Brendan Karch

Head of Academic Engagement at Swissnex in Boston and New York

[Brendan Karch @brendankarch]

@BrankoMilan 15 years ago the Empik bookstore in Wrocław had 3 categories of history: general, WWII, and history by Norman Davies.

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@DrRadchenko From: Osborne, The Upper Silesian Question and Germany’s Coal Problem, 1920

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@zeithistoriker Since the Yard is still locked down I assume this is for Harvard ID holders only?

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@profmarylewis I know bikes aren’t for everyone, but it’s the only way I can have a consistent commute time, and is usually the fastest (even with free car parking right at my office door).

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@cszabla In this case it has nothing to do with the outlets and everything to do with your charger. Go buy a fast charger. But for kettles, yeah, it stinks.

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@cszabla Yes but many lab scientists and others on grants get salary top-ups for those 3 summer months. My colleagues were incredulous that I survived on just my 9 month salary.

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Peak gig economy hellscape

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Starving migrants who've been trapped for days between border walls at the U.S.–Mexico border are using their dwindling cash and cell phone batteries to order Uber Eats, which is passed through gaps in the wall. Insanely bleak https://t.co/kfRq8up731

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@nils_gilman Seriously? You completely elide the distinction between people living their true and authentic lives free of terror and people morally offended by such freedom. These are incommensurate forms of prohibition. I think even Durkheim would call BS.

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@AngusJBA Removing the overnight parking ban would also allow for higher density development. Not everyone needs an off-street parking space.

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@AdamAhlgrim One of my advisors, while he signed my approval without reading a single chapter, said: ‘Brendan, don’t let me down.’

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@profmarylewis I read up on it. Health insurance required by Obamacare to spend 85% of income on patient care. But dental insurance was excluded. This closes that gap. Supported by major dental groups.

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@nils_gilman Missing Charlotte, Dallas, Detroit, Minneapolis, Raleigh, and I’m sure there’s more.

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@profmarylewis IMO insurance is for things that are too costly to replace. For me, a cell phone isn’t one of those things.

[Swissnex in Boston and New York @SwissnexBosNYC]

We're excited to welcome this ambitious #SciDEAL team as they collaborate with Swissnex on impact-driven projects for innovation and science diplomacy. 🌎 @Dr_Pitter, @ashlimwright, @castilloalmita, and Morgan Westbrook

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@profmarylewis @joekrulder Yes, apparently it works in French. https://t.co/GJcHuD47JD

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@skoczela My colleague in Boston suburbs pays $70k per year for 2 kids - an infant and a preschooler. In Louisiana we paid $10k for one, at one of nicest day cares in the area. Huge disparities but unaffordable across the board for less wealthy.

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@MarjoleineKars Richard White, Remembering Ahanagran. One of the best.

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@swarthmoreburke Keyboard language setting?

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@favourite_uncle LSU has one Japan expert (religion) on its entire campus. Zero Russia experts. Both languages + Portuguese & Swahili cut after 2008 crash. There's been an intentional gutting of international programs across the university.

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@aspiran70754400 @nick_kapur You're thinking of Robert Mann, journalism professor at LSU. He's been a major advocate for replacing LSU's crumbling, water-damaged library.