my current Star Wars hot take (esp after watching the prequels) is there’s too much exposure to the Jedi. They’re overpowered, and too self-serious. It’s like reading Lord of the Rings, finding Gandalf to be awesome (correctly), and then making all subsequent Middle Earth media about groups, councils, cities of…

Perhaps not surprisingly, I agree with Abradolph Lincler 

NEVER!

Will Harris back in the saddle!  What a beautiful day on the AVC!

WILL! Great to see your work :)

I guess it depends on whether you see getting a grant proposal funded as being primarily based on merit of the research being proposed or if it it is more using the right language, buzzwords and other “secret sauce” to get it through the system. While as someone who had successful grant proposals (and unsuccessful…

The only byline I’d like to see on this site more than Will Harris is Sean O’Neal.

There is nothing more exhausting then people acting like nepotism is something that only effects “elites”.

It even happens within the public sector. People who were program officers at the NIH or NSF (that is, people who decide which researchers at universities get federal grant money) often transition to administrative roles at universities under the idea (true or not) that they will know how to game the system to get…

What exactly is people’s point about nepo babies? Do they think that children of famous people should be banished by law from participating in their parents industry? It’s a complete waste of time and energy to make a stink about it. People are going to have advantages. Deal with it. 

You’re half right. It isn’t to create generational talent, but it is to get access to the the network of contacts.

it’s crazy because i saw him last year and the material was modern and sharp and not at all the ‘old man yells at cloud’ he seems to be unable to avoid when interviewed. baffling.

This has me intrigued but I have made peace with the fact I will never see an accurate portrayal of my autism because it isn’t photogenic. I may have screamed in public once, but I have never thrown myself to the ground crying. I am polite to a fault at times. A lot of this is because I am a woman, and we are…

It is entirely possible to respect someone without it being an obligation, my dude.

The AVClub Is Still Writing About Jerry Seinfeld Still Talking, Even Though Pop-Tarts Movie Came Out Like a Month Ago.

He may be a dick, but I think some people have been overcompensating by doing that whole “he was never good anyway” thing.

The joke was Good.

So you’re saying that there a lot of movies better than Ezra?