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Tina Mouse's avatar

Yasss, Florida is open for poaching.

And the state spent a ming building up its university system up until about three years ago.

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AboveTheGrayFog's avatar

And to think that GTA 6 is actually going to be set in Florida or some sort of fictional representation of Florida. I just hope it represents the real Florida as it is now enough, in terms of all the policies that DeSantis has passed. For solely educational purposes of course.

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The Horned Tulip God's avatar

I hope there's a secret level where you get to run over DeSantis and all his favorite goons, just for shits and giggles.

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Anti-Social Socialist's avatar

Given that GTA has always been good at capturing current culture, I'd be surprised if they didn't nail it in 6. In 5, there was some graffiti in the LA River analog of a US flag and the phrase "This is broken, can I return it?" So they're not afraid to make strong statements.

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Bruce's avatar

Sigh one of the profs where I work is GOING to there (to the Scripps Institute Not The One In California that is now part of the UF system.) Sure hope she knows what she's getting into! (she holds an endowed chair her and has a sizeable group of students, postdocs and staff as well as a veritable fuckton of grant money...) Now this is moving from the Terrible Sand Kingdom of Arizonastan, but we're nowhere near as fashy as Floriduh, especially her e in Baja Arizona....

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Cleverberry's avatar

Rufo is delighted to see faculty leaving Florida, and he doesn't even live in Florida. He doesn't have kids in Florida schools. He will suffer zero consequences from damaging Florida's higher ed.

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Snarkrates's avatar

There is something about Christopher Rufo that makes you want to beat him until something a whole lot worse than candy comes out.

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Jim Parker's avatar

One must say “Forget it, Jake.” then immediately follow up with "It's Florida." That is the proper execution of the phrase. There is also an alternate that works well. Fuck it, Jake. It's fucking Florida.

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sadie holly's avatar

I don't know what they did to high school students but Florida's SAT tests put the state in 46th. they used to be 17th. A rapid drop, but a boon to other states that have languished on the bottom.

on the other hand, they are looking at a Christian testing system used by almost no one instead of the SATs. A problematic as the SATs are, they can be used for comparison between states.

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Tina Mouse's avatar

WOW

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Snarkrates's avatar

It is only a matter of time until the Mississippi state motto is changed from "Thank God for Arkansas," to "At least we ain't Florida".

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Robyn's avatar

Louisiana just went 'hold my beer' on Florida.

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Tessie's avatar

“To me, this is a net gain for Florida,”

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Hay, you guyzes, remember in The Stand where Randall Flagg executed all the "disloyal" citizens, and then nobody was left who knew how to fly a plane?

Sooner or later, these dufuses are going to find out the hard way that they might actually NEED someone who knows how to fly a plane, or build a bridge, or take out an appendix, or think critically.

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Tessie's avatar

"Well that’s fine. Nobody needs arts anyway, or for that matter any professors who aren’t white, preferably wearing tweed jackets with elbow patches and chalk dust all over the shoulder blades where the prof has leaned against the board, deep in thought about Western Culture."

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeZqW6eqK2M&ab_channel=RobertMelworm

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dental floss tycoon's avatar

about a 15 years ago i was employed (since retired) & huffpo was actually a tolerable read … i would start the day w/ coffee & a perusal of the huffpo headlines … started to play ‘’the game’’, i would scan for bizarre headlines (ie …man attacks squirrel w/ steamed broccoli) then try & guess which red state it came from … found that you could hardly go wrong if you picked FL for every story …

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Cock Blockula's avatar

I'm reading a Carl Hiaasen novel right now. Although it's a humorous book set in Florida, I feel the seeds of his narrative, characters, and scenarios must have been based local news stories.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

Carl Hiassen is my spirit animal for renaming Trump's Palm Beach golf club Casa Bellicosa.

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Snarkrates's avatar

"Tourist Season" literally incorporated incidents that came off of the wires.

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Cock Blockula's avatar

I'll look for that one!

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John Norris's avatar

A secondary factor keeping academics from applying to Florida universities is the high cost of housing in DeSantistan.

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

And all that water you get in the basement. Wait. This place doesn't have a basement? That's the first floor? Shit. Now I'm going to have to call the insurance people. What about the insurance people?

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Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

Christopher Rufo: No talent, no credentials, no searches under the floorboards.

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DrBDH's avatar

Yeah, but a lot of retirees from Blue states are moving to Florida to boost the economy with their (checks notes) Federal Social Security and Medicare dollars.

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sadie holly's avatar

I know at least one couple that wants to move back to NJ. they discovered there was not as many services in Florida. Limited bus service, so you have to drive or pay uber. Not as many repair people, you have to wait a long time to get a new roof when damaged in a hurricane (driving out immigrants who will do this work). Surprisingly more expensive in insurance and even some places food. Not as cheap as it used to be for retirees. The problem is,they can't afford to move back, they sold their house and spent the difference with a cheap house in Florida. But buying a house is cheaper.

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RefillingThorsBeer's avatar

As my mudder Alma is one of those mentioned, I am saddened for the loss of some great faculty, and the greater loss of not being a magnet to future great faculty.

the day I start getting Imprimus type garbage from them is when I burn the sheepskin for good.

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calliecallie, aka pollyanna's avatar

Wasn't there some Florida sportsball team that didn't get a bowl game and people were upset about it? Now I'm wondering if that was actually a strategic decision on the part of the folks who make these decisions. I mean, professors and grad students are probably not the only ones who don't want to live in a dystopian hellhole. Maybe players and coaches feel that way as well.

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belfryo's avatar

"Maybe players and coaches feel that way as well."

I kinda doubt it...Not to trash-talk college sports too much, but its a completely different culture from the TRUE academic purpose of higher education...there has always been an uncomfortable resentful alliance between the two

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dental floss tycoon's avatar

why we subsidize a farm system for the NFL, w/ our institutions of higher education is an enduring mystery (actually not, it’s all about the benjamins) …

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LoCoJo's avatar

Can a school's accreditation be pulled, and if yes, for what reasons?

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Eileen's avatar

Absolutely yes, it can. I do not know which reasons, but I am sure there are many.

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Dudley Didwrong's avatar

Check the website of the SACSCOC, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the regional accrediting agency. It will explain the system.

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Eileen's avatar

Thank you!

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