A lot of fun novelty t shirts are made of cheapo rough cotton, but these are SOFT. Highly recommend.

There is something brutally psychically injurious to being constantly told "just do good work and you'll be successful" while watching people who do the most dogshit work possible do all the succeeding.

Striving for better is important, and it's also important to learn what is good enough.

Never forget that if not for 1 brave teenager, the MPD would have gotten away with their craven murder of George Floyd. “Medical incident” It would have barely made local news. Has anything changed?

I'm told that once you leave grad school, the nausea and headaches will stop. Looking forward to confirming

Do the Etsy witches offer "non-lethal Hantavirus"

Doing a PhD means spending 5 years earning ~minimum wage (if you only work 40 hrs/week, LOL) and then suddenly at the end, with no dramatic change in competence, having to massively readjust your concept of what your labor is worth

Wisdom from my amazing undergrad advisor: "Live your life with the confidence of a mediocre white man." #WomenInSTEM

"Crashing out" for a PhD student who does chemistry can be very good, very bad, or very very bad.

My hypothesis vs my newest data

Happy Mothers' Day to all the Eldest Daughters out there 🫡

The lord is TESTING me and I forgot to study

The chaotic urge to put on my defense committee the faculty who've been public about how much they dislike me because anything besides a straight pass would look like anti-union retaliation (My committee is actually lovely people. I didn't succumb to the chaos)

everyone chanting “egg egg egg” for this baby loon to hatch. wow it’s been a long winter and I just love south mpls so so much

I have one (1) experiment left to complete this paper. Guess what my catalyst has decided to do.

Attention to all forced-birthers protesting in front of Planned Parenthood: for today's performance of Into The Woods, the roles of Everyone will be Played by Me. There will be no intermission.

Dreamt that I was going through TSA and not only did they make me take my shoes off, I had to go wash my hands and then perform a karaoke song. Also at one point my friend was trying to "vape" a pear slice.

Professor A is presenting a seminar on automated lab workflows. Professor B: "How does this compare to a grad student?" Prof A: "Well, it can work continuously. And a robot can't report you to HR." dude what

We have been sold marketing of how this or that product will help us achieve a lifestyle. I yearn for advertisement that just says you should buy our stuff because it's good

God forbid a girl wants to eat dinner without men bothering her 🙄

There should be a statute of limitations on fresh complaints when editing something collaboratively. If X was fixed in round 2, you're barred from bringing new complaints about the fixed version in round 5.

Taco Tuesday (grateful)

Sophie keeps a 30 minute interview under 30 minutes challenge, difficulty level=impossible #CertifiedYapper

Hey Chris...what would you do if you were in the US senate?

"Be It Further Resolved that the City of Minneapolis opposes any and all attempts by employers, lobbyists, or legislators to weaken the labor rights of any workers, including Graduate Fellows and Trainees at the University of Minnesota." lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/Met...

I love my City Council member. (And also feeling kinda ✨️main character✨️ that our resolution was the warmup/start of the Hoopla)

the current scandal in Canadian politics is that two Air Canada pilots died in a crash, and the CEO of Air Canada didn't talk about it in both English and French. Isn't that so iconic. The prime minister of Canada talked about this

People seem very excited about the Yukon! One of Canada's beautiful territories, home to three national parks and the annual Sourdough Rendezvous!

I (as an individual) have lots of thoughts on Robyn Gulley's performance as a UMN regent and I will share them with anyone who asks re #SD65

How is it not your jurisdiction to advocate for the rights of people who live in Minneapolis? Extra disgusted with Rainville on this one, who represents student-heavy Marcy Holmes but didn't even care enough to speak in opposition

Unfortunately, Shaffer also seems to believe that UMN students are not part of Minneapolis and she doesn't want to comment on their issues either

Flew out of ATL this morning. No 🧊 spotted and quite honestly the TSA and Clear folks were the nicest people I encountered at that airport

People panicking on Instagram: "omg I just saw ICE at MSP" Reader, it was CBP. As in, Customs and Border Protection. As in, going through Customs. CBP has done unspeakable violence on our streets but one place they're always gonna be is at international airports.

Along these lines: if you live in Minneapolis, the Hennepin County Attorney we elect this fall is going to be the lawyer in charge of prosecuting ICE agents for the murders and atrocities they committed against us. That's why I'm supporting Cedrick Frazier.

"Leave a Future" is creepy and unsettling anywhere besides literature on writing a charitable bequest to the U in your will

Setting aside all my personal feelings, he looks really stupid running in clothes obviously not meant for running. Cartoon behavior

Being anonymous on signal is cool, accidentally vagueposting that you had to use epi and then getting distracted and failing to respond so your signal friends try to use sleuthing to find you in case you passed out is way cooler

Learned last night that this phrase is a meme for this pair. Petition for @doronclark.bsky.social to sell "ICE, you can't do that" shirts as a fundraiser

Happy 6 year apocalypse-aversary! 5 years ago, we celebrated with a rousing game of "pin the mask on the face"

This is a veto rooted in cowardice, not the livelihoods of our residents.

On the other hand, he did use the F bomb after ICE murdered a woman in cold blood #WeCouldHaveHadFateh

The product descriptions are very informative, too!

Got a job rejection-ish email saying that the position is closed "due to business reasons" and I just found my new excuse for saying no to things

Maybe they can build an AI dentistry clinic

Moment of silence for Kristi Noem’s career

UMN has added two (2) new Vice Provost positions this year, bringing their total up to 10. All this in addition to 10 people with "Vice President" in their title. But hey, what's a 7% tuition hike among friends?

ok carrie bradshaw