Grant
@syncingsinking.bsky.social
Married, three kids. White, cishet, he/him. Deaf in one ear. Math, disability, chess, LFC. In Illinois via Texas but born and raised in Cornwall 〓〓
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Grant
@syncingsinking.bsky.social
· Jun 15
I've wanted to write something about academic accommodations for a while, and in the absence of other inspiration, I'm just going to put it here.
I have a few points to make but first a bit of context about me. I'm profoundly deaf in my right ear. Basically can't hear anything in it. 1/
I have a few points to make but first a bit of context about me. I'm profoundly deaf in my right ear. Basically can't hear anything in it. 1/
inclusive or, exclusive or, or a secret third thing
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
inclusive or, exclusive or, or a secret third thing
The banning/suspending of accounts is concerning.
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The banning/suspending of accounts is concerning.
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Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
environmental (n) french for headspace
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
environmental (n) french for headspace
Hemp Provision sounds like a minor league middle reliever who finally got a brief callup to the major league team in an injury crisis
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Hemp Provision sounds like a minor league middle reliever who finally got a brief callup to the major league team in an injury crisis
Very minor point that has bugged me lately: if you mean unbothered, it's unfazed, not unphased
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Very minor point that has bugged me lately: if you mean unbothered, it's unfazed, not unphased
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Man, where the fuck is Link.
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Man, where the fuck is Link.
Does anyone know what the Baileys look like in Chuck's head and is anyone who looks vaguely like them willing to participate in some light inceptioning
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Does anyone know what the Baileys look like in Chuck's head and is anyone who looks vaguely like them willing to participate in some light inceptioning
On the other hand, now I'm a citizen I feel much more comfortable calling up Dick Durbin's office to yell at him
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
On the other hand, now I'm a citizen I feel much more comfortable calling up Dick Durbin's office to yell at him
Senate Democrats Werner Herzog
🤝
surprising enthusiasm for a cave
🤝
surprising enthusiasm for a cave
November 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Senate Democrats Werner Herzog
🤝
surprising enthusiasm for a cave
🤝
surprising enthusiasm for a cave
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In my headcanon the footballer Emiliano Buendía is somehow related to the Macondo Buendías
Stumbled upon this book looking for something else. The Polish say "Sto Lat" (a hundred years) on one's birthday (as in "we hope you live a hundred years") and though it's not exactly an accurate translation, I like the idea that this book could be called Happy Birthday Solitude
October 24, 2024 at 11:45 PM
In my headcanon the footballer Emiliano Buendía is somehow related to the Macondo Buendías
Caroline Series
Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Caroline Series
Cool product, might check it out in the Thanksgiving sales, those are only a couple months away now
November 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Cool product, might check it out in the Thanksgiving sales, those are only a couple months away now
Highbrow writers own a surprisingly raunchy bar in the new movie Capote Ugly
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Highbrow writers own a surprisingly raunchy bar in the new movie Capote Ugly
Bring back Link!
(So we can read his salty Arsenal skeets)
(So we can read his salty Arsenal skeets)
November 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Bring back Link!
(So we can read his salty Arsenal skeets)
(So we can read his salty Arsenal skeets)
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A computer that only talks about car parking buildings, a garage language model.
A computer that only talks about butter substitutes, a marge language model.
A computer that only talks about non-commissioned officers, a sarge language model.
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
A computer that only talks about car parking buildings, a garage language model.
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A computer that only talks about butter substitutes, a marge language model.
A computer that only talks about non-commissioned officers, a sarge language model.
computer that only talks about canals, a barge language model
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A computer that only talks about butter substitutes, a marge language model.
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A computer that only talks about non-commissioned officers, a sarge language model.
computer that only talks about canals, a barge language model
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A computer that only talks about non-commissioned officers, a sarge language model.
computer that only talks about canals, a barge language model
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
computer that only talks about canals, a barge language model
Echtian bralienation
Guinde Gragnole
Foond Foutage
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Echtian bralienation
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The National Association of the Deaf is celebrating a legal victory against the White House. A judge ordered ASL for briefings conducted by the press secretary or President Trump.
Judge orders White House to use American Sign Language interpreters at briefings
The National Association of the Deaf is celebrating a legal victory against the White House. A judge ordered ASL for briefings conducted by the press secretary or President Trump.
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The National Association of the Deaf is celebrating a legal victory against the White House. A judge ordered ASL for briefings conducted by the press secretary or President Trump.
Trouble proving a theorem? Try not thinking about it for two years
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trouble proving a theorem? Try not thinking about it for two years
The name University of Texas Permian Basin really makes me think it's been around literally hundreds of millions of years
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The name University of Texas Permian Basin really makes me think it's been around literally hundreds of millions of years