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most often notes to self

[1 or Several Wolves @JustinLitaker]

@chrisschuringa Congrats!

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@SPQR_Austin @hecubian_devil Also I’m not sure class rank is how hospitals hire physicians. Residency, board certification, specialty training, interviews, letters, research, and clinical evaluations matter. Also a firefighter test score isn’t obviously an exhaustive measure of merit

[1 or Several Wolves @JustinLitaker]

@SPQR_Austin @hecubian_devil Your point about the def of AA appears to suppose a race-neutral, all-things-considered ranking of candidates. But that’s exactly what’s disputed. AA defenders don’t typically say “hire the less qualified candidate” but dispute what counts as qualification

[1 or Several Wolves @JustinLitaker]

@SPQR_Austin @hecubian_devil Okay but I feel like you are defining AA by assuming what critics need to prove: that there’s an objective all-things-considered ranking of candidates and AA necessarily overrides it. Most defenders deny exactly that.

[1 or Several Wolves @JustinLitaker]

@SPQR_Austin @hecubian_devil I was saying the take on AA was a straw man: “knowingly hiring a less qualified doctor regardless of patient outcomes.” You’re saying some managers illegally made race-based hires to game ESG/DEI metrics. Idk, but alleged illegal conduct doesn’t vindicate the straw man.

[1 or Several Wolves @JustinLitaker]

@SPQR_Austin @hecubian_devil Okay, but the problem is that this is pretty much a straw man of AA policies. “We know Candidate A is the best doctor, but we intentionally choose a worse doctor solely because of race and don’t care about patient outcomes.” Most AA defenders would not recognize this view.

[1 or Several Wolves @JustinLitaker]

We had an incredible
time in beautiful València! Thank you so much to the organizers, especially @Bertamperez for an amazing conference. It was also wonderful to meet new friends like @chrisschuringa

[1 or Several Wolves @JustinLitaker]

Excited to present in Spain this year! Thank you @Bertamperez

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@Diablopup @herainhistory k, but you play fast and loose with terms like “nature” and “intention” and “normal” and I suppose we’re all supposed to nod along despite the fact that many gay people do reproduce which obviously meets your weird standard for what you think “nature” “intends”

[1 or Several Wolves @JustinLitaker]

@GraceRandolph He can be the cause of their discomfort without being responsible for it, unless you conflate these. I’m sure he knew it was horrible, but it was also involuntary and therefore he’s not culpable. Leaving out of embarrassment and fear seems reasonable, and not a sign of guilt.

[1 or Several Wolves @JustinLitaker]

@MattWalshBlog marriage equality means achieving the same right to marry as straight people, you’re just confused and are riffing on the word “equality” to sow further confusion about gender, so sloppy

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@JoshuaLWatson

[NewsWire @NewsWire_US]

23 U.S. states in recession, 11 on the brink; Michigan latest to tip into contraction — Moody’s

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@JoshuaLWatson @haanzon what about me?

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@JoshuaLWatson they could at least throw in the date and weather forecast while they’re at it

[Dan Walden @dwaldenwrites]

Ando’s numerous articles these past few months have shown that virtually all financial arguments for cutting humanities programs are lies. They are the cheapest programs at any university and frequently subsidize the others. It’s trustee and administrative ideology.