It simply cannot pencil - particularly in difficult regulatory regimes (IIRC ~40% of a building cost is in permitting out here).

Fixed costs overwhelm good intentions.

Every program expands until it needs vim keybindings

... damn it.

Happy little targets...

Etsy if you don't have connections to the cosplay or LARP community.

Locally, https://chicken-vicious.myshopify.com/ does great work.

"Precision - it's in the name!"

Gotta make sure you pick the right orange can for the purpose.

I know 2/4 exist.

Now they have to scale. :D

What geo are you in?

Just a host, riding in the same suit.

I don't think it matters what he does.

I don't see how we slow down.

Many creators of popular works have garbage viewpoints.

This is one of them.

Go for it then - reach out to the professors that run the labs/programs you're interested in. They have far more power over your experience than anything else. It is really hard to switch midPhD, so it needs to be a mutual match.

Also, talk to people who are in the lab already - they know what's up

... what?

Given that there's no cost to joining, a direct vouch/ring of trust mechanism may work better. Post your bsky in your feed, two people here already need to vouch you, if someone is a bad actor, everyone is banned.

Combine that with posting in both places simultaneously ala early Instagram.

Nice day for the yard too.

For mise en place? Or...?

Even more mileage out of the Doom pic - it is way spicier here than Twitter.