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patrons uh you've really shown your support in incredibly flattering and overwhelming

ways over the last week or two and uh it's just hard to say how grateful I am to you.

thank you. For those of you who haven't heard the news yet, I've made the

decision to step away from my position at Skidmore, which is really hard. If you

know anything about academia, you know how hard it is to get a tenure track job.

And if you get one, you kind of have to think about sticking with it because it's

really hard to get another one. And I decided to step away for a number of

reasons related to family, related to prioritizing my wife's career and her

pathway. And also, we have a child that we're expecting in a couple of

months, where it's our first and we're incredibly excited. But it also means

just changes and trying to figure out the long-term future. And it seems like

for us to do that with the best decision is stepping away from Skidmore and

staying in California permanently where we can be closer to family and

friends and more of my wife can pursue her career and other things. One of the

other reasons is that I really am looking forward to doing this show with more

intention. And what I mean by that is I think a lot of you think of being in

academia as having the freedom to do things like straight white American

Jesus and having the blessing of those who decide your tenure cases and other

things. But in many ways, many people view this kind of work as kind of a hobby

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