When this is one's morning view, walking from the car park to one's office, it's hard to take on board the precarious state of democracy; or the fact that so many of my US friends are badly shivering, rather than enjoying temperatures in the mid 70s; or the fact that this very university is fraying badly at its administrative edges (and, for all I know, at its administrative center, only that center seems hell-bent on replacing itself with AI). I have spent so much time over the past couple of days doing tasks that would in the past have been done by office staff; and the office staff I've encountered are beyond demoralized. So yes: nothing could be a less apposite image, in so many ways, for today.
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