2024 was honestly the worst year of my life. And of course I end the year getting injured, ruining my winter break. 2025 can’t possibly be worse.

Dear Santa,
You didn’t get me the thesaurus I asked for and now I’m mad. You made me really mad. I’m mad at you

I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.

Signed,
a physicist

If people had to pass a test on when to use reply versus reply all before getting a PhD, there would be about half as many PhDs as there are now.