the tl;dr is the kids are rightfully pissed that Macron has been cutting the education budget and current conditions for French students needs to improve tremendously, but the Macron government doesn't want to move on econ, so the harsh repression of protests was opted for instead

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Things have come to a pretty pass when we need an “Association for Human Mathematics”! The oldest continually existing academic endeavour of humankind is being recklessly and non-consensually ripped apart before our eyes.

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Two smaller things I appreciate here: 1. Unless I’m mistaken, there are zero cuts or edits in this? It’s the whole conversation, start to finish. 2. The addition of “or not pray at all” every single time, which a lot of candidates tend to omit.

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That time Emma Goldman ditched her successful ice cream parlor in Worcester MA to go foment revolution against Carnegie & Frick newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/emma-goldman...

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Hits different in 2026 than when that was written.... Now we must diversify the field (or it will absolutely die) against the stated goal of the federal government and the actions of at least some of our professional societies.

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