Dak
mentat
https://phys.org/news/2019-07-urban-trees-mental-health.html
Why am I so insufferable about this? Can't be science.
Why am I so insufferable about this? Can't be science.
If Mort Divine ruled the world
- Thread starter Zephyrus
- Start date
Einherjar86
Active Member
CiG
Approximately Infinite Universe
Former Bernie Sanders staffer files charge alleging retaliation for union activities.
The fuck is Bernie doing?
- An unnamed individual filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board alleging that Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign violated labor laws by firing employees for union activities.
- The charge lists seven instances of unfair labor practices, including three accusations that Sanders’ campaign fired employees for joining or supporting a union.
The fuck is Bernie doing?
The Ozzman
Melted by feels
"Here's how Bernie can still win"
Fixed, but one of the few things we can agree on. Not enough trees around (or green space for that matter) anymore
rms
Active Member
Einherjar86
Active Member
Sure, but they're especially important for cities because they act as carbon sinks.
Ironically, people living in rural areas tend to have higher carbon footprints individually speaking (bigger houses, further drives, etc.), but the population density and industrial infrastructure of cities leads to greater footprints overall. More trees in cities can help capture some of that CO2.
Planting random trees in rural areas unfortunately won't do as much to capture methane, which you get from cattle and rice farming. Methane makes up a smaller percentage of the atmosphere, but it has something like 85% greater warming potential than CO2. I'm for planting more trees everywhere, but also for strategic planting.
Blurry_Dreams
Active Member
- Apr 2, 2018
- 5,161
- 466
- 83
- 46
@CiG @Dak @Einherjar86 @HamburgerBoy
so seriously
no one fucking remembers how the moment before Kavanaugh got confirmed it totally looked like he was just a couple of days away from getting handcuffed and sent to prison,
but then after the confirmation the prosecutors just kinda randomly decided to drop everything
and now somehow nobody here even remembers the gap of time where it totally looked like Kavenaugh was about to spend the rest of his life in prison
what the effing hell??
so seriously
no one fucking remembers how the moment before Kavanaugh got confirmed it totally looked like he was just a couple of days away from getting handcuffed and sent to prison,
but then after the confirmation the prosecutors just kinda randomly decided to drop everything
and now somehow nobody here even remembers the gap of time where it totally looked like Kavenaugh was about to spend the rest of his life in prison
what the effing hell??
Dak
mentat
HamburgerBoy
Active Member
- Sep 16, 2007
- 15,042
- 4,850
- 113
Maybe the prosecutors decided to drop everything because the accusation was bullshit.
Regarding trees, anecdotally, when two of my brothers moved from shitty-air SoCal to a heavily forested part of one of the Great Lakes states, both reported massive improvements in their general health. I don't think they plan on ever moving back. I spent a week with them earlier in the year (the only time I've ever been east of Texas) and there's definitely something to be said for clean, non-urban air, though at the same time there's also something to be said for weather that rarely goes below freezing.
Regarding trees, anecdotally, when two of my brothers moved from shitty-air SoCal to a heavily forested part of one of the Great Lakes states, both reported massive improvements in their general health. I don't think they plan on ever moving back. I spent a week with them earlier in the year (the only time I've ever been east of Texas) and there's definitely something to be said for clean, non-urban air, though at the same time there's also something to be said for weather that rarely goes below freezing.
CiG
Approximately Infinite Universe
Yes I remember the show trial and how everybody was annoyed a man not found guilty of anything wasn't rotting in prison.
CiG
Approximately Infinite Universe
The Ozzman
Melted by feels
Einherjar86
Active Member
Dak
mentat
Depends on what the definition of discrimination is, and it depends on the department, and the university, and it depends on how expressive the conservative is. All those troublesome "contingencies."
Einherjar86
Active Member
I think discrimination is defined primarily by grades. Significant expressivity is implied by the study; otherwise it wouldn't be possible to tell whether a student is conservative or progressive. Basically, the study found that expressive conservative students didn't suffer grade-wise at a significantly higher rate than progressive students.
Dak
mentat
STEM majors are less liberal. Non-STEM majors are both more liberal and subjectively graded. We are also talking about undergrad vs grad-students. Lots of factors not considered as far as I saw at a scan.
CiG
Approximately Infinite Universe
I understand that grading is the most tangible way to measure discrimination, I also think it's a tad limited in scope. This definition of discrimination would probably be laughed out of any serious discussion about discrimination. It implies that it doesn't matter how you get from point A to point B, so long as you eventually get to point B, but I would argue that discrimination is just as much about what occurs between the two points.
rms
Active Member
It's just a ridiculous attempt to prove anything. How does one assert themselves as a MAGA fan while writing basic lit and history papers? 
Einherjar86
Active Member
In some defense of my discipline and others, students aren't "subjectively graded." I know what you're trying to say, which is that humanities classes typically don't administer multiple choice exams with correct and incorrect answers.
First, grading essays isn't subjective. There are identifiable rhetorical/stylistic qualities that make an essay good or bad. There are also identifiable conceptual qualities that make an essay good or bad.
This is a fair point; there's no way the data can account for strategies taken along the way, whether they be something unfair that occurs between teacher and student, or something unfair on the student's part (e.g. cheating).
I do think it's suggestive, to say the least, that students who identify as conservative and whose work exhibited perspectives we would likely classify as conservative (which, it seems to me, is what the study looked for) didn't suffer overwhelmingly from worse grades than did their liberal/progressive classmates.
The article also pointed out that there are some likely reasons for occasional differences in grading between liberal and conservative students, namely the kinds of thinking they bring to the table. Taking my field as an example: it's true that liberal-minded students tend to be good at finding contradictions and conflicting perspectives in texts, and discussing those perspectives in an analytical way. Less liberal-minded student tend to look for "messages" in texts, or "arguments"; in fact, this is most freshman undergrads. I can't count the number of times I've had to remind students that works of literature don't contain arguments. Or rather, they don't contain/promote just one argument. It's a matter of education and maturity to be able to sift through confusion and contradiction and articulate a focused point that isn't a proclamation about a text's "message."
It's just a ridiculous attempt to prove anything. How does one assert themselves as a MAGA fan while writing basic lit and history papers?
For what it's worth, "MAGA" doesn't necessarily equal "conservative."
And students love to express their political beliefs in undergraduate writing. They find ways.
rms
Active Member
What are you referencing when you're talking about contradictions and conflicting perspectives?
Similar threads
