Don Beaudette
@donbeaudette.bsky.social
Lover of Ireland, bicycles, border collies, and Kacey Musgraves, in no particular order.
9 months since my last taste of alcohol. Getting sober was the best decision I ever made. Wordier reflection below the fold:
December 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
9 months since my last taste of alcohol. Getting sober was the best decision I ever made. Wordier reflection below the fold:
Me to students: Try to find something to do to refocus your mind. Remember, hyper-vigilance about grades won’t change the outcome, but it will make you feel worse right now.
Me in front of Outlook waiting for a decision on a paper:
Me in front of Outlook waiting for a decision on a paper:
a black cat is playing with a laptop that says refresh on it
ALT: a black cat is playing with a laptop that says refresh on it
media.tenor.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Me to students: Try to find something to do to refocus your mind. Remember, hyper-vigilance about grades won’t change the outcome, but it will make you feel worse right now.
Me in front of Outlook waiting for a decision on a paper:
Me in front of Outlook waiting for a decision on a paper:
Beyond the legal considerations, it’s striking that their first (and presumably strongest) argument in favor of this embarrassment is an easily recognizable fallacy
December 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Beyond the legal considerations, it’s striking that their first (and presumably strongest) argument in favor of this embarrassment is an easily recognizable fallacy
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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Good morning, survey folks!
I'm looking at iPoll, and 2015 was the last time anyone asked something like this:
"Do you feel your kids will be financially better off, worse off, or the same as you?"
Anyone know of other collections that asked similar (long-term) more recently? Ideally very recent?
I'm looking at iPoll, and 2015 was the last time anyone asked something like this:
"Do you feel your kids will be financially better off, worse off, or the same as you?"
Anyone know of other collections that asked similar (long-term) more recently? Ideally very recent?
December 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Good morning, survey folks!
I'm looking at iPoll, and 2015 was the last time anyone asked something like this:
"Do you feel your kids will be financially better off, worse off, or the same as you?"
Anyone know of other collections that asked similar (long-term) more recently? Ideally very recent?
I'm looking at iPoll, and 2015 was the last time anyone asked something like this:
"Do you feel your kids will be financially better off, worse off, or the same as you?"
Anyone know of other collections that asked similar (long-term) more recently? Ideally very recent?
My Deeper Well (h/t #SpaceyKacey) for 2025 was finding consistency (and joy!) again in running 😊
December 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
My Deeper Well (h/t #SpaceyKacey) for 2025 was finding consistency (and joy!) again in running 😊
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Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
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This fear is particularly common in highly unequal and individualistic societies.
Because in that context, it's easy for fear-mongers to convince parents that any so-called "imperfection" will doom their kid to a life of struggle and doom them to a life of judgment for having an "imperfect" kid.
Because in that context, it's easy for fear-mongers to convince parents that any so-called "imperfection" will doom their kid to a life of struggle and doom them to a life of judgment for having an "imperfect" kid.
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Oh, here's a big surprise. The transphobes don't believe in ADHD either.
December 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This fear is particularly common in highly unequal and individualistic societies.
Because in that context, it's easy for fear-mongers to convince parents that any so-called "imperfection" will doom their kid to a life of struggle and doom them to a life of judgment for having an "imperfect" kid.
Because in that context, it's easy for fear-mongers to convince parents that any so-called "imperfection" will doom their kid to a life of struggle and doom them to a life of judgment for having an "imperfect" kid.
Can’t believe this was one year ago! Best. Night. Ever.
December 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Can’t believe this was one year ago! Best. Night. Ever.
Longest run since training for the Peachtree back in 2021 has me feeling juuuuuust overconfident enough to sign-up for a half marathon
December 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Longest run since training for the Peachtree back in 2021 has me feeling juuuuuust overconfident enough to sign-up for a half marathon
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Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
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Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
If you grew up in the midwest in the 80s or 90s, there is a a 100% chance you add the line “…and from Taco John’s” to the end of Feliz Navidad
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If you grew up in the midwest in the 80s or 90s, there is a a 100% chance you add the line “…and from Taco John’s” to the end of Feliz Navidad
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If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
Adding this to my CV
December 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Adding this to my CV
A student described data from the early 90s as “really old” and unfortunately I wasn’t able to continue the meeting because I instantly crumbled into a pile of dust
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A student described data from the early 90s as “really old” and unfortunately I wasn’t able to continue the meeting because I instantly crumbled into a pile of dust
If you feel like people don’t judge you harshly enough, might I suggest getting a border collie?
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
If you feel like people don’t judge you harshly enough, might I suggest getting a border collie?
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Jesse Welles on Colbert doing Join ICE. youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...
"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Jesse Welles on Colbert doing Join ICE. youtu.be/61I4hlig78w?...
Looks like “Santa” is coming to our house early this year with a gift for “Summer” (the border collie)!
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Looks like “Santa” is coming to our house early this year with a gift for “Summer” (the border collie)!
I guess I missed the memo about it being National Talk Loudly on the Phone While Sitting at a Table in a Quiet Coffeeshop day
November 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I guess I missed the memo about it being National Talk Loudly on the Phone While Sitting at a Table in a Quiet Coffeeshop day
Constituent: Why should I support you when you keep voting to screw me over?
Dems: Well, Frank, [C: my name is Hank], right, Frank, first I want to point out that I never once voted to screw over you, specifically.
Dems: Well, Frank, [C: my name is Hank], right, Frank, first I want to point out that I never once voted to screw over you, specifically.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Constituent: Why should I support you when you keep voting to screw me over?
Dems: Well, Frank, [C: my name is Hank], right, Frank, first I want to point out that I never once voted to screw over you, specifically.
Dems: Well, Frank, [C: my name is Hank], right, Frank, first I want to point out that I never once voted to screw over you, specifically.
Used the wrong our/are in a work email, so I guess it’s time to find a new job
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Used the wrong our/are in a work email, so I guess it’s time to find a new job
Meanwhile, whenever I open the fridge a little elf from Georgia Power takes a $5 bill out of my wallet and sets it on fire in front of my face
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Meanwhile, whenever I open the fridge a little elf from Georgia Power takes a $5 bill out of my wallet and sets it on fire in front of my face
Summer the Superstar BC enjoying a well-earned snooze after an awesome agility training session last night 🥰🥰😀😀
November 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Summer the Superstar BC enjoying a well-earned snooze after an awesome agility training session last night 🥰🥰😀😀
Still unsure of the norms of bsky. Does the Annual Sanctimonious Discourse About Fairytale of New York start before or after Thanksgiving?
November 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Still unsure of the norms of bsky. Does the Annual Sanctimonious Discourse About Fairytale of New York start before or after Thanksgiving?