Distracted By Data
@distractedbydata.bsky.social
Grad student, dessert enthusiast, and cat assistant.
I just lost my Medicaid coverage. I’m a full time PhD student who only earns about $26K. The only reason I’m not on food ramps is because my dad (a mensch) is letting me live in his house. I’m so upset I’m about to vomit. #medicaidcuts #gradstudent #virginia
April 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I just lost my Medicaid coverage. I’m a full time PhD student who only earns about $26K. The only reason I’m not on food ramps is because my dad (a mensch) is letting me live in his house. I’m so upset I’m about to vomit. #medicaidcuts #gradstudent #virginia
The number of Virginia Tech undergrads and grad students who are having their visas revoked keeps going up. This is horrific. My international cohorts are afraid and overwhelmed. We are not okay. #fascism
April 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The number of Virginia Tech undergrads and grad students who are having their visas revoked keeps going up. This is horrific. My international cohorts are afraid and overwhelmed. We are not okay. #fascism
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Here I am learning about p-values and theory while the White House is being run my the human equivalent of a McFlurry machine…
March 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Here I am learning about p-values and theory while the White House is being run my the human equivalent of a McFlurry machine…
But noooooo WoMeN are tOo eMOtiOnaL tO be lEaDerS…
March 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
But noooooo WoMeN are tOo eMOtiOnaL tO be lEaDerS…
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⚪️ Evangelicals mad because Kendrick showed how easy it is to call out predators on stage but they won’t do it.
February 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
⚪️ Evangelicals mad because Kendrick showed how easy it is to call out predators on stage but they won’t do it.
Having the flu type A as a perimenopausal woman…
No One: ……
My Body: *evil cackles* now we can accelerate our nuclear development program and achieve the temperature of the SUN’S CORE BWAHAHAHA 🔥💀
No One: ……
My Body: *evil cackles* now we can accelerate our nuclear development program and achieve the temperature of the SUN’S CORE BWAHAHAHA 🔥💀
February 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Having the flu type A as a perimenopausal woman…
No One: ……
My Body: *evil cackles* now we can accelerate our nuclear development program and achieve the temperature of the SUN’S CORE BWAHAHAHA 🔥💀
No One: ……
My Body: *evil cackles* now we can accelerate our nuclear development program and achieve the temperature of the SUN’S CORE BWAHAHAHA 🔥💀
Look, I have childhood trauma too… but I didn’t turn into an idiot business weirdo that bullies vulnerable populations for funsies. Also, f**k Nazis.
February 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Look, I have childhood trauma too… but I didn’t turn into an idiot business weirdo that bullies vulnerable populations for funsies. Also, f**k Nazis.
I need someone to fly blimp with a trans pride flag over Mar-a-lago 🏳️⚧️ I can pay you in cookies
January 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I need someone to fly blimp with a trans pride flag over Mar-a-lago 🏳️⚧️ I can pay you in cookies
It’s taken me a while to evolve as a feminist and part of it was realizing the KKK didn’t sew their own robes. White women did. We did. We’ve been f*cking up for a long time.
January 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
It’s taken me a while to evolve as a feminist and part of it was realizing the KKK didn’t sew their own robes. White women did. We did. We’ve been f*cking up for a long time.
I need the press to ACTIVELY document and question everything that man does in office with Kendrick Lamar energy. I want all the receipts.
January 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I need the press to ACTIVELY document and question everything that man does in office with Kendrick Lamar energy. I want all the receipts.
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Facts!
January 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Facts!
I never have an excuse to tell my chiropractor. My body just does what it wants. Like quitting.
January 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I never have an excuse to tell my chiropractor. My body just does what it wants. Like quitting.
One of my strongest powers is that I can fold a fitted sheet into a perfect rectangle. But opening exterior doors is hard for some reason.
January 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
One of my strongest powers is that I can fold a fitted sheet into a perfect rectangle. But opening exterior doors is hard for some reason.
I am torn between the needs of washing laundry vs lesson planning. Just kidding: I’m going to watch kdrama.
January 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I am torn between the needs of washing laundry vs lesson planning. Just kidding: I’m going to watch kdrama.
Live. Laugh. Legislate. #BringBackRoe
January 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Live. Laugh. Legislate. #BringBackRoe
I weight train so that in 40 years, I’ll be that one b*tch that hard to catch in the nursing home. Great aunt gains.
January 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I weight train so that in 40 years, I’ll be that one b*tch that hard to catch in the nursing home. Great aunt gains.
New Year’s Revolutions, not resolutions.
December 30, 2024 at 4:26 PM
New Year’s Revolutions, not resolutions.
I would like to announce I finally beat Calamity Ganon. Also: I am bad at timing.
December 29, 2024 at 2:46 AM
I would like to announce I finally beat Calamity Ganon. Also: I am bad at timing.
Jesus was born in the spring + the winter solstice is a pagan tradition + Bruce Willis is the true hero of Christmas = yippee ki yay you heathen mother****ers. (And I say that with love.) 🎄❤️
December 25, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Jesus was born in the spring + the winter solstice is a pagan tradition + Bruce Willis is the true hero of Christmas = yippee ki yay you heathen mother****ers. (And I say that with love.) 🎄❤️
Zelda games taught me to always watch out for the dude with crazy hair and an unrestrained appetite for power.
December 22, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Zelda games taught me to always watch out for the dude with crazy hair and an unrestrained appetite for power.
Thursday: submitted final grades
Friday: emotional crisis + boredom
Saturday: sips coffee in pillow fort = true joy
#phdstudent
Friday: emotional crisis + boredom
Saturday: sips coffee in pillow fort = true joy
#phdstudent
December 21, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Thursday: submitted final grades
Friday: emotional crisis + boredom
Saturday: sips coffee in pillow fort = true joy
#phdstudent
Friday: emotional crisis + boredom
Saturday: sips coffee in pillow fort = true joy
#phdstudent
No kings, no masters, no billionaires.
December 19, 2024 at 3:44 AM
No kings, no masters, no billionaires.