I just sighed so hard I put my back out.

Just because you don’t know something doesn’t mean it is untrue.

See also, “this is new to me therefore I have discovered it”

This is like reverse appropriation and is just as bad.

You know, the British Science Association promotes STEAM as a way to combat that, particularly within the STEM pipeline starting at young people.

https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/news/future-forum-report-2022-published

Also

“As a Hispanic-American, I have been fortunate to navigate through the clutter of the STEM world and find and pursue my passion. For many, the thought of STEM studies – and the enormity of the term – creates fear before consideration of the potential reward. We need more education and access in all communities, representing people of all ethnic backgrounds and walks of life, providing a clear understanding of the many exciting paths available in STEM so that kids can find the specific field that inspires them.”

Unfortunately, as Stukalsky and visionaries like him would tell you, “We need minorities” is not a diversity strategy. Encouraging non-white talent from all aspects of the socioeconomic spectrum to consider a technical career requires unfettered access and opportunity. In fact, lumping all our efforts behind this clunky, tired acronym of STEM only dissuades young people from trying out fields that might interest them due to false equivalencies.

Maybe there’s an economically disadvantaged student whose life was touched by cancer, who dreams passionately of going to medical school and curing cancer. She might be reluctant to participate in STEM camps and the like because she struggles with math, and to most, “STEM” equals “math.” Or she might feel that such programs only cater to teaching software programming, which doesn’t interest her. How do we open the doors for her to pursue a career in medicine when we’ve grouped what is arguably the most important field in the universe with a bunch of unrelated subjects?

Article here

I think that’s the point, the arbitrary division line over the arts and sciences is a wildly restrictive categorisation.

Most scientists I know are highly creative and very arts literate. Likewise, many professional artists are highly technical in practice.

There ain’t no rift in STEAM.

Fleetwood Mac and cheese.

Yeah, OK. I’m in.

We need to talk about what you think the word “Equivalent” means.

I do find it interesting that folk think Renaissance art is realistic.

I’m being a little glib, but the truth is that we are still looking at hyper-idealised bodies.

The main difference,I suspect, is the use of perspective rather than drawing on a flat plane. In a way it took a leap of imagination to make things look more “realistic” whilst sculpture was merely (again, said with a certain smirk) just mimicking what the artist could see and feel in the real world.

That is to say that sculpture is reproduction whilst drawing is representation, and with representation you need to be able to take some pretty big leaps for both the artist and the viewer to work these things out.

Yeah? Cool.

I don’t think that’s true. There’s a great video here that highlights the fact that even a lot of modern slang is far older than you think.

https://youtu.be/BFgg-Gy0E2g?si=4qXv92KZaMN0odKO

Mate, the thing about gen x is that they dont care. This is boomer energy being projected.

Which is cool, I guess, whatever.

This is so on form for UCLAN.

Pretty sure we had Halloween before the US even existed.

Admittedly we had to carve turnips.

Some still do.

It replaces workers with robots so it would probably save money too.

And now the workers cannot afford bread.

Next move?

I’m interested to hear what everyone uses as an alternative.

Someone once pointed out to me that what I consider small talk might be someone else’s important.

Sure it might seem like gossip or chat about the weather just for the sake of talking but it can equally be someone trying to say that they are lonely and need reassurance.

I think about that a lot and I’ve become a lot more tolerant. Besides, you can segue into some pretty big chat from such humble starts.

Looks legit, what’s the point here?

The second it becomes the standard is the second google looks for ways of nerfing it.

That’s really cool for you.

Not everyone’s horror. I’m hot for that.

Seriously, please list things in totality.

Dead drops and one time pads.

Set up a numbers station if you can afford it.