my favorite Minnesota curmudgeon

[mellowtigger]

I've mentioned before that I like some of the thoughts that come from a University of Minnesota professor named P.Z. Myers.

This is a great example.

In short, they support our right to engage in lawful civic expression, but you better not participate in this one unless you’ve consulted your dean and filled out all the paperwork and you have a good excuse!

Too bad. I’ve emailed all my students and told them to join in the protest. I haven’t consulted my dean or filled out any paperwork, but my excuse is that the entire country has been seized by an incompetent fascist cabal, and a brief work stoppage is the least we can do. We ought to have a nationwide general strike for a period of time sufficient to let the ruling junta know that we mean business.

I wish my university had the conviction and the moral courage to speak out, rather than sending out long weasely excuses for doing nothing.

- https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/22/the-least-we-can-do-do-better-university-of-minnesota/

I'm not looking forward to the bitter cold for the march and protest. I'm typing this post on my phone, awake at 3am in a warm bed with electric blanket at maximum setting, but it's currently -29C/-20F outside, ignoring any windchill factor.

Edit: 5:30am. Woken again by another bad dream. Twice in one night. It is not a restful night.