"Yeah, well, I'm staying on Twitter because we can't abandon that place, Elon's algorithm can't affect me, I'm one of the special ones, my brain won't be cooked."

*me reading about the UVA Gmail alumni thing* Man, that sucks. But I'm a student and a faculty member both. Guess I lucked out. Well, no need to download all of my emails dating back to 2008. *me looking at my UVA Gmail this morning being inaccessible*

I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid, and, well... I went ahead anyway.

Ha cha cha! Explains plenty!

Someone guess the grade I just got on my midterm by what I turned on the TV to listen to

Welp, *pulls up pants*, we sure can use this here rain

Ohhh, we're putting pro-data center commercials on TV now, are we?

Well fuck you, too, Wolfram no wait baby please i love you

On the one hand, this doctorate is a huge, huge, undeniable struggle. But on the other hand, the research, math, & science classes have effectively taught me another language, one that lets me interpret my anecdote into data. And with the tools available to a major research institution... just, damn

At least I have a nice "day off" to do research papers on the back patio for

Sigh. I lecture my students all the time on the difference between arrogance and confidence, and yet, here I am, getting a B- on a test because I relied on my fifteen years of ER experience to *absolutely know* several of these answers when I needed to be an FNP student instead.

Did you know there's a Parking Zone 5515 in central Milwaukee? That's great, because it's also Central Grounds parking garage, so I now paid to park in Milwaukee AND I get to pay $55 in a fine, too! Hurray!

God DAMN

To everyone on here moralizing about Maine primary voters today: I get it. I've been in a dirtbag primary. I've met those voters. They live in my district too. In every district. I wrote about it. medium.com/@KellenSquir...

Granted I'm just an unfrozen caveman ER nurse, but when I cite something in what I write, I, like, you know... read it? Partly because I want it to be pertinent to what I'm citing, but also largely because I don't want to be fucking embarrassed publicly like this.

I don't want to out them unnecessarily, but someone in the Federal government updated, improved, and generally made working again a resource that I know the Project 2025 folks wanted to kill because of the subject matter, so, true and sincere kudos to you, brave and anonymous soul!

I wasn't expecting to get hate mail from a Canadian MAGAt today, but every day's a new surprise, apparently

They don't have to rub shoulders with you in the ER when you get sick or injured, so why would they care?

Github has the worst captcha in history, thank you

Did... Did she write this herself?

I've spent the last two hours debating between: and maybe even... terror and, maybe, even... terror and maybe... even terror and... maybe even terror and—maybe—even terror And now it just doesn't seem like real words anymore

Stormy weather fishing up nort

This would literally preclude me from asking researchers in other countries, "hey, how're you fixing ER workflow issues?" Because they don't *want* us to fix them. They'll never have to step foot in an ER. They want us all to break and suffer.

I don't get why people want to have AI do papers for them. It's arduous sometimes, sure, but it's fun to write a paper and discover things, even when they weren't what you expected, and do all the legwork and run down sources and stuff. Or maybe I'm just really weird!

This week in @cvilleweekly.bsky.social -- actually, on c-ville.com (it's not in the print edition) -- my five-part series on Congressman John McGuire and the ramifications of his 2025 vote to slash spending on our social safety nets continues.

Super cool: being flown to Australia for research. Less cool: It's the fourth longest flight in the world; 17 hours and 40 minutes in Economy. Might it bias my results by my being so desperately happy to just be back on solid ground again? Possibly.

"Did you consider you're making it all up?" "Stop being hysterical." "Was your husband consulted?" "Just don't worry your pretty little head about it." Uhh... these new HHS guidelines for women's health are a little concerning.

The book I published in December versus real life today:

Woodford, lime, ginger ale.

"Actually, I'm fully instrument rated for Microsoft Flight Simulator."

noooooooooooooooooo i have to recheck my math why did I ever want to become a scientist and researcher why can't I simply cite "just trust me bro" and it be good enough

I was a beta tester for Gmail, so my Gmail account is old enough to drink. But if this shit keeps going, I'm gonna bid it a fond adieu.

SCENE, CAPITAL SQUARE, RICHMOND. INT: The Executive Mansion. CUT TO:

I, terrified via imposter syndrome, emailed several of the authors of a piece I was reading to cite (because they were "real researchers" and I wasn't) to make sure I understood it completely for the citation I was using it for. Come the hell on.

Such an awesome feeling.

My mother got into a fender-bender awhile back but, embarrassed, only called me last night to ask if I'd go to traffic court with her. I, of course, said yes, but then Googled "show up to court for lane change violation". I say "Googled" but apparently that's not a thing now.

first spss and stata, now wolfram alpha at four in the morning, i hate it

If the world ended before I had to do more doctor level math, I'd honestly not even be that upset

"If broken systems don't change, all the self-care/resiliency in the world will not fix the broke."

Quick, someone tell the DPVA that the Virginia Supreme Court are actually secret leftists/progressives! hooo boy, they'll act fast then

I remember upgrading to 14.4k baud on the Pentium 90 and the graphics on Seth Able's LORD loaded sooooo fast

I thought the people I've seen who order random "research only" peptides from China in order to "hack their body" were bad enough ("yeah, I've been incontinent and shitting purple for three weeks but trust me bro"), but turns out you can even surprise a grizzled ER nurse. Bravo.

As an ER Nurse, watching everyone staring at the freight train of consequences barreling towards you while the folks in charge shrug helplessly since they won't be the ones affected:

I blew 200 hours of vacation I'd largely accrued working overtime during COVID to run for office because I had no other choice if I wanted to be able to afford to pay my bills and attempt to be a public servant.

Hahahahaha, I got all my grading in already

I'm ready.

When the New Nuremburg happens, this needs to be right at the top. And while I'm ideologically opposed to capital punishment... I think an argument could be made here. medium.com/@KellenSquir...

One of the many bonuses to a new, competent state governmental administration: I was just awarded a VDH scholarship I applied to in late 2024. Thank you to @abigailspanberger.com and the folks in Richmond who're finally being allowed to do good work for everyday Virginians!