Upbeat Former Prof
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And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.
-- Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
Skeets are my own+do not reflect views of employers past or present.
-- Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
Skeets are my own+do not reflect views of employers past or present.
raise your hand if you've never been so grateful for a paywall
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
raise your hand if you've never been so grateful for a paywall
has any show ever had such reliably touching season finales as GBBO 💕🥲
November 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
has any show ever had such reliably touching season finales as GBBO 💕🥲
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Two kinds of people
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Two kinds of people
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Man, CLASSIC X-MEN had such GREAT covers. The title that fist exposed me to the core Claremont run. Mignola, Adams, Lightle, Hughes, JRJR - almost all winners.
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Man, CLASSIC X-MEN had such GREAT covers. The title that fist exposed me to the core Claremont run. Mignola, Adams, Lightle, Hughes, JRJR - almost all winners.
thesis advisor: mental health is just that, health. you carry an inhaler for your asthma. it's not shameful or weak to get medical care for biochemical dysfunction that prevents you from living your best life. doesn't matter if the dysfunction is in your lungs or in your brain.
What’s the most significant advice you received from a teacher?
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
thesis advisor: mental health is just that, health. you carry an inhaler for your asthma. it's not shameful or weak to get medical care for biochemical dysfunction that prevents you from living your best life. doesn't matter if the dysfunction is in your lungs or in your brain.
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In answer to the question of how you should write a philosophy essay one of my teachers - Malcom Budd - said ‘Answer the question clearly and simply.’ Superb answer and an example of itself. I’ve tried to follow in all I do.
What’s the most significant advice you received from a teacher?
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
In answer to the question of how you should write a philosophy essay one of my teachers - Malcom Budd - said ‘Answer the question clearly and simply.’ Superb answer and an example of itself. I’ve tried to follow in all I do.
in the early 1920s, Chicago newspapers printed numerous stories about men who had allegedly had their testicles stolen
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
in the early 1920s, Chicago newspapers printed numerous stories about men who had allegedly had their testicles stolen
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52 cards in a deck
Shuffled that's 52! possible permutations
An unvigintillion: 1 followed by 66 zeroes
If you multiplied the number of stars in the observable universe by how many people have EVER lived by grains of sand on earth you wouldn't even be close
Functional infinity fits in your hand
Shuffled that's 52! possible permutations
An unvigintillion: 1 followed by 66 zeroes
If you multiplied the number of stars in the observable universe by how many people have EVER lived by grains of sand on earth you wouldn't even be close
Functional infinity fits in your hand
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
52 cards in a deck
Shuffled that's 52! possible permutations
An unvigintillion: 1 followed by 66 zeroes
If you multiplied the number of stars in the observable universe by how many people have EVER lived by grains of sand on earth you wouldn't even be close
Functional infinity fits in your hand
Shuffled that's 52! possible permutations
An unvigintillion: 1 followed by 66 zeroes
If you multiplied the number of stars in the observable universe by how many people have EVER lived by grains of sand on earth you wouldn't even be close
Functional infinity fits in your hand
(CTA passengers bewildered that a train would stop just because everyone could see a cock)
A train crew found a loose chicken on an N train this morning—and couldn’t get it to leave.
Loose chicken fouls N train as subway stowaway slows morning commute
A loose chicken gave new meaning to “free range,” scoring a gratis subway ride to Coney Island on the N train Thursday morning after it was discovered fouling a subway car in storage.
www.nydailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 AM
(CTA passengers bewildered that a train would stop just because everyone could see a cock)
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Two posts diverged on a cursèd screen,
And sorry I could not quote dunk both
And be one poasterman, still I glean
The worst ideas of the Holocene
Distracting me from my health and growth;
And sorry I could not quote dunk both
And be one poasterman, still I glean
The worst ideas of the Holocene
Distracting me from my health and growth;
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Two posts diverged on a cursèd screen,
And sorry I could not quote dunk both
And be one poasterman, still I glean
The worst ideas of the Holocene
Distracting me from my health and growth;
And sorry I could not quote dunk both
And be one poasterman, still I glean
The worst ideas of the Holocene
Distracting me from my health and growth;
nice to see poetry have a big day
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
nice to see poetry have a big day
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I would also add:
Being able to learn/do something despite your disinterest is a good skill to have. Its also a skill that you train, not a trait that you summon whenever convenient
Being able to learn/do something despite your disinterest is a good skill to have. Its also a skill that you train, not a trait that you summon whenever convenient
We can teach people things that they aren't ever going to have any use for later in life! That's an okay thing to do!
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I would also add:
Being able to learn/do something despite your disinterest is a good skill to have. Its also a skill that you train, not a trait that you summon whenever convenient
Being able to learn/do something despite your disinterest is a good skill to have. Its also a skill that you train, not a trait that you summon whenever convenient
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you’re talking to the right guy. frankenheimer was a beast! the manchurian candidate! seven days in may! the train! seconds! grand prix! ronin!
John Frankenheimer needs more love.
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
you’re talking to the right guy. frankenheimer was a beast! the manchurian candidate! seven days in may! the train! seconds! grand prix! ronin!
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
Project Hail Mary | Official Trailer 2
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
they don't make management books like this anymore
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
they don't make management books like this anymore
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if you are considering submitting an application for this position, you still have just under 2 weeks to do so
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
📣 I am hiring a postdoc! aial.ie/hiring/postd...
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
applications from suitable candidates that are passionate about investigating the use of genAI in public service operations with the aim of keeping governments transparent and accountable are welcome
pls share with your networks
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
if you are considering submitting an application for this position, you still have just under 2 weeks to do so
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
any and all suitable candidates, please apply. everyone else, pls share with your networks
Lemon, it's Wednesday
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Lemon, it's Wednesday
i can only speak for myself, but these days, Daniella Bjarnhof's sets are critical infrastructure
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
i can only speak for myself, but these days, Daniella Bjarnhof's sets are critical infrastructure
🎶(arpeggio)
(Pete Townshend windmill move on guitar)
TM - I
my poor mind's eye
that's too much journo butthole
(Keith Moon drum roll)
(Pete Townshend windmill move on guitar)
TM - I
my poor mind's eye
that's too much journo butthole
(Keith Moon drum roll)
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🎶(arpeggio)
(Pete Townshend windmill move on guitar)
TM - I
my poor mind's eye
that's too much journo butthole
(Keith Moon drum roll)
(Pete Townshend windmill move on guitar)
TM - I
my poor mind's eye
that's too much journo butthole
(Keith Moon drum roll)
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#1 lesson I give to protein designers for wet lab purposes : Please design with a Trp and/or multiple Tyr. Please do not design with 10 cysteines.
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#1 lesson I give to protein designers for wet lab purposes : Please design with a Trp and/or multiple Tyr. Please do not design with 10 cysteines.
hear me out: maybe let's pause the crossovers for a bit
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
hear me out: maybe let's pause the crossovers for a bit
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me: *ran out of paper towels a couple days ago and haven’t made it to the store yet*
the ziplock bag of takeout napkins in my junk drawer:
the ziplock bag of takeout napkins in my junk drawer:
a basketball player stands in front of a sign that says " detroit "
ALT: a basketball player stands in front of a sign that says " detroit "
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
me: *ran out of paper towels a couple days ago and haven’t made it to the store yet*
the ziplock bag of takeout napkins in my junk drawer:
the ziplock bag of takeout napkins in my junk drawer:
really wish Gilbert Gottfried were here to read us some of the excerpts
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
really wish Gilbert Gottfried were here to read us some of the excerpts