This is just a quick note inspired by a conversation that was, in turn, inspired by the February 19th broadcast of Science Friday on NPR. It was an interesting show on communicating/teaching about science in this era in which newspapers are increasingly under threat.
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My Most Popular Tweets of this Week
I have not been active in social media much this week, having spent most of my time updating my web 1.0 personal site now that I am no longer with NITLE. I thought I had finished, but I’ve discovered a few things I still want to fix: Typos, a misplaced section divider, and other things of that nature. If you have a chance, look at it and send your comments. I welcome them all, whether it’s about a typo or the whole design.
Still, I did tweet a bit. The most popular ones this week were, most to least popular:
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Academic Freedom Media Review, February 12-19
Compiled by Scholars at Risk
Alabama Shooting Puts Spotlight on Tenure Process
The Associated Press, The New York Times, 2/18
Publish and be dumped?
Laurie Taylor, The Times Higher Education, 2/18
Is Heckling a Right?
Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed, 2/17
Education is the key for the future of Belarus
Bertel Haarder, Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Rigmor Aasrud, Jan Vapaavuori, Katrin Jakobsdottir and Halldor Asgrimsson, EuObserver, 2/17
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Tell the Senate to Pass Health Care Reform through Reconciliation
There is a letter circulating in the Senate calling on Majority Leader Harry Reid to pass the public health insurance option through “reconciliation,” which only needs a simple majority in the Senate, rather than the 60 vote “Super Majority.” It is maddening that the Democrats have 59% of the seats in the Senate and yet they can’t seem to control the agenda.
Go to this page to see if your Senator has signed and, if not, to sign the petition to ask them to to so. There is also a link to help you call you member of Congress. Continue reading
Colbert Report at the Olympics?
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Just Something Worth Sharing: Jimi Hendrix – Acoustic Blues
Concert Ticketing Fees
Can someone tell me what “ticketing fees” cover? Or “processing fees”? What, precisely, are the costs involved involved in each and every ticket purchased online that warrant them? Why do we pay “convenience fees” at all? It’s not as if you have a choice between that and a less convenient option for many events. Perhaps you can purchase by phone, but there are charges for that, too.
It used to be the case that music stores and other retailers were outlets for concert ticket vendors, but I wouldn’t even know where to find one now. The only place I’m sure you can always buy tickets in person is the actual venue.
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The Coolest Sport in the Winter Olympics?
Have you seen the Google logo on their search page yet? For tiny percentage of the public that doesn’t use Google as a search engine, Google periodically alters its logo to mark holidays or commemorate certain events, etc. There’s a gallery in their site. Today the two instances of the letter “o” are transformed into curling stones. If you don’t know what curling stones are, where have you been? It is only the coolest sport in the Winter Olympics!
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