Litsy

Grad School Essentials: A Crash Course in Scholarly Skills | Zachary Shore

Going to take a break this summer. I know it means I‘ll have to double up on work in the fall, but I feel like if I don‘t do it this way, I‘ll just quit altogether.

So, lots of reading, lots of writing, lots of planting, lots of crochet and cross-stitch. And, maybe, I‘ll finally decide on a sewing machine and finally learn how to make Kirby pjs for my son who has outgrown children‘s clothing.

#summerplans
#gradschool

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Hooked_on_books

The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters | Tom Nichols

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I did a lot of nodding and “yep”ing as I listened to this one, about how a subset of American society has turned against the knowledge of experts (and no doubt it‘s happening elsewhere, too). He doesn‘t offer solutions, which is of course frustrating, but then the first step to problem solving is acknowledging the problem. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, @Riveted_Reader_Melissa !

ChaoticMissAdventures My goodness it is so frustrating. Not only are they turning against experts many are turning against knowledge period. It is so bizarre. 2w

Hooked_on_books @ChaoticMissAdventures It really is bizarre. And they revel in doing it! I really don‘t know what the answer is, but it‘s really bad for us as a society. 2w

Prairiegirl_reading And “do your own research” from RFK while cutting actual research is devastating. 2w

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Christine Ooh, we‘re covering this topic in the sociology of science class I‘m teaching right now. I‘d better check this one out! 2w

Hooked_on_books @Prairiegirl_reading Not only that, but he shows up in here as an example of a dangerous person for spreading misinformation. And here we now have him as our HHS secretary, which shows how much further we‘ve slid down this dangerous path. 2w

Hooked_on_books @Christine I would totally take that class! 2w

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa You‘re welcome…. I‘m glad it still held up. We seem to be sliding down this slippery slope so fast, I sometimes wonder when I recommend books if they will hold up, even when they are just a few years old. I remember back when I read this thinking how much the climate change debate had been taken over by the same forces of Big Tobacco back in the fight of cigarettes…Big Oil now. But now we are into Big Coal and so many of those issues have ⤵️ 2w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ been co-opted into the political cultural issues instead of science with debating science teams paid by the corporation. And now we have progressed into cutting funding of the basic science itself, and deleting reports we do not like (culturally) which gives the misinformation voices even more space. 2w

Hooked_on_books @Riveted_Reader_Melissa You sum it up really well. And the pervading force is money. Pay people to say what your interests want rather than try to find the best way, is what these folks do. It‘s not a good thing at all. 2w

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RowReads1

Usefulness of Useless Knowledge | Abraham Flexner

New products. I picked up TJ‘s new body sunscreen gel. They have a new mineral sunscreen too.

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peanutnine

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

April #MonthlyNonfiction2025 Reads
Some great selections this month, I enjoyed them all
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julieclair My copy of Floriography has been screaming at me from my shelf…. 2w

peanutnine @julieclair it's a lovely reference book! I ended up buying a copy to keep 2w

julieclair Which is the opposite of me… I already have a copy to keep, but haven‘t read it! 😂 2w

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Posh_Salad

What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read with Your Child--and All the Best Times to Read Them | Pam Allyn

Worst. Slump. Ever.
My reading challenge goal is so disappointed in me! 😭
Cant seem to get into hardly anything. Tried new genres, going to the library, Kindle books, audiobooks, book books. And I‘m starting to get twitchy. Grrrr. What should I read?

BookmarkTavern Go back to an old favorite! That usually works for me. 2w

Posh_Salad I‘ll give it another go @BookmarkTavern ! 2w

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Abe

Let's Read About--: Finding Books They'll Love to Read | Bernice E Cullinan

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Great book about Finding books that your child will love to read!

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IriDas

The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore | Evan Friss

Back to work today. I almost left without a book and had to just grab one as I was heading out the door. :D Guess I‘ll be reading this next. I cannot read ebooks or audiobooks when students are in the room and I like to set an example of reading for them since many tell me they never read. :( #education

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LitsyBirthdays

Happy Happier Happiest | Corina Fletcher

Please join the #birthdayfairies as we wish our Litsy friend @Amiable a wonderful day!

Sending you all the #birthdaylove and hugs today as you celebrate and wishing you much happiness in the year ahead. 🩷

Happy Birthday, Amy!!! 🎈🎈🎈

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