JCM 5/26/2021 5:01:09 PM

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Posted late in Broadside...

Noticed in my email from my alma mater. Lifetime member of the alumni assoc. so I get a lot which I ignore but this caught my eye.

Ashley Paynter, UW Biology Ph.D. candidate, hosts “Decolonizing Science” podcast

Kosh's Shadow 5/26/2021 5:06:32 PM

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In #1 JCM said: Ashley Paynter, UW Biology Ph.D. candidate, hosts “Decolonizing Science” podcast

I guess we need to go back to tribal magic. Funny how all that superior African magic with flying machines, too, was so easily defeated.

Kosh's Shadow 5/26/2021 5:06:57 PM

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Repeated for fun

Eight warning signs you might be sharing office space with terrorists

1. You notice suicide vests hanging on the coat rack. - This could be a hint.

2. The tenants upstairs are constantly disrupting things with their loud footsteps and their rocket launches off the roof. - Upstairs tenants are the worst!

5. They only play CNN in the lobby. - The surest sign something is up.

Occasional Reader 5/26/2021 5:07:56 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 5/26/2021 5:08:06 PM

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In #3 Kosh's Shadow said: 5. They only play CNN in the lobby. - The surest sign something is up.

Which fits every airport in the US

JCM 5/26/2021 5:08:40 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 4:

Not judging... but you did get "the look"!

Kosh's Shadow 5/26/2021 5:08:59 PM

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In #4 Occasional Reader said: Earlier this evening, I had my son listen to “ice, ice, baby“ by vanilla ice, because it is mentioned in a video he likes. 

CHILD ABUSE!!!!!!!!!! Now, if you had him hold an AK-47 and threaten the Jooos, that would be just fine////////

buzzsawmonkey 5/26/2021 5:11:34 PM

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Reply to JCM in 1:

The hatred I have for these stupid racist bastards is difficult to put into words.

Kosh's Shadow 5/26/2021 5:52:57 PM

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Der NY Shturmer has decended into babbling idiocy (OK not so far)

For example, a top-of-the-front page headline on Friday reported, “More than 250 Dead, Mostly Civilians.” An article by Ronen Bergman in Sunday’s New York Times reported that Israel “claims to have killed about 200 Hamas operatives.” The math is hard to reconcile, unless the Times is double-counting as “civilians” the people Israel is describing as “Hamas operatives.”

JCM 5/26/2021 6:18:04 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 9:

NYSlimes is gonna' slime.

Kosh's Shadow 5/26/2021 6:22:09 PM

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Reply to JCM in 10:

Well, they did repeat Nazi propaganda that Poland invaded Germany, and Soviet propaganda.

Did you see the link I posted of the Boston Shturmer cartoon earlier?

JCM 5/26/2021 6:29:29 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 8:

If wasn't a waste of time I'd be tempted to listen to see what kind of drivel is in there.

But I'd rather have a Q&A....

How is a proven scientific fact, colonial or racist?

Is grass racist because there is no black chlorophyll?

Is a chemical say testosterone misogynistic?

Occasional Reader 5/26/2021 6:50:23 PM

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In #9 Kosh's Shadow said: unless the Times is double-counting as “civilians” the people Israel is describing as “Hamas operatives.”

They were not part of a formal, national military, therefore they are “civilians“. Easy Peasy!

doppelganglander 5/26/2021 7:01:22 PM

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Reply to JCM in 1:

TL;DR: Ashley sucks at biology so she makes everything about race. No matter how bad her dissertation or research are, the department will be afraid of being called racists so she'll get her PhD. She will go on to a lucrative career as a race-baiting grifter and never set foot in a lab again.

JCM 5/26/2021 7:13:47 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 14:

Instead of memorizing all the O-chem reagents I could have just yelled RACIST and passed?

Why didn't someone tell me!

doppelganglander 5/26/2021 7:24:36 PM

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Reply to JCM in 15:

Sorry, dude, you're a white guy. You work hard in school and on the job so Princess Ashley doesn't have to.

JCM 5/26/2021 7:53:43 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 16:

I just logged off my work system. 3/4 of the day in meetings, not BS type, but making decisions, but wanted to get my day to day done.

Day to day snowballs if you don't keep on top of it.

I'll do the late days in exchange for a very flexible schedule.

doppelganglander 5/26/2021 8:11:02 PM

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Reply to JCM in 17:

I had a day like that, but I pretty much gave up at 6. We're reaching crunch time on a huge project and my supervisor can't seem to answer my questions in a timely manner. So of course I'm the problem for not asking for help, even though I did. I went and puttered in my garden for an hour, picked up some groceries, and came home and had a beer. It will all be there in the morning.

JCM 5/26/2021 8:28:02 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 18:

My boss is responsive. Since my job cross over to a lot of other teams, sometimes it the cross team stuff takes a little while. But I try to be responsive to their requests and it pays off their cooperative with what I need.

I started this 16 months ago.... doesn't seem that long. We had less than 30 people in the EE team. We're now over 300. The entire project is over 600 and looking to have over 1000 by the end of the year.

Kosh's Shadow 5/26/2021 8:31:37 PM

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As a contractor, I need permission to put in more than 8 hr/day (averaged over the days I work; I can make up time some days if I need to do something else other days), and I get overtime if I do put in more.

I've had some times where they allowed overtime, but normally, even if I am going really well, I have to stop and pick it up the next day.

Kosh's Shadow 5/26/2021 8:32:07 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 20:

That is different from most places I have worked, however.