Our job call came out today: The English department at UC Santa Barbara is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Digital Humanities. Applications due Nov 10. Info here: https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02587
People in the oldest stage of life who regularly engage in aerobic activities and strength training exercises perform better on cognitive tests than those who are either sedentary or participate only in aerobic exercise.
https://theconversation.com/aerobic-and-strength-training-exercise-combined-can-be-an-elixir-for-better-brain-health-in-your-80s-and-90s-new-study-finds-212433
#health #aging #exercise #fitness
Microsoft hammered with $29 billion back-tax bill https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/11/microsoft-hammered-with-29-billion-back-tax-bill?utm_medium=rss
Snooty has decided we’re spending too much time on the news and it’s making us all sad. So he wants to run for your amusement. #hedgehog
Former OSU wrestlers: Jim Jordan 'has to answer for what happened to us' https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/11/2198783/-Former-OSU-wrestlers-Jim-Jordan-has-to-answer-for-what-happened-to-us
A Nazi I watched literally exchanging bomb-making plans and rubbing shoulders with a now-convicted terrorist on Telegram is currently helping run a Nazi club that's now providing security to a GOP candidate in Tennessee with ties to (Koch-funded!) Moms for Liberty.
Steve Scalise is the GOP pick for House Speaker
Stated he is Grand Wizard “David Duke without the baggage”
Rounded up 192 Republicans voted against the Infant Formula Supplemental Appropriations Act
Helped amplify the Big Lie
Spoke at an anti-LGBTQIA rally months after a lesbian police officer saved his life
Worked against Ebola aid, took credit for Ebola aid
Yep…solid republican résumé.
German anti-racism body leaves X over 'rise in hate speech' – DW – 10/11/2023
https://www.dw.com/en/german-anti-racism-body-leaves-x-over-rise-in-hate-speech/a-67065363
Google’s AI could soon consume as much electricity as Ireland, study finds https://thenextweb.com/news/googles-ai-could-consume-as-much-electricity-as-ireland
@Free_Press Let's be clear. This brilliant mastermind is a terrorist. An animal. If you put a suit on a monster and invite him on your show, he's still a barbaric monster. There's no way in hell I'm going to invite him in to polite society, and pretend he's some thought leader. He and his acolytes are human garbage. Period.
On Oct 11, 1921: Texas Officers Shoot to Death Handcuffed Black Man Running from a White Mob http://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/oct/11
@jeffjarvis Looking back at vice presidents, historically, Harris is clearly being judged unfairly. What other VPs have had much of an impact? Biden was a very rare one. Quayle? LOL.
House speaker contender Steve Scalise reportedly called himself ‘David Duke without the baggage’ | House of Representatives | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/03/steve-scalise-house-speaker-republicans
"the US Attorney said Santos 'is charged with stealing people's identities and making charges on his own donors' credit cards without their authorization, lying to the FEC and, by extension, the public about the financial state of his campaign.' " https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-santos-charged-with-conspiracy-wire-fraud-and-more/
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