Important new federal rule is being proposed that could impact a lot of nonprofit organizations that receive federal funds. I wrote an article on my substack showing why the idea of binarys in gender & "biological sex" doesn't hold up scientifically:
open.substack.com/pub/sethjmey...
Challah cooked for shabbat. Shabbat dinner on the stove. Shabbat Shalom everyone.
For Pride Month, I want to focus on queer joy and creativity in my newsletter, The Queer Friendly Nonprofit. So in my newsletter this week, I give a basic introduction to ballroom/house culture. Skip doomscrolling & watch the YT videos of balls & voguing!
sethjmeyer.substack.com/p/celebratin...
Merge two movies:
Bring it On the Golden Pond.
This is a fantastic thread on making powerpoint slides, not just students!
Seth
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Here is the current @altmetric.com count for this article that got the EIC kicked out of the ADA conference.
17 years married today, 21 together. 2 states, 5 homes, 6 degrees, 2 kids, & a shitton of #queerjoy. And an adorable anniversary card from my 6 year old.
Lastly, he has a great article in @timeshighered.bsky.social on kickstarting academic writing. All of these are fantastic resources for new academics and some of us who have been doing it for a bit.
www.timeshighereducation.com/strategies-k...
@raulpachecovega.bsky.social was not only an amazing academic but did a lot to support researchers with their writings and research. His most recent post on his blog explores how to map out scholarly debates. He also explored how to chose a project.
www.raulpacheco.org/blog/
He also wrote in LSE blog about how to be unstuck in academic writing:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
1. There has been a major new federal rule proposed governing ALL federal grants.
A federal grant recipient will be deemed ineligible if the recipient advances "gender ideology," or denies that "sex is binary."
This includes hospitals, schools, nonprofits.
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The rule could have heavy impacts towards trans people across society.
I just returned from two back-to-back conferences. Students, I noticed that a lot of your slide decks had an oddly similar layout structure and I was able to confirm in conversations that these were AI-generated/assisted.
Some thought about this for your own professional development: π§΅