Sometimes I get dragged into dumb conversations on Reddit. It is genuinely perplexing to me that there are people who think women who are doctors cannot ever be misogynistic. My experience of OB/GYN docs suggests otherwise. I was told that saying this is saying “gender doesn’t matter.”
a close up of a person wearing sunglasses with the words `` wait , what ? ''
ALT: a close up of a person wearing sunglasses with the words `` wait , what ? ''
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June 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Sometimes I get dragged into dumb conversations on Reddit. It is genuinely perplexing to me that there are people who think women who are doctors cannot ever be misogynistic. My experience of OB/GYN docs suggests otherwise. I was told that saying this is saying “gender doesn’t matter.”
This display of a mine troll’s treasures is at a mining museum in Finland. The exhibits included tons of clear didactics that explained history & technology as well as several whimsical areas dedicated to the resident troll. This strikes me as just absolutely Finnish.
June 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This display of a mine troll’s treasures is at a mining museum in Finland. The exhibits included tons of clear didactics that explained history & technology as well as several whimsical areas dedicated to the resident troll. This strikes me as just absolutely Finnish.
Attended a zine-making workshop at NAAS 2025. We sat in companionable silence, listening to music, coloring, cutting, and pasting. It was a fun, relaxing, and refreshing way to think through the material I was presenting the next day. Definitely going to use this in the classroom #NAASpirations
June 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Attended a zine-making workshop at NAAS 2025. We sat in companionable silence, listening to music, coloring, cutting, and pasting. It was a fun, relaxing, and refreshing way to think through the material I was presenting the next day. Definitely going to use this in the classroom #NAASpirations
Forgive the wonky picture. This lil guy at the National Museum in Stockholm is a wax portrait. Wax portraiture was much more common than you might think and it’s my current research obsession. Sadly there was no label on the case for this so I have no idea who he was.
June 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Forgive the wonky picture. This lil guy at the National Museum in Stockholm is a wax portrait. Wax portraiture was much more common than you might think and it’s my current research obsession. Sadly there was no label on the case for this so I have no idea who he was.
I really don’t understand why so many people want to see democracy in the US destroyed. I understand that self interest drives the billionaire class towards oligarchy. But honestly Joe the Plumber isn’t going to benefit from the destruction of all our civic institutions.
May 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I really don’t understand why so many people want to see democracy in the US destroyed. I understand that self interest drives the billionaire class towards oligarchy. But honestly Joe the Plumber isn’t going to benefit from the destruction of all our civic institutions.
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Something I hope Democrats would repeat constantly:
Trump has the power to set tariffs to deal with emergencies, not create them. But the Republicans in Congress have unleashed him and set our economy on fire.
Trump has the power to set tariffs to deal with emergencies, not create them. But the Republicans in Congress have unleashed him and set our economy on fire.
May 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Gentle reminder that the daily propaganda mouthpiece of the CCCP was called Pravda- aka Truth.
The fact that Trump calls his daily screed factory “Truth” could not point to a more obvious conclusion.
The fact that Trump calls his daily screed factory “Truth” could not point to a more obvious conclusion.
May 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Gentle reminder that the daily propaganda mouthpiece of the CCCP was called Pravda- aka Truth.
The fact that Trump calls his daily screed factory “Truth” could not point to a more obvious conclusion.
The fact that Trump calls his daily screed factory “Truth” could not point to a more obvious conclusion.
Look. The President could issue an executive order that the moon is made of green cheese. That doesn’t mean the moon is now made of green cheese. Can we stop acting like it does?
May 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Look. The President could issue an executive order that the moon is made of green cheese. That doesn’t mean the moon is now made of green cheese. Can we stop acting like it does?
I’m convinced that the Constitutional crisis began ye instant that DOGE became a thing. We’ve been in crisis for months.
May 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I’m convinced that the Constitutional crisis began ye instant that DOGE became a thing. We’ve been in crisis for months.
Still, he lasted several Scaramuccis longer than he should have
The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
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April 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Still, he lasted several Scaramuccis longer than he should have
Serious question: what if the reason the Trump admin “can’t find” the dad they deported by accident is a stalling tactic because he was killed in custody and they don’t want that to get out?
April 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Serious question: what if the reason the Trump admin “can’t find” the dad they deported by accident is a stalling tactic because he was killed in custody and they don’t want that to get out?
The stock market is fueled partly by emotion. Add to that market manipulation bad things happen. I hate that my retirement is so dependent on an entity that is so deeply irrational. Never forget, market speculation made some tulip bulbs more expensive than a house. Short 🧵
April 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The stock market is fueled partly by emotion. Add to that market manipulation bad things happen. I hate that my retirement is so dependent on an entity that is so deeply irrational. Never forget, market speculation made some tulip bulbs more expensive than a house. Short 🧵
Trump is bragging about bringing back coal mining as if coal mining jobs aren’t actually terrible.
The children yearn for the mines, I guess.
The children yearn for the mines, I guess.
April 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Trump is bragging about bringing back coal mining as if coal mining jobs aren’t actually terrible.
The children yearn for the mines, I guess.
The children yearn for the mines, I guess.
We need to stop calling it “generative” AI. AI is not creative. It’s not capable of real analysis. It aggregates data, sort of like a calculator. It can perform some sophisticated functions. But on its own it cannot create. That’s why prompt engineering is a thing.
April 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
We need to stop calling it “generative” AI. AI is not creative. It’s not capable of real analysis. It aggregates data, sort of like a calculator. It can perform some sophisticated functions. But on its own it cannot create. That’s why prompt engineering is a thing.
Assuming that the US system survives this administration, there needs to be some serious reinforcement of checks & balances and a reigning in of executive branch powers that have been steadily expanding since Nixon.
April 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Assuming that the US system survives this administration, there needs to be some serious reinforcement of checks & balances and a reigning in of executive branch powers that have been steadily expanding since Nixon.
I still cannot understand why this nation has flung itself off a cliff.
April 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I still cannot understand why this nation has flung itself off a cliff.
At the site of one of young Rembrandt’s schools, you can pose in the window for an auto-generated portrait sketch. Leiden’s museums and historic sites use technology in really clever and engaging ways.
April 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
At the site of one of young Rembrandt’s schools, you can pose in the window for an auto-generated portrait sketch. Leiden’s museums and historic sites use technology in really clever and engaging ways.
Booker’s speech is not merely performative. He speaks truth about what’s happening, and that is now part of the Congressional Record. It is history. This matters.
April 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Booker’s speech is not merely performative. He speaks truth about what’s happening, and that is now part of the Congressional Record. It is history. This matters.
I’m heartened by the filibuster going on right now, thank you @booker.senate.gov
Finally, @senatedemocrats.bsky.social seem to be waking up. More of this please
Finally, @senatedemocrats.bsky.social seem to be waking up. More of this please
April 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I’m heartened by the filibuster going on right now, thank you @booker.senate.gov
Finally, @senatedemocrats.bsky.social seem to be waking up. More of this please
Finally, @senatedemocrats.bsky.social seem to be waking up. More of this please
Inside an antique shop in Leiden, a repurposed house with clear early modern origins. So many old paintings & religious statues. A happy accident I stumbled into today
March 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Inside an antique shop in Leiden, a repurposed house with clear early modern origins. So many old paintings & religious statues. A happy accident I stumbled into today
Watching the press secretary live and I feel personally gas lighted. Good grief.
March 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Watching the press secretary live and I feel personally gas lighted. Good grief.
I’m at the European Social Science History conference in beautiful Leiden. The program has “conference bingo” on the last page. 🤣
March 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I’m at the European Social Science History conference in beautiful Leiden. The program has “conference bingo” on the last page. 🤣
Today I learned there are a couple of runic inscriptions graffitied inside Hagia Sophia in Turkey. Basically they say “Halfdan was here.”
Why this is so cheering, I don’t know.
Why this is so cheering, I don’t know.
March 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Today I learned there are a couple of runic inscriptions graffitied inside Hagia Sophia in Turkey. Basically they say “Halfdan was here.”
Why this is so cheering, I don’t know.
Why this is so cheering, I don’t know.
I don’t know anymore. When people are cheering for libraries and museums to be defunded, it feels like society has reached a dangerous level of incivility. I’ve removed more ‘friends’ from my social media in the last 6 weeks than I did during Drumpf’s first term.
March 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I don’t know anymore. When people are cheering for libraries and museums to be defunded, it feels like society has reached a dangerous level of incivility. I’ve removed more ‘friends’ from my social media in the last 6 weeks than I did during Drumpf’s first term.