of course the applied conference next door gets free breakfast… we don’t even get coffee lmao

tfw you hear ppl talk about their struggle on the academic job market and ur like hell yeah so relatable but then they start going “I always thought I was going to be a professor… just like my father…”

there seems to be no place in this world for people who are bad at writing (me)

what kind of fucking question to be asking at a phd level industry job panel

they really need to invent the titty transference surgery, all these people with titties that don’t want them and all these people without titties that really want them, it’s sad that they can’t just be donated

did my poster session it was pretty unremarkable but nobody was mean to me about my stupid full of mistakes results and I did get one person telling me about their school hiring NEXT YEAR so that was cool. better than nothin

I read and watched all of To Love-Ru, and it compelled me to make a 2.5 hour long video about everything from how hot women are, to the joys and pains involved in learning what it means to be a human after a lifetime of isolation and trauma enjoy youtu.be/MoNSix1v2Ek

academics sure love their Star Wars references

this new meta analysis found that authors with financial incentives / conflicts of interest (e.g. selling books, curriculum interventions/supplements) were 2x more likely to publish significant and positive results for growth mindset interventions

hell yeah more debunking of the growth mindset

why does looking for postdocs (jobs) in 2025 still feel like either “you happen to know someone who knows someone” or “just email everyone whose papers you’ve ever read”

im starting to think that I was just never properly socialized

my favorite hobby is screaming and dying and shitting

listening to research about the psychology of playing counter strike

here at marriott we are very committed to diversity and inclusion

I hate smart tvs

toxic yuri pride flag

(Probably) last time flying to my first conference

The original international man

If you won’t take me with you, I’ll go before night is through

not gonna quote dunk but “madoka is a just a typical magical girl anime if u think it’s dark or atypical ur a stupid hamburder eating amerian hurr hurr” is about the stupidest take of all time I don’t even know where to start

people who don’t pick up their laundry from the communal laundry room I hope all your clothes have mold on them for the rest of your life

say what you will about government jobs but at least they dont require cover letters

draw me like one of your conclusions

"what's your real name what's your real face how dare you have an opinion and talk to people when you dont even show your real name and your real face waaaaaaahhh" kys

Take Down Gmail you cowards

Larry Summers has died.

跑到天涯海角都逃不开这种自我中心的神经病 有没有可能架空奇幻世界不需要遵守你国狗屁政治的规矩

tonight I will work on that stupid fucking manuscript that I hate

math textbook covers for some reason:

In policy terms it’s an interestingly evil trajectory going from “we will stamp out antisemitism” to “we will confiscate jewellery off refugees”

california passed a law that requires "independent" state or private third party coroner exam for in-custody deaths?? idk how practically useful it'll be but probably a good thing to have

I no longer aspire to a "fun" or "challenging" or "cool" job I just want to be good at something -me, desperately avoiding the things I should be doing in order to be good them, right fucking now

Lesson 2: How to talk about illness in Japan. Any questions no ok good.

THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent cattle I have met on walks. You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.

open the device. witness suffering and chaos and obliteration. fart and shit and say "oh fuck" and fart more. close the device.

yooooo

spent like two days researching why my very popular fountain pen won't fit its officially recommended converter turns out I was installing it on the wrong end

the store brand pumpkin pecan creamer is pretty good

hey guys! did you know i have some very amazing coloring ebooks available? and the best part: for only $1.99! poorlycatdraw.gumroad.com

probably still happening in econ

something thats been creeping in the back of my mind over the last couple years but feels weird to say is how all of academia kind of evolves out of the "western" (for lack of a better word) system in seemingly the most mundane ways. like how in-text citations are presented as "Lastname et al"

society if bingus

Amazing that a dog stepping on a gun is "Dog Shoots Man" but when a cop points a gun and pulls the trigger it's "Officer-involved Shooting"

im actually mentally dying from making this poster

ur telling me that trump really thinks that "JP morgan" and "chase" are both real people who lived / are living as his contemporaries

What a terrible day to know how to read