Upbeat Former Prof
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And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.
-- Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
Skeets are my own+do not reflect views of employers past or present.
-- Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
Skeets are my own+do not reflect views of employers past or present.
hear me out: maybe let's pause the crossovers for a bit
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
hear me out: maybe let's pause the crossovers for a bit
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me: *ran out of paper towels a couple days ago and haven’t made it to the store yet*
the ziplock bag of takeout napkins in my junk drawer:
the ziplock bag of takeout napkins in my junk drawer:
a basketball player stands in front of a sign that says " detroit "
ALT: a basketball player stands in front of a sign that says " detroit "
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
me: *ran out of paper towels a couple days ago and haven’t made it to the store yet*
the ziplock bag of takeout napkins in my junk drawer:
the ziplock bag of takeout napkins in my junk drawer:
really wish Gilbert Gottfried were here to read us some of the excerpts
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
really wish Gilbert Gottfried were here to read us some of the excerpts
fun lens acquired today: there's a direct relationship between my job performance and the severity of my FOMO
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
fun lens acquired today: there's a direct relationship between my job performance and the severity of my FOMO
thinking a lot today about Searching for Bobby Fischer
"He's not afraid of losing. He's afraid of losing your love. How many ball players grow up afraid of losing their fathers' love every time they come up to the plate?"
and
"Maybe it's better not to be the best. Then you can lose and it's OK."
"He's not afraid of losing. He's afraid of losing your love. How many ball players grow up afraid of losing their fathers' love every time they come up to the plate?"
and
"Maybe it's better not to be the best. Then you can lose and it's OK."
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
thinking a lot today about Searching for Bobby Fischer
"He's not afraid of losing. He's afraid of losing your love. How many ball players grow up afraid of losing their fathers' love every time they come up to the plate?"
and
"Maybe it's better not to be the best. Then you can lose and it's OK."
"He's not afraid of losing. He's afraid of losing your love. How many ball players grow up afraid of losing their fathers' love every time they come up to the plate?"
and
"Maybe it's better not to be the best. Then you can lose and it's OK."
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gonna start blocking people who should know better than to reskeet bait from the son of a famous grifter
November 17, 2025 at 5:40 AM
gonna start blocking people who should know better than to reskeet bait from the son of a famous grifter
pronomi combinati is a maze of twisty passages, all alike
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
pronomi combinati is a maze of twisty passages, all alike
hello there, SFO. it's been a minute.
November 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
hello there, SFO. it's been a minute.
noted, the fifth hour of continuous back-to-backs is a bad time for a crucial conversation
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
noted, the fifth hour of continuous back-to-backs is a bad time for a crucial conversation
more like duel-use technology
(all posts represent personal views only and not those of employers past or present)
(all posts represent personal views only and not those of employers past or present)
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
more like duel-use technology
(all posts represent personal views only and not those of employers past or present)
(all posts represent personal views only and not those of employers past or present)
breakout rooms
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
breakout rooms
headcanon: Bosley from "Charlie's Angels" is the same Bosley who founded Bosley's Hair Treatment
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
headcanon: Bosley from "Charlie's Angels" is the same Bosley who founded Bosley's Hair Treatment
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New bit: reply guy who corrects misspellings, but the corrections are themselves wrong, and worse
November 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
New bit: reply guy who corrects misspellings, but the corrections are themselves wrong, and worse
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I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
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I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora
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The sky is doing things rn. The ghost in the foreground is a guy walking his dog.
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The sky is doing things rn. The ghost in the foreground is a guy walking his dog.
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We also tend to try to substitute cultivating human (and human-thing) relationships and interdependencies with designing structures for influencing and shaping human behavior, which are two very different ways of conceptualizing sociotechnologies
November 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We also tend to try to substitute cultivating human (and human-thing) relationships and interdependencies with designing structures for influencing and shaping human behavior, which are two very different ways of conceptualizing sociotechnologies
there's a whole community of mass spec people who can make Insane Clown Posse jokes all the time,and i want in
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
there's a whole community of mass spec people who can make Insane Clown Posse jokes all the time,and i want in
i made arancini
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
i made arancini
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Siegfried Sassoon
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Siegfried Sassoon
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this is a perfect 30 rock joke
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
this is a perfect 30 rock joke
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The hater to constructive ratio of this website is generally pretty bad, but man, when someone you hate dies. What a community
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The hater to constructive ratio of this website is generally pretty bad, but man, when someone you hate dies. What a community
more like, "avoid abhoring people"
that's all i have to say about that.
that's all i have to say about that.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
more like, "avoid abhoring people"
that's all i have to say about that.
that's all i have to say about that.
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Orbital mechanics but translate it to institutional organizational change management
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Orbital mechanics but translate it to institutional organizational change management