This just blew my mind. I can’t imagine trying to read this way. 🤯 And I had no idea that most (i.e., more than half) 12th graders in the USA can’t read proficiently. www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

Higher education is exactly the same.

Every sector of the 🇺🇸 economy & polity is exactly like this. Ronald Reagan & his lazy, selfish, juvenile talking point & his acolytes’ worn copies of Atlas Shrugged have done untold damage to our politics & society.

Lady next to me in the airport: I took a friend’s scrap jewelry to the “scrapper” and I got a few dollars… like $10,000

I think most people know what rotten eggs smell like, but far fewer people have actually smelled rotten eggs. Deep Thoughts, by Liz Gross

It's the last year of the Farmer's Almanac. End of an era.

So, are they saying without actually saying it that the Department of Homeland Security international student visa are fishy, and we aren’t being told the truth by the government? www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

If you're in open enrollment and your healthcare costs have stayed the same or only gone up a couple of percentage points, thank your benefits manager. I just did.

A happy story for your timeline… especially all the former musical theater kids. www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n...

It was always the plan www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...

Called 21 people to thank them for their donation today. Spoke to about 5. Hope the rest actually listen to their voicemails.

I think I just accidentally started a new genealogy hobby.

Wonder what that will do to UF’s national rankings that they’ve been so focused on.

What do you think is the lowest possible client to partner/supplier ratio a professional conference can sustain?

OpenAI laying the groundwork for an IPO "I think it's fair to say it is the most likely path for us, given the capital needs that we'll have," [CEO Sam Altman] said. A Russian nesting doll of shit. The capital needs to run a business to create capital needs to run www.reuters.com/business/ope...

My mom died just over 11 months ago. This week she (well, I) received yet another bill for her care. She was in a $14K/month nursing home, and received hospice care there through medicare.

I thought I had a brilliant idea to book a slightly non-conventional flight combo for husband and I with CC points. Many point transfers later, I realized I was seeing double inventory, so now he has a flight home and I do not. Gonna let it ride and see if I can make it work out.

“Us messes have all the best answers.” Greys, Season 14

An acquaintance of mine just posted that it's her last day working at Amazon Web Services (she did some education sector work for them). She worked there 4.5 years, and that's apparently longer than 71.4% of their employees globally. I had no idea corporate turnover could be that high.

How many limbs are left to amputate?

Perhaps twice electing a president whose catchphrase is “you’re fired” wasn’t the best move for the economy or working families. apnews.com/article/gove...

Watched the season premier. Now I’m back to the season finale of season 13. So confusing because both episodes are evacuating patients because of an explosion.

Bailey looks GOOD.

I just watched Season 13, Episode 23 of Grey’s anatomy. A room in the hospital exploded. Meredith was looking up. It was literally the same as the end of the last season. I wonder if they resided the explosion footage.

What AI bullshit are realtors doing with house interior photography lately? Everything looks just a little too crisp, and…. Fake.

I had the husband dig his out of commission Kindle out so I can now have 3 on airplane load to manage my Libby checkouts.

Came to The Life Of A Showgirl Listening Party early thinking we might get some interesting pre-content (tickets say it starts exactly on time). It’s about a 5-minute loop of the album photography with the playlist featuring Max Martin and Shellback songs from previous albums.

This morning, Aaron walked in and woke me up. "How is it?" he said. "I love about half of it, and the rest will grow on me." "Also, you should know she wrote a song about Travis's penis."

I've brushed my teeth, done my skin care. I have a cozy hot drink and a refreshing cold drink. My cat is ready to snuggle. My airpods are going in. It's time to listen.

This entire article is horrifying and also 100% true. It gets well beyond TikTok. The subheaders: Experts say U.S. economy being undermined by "shakedown schemes" Many media companies capitulate to Trump pressure www.npr.org/2025/09/26/g...

On tv the person sleeping on the couch always puts sheets on it. Not a pullout. Just a couch. Is that like… something people do?

Just found my first workable outbound itinerary for our summer trip to Europe next year. Can't bring myself to pull the trigger b/c it requires a same-day positioning flight from WI to NYC, and I feel like that's just asking for things to go wrong. (this is a fun hobby)

I love how in Grey’s anatomy they do everything in the same building. Meanwhile, I have like 5 UW Health buildings on rotation.

American has award flights to Europe next summer for 19,000 AAdvantage miles (in economy). This is over 20% lower than their normal starting price for those flights. I wonder if they're assuming a drop in demand next summer.

Trans Wisconsinites, we need you and we love you. You are being perpetually put in a position of having to defend your own existence. We will protect your right to the freedom to live as you want to live. We will keep fighting until we create the welcoming state and country you deserve. 🩵🩷🤍

Source: NBC News share.google/4FcxTYKLG41f... #HBCU

We have cancelled Disney+, Hulu, and Paramount+. We cancelled Prime this summer and stopped buying from Amazon.

I’ve just placed a delivery order for my first Crumbl cookie. I am having one cookie delivered to my hotel. This is absurd.

#7 on the Best Seller list!

I hate it here, so I will go to Lunar valleys in my mind When they found a better planet Only the gentle survived

What's happening with Jimmy Kimmel is about politics and power.

I am in a race against a book return time on Libby.

Unique skill I’ve cultivated over the last decade: waiting in a public space to meet someone you’ve never seen before, and not feeling nervous about it.

We landed early, and the middle seat occupant climbed over me so she could be the first to get her stuff and stand in the aisle. Ok.

I forgot that they didn’t even wait until a season finale to kill Derek.

I’ve gone to great lengths to avoid seeing this video, and am deeply disturbed that some of my employees viewed it as part of their jobs. It’s one thing for video of a traumatic event to exist. That’s history and documentation. It’s another for it to be thrust into auto play feeds without warning.

NEW RESEARCH: What can you learn from 10 years of online student conversations about the college search and admissions process? info.campussonar.com/2025-research

I’ve rewatched 10 seasons of Grey’s Anatomy in 3 months. The entire tenure of Sandra Oh on the show. I’m adding this to my list of accomplishments on LinkedIn.

Are there literally people who dream of working at McKinsey for their first job?

At least we have Bake Off.