Tom Jones

My name is not really Tom Jones. I'm a philosopher of no repute, a mathematician of ill repute, a slow runner and an incoherent dancer. I am real.

[Tom Jones @AccelerateSpy]

@KerriMPR ...to produce new knowledge; to figure out something on your own. I call this understanding, and it should be the goal of college.

[Tom Jones @AccelerateSpy]

@KerriMPR ...is hope the world asks you the type of questions you already know the answers to. What's genuinely powerful is the ability...

[Tom Jones @AccelerateSpy]

@KerriMPR ... Knowledge (despite our protesting otherwise), too is essentially powerless. If all you have is knowledge, all you can do...

[Tom Jones @AccelerateSpy]

@KerriMPR I've taught many university courses. The problem I see in remedial courses is an obsession with facts. Facts are powerless...

[Tom Jones @AccelerateSpy]

#tc5815 How do you convincingly present positions other than your own, esp. when teaching something you've strong opinions about?

[Tom Jones @AccelerateSpy]

#tc5815 your def'n of crit. thinking seems to privilege traditionally male modes of thought and disparage, eg emotional reasoning. Thoughts?

[Harold Pinter-Quotes @Pinter_Quotes]

I'm having a very nice time and I hope you are glad of that. At the moment I am dead drunk.

[Tom Jones @AccelerateSpy]

@SenatorReid I have a math M.S., and I can confirm your evaluation. Hire me??

[Tom Jones @AccelerateSpy]

Elizabeth Warren: über dope. http://t.co/QIFtRr9Gif

[Tom Jones @AccelerateSpy]

“@Pinter_Quotes: What makes you think you exist?” Dammit. Hell if I know. Now I feel like an arrogant slob.

[Tom Jones @AccelerateSpy]

I just started following @Pinter_Quotes. I forgot how hilarious, apt, and quotable he is-even at his most obscene and incoherent he's a joy.

[Tom Jones @AccelerateSpy]

@keithellison well, I got my NSF-funded paycheck this time... Wondering about next time. Same with my VA money.

[Tom Jones @AccelerateSpy]

Listening to #MPR. Big question everyone's dancing around: to what extent is the shutdown a consequence of (im/ex)plicit Republican racism?

[Tom Jones @AccelerateSpy]

@daniellecrobins @NSFGRFP well, I got paid today. By both the NSF and the VA. No idea what happens next time yet.

[Tom Jones @AccelerateSpy]

So you can't afford to tweet...“@NSF: Due to the government shutdown, we will not be tweeting or responding to any replies...”#fellowships?

[John King @SecretaryKing44]

I invite lawmakers holding up the budget to visit preschools with me & see teamwork, listening, fair play & compassion in action.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

"One faction of one party, of one house of Congress ... doesn't get to shut down the entire government." —President Obama #EnoughAlready

[Veterans Affairs @DeptVetAffairs]

VA funding for claims processing and payments would run out late October under shutdown. http://t.co/bcgAHMsOwM

[White House Archived @ObamaWhiteHouse]

FACT: If House Republicans force a government #shutdown, it could cost our economy $10 billion per week.

[Tom Jones @AccelerateSpy]

Bwahahaha! Nice response. “@CoryBooker: And you are a child of God. I love you and wish you the best. RT @03nelly51: You suck”