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textile enthusiast phd in medieval literature infosec i guess frivolous and sincere
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you can have anxiety at any time it’s absolutely free

submitted 23 days ago • 4 comments

it’s very nice and affirming to receive praise consistently at work and also i would like not to become so important at work that i have to do extra work

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

unclear whether tonight’s bus service did an unexpected reroute or surprise! blipped out of existence but after a full hour of waiting, we are now on a bus home from baseball ⚾️ i still love public transit btw

submitted 45 days ago • 2 comments

deep in the romantic drama of a good society rpg campaign and i am texting one of my friends from grad school more about our silly little lovestruck regency girls than i ever did about the phd program we both did

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

If you’re in the Seattle area, I’ll be giving a talk at the University of Washington on May 8 I went big with the title—"Bibliography & the Sociology of Large Language Models"—will be trying to bring together some disparate threads I’ve been following lately simpsoncenter.org/events/event...

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

Person who's only lived through three era-defining crises before: "getting some era-defining crisis vibes from this"

submitted 132 days ago • 9 comments

My Slate piece on the widespread NEH grant cancellations is live. So much gratitude to everyone who took the time to talk with me these past few days while fighting fires on every side. #humanities #highered #neh slate.com/news-and-pol...

submitted 65 days ago • 8 comments

why does anyone care about whether i have a moss lawn?? maybe i like the moss instead of a grass lawn! anyway usually i’m fine with my hoa but getting 5x nastygrams for silly things over a two-month period makes me fume

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

for the first time since I started this job last spring, I had an opportunity to work on something with my friend who referred me to this role. definitely a mood improvement to get to work with a friend (even though work, in general, is a necessary but not ideal use of my one wild and precious life)

submitted 108 days ago • 1 comment

yday was the first star wars marathon (prequels+originals) my partner and I hosted since 2019. seven friends joined us for nearly the entire day like a warm hug set to a john williams score ✨ 🚀

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

31° and staring at the moon

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

The sewing needle is one of the single greatest inventions in human history.

submitted 134 days ago • 4 comments

Alaska Airlines flight attendants are in ongoing negotiations with the airline for a fair contract. I asked what passengers could do to help & they said to share kudos to the flight teams at alaskalistens(dot)com. So if you fly AS and have a positive experience, that’s something small + meaningful

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

feeling stressed? might i suggest the cinematic masterpiece 2005 pride and prejudice for a brief respite from these trying times

submitted 145 days ago • 4 comments

LA residents - I assume we're all using the excellent Watch Duty app. If you pay the very reasonable fee to become a member you not only support the app but get some neat features like seeing where all the fire planes and choppers are. 👨‍🚒 ✈️ 🚁

submitted 155 days ago • 3 comments