spleenly
@spleenly.bsky.social
Woke worker, adrift academic, data digger, conflagrant coder, lightly dark, deeply shallow. Every tech job, all at once. he/him #ATX
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spleenly
@spleenly.bsky.social
· Sep 21
Consider that we don't even have a shared cultural understanding of what can be flushed.
Surely I have the normal amount of panic attack going anywhere but the gym or grocery store.
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Surely I have the normal amount of panic attack going anywhere but the gym or grocery store.
A fascinatingly bleak observation on the state of higher education, but also sounds exactly like my first three attempts at undergrad 30+ years ago.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A fascinatingly bleak observation on the state of higher education, but also sounds exactly like my first three attempts at undergrad 30+ years ago.
They're building new gyms again? This really is a bubble.
November 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
They're building new gyms again? This really is a bubble.
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toilet with too much water pressure is the poor man’s bidet
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
toilet with too much water pressure is the poor man’s bidet
I cast that video to some "Living Room TV," just not mine, so heads-up I guess.
November 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I cast that video to some "Living Room TV," just not mine, so heads-up I guess.
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Fine, I’ll go to Throuples Therapy with you and your wife.
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Fine, I’ll go to Throuples Therapy with you and your wife.
Muted words are not working again?
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Muted words are not working again?
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belgium is like if they made an entire country out of liminal spaces
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
belgium is like if they made an entire country out of liminal spaces
Don't forget to spring your metabolism ahead to "three of the day's meals are now dessert."
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Don't forget to spring your metabolism ahead to "three of the day's meals are now dessert."
No Thanksgiving would be complete without a trigenerational discussion of the Steam Machine.
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No Thanksgiving would be complete without a trigenerational discussion of the Steam Machine.
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in the past all mammals used to hibernate, until they committed a terrible sin and the gods cursed them to suffer through the winters. only the bears remained faithful
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
in the past all mammals used to hibernate, until they committed a terrible sin and the gods cursed them to suffer through the winters. only the bears remained faithful
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Eavesdropping by proxy. Love this.
Guys. GUYS.
I'm at a nice Alabama. Party of 12 just sat directly behind me.
They're choosing seats and a guy goes "How about old people at that end and young people at this end?"
A woman goes "OR we could just say we're sitting where we'll enjoy the conversation"
I am SO LOCKED IN🧐
#FallBrawl
I'm at a nice Alabama. Party of 12 just sat directly behind me.
They're choosing seats and a guy goes "How about old people at that end and young people at this end?"
A woman goes "OR we could just say we're sitting where we'll enjoy the conversation"
I am SO LOCKED IN🧐
#FallBrawl
November 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Eavesdropping by proxy. Love this.
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Guys. GUYS.
I'm at a nice Alabama. Party of 12 just sat directly behind me.
They're choosing seats and a guy goes "How about old people at that end and young people at this end?"
A woman goes "OR we could just say we're sitting where we'll enjoy the conversation"
I am SO LOCKED IN🧐
#FallBrawl
I'm at a nice Alabama. Party of 12 just sat directly behind me.
They're choosing seats and a guy goes "How about old people at that end and young people at this end?"
A woman goes "OR we could just say we're sitting where we'll enjoy the conversation"
I am SO LOCKED IN🧐
#FallBrawl
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Guys. GUYS.
I'm at a nice Alabama. Party of 12 just sat directly behind me.
They're choosing seats and a guy goes "How about old people at that end and young people at this end?"
A woman goes "OR we could just say we're sitting where we'll enjoy the conversation"
I am SO LOCKED IN🧐
#FallBrawl
I'm at a nice Alabama. Party of 12 just sat directly behind me.
They're choosing seats and a guy goes "How about old people at that end and young people at this end?"
A woman goes "OR we could just say we're sitting where we'll enjoy the conversation"
I am SO LOCKED IN🧐
#FallBrawl
And now to subsist on various taupe chunks and goos for a week.
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
And now to subsist on various taupe chunks and goos for a week.
Don't speak to me until I've finished my bathtub of Chex mix.
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Don't speak to me until I've finished my bathtub of Chex mix.
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If you’re over 27 and don’t have a pho guy I’m sorry but you aren’t gonna make it
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If you’re over 27 and don’t have a pho guy I’m sorry but you aren’t gonna make it
You know about placebo and nocebo, but there's a secret third arecibo effect (you're looking for aliens but find Matthew McConaughey).
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
You know about placebo and nocebo, but there's a secret third arecibo effect (you're looking for aliens but find Matthew McConaughey).
I didn't even host the holiday and still every room in my house is trashed.
November 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I didn't even host the holiday and still every room in my house is trashed.
They just played T'Pau Heart and Soul on the radio, which is equivalent to hearing a song from 1949 when it came out.
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
They just played T'Pau Heart and Soul on the radio, which is equivalent to hearing a song from 1949 when it came out.
Dreamed I suddenly had renewed enthusiasm and beginner's mindset, and like, that's cool, brain, but maybe try that during the work day?
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Dreamed I suddenly had renewed enthusiasm and beginner's mindset, and like, that's cool, brain, but maybe try that during the work day?
Tried to seize the day but it had gone mushy.
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Tried to seize the day but it had gone mushy.
Ain't nothing easy about this listening on a gray November morning.
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Ain't nothing easy about this listening on a gray November morning.
It's that special time of year when our thoughts turn to not only is the world trying to kill you it is actively killing you every moment and will ultimately succeed.
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It's that special time of year when our thoughts turn to not only is the world trying to kill you it is actively killing you every moment and will ultimately succeed.
Time to start leaving out milk and cookies for the porch thieves.
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Time to start leaving out milk and cookies for the porch thieves.
Holiday spirit finally kicking in (derogatory)
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Holiday spirit finally kicking in (derogatory)