Megan S.
@allgreek2me.bsky.social
I knit, I spin, I devour SF/F. I crochet (badly). Slogging through a Ph.D.
Lifetime higher ed staffer - beware: here be OPINIONS.
Two things:
1.) Be nice or leave.
2.) The institution will never love you back.
Lifetime higher ed staffer - beware: here be OPINIONS.
Two things:
1.) Be nice or leave.
2.) The institution will never love you back.
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Megan S.
@allgreek2me.bsky.social
· Jul 15
“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within. The essential causes of Rome’s decline lay in her people, her morals, her class struggle, her failing trade, her bureaucratic despotism, her stifling taxes, her consuming wars.” Will Durant, 1944.
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If the only thing that can help you is a placebo, I hope you find an inexpensive, easy, and harmless placebo and ride it for all it is worth.
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
If the only thing that can help you is a placebo, I hope you find an inexpensive, easy, and harmless placebo and ride it for all it is worth.
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how to stop being angry all the time
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
how to stop being angry all the time
One of my committee members got me unstuck from dithering in circles on proposal. But now I feel like I'm having to re-teach myself how to write, because in pulling all of that info out to make a clean picture of what I want to talk about, I feel like it's lacking too much context. :(
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
One of my committee members got me unstuck from dithering in circles on proposal. But now I feel like I'm having to re-teach myself how to write, because in pulling all of that info out to make a clean picture of what I want to talk about, I feel like it's lacking too much context. :(
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
My ten year old wants to read Lovecraft and while I applaud the general idea I think it needs to wait a few years.
November 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
My ten year old wants to read Lovecraft and while I applaud the general idea I think it needs to wait a few years.
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Well, shit. I do make mistakes (I keep a running tally in a special file) and it looked like I had made a big one.
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Well, shit. I do make mistakes (I keep a running tally in a special file) and it looked like I had made a big one.
Extremely sad part of having to be a brain in a body instead of a mind in a jar: friend has fostered kitten in need of home. Kitten loves my youngest, youngest loves kitten. I am Very Allergic (despite eight years of shots) and can't have a cat in the house, even though I love cats.
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Extremely sad part of having to be a brain in a body instead of a mind in a jar: friend has fostered kitten in need of home. Kitten loves my youngest, youngest loves kitten. I am Very Allergic (despite eight years of shots) and can't have a cat in the house, even though I love cats.
@pennyvixen.bsky.social Is there any chance more of your Kyle Murchison Booth works might make it onto audio?
I listen to the Tombs of Amalo on endless repeat and find new things in them every time; I would love to have more ways to 'read' while doing my obligatory parental driving.
I listen to the Tombs of Amalo on endless repeat and find new things in them every time; I would love to have more ways to 'read' while doing my obligatory parental driving.
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
@pennyvixen.bsky.social Is there any chance more of your Kyle Murchison Booth works might make it onto audio?
I listen to the Tombs of Amalo on endless repeat and find new things in them every time; I would love to have more ways to 'read' while doing my obligatory parental driving.
I listen to the Tombs of Amalo on endless repeat and find new things in them every time; I would love to have more ways to 'read' while doing my obligatory parental driving.
I think maybe that's enough internet for now.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I think maybe that's enough internet for now.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Truly, we live in a fallen world.
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Truly, we live in a fallen world.
Depressing dissertation research of the day: when you search "outstanding professors higher education" in google scholar, the vast, VAST majority of hits are articles talking about teaching skills.
But that's never going to get you tenure in a university in America. IDK about elsewhere.
But that's never going to get you tenure in a university in America. IDK about elsewhere.
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Depressing dissertation research of the day: when you search "outstanding professors higher education" in google scholar, the vast, VAST majority of hits are articles talking about teaching skills.
But that's never going to get you tenure in a university in America. IDK about elsewhere.
But that's never going to get you tenure in a university in America. IDK about elsewhere.
The nerds calculating damage and possible alterations for the purposes of TTRPGing are giving me life today.
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The nerds calculating damage and possible alterations for the purposes of TTRPGing are giving me life today.
Went to the office pumpkin decorating lunch. Everyone hail to the pumpkin song!
October 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Went to the office pumpkin decorating lunch. Everyone hail to the pumpkin song!
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Because people think you're a bitch if you don't.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
Exclamation marks! Why do women use them three times as much as men?
Exclamation marks! Why do women use them three times as much as men?
It’s the punctuation that can make you seem warmer and more agreeable – but also much more compliant and lacking in analytical thinking
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Because people think you're a bitch if you don't.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
I am Not Great at sewing but found this linen dress thrifting for $8. A size too small in the bust, but the perfect collar/color. Opened both side seams. Got some wide cotton lace. A lot of profanity later, it fits! I am stealing this hashtag from @longpig.bsky.social #wedonotsew
October 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I am Not Great at sewing but found this linen dress thrifting for $8. A size too small in the bust, but the perfect collar/color. Opened both side seams. Got some wide cotton lace. A lot of profanity later, it fits! I am stealing this hashtag from @longpig.bsky.social #wedonotsew
From combed top to singles to yarn to final project. Corriedale top by Grittyknits, bought by friend for me to spin; spun to preserve the color gradient and the braids were plied together. Friend ran out of yarn and finished with the stripes on one end. #handspunyarn #handspinning #spinningwool
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
From combed top to singles to yarn to final project. Corriedale top by Grittyknits, bought by friend for me to spin; spun to preserve the color gradient and the braids were plied together. Friend ran out of yarn and finished with the stripes on one end. #handspunyarn #handspinning #spinningwool
I am by nature long-winded when I write things. I use semicolons, em-dashes, and the Oxford comma a LOT. since apparently these are AI use-indicators, I am tempted to go find old papers, etc. and print them off as proof to wave at people if they ask if I use AI rather than my brain in my work.
October 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I am by nature long-winded when I write things. I use semicolons, em-dashes, and the Oxford comma a LOT. since apparently these are AI use-indicators, I am tempted to go find old papers, etc. and print them off as proof to wave at people if they ask if I use AI rather than my brain in my work.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
Dear god.
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Dear god.
Some people just want to watch the world burn.
Sometimes I intentionally mix up the terms ‘crochet’ and ‘knit’ on social media just to feel something again
October 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Some people just want to watch the world burn.
This is on sale and comes with a recommendation from someone with excellent taste.
Very well! Just because the author promoted it, 5 US Kindle copies of @lishmcbride.bsky.social's HOLD ME CLOSER, NECROMANCER, which I have and love and have given out before and will give out again (I also got another 10 for random giveaway).
#KindleBookGiveaway
#KindleBookGiveaway
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer is still on sale for 1.99 across most platforms! Which means…
October 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This is on sale and comes with a recommendation from someone with excellent taste.
It’s a really bad pain day, so I’m comfort re-reading “Swordheart” by T. Kingfisher. Along with laughing myself stupid at various conversations between Halla and Zale, and was struck by a description of human bodies as “complicated meat.” Yes. Yes, exactly. (Would that mine were less complicated.)
October 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
It’s a really bad pain day, so I’m comfort re-reading “Swordheart” by T. Kingfisher. Along with laughing myself stupid at various conversations between Halla and Zale, and was struck by a description of human bodies as “complicated meat.” Yes. Yes, exactly. (Would that mine were less complicated.)
I don’t really have much investment in sportsball but I am SO fascinated with the way that drones have changed the cinematographical presentation of the game.
October 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I don’t really have much investment in sportsball but I am SO fascinated with the way that drones have changed the cinematographical presentation of the game.
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I am thrilled that we're hiring a tenure-track archaeologist in my department, focused on Great Lakes / Midwest US archaeology. My department is amazing and we'd love to have you as a colleague. I'm not on the search committee but would be happy to answer questions. Share widely!
Assistant Professor - Anthropology
The Department of Anthropology in the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wayne State University seeks a full-time tenure-track
Assistant Professo...
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October 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I am thrilled that we're hiring a tenure-track archaeologist in my department, focused on Great Lakes / Midwest US archaeology. My department is amazing and we'd love to have you as a colleague. I'm not on the search committee but would be happy to answer questions. Share widely!