Culture in the Blender

I recently ordered two theses from the University of Munchen that seemed very helpful in writing my own thesis. They arrived, and although I read slowly in German compared to my mother tongues, I realized on the bus today – I’m following a discussion on quantum mechanics in relation to observable variables in surface science [...]

I went to visit my parents over the 3-day Labor Day weekend. Americans have their labor day in September for some internationally ideosyncratic reason, but even here it’s a bank holiday. (Not that anything else other than then banks are closed – the proletariat is busy selling things to other proletarians and bourgeoisie alike.) Anyway, [...]

I contributed to the TCK page on Wikipedia a while ago, and after posting my previous post I skimmed through it (Alright, I admit it, I’m procrastrinating) and noticed the following header: “Non-United States TCKs”. It was followed by the phrase “Most international TCKs are expected..”
Uh, what? Excuse me? Are even American TCKs so stuck [...]