I don't know how many times I've read Locke, but why did I only just now realize he's basically the OG Marie Kondo? "Let it spark joy and not spoil, or let it be someone else's already" is such a vibe to move forward with, tbh. Swedish Death Cleaning for 2026. #polisci #gradstudent #minimalism

Kid: It's not there anymore, but the cat came to say hi to me. Just keeping you apprised of the situation.

It's "Jessican," not "Jessican't." 💃

Finally moving into my new tablet-as-phone. So, if my typing is worse than usual, just ignore it for a bit, please and thank you.

It's always those you most expect.

I love this. Time to make some bacon. #ttrpg #polisci

Spouse: It's weird living through a time that you can see Christopher Nolan making a movie about it in 20 years.

Wonder if she pulled anything with that stretch.

This, but I would make it rotate out versions of the "This is fine" and the Padme "right?" meme. Or, like those long distance, um... toys? Make it so my spouse can input random ones while I'm working.

Coffee County, Tennessee imposes first restrictions on AI data centers - they can only be built in the special industrial district and NOT on farmland.

We don't like Godzilla in the way that Mothra is best girl. Right?

My phone just electrocuted me. Soooo, I guess I figured out what's wrong with it. Good thing my new stuff is coming soon. 😬

I may reconsider my dislike of the game now.

Bigotry aside: If any of you know how hard it is for the VA to do *anything* for a veteran since DOGE gutted everything, you know how hard I scoffed just now. There are not enough VA employees to coordinate this, even if the vets could manage it with their disabilities.

Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, found ‘unresponsive’ while being transferred between detention facilities in Georgia

E-bike users: Is there a way to turn the motorized part off? I'm thinking of investing in some for my kids for the holidays, but they can't all be trusted with the motor any time soon. I would like it to be a bike until further notice. I'm assuming yes, but is that possible? Thanks in advance.

The kid who can't read yet just told me they want to learn to read so they can play Fields of Mistria because you can ride a cow and jump with it. I can just hear the "BITCH, I'M A COW!" and "IT'S A COW FARM! THERE'S GON BE COWS OUTSIDE!" from the other room now. 🙄

Yet again, an instance has come up where I'm talking about orgies in a term paper. #gradstudent

I approve of this game plan. Minus the water. I could never.

This you?

*clears throat* *taps mic* welcome to Schism Watch 2026 I am here to report a new crashout

BREAKING: Senate Democrats blocked a $1.15 trillion Pentagon policy bill, as the sprawling legislation became a casualty in the months-long fight to rein in Trump on Iran.

Didn't know they officially declassified Area 51. Also, bold words from the guy that looks like Vincent D'Onofrio's character Edgar.

jd vance's book sharing similar title with a bell hooks book, increasing sales 1000%, and landing bell on the bestsellers list is peak late-stage capitalism feminist prophecy spellcasting coming home to roost.

Got a tablet to replace my dying phone, so of course now my work/school computer is dying. Now, I'm making a list of what things I can do which tech to not have to also replace *that* until I get some money for my dual comp setup. Ugh. Being an adult sucks.

I'll allow it this one time.

I was discussing the new computer setup I want with the kids over lunch. Basically, two micro PCs (one offline-Linux, one online-Windows) and a KVM switch. The kid who can't read yet: Why? Wimux is better than Windows. 🥹 Out the mouths of babies.

Kid, who can't even read yet: WAIT! I'm in check! Spouse, playing chess against them while they eat: Huh. So you are.

Kid is making chana masala for lunch so that I can sit here all pain medicated and try to write a paper. Teach your kids to cook. It benefits everyone in the end.

Kid, in family text chat: The internet won't connect on my computer. Me: Just resign in. Kid: I don't know the password! Me: Hey! Me neither! Spouse: JFC. I'll be down in 5.

Speakeasy orgy libraries are what I've been missing my whole life, actually. Give me an address. Stat.

You just know he tried harder because people made fun of his last name. Also, I can build a house and a motorcycle by myself. I also drive a big ol truck that tows more. Can I be the manliest man now?

I hope Kant is seething in Hell right now. "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE LEAGUE OF PEA.....AAAHHHHHHHHHH" But also, jfc.

Thanks, I hate it.

Do we think they're there to clear his search history?

Because it worked so well the last time.

Finanly got the power back, but now I don't want to start work because it's late.

BREAKING: A federal judge just nullified Trump’s $1.776 billion IRS “settlement,” ruling it had “no viable basis in law or fact,” finding there was never a real legal dispute, and referring Trump’s attorney to The Florida Bar for possible discipline.

I've never felt more called out by a stranger on the internet before this moment.

The power went out again, so please accept this gift of a picture of a *2nd pouch* I'm starting because the kid I wasn't making it for stole it for their fountain pens while I discuss what the difference is between electricity and battery power to another kid.

this series of biblical plagues and strikings down around the 250th anniversary is enough to convert someone to, like, catholicism. but the kind that respects the pope

Or.... hear me out: You could build a new governing policy by *fixing your policy*. Also, all the leftists know you mean to collect the right-wing stragglers.

The spouse told me to strap in because the prof asked me - a historian - if Kant was a bigot or just a product of his time. 1k words later: If Kant wasn't a fucking bigot, why did Hitler use his teleological principle and horrific stance on Judaism to justify the Holocaust, huh? #gradstudent

Wilco, pookie. 💅

The Plantichrist @ The Gay Plant Store, Seattle WA. 🤭😈

Me, picking up water: Ugh, that's heavy. That was unexpected. Spouse, who always yells at me to drink water: