Dork Academia otter
@acerbicotter.bsky.social
In the War on Empathy, I am choosing to fight on the side of empathy. Opinions are my own & definitely do not reflect those of my workplace.
Given the bad faith actors on here, unless I know you or we share a mutual, I will probably block you. Sorry.
Given the bad faith actors on here, unless I know you or we share a mutual, I will probably block you. Sorry.
Pinned
new seasonal name coming shortly but this modification of the halloween one I had popped into my head and I couldn't resist the change at least for a couple days
spider-cube, spider-cube, doing what a spider cube does
(making dozens of baby spiders)
(making dozens of baby spiders)
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
spider-cube, spider-cube, doing what a spider cube does
(making dozens of baby spiders)
(making dozens of baby spiders)
....and if you are a single person shouldering ALL the household duties alone, it's even worse.
forget comparison shopping, if the one store I have time to get to is out of the thing I need, I sometimes have to go without. Not good in a small town at the end of the distribution chain where
forget comparison shopping, if the one store I have time to get to is out of the thing I need, I sometimes have to go without. Not good in a small town at the end of the distribution chain where
Your periodic reminder that people blithely saying things like 'Shop around!' to minimise price rises almost always relies on women spending large amounts of unpaid time having to go to 6 different places just for groceries. I could list others - so many money-savers are just 'women's free time'
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
....and if you are a single person shouldering ALL the household duties alone, it's even worse.
forget comparison shopping, if the one store I have time to get to is out of the thing I need, I sometimes have to go without. Not good in a small town at the end of the distribution chain where
forget comparison shopping, if the one store I have time to get to is out of the thing I need, I sometimes have to go without. Not good in a small town at the end of the distribution chain where
"Pick your battles.
No, wait, that's too many battles. Put some back.
Pick fewer battles."
No, wait, that's too many battles. Put some back.
Pick fewer battles."
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"Pick your battles.
No, wait, that's too many battles. Put some back.
Pick fewer battles."
No, wait, that's too many battles. Put some back.
Pick fewer battles."
honestly I hope some veterinary clinic somewhere is offering neuterings at a reduced price this month
because "no nut november"
because "no nut november"
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
honestly I hope some veterinary clinic somewhere is offering neuterings at a reduced price this month
because "no nut november"
because "no nut november"
“Say the word, Bart”
“(Morosely) two more weeks”
*all the other kids cheer*
“(Morosely) two more weeks”
*all the other kids cheer*
LOL “2 weeks”
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“Say the word, Bart”
“(Morosely) two more weeks”
*all the other kids cheer*
“(Morosely) two more weeks”
*all the other kids cheer*
I talked to God and actually, no, they are not anti-vaxx at all, quite the opposite. They don't like it when babies die.
As predicted, they’re going after the entire childhood vaccination schedule (second slide, from WaPo).
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I talked to God and actually, no, they are not anti-vaxx at all, quite the opposite. They don't like it when babies die.
tfw you find out a friendly acquaintance you hadn't been in contact with recently had what looked like a promising relationship go sour, and now they are moving a couple states over to live with older family.
2025 is just a year for the bin, totally. I don't know anyone who had a good year
2025 is just a year for the bin, totally. I don't know anyone who had a good year
November 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
tfw you find out a friendly acquaintance you hadn't been in contact with recently had what looked like a promising relationship go sour, and now they are moving a couple states over to live with older family.
2025 is just a year for the bin, totally. I don't know anyone who had a good year
2025 is just a year for the bin, totally. I don't know anyone who had a good year
da fuq?
you guys are just trolling at this point, aren't you
you guys are just trolling at this point, aren't you
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
da fuq?
you guys are just trolling at this point, aren't you
you guys are just trolling at this point, aren't you
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be there or be square!
me:
me:
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
be there or be square!
me:
me:
don't we all want to be loved, and maybe admired and respected? I mean, I know I do.
I also try not to be a total piece of crap about it, but, yeah
I also try not to be a total piece of crap about it, but, yeah
Musk is a deeply fragile character who wants more than anything to be admired and respected, even loved. His tragedy is that he has literally no idea how to achieve that. His curse is that everything he says or does fuels precisely the opposite outcome.
I think this one has got to him because he's posted at least three separate responses to this over the last 10 hours:
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
don't we all want to be loved, and maybe admired and respected? I mean, I know I do.
I also try not to be a total piece of crap about it, but, yeah
I also try not to be a total piece of crap about it, but, yeah
I'd ask for a pasta maker for Christmas but I also know I'd never actually make my own pasta.
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'd ask for a pasta maker for Christmas but I also know I'd never actually make my own pasta.
ffffff De Cecco, the preferred brand for me of pastas I can GET in this benighted place, is in fact Italian made, so I guess.....no more pasta for me because I don't like the other brand I can get here (Skinner)
it's like a death by a thousand needlesticks.
it's like a death by a thousand needlesticks.
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
ffffff De Cecco, the preferred brand for me of pastas I can GET in this benighted place, is in fact Italian made, so I guess.....no more pasta for me because I don't like the other brand I can get here (Skinner)
it's like a death by a thousand needlesticks.
it's like a death by a thousand needlesticks.
I have done a version of this with my college students. In many cases they can work through to where the roadblock is and then we work on that. In others, they shut down, and at that point? I can't really help them if they're not willing to try
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I have done a version of this with my college students. In many cases they can work through to where the roadblock is and then we work on that. In others, they shut down, and at that point? I can't really help them if they're not willing to try
heads, we lose.
people.com/donald-trump... I just knew this was coming. And if you think this doesn’t end with a massive gold trump statue in DC you’re not paying attention
Donald Trump Is Putting His Face on Both Sides of a New Coin. U.S. Treasury Reveals 'First Drafts'
The U.S. Treasury revealed the draft of a $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump on both sides.
people.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
heads, we lose.
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In Svenska lafvarnas färghistoria: Johan Peter Westring,
Stockholm, 1805
A guide to Swedish lichens & their uses, with charts showing the dyes that they yield. Westring (1753–1833), was the king's physician, a botanist and lichenologist.
Lichen saxatilis: Linnean name, now invalid
Stockholm, 1805
A guide to Swedish lichens & their uses, with charts showing the dyes that they yield. Westring (1753–1833), was the king's physician, a botanist and lichenologist.
Lichen saxatilis: Linnean name, now invalid
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In Svenska lafvarnas färghistoria: Johan Peter Westring,
Stockholm, 1805
A guide to Swedish lichens & their uses, with charts showing the dyes that they yield. Westring (1753–1833), was the king's physician, a botanist and lichenologist.
Lichen saxatilis: Linnean name, now invalid
Stockholm, 1805
A guide to Swedish lichens & their uses, with charts showing the dyes that they yield. Westring (1753–1833), was the king's physician, a botanist and lichenologist.
Lichen saxatilis: Linnean name, now invalid
I am very deeply uncool but AT LEAST I am a different kind of uncool from Elon Musk's uncool
Elon Musk is so devoid of theory of mind that he just repeatedly sets himself up to be fucking dragged.
It’s really kinda glorious.
One trillion dollars can’t buy cool.
It’s really kinda glorious.
One trillion dollars can’t buy cool.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I am very deeply uncool but AT LEAST I am a different kind of uncool from Elon Musk's uncool
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smallpox eradication is one of the greatest achievement of humans, up there with 'hey maybe we should wash our hands'
Smallpox was so bad that two nations who were threatening to nuke everyone and everything agreed on eradication.
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
smallpox eradication is one of the greatest achievement of humans, up there with 'hey maybe we should wash our hands'
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
okay I don't know if it's just a very bad day on here or it's my headache or I've finally hit the wall after so many months of stress or if I need to eat, sleep, and shower all at the same time but my head is NOT in a good place and I still have grading to do
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
okay I don't know if it's just a very bad day on here or it's my headache or I've finally hit the wall after so many months of stress or if I need to eat, sleep, and shower all at the same time but my head is NOT in a good place and I still have grading to do
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As someone who spent ten years in grad school (and did defend + graduate) I’m always so weirded out by people who think being smart about one thing makes them smart about everything when what being highly educated did to me was saddle me with the crushing certainty that I’m not smart about anything
the pandemic really fucked him up. he had no expertise in public health, but felt like being a quant guy should make him an expert by default, and people not agreeing with him on that point just sent him into a bizarre radicalizing ego spiral.
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
As someone who spent ten years in grad school (and did defend + graduate) I’m always so weirded out by people who think being smart about one thing makes them smart about everything when what being highly educated did to me was saddle me with the crushing certainty that I’m not smart about anything
$10 says if he even got close to those books, he had grok AI summarize them to him..
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
$10 says if he even got close to those books, he had grok AI summarize them to him..
at this point nothing surprises me; I'm not so much sickened as shrugging resignedly and going "yeah whole world is cursed"
Sickened much?
"Ghislaine Maxwell, the Jeffrey Epstein confidante and convicted child sex trafficker, is being waited on 'hand and foot' by the staff at her minimum security prison camp while she prepares a request that President Donald Trump commute her sentence."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
"Ghislaine Maxwell, the Jeffrey Epstein confidante and convicted child sex trafficker, is being waited on 'hand and foot' by the staff at her minimum security prison camp while she prepares a request that President Donald Trump commute her sentence."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
at this point nothing surprises me; I'm not so much sickened as shrugging resignedly and going "yeah whole world is cursed"
there are some things that are a little too real to be funny :'(
I have openly told multiple classes of students I'd be sadder if monarchs went extinct than I would if giant pandas or elephants went extinct, because I've never seen one of those in their native habitat
I have openly told multiple classes of students I'd be sadder if monarchs went extinct than I would if giant pandas or elephants went extinct, because I've never seen one of those in their native habitat
EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
there are some things that are a little too real to be funny :'(
I have openly told multiple classes of students I'd be sadder if monarchs went extinct than I would if giant pandas or elephants went extinct, because I've never seen one of those in their native habitat
I have openly told multiple classes of students I'd be sadder if monarchs went extinct than I would if giant pandas or elephants went extinct, because I've never seen one of those in their native habitat
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AHAHAHAHA *incoherent sobbing*
EPA To Monarch Butterflies: ‘Count Your Fucking Days’ https://theonion.com/epa-to-monarch-butterflies-count-your-fucking-days/
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
AHAHAHAHA *incoherent sobbing*