"The incentive structure of the modern American university encourages relatively unsuccessful scholars, those who fail to establish fruitful research programs early in their careers, to pursue administrative positions, where they wield authority over more successful colleagues, who actually generate educational value. As a result, the American university is disproportionately governed by relative academic failures."

Elon Musk: Trillionaire Jeff Bezos: Billionaire Public School Teachers: Can anyone help me get some pencils for my students?

Peer-reviewed literature review on degrowth: ◼️Almost 90% of “studies” are opinions rather than analysis. ◼️Few of them use quantitative or qualitative data; even fewer use formal modelling. ◼️Most of them offer subjective policy advice without policy evaluation. ◼️Most “studies” focus on small, local cases without a clear implication for the whole economy. Source: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

Elon Musk just became the world's first trillionaire. The typical American household would have to work more than 11 MILLION years to make Elon Musk's level of wealth. We need a wealth tax.

This is a very crazy thing to believe and definitely shuldn't be the basis of ed policy decisions nymag.com/intelligencer/arti…

Harvardin tähti­professori: Romahtaneita Pisa-tuloksia ei saada korjattua, jos opettajista ja oppimisesta ei kerätä dataa yle.fi/a/74-20230643

In other news, today the NIH proposed caping the maximum of grants at 2 per research lab, including collaborations. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/… We're living in the upside down.

Hei @ORostila , @MartinPaasi ja @TereSammallahti Migri pyytää minulta 4 800 € alv siitä, että saisin nähtäväkseni Nasima Razmyarin Viittakivi Oy:n vastaanottokeskussopimusten taustat. 120 € tunti, ja lisäksi väittävät ettei asiakirjoja ehkä edes löydy, vaikka tiedonhallintalaki velvoittaa ne rekisteriin. Ihanan kallista❤️ Käytännössä viranomainen siis hinnoittelee julkisten varojen valvonnan jopa kaltaiseni erityiskansalaisen ulottumattomiin. Mutta! Teillä on PL 47 § 3 mom. nojalla kansanedustajan tiedonsaantioikeus, jota ei voi torpata laskulla. Kyse on miljoonien eurojen julkisista sopimuksista, joissa hallitusjäsenenä istui samanaikaisesti istunut kansanedustaja. Voitteko pyytää Migristä Viittakivi Oy:n sopimukset, maksuerittelyn ja valvontaraportit? Lähetän mielellään tarkemmat yksityiskohdat. Tämä voisi olla käyttistä myös tulevia eduskuntavaaleja ajatellen🤷‍♂️

Costco checks ID. Meanwhile in California..

Stereotypes are true and accurate: Alice Eagly and Judith Hall conducted a meta-analysis on the accuracy of stereotypes regarding differences between men and women. They confirmed that these stereotypes are highly accurate: 85% of the 673 estimates were in the correct direction. There is no reason to "fight against stereotypes" on principle. On the contrary, stereotypes are essentially truths about the world.

Did Medical Research Routinely Exclude Women? An Examination of the Evidence Published in the journal Epidemiology in 2001. I have screenshotted the entire paper. Conclusion: "A review of sex-specific enrollments in medical research studies, and an examination of the number of epidemiologic studies and clinical trials that included men and women, point to two conclusions: 1) Historically, women were routinely included in medical research, and 2) Women have participated in medical research in numbers at least proportionate to the overall female population."