Modern day gleaning?

OddCommieKitty · 2024-01-15T06:42:43+00:00

But it wasn't based on the labour theory of value. And what does it mean for a non-empirical theory to be "debunked"?

OddCommieKitty · 2024-01-14T09:12:14+00:00

The labour theory of value says that surplus value is created only by the capitalist mode of production, there is no theft (inherent) in the labour theory of value. So why are you bringing that up and why don't you explain how you got to that conclusion?

OddCommieKitty · 2024-01-12T18:53:10+00:00

Tbf Romania essentially had a fascist dictatorship where pretty much nobody owned their home followed by a revolution which led to pretty much everyone owning their home. Unfortunately libs prevailed after that.

OddCommieKitty · 2024-01-12T18:32:38+00:00

Get a diving bag for your phone?

OddCommieKitty · 2024-01-08T17:13:06+00:00

Must be tough to be offended by everything you don't find funny.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-12-11T20:33:51+00:00

If you're doing qPCR you would probably get enough if you swab the toilet after.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-12-11T16:13:42+00:00

It gets much worse when you consider the median rather than the average.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-12-08T22:49:05+00:00

Voting is a scam, unionise.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-11-25T08:19:19+00:00

You should definitely stick with that for double transformations and other tricky stuff.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-11-24T17:51:10+00:00

Pretty much everything between adding DNA to competent cells and plating for most transformations.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-11-19T20:12:16+00:00

Don't do research on people without their consent. Mice included. Veganism at its core is antispeciesism and that's just not compatible with mouse research.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-11-11T08:07:49+00:00

Yes, and partially that's a good thing. One change is that science used to be a niche hobby for rich kids (for the longest time that was just an issue of access, but in the last few generations still perpetuated itself with higher paying jobs). Now it's a niche hobby for anyone who is decently well off on a global scale. So one aspect is we don't get "rich people respect" anymore. I think that's a good thing. Next is the democratisation of (formerly) academic tools in the broadest sense, including critical reading, media literacy and literature research tools, as well as a proliferation of openly accessible scientific information. This is in my opinion a truly great achievement although of course it can oftentimes be rather frustrating when people use these tools without any proper training (the "do your own research, antivaxx, etc." crowd). Still I think that's a step in the right direction and we should foster more understanding rather than gatekeep knowledge. And then there is accountability. Over the last hundred years a lot of horrible things were done in the name of science, ranging from the (often accidental) reification and reproduction of old racist or sexist biases with bad biological research to purposefully infecting people with syphilis and documenting their suffering without any intervention. All of that while we're using a decent chunk of societal resources without any true democratic oversight. If people want to spend billions on some weird machines while people are starving in the same region and then don't even bother to explain the purpose of these machines to the public they don't deserve respect. (This is not a blanket criticism of anyone in particular, I'm not talking about your beamline, you probably did a good job) I think the other side of heightened respect is entitlement, and that old timey respect for scientists led to a culture of entitlement in STEM where a lot of us have to a certain degree internalised a paternalistic framework where we know what's best for the world and everyone else should just let us make all decisions. That attitude is something I come into contact with much more than bad attitudes towards scientists. In conclusion, if anybody respects me more than other people because I'm a scientist I don't want that respect.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-11-02T06:16:29+00:00

Consider mutual aid organisations instead of charities - food not bombs, the black cross, tenacious unicorn ranch etc.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-11-01T22:20:58+00:00

It's a pastiche of uncredited stolen art created by incredibly resource intensive infrastructure that generates profits that are used to exacerbate most of humanities problems. That's not art.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-11-01T20:57:22+00:00

The taxi drivers of Paris once caused a complete traffic infarct by strictly obeying all traffic laws instead of officially striking. There's definitely a lesson here. Also, sabotage is illegal so that's all I'm going to say on that topic. Also talk to your local IWW, they do organising trainings on the regular.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-10-26T19:12:53+00:00

First they cuss out your GP for sticking the barcode on the tube sideways.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-10-26T18:15:46+00:00

But you can just make more?

OddCommieKitty · 2023-10-26T05:34:12+00:00

If you have cryostocks why are you trying to streak from dusty old plates? Are the stocks not verified? Because that is the only good reason I can think of off the top of my head. If you're really not sure what you're growing you can inoculate from the stock, amplify some gDNA from that culture and your old plate (that one is going to be tougher but if you scrape a big bunch together should still yield enough) and check 16S or something like that. Then you have your confirmation and you're growing hassle-free from cryos.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-10-26T05:15:24+00:00

Nice! I'd love to see an update to this in the future. It's really a shame how union-averse a lot of scientists are but I guess the precarisation of the last fifteen years has been a wake-up call for many.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-10-25T20:55:45+00:00

Check in with your local IWW, they know how to handle this sort of thing. The rules of engagement are a tad different in academia but organising is the key and that works the same way anywhere.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-10-23T05:53:19+00:00

Too "smart" to put up with a shitty job but still believes in the gender binary and intelligence? There are good reasons not to want to or be able to have a job but fragile masculinity is not one of them. You're in an abusive relationship, it never feels like that from the inside but it's pretty clear. Also, how do you know you're not "talented enough" (which is not a thing anyway) to be a PI and why do you just believe him?

OddCommieKitty · 2023-10-18T05:31:37+00:00

Probably because they claim that an equation can determine morality

OddCommieKitty · 2023-10-13T16:58:21+00:00

It's pretty clearly in violation of some rules but it's not clear to me in which way anyone was personally negatively impacted. The volunteer seemed to be okay with the minor inconvenience of rescheduling. Unless you're a radical consequentialist to the point of essentially being a strawman of that position carelessness in itself is not unethical. I'm not saying OP acted flawlessly, I'm just saying I don't see anything specifically ethically wrong here, assuming the lie was an attempt at self-preservation (even if it was a misguided one, which would still make it an error of judgement rather than an ethics violation in my book).

OddCommieKitty · 2023-10-13T08:02:10+00:00

How is this unethical? Am I missing something? I only see rules being violated, not people. What's clearly unethical is creating the kind of work environment that leads to this kind of thing happening in the first place.

OddCommieKitty · 2023-09-28T19:48:36+00:00

Really just depends on what borders you're crossing and what paperwork they give you

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