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I am an MIT ugrad alum from the 90s. The place was evil then, and many of its administrative actions have been evil before and since.
But at least at the time, it was evil at the admin level, and the evil was directed at the students and researchers because the students and researchers were busy mocking the elite or otherwise declaring the had no clothes.
The evil trickled down to a prof here or there, but mostly it was at the dean and up level.
What's so clear here is it's trickled down now to th…
My '12-hour' Twitter suspension (apparently for laying out the ties between MIT's Langer and Gates/Moderna) is heading towards 48 hours with no relief in sight.
I've appealed my suspension with direct quotes and sources (want to see what Twitter says) but have heard the appeal process is how they extend one's suspension considerably as you wait.
Interesting times, indeed. Imagine how bored we'd all be if this wasn't happening! ;-))