[FRIAM] Dear Eric and Bret

[Tom Johnson]

"Young people," eh.
I visited two polling places this morning.  Saw probably 30 people -- poll
workers and voters.  All but two were wearing masks.  The two?  Early
20-somethings.
TJ

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On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 12:18 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jochen,
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>
>
> I have attached my draft letter to the Weinstein brothers.
>
>
>
> Elderly as this lists is, I think there are only a few people  on it old
> enough to have ever entertained the dream of the Jimmy Stewart
> Professorship.  Do you know that once upon a time there was a culture of
> ambivalence around getting money for research?   Most of the would-be
> academics on this list have encountered a much harsher reality.  And now,
> among the Barista’s of Santa Fe, I regularly encounter young people whom I
> would gladly accept as my colleagues at any university, yet who will never
> get the chance.
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>
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> It’s just so f***ing sad.
>
>
>
> Nick
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