prevista, en la mesura que això sigui possible. Segueix el fil

i just submitted a review for an article and the submission website asked me if i had uploaded the manuscript to an ai platform like who does that

This thread is v informative but also what

We had a good run

"and the prophet sings not of the end of the world but of what has been done and what will be done and what is being done to some but not others" I guess today is as good as any to recommend Lynch's Prophet song

I took a one year leave from social media so glad to come back to this **waves hands in despair**

ah being a woman academic is so amazing

Yes, he could've commuted all death row sentences but I'll take this as great news. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/u...

ah the litmus test of asking a social scientist what is political economy

plot twist biden pardons him

I was going to say that I wish they were transparent about the fact they hate women until I realized they actually are transparent about the fact that they hate women.

I'm just a girl, standing in front of a colleague, asking them to co-author

Este Mercurio retrógrado ya me agarró de su pendeja.

Never a bad day to repeat that gender affirming care saves lives.

or, as we say in Mexico: el miedo no anda en burro

goeis ya no puede uno ir a clase de yoga porque decretan y desdecretan ley marcial

the kind of content i'm here for

Quick reminder that crossing picket lines is bad form and brings unwanted juju. Also Bezos' work practices and price-hiking tactics suck.

Biscuit celebrates thanksgiving by craving turkey and staying in her pjs all day.

Lo que me sorprendió (bueno, no) del comunicado sobre el COLMEX es que los firmantes muy preocupados de la libertad académica como si la decisión de cortar lazos no fuera producto de... la libertad acádemica. PS: Los que quieran hacer investigación o coautorear con la UHJ lo harán, no se apuren.