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You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.

Songs don’t save the world. They save people. …And people do the rest.

The War on Christmas™️ has been a complete failure this year.

This #Michigander Christmas song is a total bummer. I love it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKr-...

do you ever feel very intelligent when you catch song samples on the fly

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy

Quick question: is higher education a) a Rube Goldberg machine for sorting humans into a class structure b) an upskilling program for future job havers c) a way to armor a person’s mind & soul for an unpredictable/volatile world d) a adult daycare that funds research e) something else?

At this point the only way to get my inbox down to zero would be to switch jobs.

We are waaaaaaaay overdue for a very frank conversation about what exactly we are supposed to be getting out of listening to Radiohead

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

This is such a massive bummer

He became a nameless terror to the ship.

is there a *mr* information?

My body is a machine that turns “you saying a sentence with the slightest passing resemblance of a song lyric” into “me interrupting the conversation to sing that line of the song”

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Also. Here’s a pink snail that dances around your face that you didn’t ask for. We didn’t give you agency over your profile decoration because we think people really don’t like to make choices about how they present them selves to strangers and friends. Bang up job #discord lol

They don’t want you to know this, BUT if you don’t like a piece of candy in an assortment you don’t have to eat it. Lemon Starbursts? - throw em out. Yellow Sour Patch Kids? - in the bin. Even your Regular Kids - don’t like one? Drop him off at the bus stop.

Alright. I’m just gonna say it. There’s too many kinds of Doritos.

Ok, with this year being what it has, we all deserved and needed this today. Do yourself a favor and watch it. You deserve it.

Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.

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Instead of “two trains” math problems they should have kids solving Thanksgiving oven sharing math problems. Give them something they’ll use.

4 out 10 ten Americans don’t recognize when people in their own party are doing this

Leaving a burning paper bag full of good vibes on my neighbors porch.

He said "Amen" straight into the drop Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible

Feeling nostalgic for that brief moment in my life when I thought everyone around me might die from a once in a century plague, and I reacted by asking strangers to risk their lives to bring meatballs to my house in the middle of the night. I would also wipe my groceries with a bleach solution.

In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ... ... listen to Steve Wozniak.

#onthisday in 1820, the Essex whaling ship was sunk by a sperm whale 2,000 miles from land. The story inspired Melville; Nathaniel Philbrick's prize winning non-fiction account, In the Heart of the Sea, was adapted by Ron Howard 10 years ago. Below, a news account. #booksky #writers #moviesky

My buddy forgot his backpack and we had to double back a few miles. I wish I was the Dad who just said: “Mistakes happen. Try not to make it a habit, bud.” Instead I am the Dad who says “[5 min of uncomfortable silence]…Mistakes happen. Try not to make it a habit, bud.”

I can’t believe how stupid everything is

I always like it when PBS says that viewers like me.

Great resources in this list! And I'd like to add that Data Management in Large-Scale Education Research (an open access book that also addresses data management specifically for researchers) is another good one to check out! 😊 datamgmtinedresearch.com

don’t base your whole identity on a jamband that peaked in the 90s.

“The menu is not the meal”

I was impressed w/the thoughtful design of this meta-analysis of teacher professional development intervention effects on student achievement. Overall effect was pretty small (Hedges g = .09); the moderators suggest the effect was present only in optimal conditions. #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora

Sometimes my #data work is very complex. Today, however, was an easy one. All I needed was: 1. My BI tool of choice #Tableau 2. A list of comma separated values 3. A few vlookups 4. And the restraint to not throw myself off a bridge

“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft." -- Anne Lamott #AcWri #GetYourManuscriptOut #AmWriting #WritingSky #AcademicSky

It bothers me to no end that I can’t use DB as shorthand for dashboard because then the data engineers will be all “DB is shorthand for Database”and they’re right.

#academicsky Have you seen any good comparisons in the lit of formal/traditional education vs. education/learning that happens in other non-traditional spaces?

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Comfortably Numb is my favorite “no fuckin duh” class rock song. Which is your favorite?

Most US schools are banning phones. Early data shows it's working: • Test scores and attendance improved. • Class distractions dropped. • Cyberbullying fell. But suspensions spiked mostly for Black students. Want better focus? Lock up the phones. But track the impact. #EduSky

Happy Halloween #statsky (and #rstats)

This furloughed IRS lawyer is living out his dream of being a hot dog vendor www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...