Free Range and Feral
@freerangeandferal.bsky.social
Making academia accessible.
I am trying to trust the process but the process has proved shady in the past.
July 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I am trying to trust the process but the process has proved shady in the past.
Reading an article that I was not asked to review even though it’s exactly my hyper specific sandbox and texting the journal EiC “who reviewed this I wanna fight” is reasonable, yeah?
June 24, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Reading an article that I was not asked to review even though it’s exactly my hyper specific sandbox and texting the journal EiC “who reviewed this I wanna fight” is reasonable, yeah?
Fuckin hate podcast bros
June 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Fuckin hate podcast bros
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My favorite activity at the doctors office is the scorecards I hold up in my imagination to rate how new providers mask their shock and horror.
June 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
My favorite activity at the doctors office is the scorecards I hold up in my imagination to rate how new providers mask their shock and horror.
You think you can hurt me? I did arms yesterday and washed and blow dried waist length hair today. Pfft.
bugs bunny is flexing his muscles in this cartoon
ALT: bugs bunny is flexing his muscles in this cartoon
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May 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
You think you can hurt me? I did arms yesterday and washed and blow dried waist length hair today. Pfft.
Hiring manager reached out on LinkedIn encouraging me to apply for a position.
Would it be spiteful and/or petty to respond with a screenshot of their automated rejection email I got seven hours after applying for the job?
Would it be spiteful and/or petty to respond with a screenshot of their automated rejection email I got seven hours after applying for the job?
a man wearing glasses and a blue sweater says i 'm emotionally exhausted
ALT: a man wearing glasses and a blue sweater says i 'm emotionally exhausted
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May 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hiring manager reached out on LinkedIn encouraging me to apply for a position.
Would it be spiteful and/or petty to respond with a screenshot of their automated rejection email I got seven hours after applying for the job?
Would it be spiteful and/or petty to respond with a screenshot of their automated rejection email I got seven hours after applying for the job?
My old project manager texts me like he’s an estranged ex when he’s mad at his boss
May 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
My old project manager texts me like he’s an estranged ex when he’s mad at his boss
Happy Leg Day to whoever invented KT tape
a woman laying on a hospital bed with a bandage on her head
ALT: a woman laying on a hospital bed with a bandage on her head
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May 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Happy Leg Day to whoever invented KT tape
I like to approach my problems with the indignation of a house cat that’s been locked out of the bathroom.
May 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I like to approach my problems with the indignation of a house cat that’s been locked out of the bathroom.
Happy end of the semester, especially to that one guy in my friend’s class who didn’t go to class since census day and just asked her if he could make up all three exams.
May 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Happy end of the semester, especially to that one guy in my friend’s class who didn’t go to class since census day and just asked her if he could make up all three exams.
If you have been on my Patreon for any amount of time you know how special a Doctor Emma Explains is.
Over the past few years I have had the honor of calling Doctor Emma a friend. She is intensely passionate about making science public, and applying what we learn.
Over the past few years I have had the honor of calling Doctor Emma a friend. She is intensely passionate about making science public, and applying what we learn.
May 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
If you have been on my Patreon for any amount of time you know how special a Doctor Emma Explains is.
Over the past few years I have had the honor of calling Doctor Emma a friend. She is intensely passionate about making science public, and applying what we learn.
Over the past few years I have had the honor of calling Doctor Emma a friend. She is intensely passionate about making science public, and applying what we learn.
Auto-reject emails from do not reply addresses coming through at midnight. Ouch.
At what point do I accept that I’m just not going to find another job and I wasted a decade of my life in higher ed when I am clearly just as employable as I was fresh out of high school?
At what point do I accept that I’m just not going to find another job and I wasted a decade of my life in higher ed when I am clearly just as employable as I was fresh out of high school?
May 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Auto-reject emails from do not reply addresses coming through at midnight. Ouch.
At what point do I accept that I’m just not going to find another job and I wasted a decade of my life in higher ed when I am clearly just as employable as I was fresh out of high school?
At what point do I accept that I’m just not going to find another job and I wasted a decade of my life in higher ed when I am clearly just as employable as I was fresh out of high school?
“I have a doctorate,” I mutter to myself, securing the fake tan mitt to the end of the (clean) duster with a hair tie so I can reach between my own shoulder blades.
April 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“I have a doctorate,” I mutter to myself, securing the fake tan mitt to the end of the (clean) duster with a hair tie so I can reach between my own shoulder blades.
Have a horrible cough (again/still).
Found a jar of Vicks on my dresser with an expiration date of October 2014.
I suspect my grandmother.
Found a jar of Vicks on my dresser with an expiration date of October 2014.
I suspect my grandmother.
April 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Have a horrible cough (again/still).
Found a jar of Vicks on my dresser with an expiration date of October 2014.
I suspect my grandmother.
Found a jar of Vicks on my dresser with an expiration date of October 2014.
I suspect my grandmother.
I have been graduated for coming up on five years now and once again had the failing comprehensive exams dream.
winnie the pooh is sleeping in a bed with a mickey mouse ear
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April 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I have been graduated for coming up on five years now and once again had the failing comprehensive exams dream.
All I’m saying is that none of my group chats have ever made headlines.
March 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
All I’m saying is that none of my group chats have ever made headlines.
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This is just to say
I have texted
the war plans
that were in
the Defense Department
and which
you were probably
saving
for people with a security clearance
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
I have texted
the war plans
that were in
the Defense Department
and which
you were probably
saving
for people with a security clearance
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
March 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is just to say
I have texted
the war plans
that were in
the Defense Department
and which
you were probably
saving
for people with a security clearance
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
I have texted
the war plans
that were in
the Defense Department
and which
you were probably
saving
for people with a security clearance
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
I need you all to know that I read all my Patreon comments but I read them like this
a cat is peeking out from behind a wooden door
ALT: a cat is peeking out from behind a wooden door
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March 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I need you all to know that I read all my Patreon comments but I read them like this
I wish I could submit TikTok videos for grant proposals
March 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I wish I could submit TikTok videos for grant proposals
Sometimes my husband checks my location if I’ve been too quiet (always good to suspect fuckery, stay on your toes) and he will ask me what I am up to. My standard response is “secret squirrel shit.”
He don’t need to know.
He don’t need to know.
a squirrel climbs up a tree in front of a house on fire
ALT: a squirrel climbs up a tree in front of a house on fire
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March 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Sometimes my husband checks my location if I’ve been too quiet (always good to suspect fuckery, stay on your toes) and he will ask me what I am up to. My standard response is “secret squirrel shit.”
He don’t need to know.
He don’t need to know.
Chronic illness is weird because last week I could not get out of bed because my joints hurt but this week I plan to deadlift my own body weight.
March 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Chronic illness is weird because last week I could not get out of bed because my joints hurt but this week I plan to deadlift my own body weight.
When my joints act up I complain to my mom about shoddy manufacturing and she says she did her best with what materials she was given
March 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
When my joints act up I complain to my mom about shoddy manufacturing and she says she did her best with what materials she was given
I hate how much I look like my dad when my eyes are puffy in the morning so I am consciously reminding myself that he got his eyebrows from my grandma too.
March 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I hate how much I look like my dad when my eyes are puffy in the morning so I am consciously reminding myself that he got his eyebrows from my grandma too.