by bearbabbling | Mar 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Today, I am writing about the dangers of neurodiversity and how the term can be coopted by the basket of deplorables that we do not wish to see at Cornell University. Cornell’s diversity includes neurodiversity. Many students identify as “neurotypical”–they showed a...
by bearbabbling | Mar 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
The word litmus comes from Old Norse litmosi, which means “moss used for dyeing”. The dye was used by the Vikings to dye their clothes blue. The dye actually comes from lichens not mosses. In the 14th century, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, a physician, alchemist, and...
by bearbabbling | Mar 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
I am calling out the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University for doing “Citizen Science.” The Lab of O is falling behind the growing commitment to inclusion in ecology and evolutionary biology (EEB). The EEB Language Project along with other...
by bearbabbling | Mar 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
Let’s get serious. The end times are here. On January 21, 2019, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez warned us that “The World is Going to End In Twelve Years If We Don’t Address Climate Change.” That was four years ago, which means that we only have eight...
by bearbabbling | Feb 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
OK, it happened again. I am at my parent’s house for winter break and I picked up one of those top of the toilet tank-sized books. It was called The Secular Creed by Rebecca McLaughlin. Besides the fact that the book is not secular at all, it really opened my...
