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Rümeysa Öztürk was grabbed off the street in my town one month ago.

todays-xkcd:

[A chart titled "U. S. P. H. D. Program Timeline", with arrows directing the various labelled stages  and a block showing the percentage of Coursework to Research over time.]
Meet with Advisor.
Research Proposal.
Qualifying Exams.
Propose Dissertatin.
Research and Write Dissertation.

[The next stages, "Submit Dissertation" and "Defend Dissertation"  have been crossed out in red, with new stages also written in red covering up the Coursework to Research block.]
Get grabbed off the sidewalk outside your home by masked government agents.
Be whisked out of the state before a judge has time to intervene.
[Questions marks]ALT

Rümeysa Öztürk was grabbed off the street in my town one month ago.

PhD Timeline [Explained]

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[A chart titled “U. S. P. H. D. Program Timeline”, with arrows directing the various labelled stages and a block showing the percentage of Coursework to Research over time.]
Meet with Advisor.
Research Proposal.
Qualifying Exams.
Propose Dissertatin.
Research and Write Dissertation.

[The next stages, “Submit Dissertation” and “Defend Dissertation” have been crossed out in red, with new stages also written in red covering up the Coursework to Research block.]
Get grabbed off the sidewalk outside your home by masked government agents.
Be whisked out of the state before a judge has time to intervene.
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Uncovering a troubling disruption of America’s ecological systems, a study published Friday by…

theonion:

Uncovering a troubling disruption of America’s ecological systems, a study published Friday by researchers at Harvard University found that plants have become increasingly reliant on gig workers for pollination. “Freelance pollen transfer has always been a part of seed plant reproductive strategies, but we were shocked to discover that the number of gig pollinators has nearly quadrupled from where it was a decade ago,” said the study’s lead author, Shelby Haskins, adding that stable, well-compensated positions pollinating a single plant had become virtually nonexistent in today’s more cutthroat ecosystem.

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