Sorry not sorry I'm posting so much about academic stuff tonight I'm just really excited that my Epi textbook for this semester keeps being like "remember, kids, injuries and occupational health are part of epidemiology!" And then doing things like using studies of safety equipment as examples.

Man all the posting about this makes me so thankful for my amazing data team at work. They love collaborating with the more humanities-centered folks! By putting what we know together we can do so much more than we can do apart!!

Not an "academic" but definitely an expert in one very niche area of legal and health history. The number of time that someone has asked me "Why..." and then asked a question about a modern issue without expecting me to answer? But I'm able to answer it because of that niche? Pretty often, actually

"He was mauled after trying to take a selfie with a wild animal," is just something you will never hear about me.

I will also be at Running GAGG January 30 to February 1st! This is the platonic ideal of gaming conventions. I've never been to a more smoothly-run con or felt better supported in running games by organizers anywhere else.

People with no snow outside, what's that like.

is the cure for male loneliness showing up early and setting up chairs?

One small joy: now that I've started making cinnamon rolls regularly, I can make Cinnamon Roll Salad, which came to me in a dream many years ago. It's a cinnamon roll, with an "X" cut into the top to make quarters, stuffed with fresh berries, and then the icing drizzled on top. I'm gonna do it.

So far no playing, just four rounds of insisting that YES I WANT OUTSIDE!!! YAY OUTSIDE!!... NOOOOOO TOO COLD!!!!!!

When Mr. Rogers said “look for the helpers” he meant also in ourselves

I just thought everyone should see this

My children already quote "So take a nap. ZEN FIRE ZE MISSILES!" at each other sooooo....

We need to remind ourselves of this sometimes. I don't do litigation. I work in policy. If I had to guess, I propose about 10-12 things for every 1 that goes through. But that 1 thing still makes the world better, and the others are drafted (or at least outlined) for when the time is right.

I'm set up for #arisia in Boston! If you're here, I hope you'll come say hi!! If you're not here... why not (wrong answers only)?

pitching this to reality television producers. we'll get law school professors sloshed in The Bachelor mansion and have one voted off each episode. Final one gets the next Supreme Court vacancy.

we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff

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So I replied to this thread concurring but I also want to add: this doesn't just go for game forums, stores, and conventions. This can go for your friends group. I like hosting things. I learned over the years to be selective about who I invite. This helps not only my own happiness but also-

Comrade I'm a nearly 50 year old SFF fan, I don't think you can expect me to pick just one thing

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you: Hi, I'm a suplex! 🤼‍♀️

I am not unreal for being part of two tiny minorities (trans people and Jews) any more than I am unreal for living in a rural area. The issue is that there is no "Real America", there is no singular authentic America, there are many, many Americas and we must care for all of them.

What was the last movie or TV show you watched in 2025?

But oh, what a Wednesday! New Year's Eve! The best Wednesday of the year. Hours full of possibilities! A time to reflect and think about FIREWORKS AND HOW, IF YOU'RE USING THEM, YOU'RE DOING IT SAFELY

Just a couple days left on this one!!

"Weiner subjected patients who didn’t have cancer to chemotherapy and other dangerous treatments, neglected to properly treat patients who were seriously ill, overprescribed addictive narcotics and was suspected by colleagues to have hastened the deaths of more than a half dozen people." BWUH

I've had to cancel so many plans the past few days because of the weather and I am not a fan. It's supposed to be cold enough that we can handle the ice, not just the right temp for it to melt a tiny bit and re-freeze super slippery!!!

They say imitation crab is the sincerest form of crab

Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question: Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends. Make. Friends.

Dreamt I was still in law school and Oh No final paper was due LAST Friday not this coming Friday. But the dream-class was interesting. Law In Video Games. We had to analyze how law was used in different video games and what legal theories were involved, what it said about general understanding...

No matter your faith, remember the true message of Joy to the World is that Jeremiah was a bullfrog.

James really wanted to help with the deviled eggs tonight.

I love that scifi trope where you find out that some random organization or institution is still around in the future, but radically altered. Like the Girl Scouts have become their own nation state controlling what was once the Pacific Northwest, and their arsenal of girl ICBMs makes them powerful

The downside: insomnia. The upside: apparently several family members also have insomnia tonight and so are sharing ino about our Canadian heritage that will help be track down documentation to possibly establish citizenship.

“I trust my immune system. I don’t need a vaccine.” Ok, I trust mine to protect me too. Which is why I trained it extensively on what the virus looks like so it can handle it. Boxers don’t enter the ring without a plan. It’s the punch you don’t see coming that knocks you out.

Hey. Make that story weirder.

TOMORROW IS THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND Y'ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. It is time for the women (defined broadly) to hunt the Year King through the woods and tear him apart with their bare hands!

They should have a spa where you can just crawl inside a warm baked potato and sleep

Latkes, karaage, cream cheese wontons, veggie tempura, challah... plus like 20 people to share it with. I am so so so full in my belly and my soul 💜

"you're a man" ad hominem "you were born a boy" sunk cost fallacy "you're amab" false dichotomy "you have xy chromosomes" false equivalence "trans people are mentally ill" non sequitur "changing your sex isn't possible" skill issue

I’m thrilled to announce that the Injury Studies Network website is now online! We are an international community of researchers, practitioners, artists, and advocates committed to the interdisciplinary study of injuries. Visit the site to learn more and connect! #Histsci #Histmed #injurystudies

I took my daughter to the library and this is how she went in:

Kindness and empathy aren’t weaknesses, they are strengths. 300,000 years of human evolution hinge on our caring about and protecting one another. Hold onto it. Never let them make you forget it.

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Ignore his worried-looking eyebrows in that second picture he just has one of those faces. The smallest human is draped over him and he is in heaven.

I was going to make chicken-and-broccoli with some sides but then I realized I didn't have a serving bowl that was both (a) large enough and (b) would keep the chicken-and-broccoli warm so they were separate. Still delicious.

I replied but um gonna reblog this to save for later for Reasons (muffin-related reasons).

Just so everyone knows, yes, the group chats of Insurance Law Nerds are absolutely going off the chain today. Reinsurance is important, y'all. Deregulating reinsurance is So Bad. I honestly don't even know if I am capable of explaining because it's NOT my primary subject area but. BAD.