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The Evisceration of Physics

~ Clarissa ~ 32 Comments

Yesterday, we had a meeting in support of the Physics program. The department Chair started off well by saying that a university without physics is a glorified community college.

Unfortunately, then he immediately proceeded to spoil the mood of solidarity and support by saying that there are many other departments that are less profitable than his and that should be eliminated first. The audience that consisted of Chairs of other departments experienced an immediate cooling of supportive feelings for physics.

“I have a list of the departments that I think should be eliminated right here,” the physicist ranted. “I can read it out if you want!”

Everybody sat there, feeling embarrassed and very lacking in solidarity.

On the positive side, the student newspaper came out with an excellent article covering the preceding meeting (yes, too many meetings, for sure) regarding the evisceration of physics. The last sentence of the article is now repeated by everybody on campus. We now greet each other with it.

The administration asked us not to talk about this to anybody outside the university, which is why I’m doing the exact opposite.

P.S. Since the publication of this post, the linked article was censored and the last sentence which was “Fuck the Chancellor” was removed.

What You Don’t Know About Me

~ Clarissa ~ 9 Comments

I talked a woman out of an abortion once. I never met her. She was a blog reader. And I actually convinced her to have the baby. She sent me pictures. It’s a little girl.

I cried like a beluga the whole time I was corresponding with her. She had an appointment for the abortion. Everybody she knew was pressuring her to abort.

I’m really proud of this.

The Trump-Putin Call

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Honestly, getting very tired of the ceaseless prattle about the Middle East.

As for the actual Russian war, if this readout is correct, Trump conceded everything that Russia wants and got absolutely nothing in return. This is Trump’s first-term kind of ineptitude. Why it’s not possible to let Europeans deal with it and concentrate on domestic affairs has not been explained. The kind of a “deal” where the US facilitates that there’s no damage done to the Russian oil industry is no deal at all.

This is sad ineptitude and lack of seriousness.

The Same Argument

~ Clarissa ~ 11 Comments

This is verbatim the argument that Putin made 20 years ago. We have seen where this mentality led. You want the same crap in Australia? Why?

Women Are Such Women

~ Clarissa ~ 10 Comments

My mother is preparing for a very serious oncological surgery today. I called her, and she’s very chirpy.

“They just weighed me,” she said excitedly, “and I lost 8 kgs. And I didn’t even have to do anything!”

Women are such women. It’s really cute and gives me hope that if she can still care about losing weight, the surgery will be fine.

Soulless Art

~ Clarissa ~ 4 Comments

If you speak Russian, do yourself a solid and go read the replies under this tweet featuring a “social ad” in Russian subway:

I wept with laughter, and now my face is swollen and I’m hiccuping. People give the wittiest, most entertaining explanations of what the picture means.

This is completely apolitical and simply very funny.

Lab Leak Theory

~ Clarissa ~ 5 Comments

I knew in early January of 2020 that COVID was leaked from a lab and wrote it on this blog. It is not my responsibility or my job to know. But I knew. So I have no compassion for people who pretend to be shocked by the realization that the official COVID narrative stank of lying.

Canadian Musk

~ Clarissa ~ 11 Comments

Canadians are about to step into it hard:

Honestly, Canadians, can you find nothing better than a mini-Musk with his own messed-up child? At least, our Musk is the original. Yours will be a pale copy.

Dem Favorability

~ Clarissa ~ 16 Comments

Yes, it’s a mystery why men in girls’ changing rooms and women’s jails aren’t wildly popular. And why calling everyone a racist isn’t driving favorability ratings. And why eliminating borders isn’t hugely attractive.

All Democrats do is name-calling and guilt-tripping. That it’s not attracting crowds of supporters isn’t as shocking as we are told to believe.

Those 29% who are still supportive are probably in a drug-induced stupor or completely disengaged. Give them some time to catch on, and Dem favorability will drop to single digits.

P.S. Just saw this:

Strange that this kind of thing isn’t attracting large majorities. Just incomprehensible.

Q&A about Joyce Maynard’s

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If you want a nice, gossipy autobiographical book, I recommend At Home in the World. If you want a major tear-jerker that will make you appreciate life, read The Best of Us. I haven’t read anything she published since 2016 because it sounds like pure propaganda, and what’s the point? But these two autobiographical books are lots of fun.