Gabriel Kunst

Assistant Professor of French @AthabascaU • Awkward singer-songwriter • Poem-maker @pdbediteurs (he/him•il/lui)

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

my god *this* is a grief poem

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

*Organes phosphorescents* paraît dans deux mois.

Ce livre a été écrit pendant les quatorze mois entre le diagnostic de Leila et son décès. Elle est partie le 7 mars. J’ai voulu garder le texte intact, en suspens, comme si la mort n’était pas avenue.

https://t.co/TUwZ9X91PY

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

@pudgenet @imAaronMoore @memecrashes Or… crazy idea! Universal public healthcare like they do in basically all developed countries. At least you’re bringing up solutions instead of acting like the system is perfect, I’ll give you that.

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

@imAaronMoore @pudgenet @memecrashes Right, because reading your insurance policy magically prevents insurers from denying claims by deciding your doctor's prescribed treatment or procedure isn't "medically necessary."

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

@CLloyd73389 @pudgenet @memecrashes I can usually see my GP or another doctor at the same clinic the same day or within 2 days. Specialists are about 2-12 weeks, depending on urgency. And yes, I pay taxes, but I'd rather fund healthcare than pay thousands a year to private insurers (plus copays, deductibles, etc.).

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

@imAaronMoore @pudgenet @memecrashes So in all cases, the system makes no sense. Close to 10% of Americans are uninsured, and millions more still face denied claims, high deductibles, or out-of-network bills that leave them paying thousands of dollars for necessary care.

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

@imAaronMoore @pudgenet @memecrashes People without employer-sponsored insurance have to shop for a plan themselves, compare costs and networks, navigate subsidies or Medicaid eligibility, and hope they've picked coverage that won't leave them with huge out-of-pocket costs when they do need care.

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

@pudgenet @memecrashes So a portion of your health insurance is deducted from your salary, and on top of that you pay up to $6k per year if you need expensive medical care. Oh, and this is tied to your job, so if you lose your job then you’re at the mercy of the medical industry. Sounds great 🙃 /s

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

@rightscholar @aliciaandrz You’re right: it’s not necessarily about anyone pulling strings per se, but rather about general perceived prestige. However, the result is the same: Ivy grads start with a major advantage in most cases and grads coming from lower-ranked schools have to work harder to get a job.

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

@aliciaandrz Two articles worth looking at:

https://t.co/9islZUYRFI

https://t.co/tFydlTEzMG

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

@aliciaandrz I’m glad to know your university doesn���t emphasize prestige as much. I think (hope?) things are slowly changing. But I’ve seen so many people with great applications not even get an interview for a position that then went to an Ivy candidate with a pretty underwhelming dossier…

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

@AlfieSteer Congratulations! 👏🏻

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

@SketchesbyBoze I tried using AI once or twice to help smooth out trickier parts of my books (sentence that felt flat, order of paragraphs) and it was so bad! Any “solutions” it offered were either way different from the original or they were some kind of bloated, overly literary atrocities.

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

@PAHoyeck In Canada, there’s also some teaching-stream assistant professor positions (they’re called different names depending on the institution). The only downside is they’re usually not tenure-track, but they’re still good and legitimate positions.

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

@PAHoyeck I get what you’re saying, but there are positions that are focused on teaching. You’re in Montreal: applying to teach at a Cégep would be exactly what you’re talking about (near-university level, no research component). In the 🇺🇸, SLACs and community colleges are similar.

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

“The report calls on administrators to take a more active role in overseeing the scholarly practices of departments […]. In practice, such scrutiny tends to coarsen into pressure for conformity or for narrowly construed criteria of relevance.”

https://t.co/3bFaYXLaat

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

@LewisPRoberts @SomervilleOx @Pharosofficial Congratulations! 👏🏻

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

Coming back to Twitter/X after years of barely opening the app is a reminder not to feed the trolls 🧌 as tempting as it is to engage 🙃

[Gabriel Kunst @KunstGabriel]

@WomackPhilip @FrLouwagie Such a shortsighted decision. Restructuring departments so that they are more aligned with the needs of students/to improve enrolments is one thing, but cutting whole departments? And in a time where the need for the humanities and social sciences is so high, on top of that!