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I just found out that the graduate workers at my university won the right to unionize with the NLRB! This is really exciting given the bureaucratic long haul it's been getting to this point and the amount of anti-union propaganda the university has been churning out recently.

Rock climbing is the best. I'm going to Cuba in a few week and will get a couple of climbing days in, but my endurance is shit right now so who knows how that will go (but those tufas look so rad). Here's a pic while doing a hanging belay about halfway up a 12 pitch climb http://i.imgur.com/IgFjV6sl...

Update: Went to Cuba, climbing in Viñales is incredible and absolutely going back. Perfect limestone, similar to Potrero Chico except not nearly as chossy. Really well bolted too. Unfortunately, I spent a big chunk of my trip lying on the cold tiles of the bathroom floor puking, but alas, it was wor...

my woof was shorn too short and now needs clothing and is clearly pissed

not super fashion related, but here goes: I need some loose, lightweight pants and long sleeved shirts (not button downs) for doing fieldwork in a conservative part of the middle east. any recommendations? preferably something that's at least somewhat aesthetically appealing and breathes well for de...

This isn't a very intellectually stimulating article but my friends and I have talked quite extensively about gay loneliness and I think it's worth reading. It's not even that long I guess

Found this little guy wandering in the desert. He was hurt, that's why we look sad.

Want to link this article for all the women academics that struggle with this issue of the heartless female academic. It's a trope I've become really familiar with in my teaching experience and with my departments female faculty. I don't necessarily agree with all the conclusions drawn but I think i...

After spending much of the summer digging around for free/cheap parts, I frankensteined together my first road bike! It's the second road bike I've worked on, although the other one I only assembled and didn't buy the parts myself. It rides like a dream and I can't wait to finally be able to coast o...

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