My favourite species of birds are the ones named by people who clearly hate birds. (thread)

Sick of their shit
*Sean Bean voice*
Why even go into this line of work?
Excuse me?
.@rspb This is bullying
I believe psychologists call this projection
Um, they prefer the term “goth”
*Geoffrey Boycott voice*
Are ornithologists ok?
Did I make this one up? You're not sure are you?

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"I lied about my basic beliefs in order to keep a prestigious job. Now that it will be zero-cost to me, I have a few things to say."


We know that elite institutions like the one Flier was in (partial) charge of rely on irrelevant status markers like private school education, whiteness, legacy, and ability to charm an old white guy at an interview.

Harvard's discriminatory policies are becoming increasingly well known, across the political spectrum (see, e.g., the recent lawsuit on discrimination against East Asian applications.)

It's refreshing to hear a senior administrator admits to personally opposing policies that attempt to remedy these basic flaws. These are flaws that harm his institution's ability to do cutting-edge research and to serve the public.

Harvard is being eclipsed by institutions that have different ideas about how to run a 21st Century institution. Stanford, for one; the UC system; the "public Ivys".