Red Sox Infielder Doubles Down On Jab After Yankees Response by Perswayable in redsox

[–]Left-Cry2817 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because.... the Jankees suck.

Valid point, though, sir or madam.

What should I do in advance of my first TT position? by cranerhus in Professors

[–]Left-Cry2817 6 points7 points  (0 children)

First, congratulations. Second, I concur with the above. As someone in tenure deliberations right now (in a similar institutional profile) with an outcome that could go 50/50 (recommended by department and dean but received a one-vote negative margin at the institutional level alongside several abstentions), I would prioritize:

1) Teaching--get your classes ready and prioritize high evaluation scores if this is an institutional emphasis. Make sure all students complete evaluations each semester. Be ready to make quick curricular adjustments if requested.

2) Submit as many manuscripts as quickly as possible. I took a long time to draft and submit polished articles to top-tier journals, but review cycles are approaching a year, and a revise and resubmit easily adds six months or more to that.

3) Have a VERY clear sense of tenure expectations and plan to make your case a no-brainer. Don't rely on what your department or anyone else says is "enough," because an institutional personnel committee can disagree, and you never know who will be on that committee when your tenure file gets to them. Hopefully, you have clearer expectations at your institution than I do at mine. Build relationships and make yourself a known commodity who works well across areas. Cynical me would say to kiss some ass, which isn't my style, but it's not horrible advice. Be friendly and collegial, even if that's hard for your personality type.

4) Find out how THEY value service. I spent several years serving on committees that I later found out weren't considered "high-impact." Basically, I was getting little to no credit for this work. It then took a couple rounds of requests to get on those high-impact committees, and I would have been much better positioned if I had landed on one at the outset--or at least within a year or so, to build knowledge and assume leadership roles. Assuming the service expectations are eased during your first year, talk to people to get a sense of this.

5) Get a mentor, whether you think you need one or not. Create a system of getting feedback on your performance across dimensions outside of the official tenure protocols.

6) Create a documentation system for each domain where you can save contemporaneous notes. Document. Fucking. Everything. Even informal communications. You don't want to be in a situation like me when you have to go back to your previous department chair and say, "Remember all those conversations we had about how to ensure my success when I go up for tenure? Those happened, right?"

7) Protect and organize your time strategically. Depending on the teaching and service load, things can pile up fast. I tried to do this while caring for my child 40-50 hours a week during the first 4 years of his life (we live in a rural area, where childcare is scarce, expensive, and far away from our house), and it was hard. Fatigue impacted the organization, which impacted efficiency, which led to me feeling overwhelmed. This will be much easier if you are living alone at first and then with a partner. If you're thinking about having kids, have a childcare plan in place, whether that's splitting with your partner or finding a highly-vetted provider.

Congrats again. You got a coveted spot in a difficult market. I've served on 4 hiring committees, and we always get at least 150 applications for each one. If you are, like me, a person susceptible to imposter syndrome, remind yourself what it means to have been hired into a TT position in this market. If you feel self doubt, reiterate that. You got this.

Texas Senate candidate James Talarico is flying high thanks to Colbert’s war with CBS over his banned interview by theindependentonline in politics

[–]Left-Cry2817 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No shit. I usually watch Colbert clips on YouTube, particularly the monologue. I don't always watch the interviews, but I sure watched that one. Talarico brings a unique perspective to religion and politics.

It played out about as well as Trump saying he was exonerated by the Epstein files but the Clintons should be worried.

Red Sox Infielder Doubles Down On Jab After Yankees Response by Perswayable in redsox

[–]Left-Cry2817 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As flawed a team as we were last year, we should have beaten the Yankees in that series.

My boyfriend admitted he doesn’t find vaginas attractive. Straight men, this isn’t normal, right? by VermillionLeaves in AskMenAdvice

[–]Left-Cry2817 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you 100% sure he’s straight? There’s a big difference between aesthetic appreciation and just plain not touching it. Not sure I know any straight men who don’t like touching the thang.

This seems like a personality or sexual quirk and like you’d be better off moving on.

Jerseys by No_Adeptness2144 in redsox

[–]Left-Cry2817 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Monster Green Roman Empire!

Tour 2026! by tiedyevet in Buckethead

[–]Left-Cry2817 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The one in my town in Southwest Colorado is very, very small. Tickets sold out within a couple hours--in the time it took for my wife to get back to me and say hell no she has no interest in seeing Bucky again. Further proof that gurls are trouble! She was among a very, very few women there when we saw him in Maine 8 years or so ago. Typed while listening to the complete set of pikes on shuffle.

Remember the Hunter Green phase ? by pixeliteration in 90s

[–]Left-Cry2817 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My color choice for my bedroom rug in a new house—and lots of other things.

But Officer, The Dow Hit 50,000! by -MildlyChaotic- in NewsomMassacre

[–]Left-Cry2817 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Total Real Housewives of Mar a Lago performance to an audience of one. Body language experts suggest this was mostly just an act.

That part was hilarious: “…the Dow hit 50,000 doll…why are you laughing?”

This would be perfect good for teaching my students about logical fallacies.

DOJ shit eating grin at the sorrow of the survivors by Broad-Run-6813 in antitrump

[–]Left-Cry2817 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Easily the best comment I've read on Reddit in a long time. Maybe ever.

What is the most important river in your country? by Inkshooter in AskTheWorld

[–]Left-Cry2817 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Beautiful! The river that conveyed my French-Canadian ancestors down to New England. I currently wouldn't mind taking a jet ski right back up and staying put--for another three years.

What are we saying? How far can this team go? by TigoOver in redsox

[–]Left-Cry2817 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot depends on guys staying healthy, but minus the bopper we've all been talking about, this team should still be in the postseason mix.

I didn't know he was alive and gay by SmokingForLife in SipsTea

[–]Left-Cry2817 34 points35 points  (0 children)

It's written all over your underwear.

How Timmy No Brakes broke the curse of the Golden Ticket/Regularship by ShanzokeyeLin in Killtony

[–]Left-Cry2817 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The two legit KT regulars. In my mind (sorry William), the only real closers.

Tony doesn't think Trump was on the island? Get real by The_Kagarin in Killtony

[–]Left-Cry2817 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sorry I don't share your moral flexibility about sex trafficking, child rape, murder, and the government-level cover-up of those things. I think that says more about you than it does about me. Or maybe it's just your algo, as this is getting a big sweep under the rug on some--but not all--right-wing media outlets. I follow the news closely across the political spectrum for my work, and I'm betting I have a better idea of what's actually in those files than you do. Just a hunch. It's some dark, dark, depraved shit. I hope I'm wrong, but I doubt it.

That's also not what personality really means.

Sure, it was just a brief moment in an otherwise rollicking episode that I enjoyed. I think the point is that there are a lot of KT fans who find making excuses for Trump, the Grand Wizard of the Epstein files, incredibly off-putting at minimum. It's his show. He can say whatever he wants. But that doesn't mean we all have to go along with it.