@pankisseskafka @culturaltutor Are you @culturaltutor? I was just replying to the thread which didn’t mention it. I have much respect for your teaching btw
I am being forced to pay UCLA $2000 bc they accidentally paid me an extra months salary after not renewing my teaching contract in 2019, one year shy of eligibility for a continuing appointment
@pankisseskafka Used to be hardass but it ended up creating way more headaches than it was worth. Totally flexible now. As long as they turn it before final grades due
When discussing conspiracies, you'll find critics saying they're rare and only then that they're generally small in nature. This, they say, is because large conspiracies would never work due to the fact that people would talk.
Are you familiar with the name Adrian Schoolcraft?
@HeerJeet I think partly it’s bc the problems with capitalism have become so glaringly obvious that they can’t be ignored. Instead they get displaced, or personified (e.g. “globalists”, “elites”, etc) - traditionally coded for Jews
@mbrinkerhoff@PplsCityCouncil I didn’t mean necessarily officially. Maybe indemnity was wrong word choice. Some kind of backroom agreement where she doesn’t walk away with nothing
@LALiving213@KnockDotLA@PplsCityCouncil You mean bc Nury endorsed Bass? Seems like a stretch. Also it makes Gil look bad too since he was part of the conversation
THREAD. Politico published what it billed as a bombshell investigation claiming some sort of scandal at the LA Times. In reality, it is Politico’s reporting and coordination with right-wing extremists that is a danger to serious public discourse.
@IlhanMN A better distinction is productive vs unproductive labor. Does it create surplus value or merely manage labor and wealth performed/created by others?