[FRIAM] Dear Eric and Bret
Tom Johnson
tom at jtjohnson.com
Tue Jun 2 17:08:42 EDT 2020
"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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Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA
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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.
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> 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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> It’s just so f***ing sad.
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> Nick
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