graduated from UT during the first Trump presidency, it’s wild how many of my STEM professors have left for other universities after working there for decades. Gigantic brain drain in the last 5 years due to political interference by the state, it’s really ramped up way more than it used to be.

I’ve been thinking about this, my young PMC texan friends all left post-college. They want to live near family but refuse to risk it as they are starting families soon. City libs now weigh maternal mortality/schools against cheap mcmansions, but my parents did not have those fears >20 years ago here

As a Texan, I’ve always wanted our own Ellis Island in bridge form

I run 32 in middle, the old 1080 p 24” in portrait + a macbook on a stand on the sides for work

I got the alienware 32” curved AW3225QF, upgraded from a 24” 1080p so I might be easy to impress, but it’s served me well and looks great. Was surprised by how much I love the 32” size with a gentle curve as a main monitor

From Plano originally, know >10 Zoomers I grew up with who now live in Bushwick and voted for Mamdani lmao

Those DFW exurbs are like sin-eaters for blue state republicans too. We just tank other states’ republican voters who want a cheap McMansion and will drive a giga commute in their F250. Florida if they’re retired, Frisco if they’re working an office job

In these dark times, I welcome all democrat staffer foot soldiers who understand the necessity of aggressive prosecution in 2029. But like the DHS official headshot as a profile pic in 2025 while resistance-posting does not inspire confidence lmaooo

you literally worked at DHS as their PR guy? lmao do you think we get to where we are now without years of educated professionals defending their illegal conduct? The kids getting separated from families and thrown into cages is not new, it happened while you worked there. Why should dems trust you?

My labs have flirted with ML/AI collab projects, I swear every project pushes me closer to becoming a hardened logistic regression luddite. It’s doesn’t feel ready for the big time, but our stakeholders are obsessed with the shiny new thing

I wonder how many of the young writers are straight up figuring out how to bait the WSJ, etc too. If I was a public school tryhard with good writing skills rn, I would be emailing these editors my slop for their weekly “men are lonely” guest article. Straight farming college app prestige points lmao