My own experience last two years, and that of my coworkers, has been nothing short of deeply traumatic. And again - I'm someone who survived 2008. This is the worst job market I've ever seen, and that anxiety and uncertainty has bled into workplaces; morale across the board is lowest I've ever seen

The 2008 Depression taught me that as soon as people start asking "Are we in a recession?" the answer is that we've actually been in a recession for some time, it's just that no one wants to acknowledge it. The mass layoffs the last 2 years have already resulted in more job losses than 2008.

always share backup reminders~

Interviewers: Will you ever need visa sponsorship to work in the US? Me: *checks news headlines* ....Probably....not?

I'm paraphrasing a paraphrase, but "we protested all day and danced all night. The protests were for our lives, but the dancing kept us alive"

Hey gang what does it mean when a job interviewer says your answers are “straightforward”

I once blocked a dude for going on about how he was gonna, "write the best book & get it adapted to TV," as if I wasn't trying hard enough or that I wasn't noticed bc of quality. When I asked him if he'd ever written anything before, the answer was no. Can "take on Serena Williams"-ass dork.

***why isn’t this the logical conclusion of everyone once they’ve been told to put glue on pizza just one time?????*** “we might need to think twice” 🙃

Well now I’m nervous and can’t sleep. It’s not until late afternoon but come on.

I have! A job interview! Tomorrow!

"i don't want to read a book about someone else's oc" hey quick question what do you think books are about

Why are people being such jerks to me online today Jesus

Praise @lastweektonight.com with John Oliver for putting this huge amount of proof together about why are we all SO ANGRY with the techbros! youtu.be/Ykvf3MunGf8?...

Me: I've had a long day. I deserve to go to bed early (I have not had a long day. I'm just sad and stressed)

this is because all their actual friends are posh pipe smoking professors in tweed and the last time they actually spoke to a working stiff with a degree was never so they cosplay what they think the inferiors want

I used to be good at Computer. Now Computer thinks it is good at me. But it actually isn’t??????

I guess it is similar to how they took the reputable anti-virus software and turned it into spammy “we found 13758584636 threats on your computer, upgrade your already paid subscription to extra super premium to resolve them” type software that itself looks like virus popups when it spams me???

In 2009 I spilled half a tray of the sauce from basil chicken onto my 7 year old laptop keyboard. It shorted out the keyboard but didn't kill my laptop because the keyboard was a discrete module. I ended up paying like 100 bucks to have the keyboard replaced.

In fact when your phone glitched and you couldn't get it to stop the trick was "remove the battery" Laptop batteries used to be removable too so you could have a backup battery!

Like there was a period when tech was really hard and cumbersome and you had to be a super nerd to use it and then there was a period where tech just worked. Like the earlier hardship period was growing pains but then they figured out how to make it WORK I'd say circa 2005-2015.

One of the problems with technology today is if you're a millenial/xennial you remember when tech worked.

"I got into a twenty minute argument with ChatGPT about something it was factually incorrect about--" Okay. But why. What is the point of that. What were you hoping to accomplish with that? Even if it eventually says words that agree with you, it will not store that correction anywhere.

:3 www.tumblr.com/seeingteacup...

It's never a bad time to tell people that you liked a thing they made. No matter how many times you've already told them. Or how old the thing is. Or what the thing is.

Celebrate Indie Bookstore Day by going to your local indies or getting free shipping on all orders at @bookshop.org !! Including MISTRESS OF BONES! (bookshop.org/p/books/mist... )

The human brain is incredibly resource intensive to both grow and maintain, and even more so to actually use. Eat a donut and stop using ChatGPT.

The other thing the article does not mention is that most state and non profit workers no longer have pensions w defined benefits. I won’t be able to retire simple bc I can’t afford to - our pay is v low and the 401k will never pay enough

Since I was hired we have lost 8 TT English faculty, not one of whom has been replaced by a TT faculty member. So yes a v ignorant person could walk thru my dept & say, “hmm a bunch of old farts hanging onto their jobs!” rather than, “the state & admin are killing the English dept thru attrition.”

There are many ways to read Moyn’s stats: that old ppl are hang onto jobs is simply v bad empiricism. Why are faculty in HUM at my campus old? Bc we stopped hiring new faculty about 15 years ago, before which preceded a long era of very slow hiring. I was the last TT prof hired by my dept, in 2010

The problem is not that older faculty are sticking around - it’s that they are not being replaced. The argument of this piece is quite pernicious as it substitutes a class war btw workers and a neoliberal administration w an age war btw different ranks of workers

"The Human Made Mark is set to appear as an ident before a verified film and as a certified Trust Mark in the end credits, indicating that a project has not been made with the help of AI. The idea behind the initiative is to give audiences the opportunity to make a decision in their viewing habits."

Apparently crypto-bros have already taken NASA's little Rise plushie and turned him into a crypto coin. Why must they try to ruin everything. I will not let them ruin the adorable moon wearing a hat.

I do not want to be on guard when I read manuscripts. I do not want to be on guard when I read slush. I do not want to be on guard when I listen to music, when I look at visual art, when I WATCH A FUCKING COMMERCIAL. I hate Altman so much I burn with it. He and his kind have stolen the WONDER.

All of the problems that being trans have caused me would be easily solved by transphobic people finding something else to do with their time.

“We can do more with less.” Why do people keep voting for these shitheads under the guise they understand how money works. How do they keep pulling off that appearance.

My policy will always be “give NASA money. No, more. No, more than that, too.”

A number of space science organizations offered support for Isaacman's nomination because he is a proponent of space exploration and claimed he would support science. But now that science is on the chopping block -- and human spaceflight isn't -- he is volunteering to give NASA the DOGE treatment.

Someone is blasting music outside my apartment so loudly I can actually hear “BEVERLY HILLS THAT’S WHERE I WANT TO BE” over the beat. There’s certainly worse music taste but ???? Okay

Never buy a blind if you’re not going to be satisfied with any option even if you have preferences. The other way lies madness and poverty and a gambling addiction.

Naming the one occupant of the "Hail Mary" on a mission to save all of humanity from afar in the distance without personal interaction, like a divine gift from the stars "Grace" of all things is extremely unsubtle. Thanks, I love it.

I quit my antidepressants this week and my psych is naturally Concern about this although I'm still on my mood stabilizer. But for whatever reason, I can feel myself edging toward hypomania instead. Possibly the insomnia from the withdrawal. But I have been BUBBLY.

Woke up from multiple nightmares about nuclear war. What a wonderful political situation we’re having

Fireflies are the charismatic megafauna of insects. Nobody doesn't like fireflies. They're harmless and pretty and evoke intense whimsy and nostalgia. Bees are great, but people are allergic and they can be dangerous and inconvenient to have in certain places. Fireflies are just Little Guys.

A housekeeper. I respect people who are good at cleaning also much. Let me pay you to do mine for me.

Truly remarkable how many people have told the Pope, in some way or another, to "shut up and dribble." Or corrected him on the Bible, despite their thin education on theology. Or told him to stay out of US affairs, despite him being a US citizen. The hubris is amazing.

NASA would kindly like to request to stop being fucking emailed and tagged about the goddamn plushie

One day, we'll finally have enough of both for people to stop deciding a character is aro simply because romance is entirely irrelevant to their story.

it takes a high degree of emotional literacy to go "wow, I had a very intense reaction to something I'm now learning isn't based in fact, I need to interrogate that so I can flag it if it comes up again", and in our 24/7 disinformation economy many people simply choose never to accept correction

it's hard to get retractions to stick because you can't un-have an emotion. a lot of people developed angry feelings for Chappell Roan over this, and now that they know she didn't actually do it they're even MORE angry at her because they resent being told they repeated wrong information

Went outside yesterday, saw the moon in the sky, waved at it. So that’s how things are going now.