This is the sort of thing that gives me hope that things are not quite the same as they were in Germany in the late 1930s.

Coping by listening to this frankly ancient (1952) recording of my favorite symphony, Beethoven’s 6th, my kid is asking me “what on earth I’m listening to.”

I’m a Milwaukeean really feeling for my Chicago neighbors today. Everything is horrifying.

Archaeologist watching stuff annoyances: tiny pile of dirt for huge hole; skeletons sitting around somehow fully articulated

I have a rare position in academia: research/admin/project logistics with no teaching and minimal need for networking. I’ve just been asked to do more “marketing.” I do… not think I am going to be good at that.

Attention: I have discovered that build-your-own-theremin kits are actually pretty inexpensive. This may be a viable alternative.

Ok but what do people who don’t wear glasses do with their hands as like, “stage business?”

One thing I love is when a construction worker asks me for the depth of something I’ve just measured, i tell them “70 centimeters” and they just sigh and walk away.

It’s hard to know what to do, but one thing that’s for sure is that this regime wants us hungry and poor. So one thing you can do at this very moment, all by yourself, if you have a little extra cash, is donate to a reputable local food bank.

My employer recently switched to Workday for HR stuff and it feels like a constant stream of micro aggressions

Im repeating numbers to myself as I enter them into a spreadsheet and my 6 year old is weighing in on whether or not they are “nice numbers.”

19th century death certificates have to win the award for most frequently incomprehensible historical document. Just an illegible scribble of some ailment we no longer recognize.

After the price of my Preferred Breakfast Food (breakfast is a difficult meal for me but I’m an asshole if I don’t eat in the morning) increased by 20%, I am considering creating a personal CPI. Also for my child’s safe foods. Should have started collecting data back in March.

I’m bisecting my little cup of limoncello gelato like it’s an archaeological feature and it is so satisfying

Had to apologize to my spouse and child for being an asshole at 3 am but in my defense what were we all doing awake at 3 am.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is 59 years old, and there are plenty of theaters in this world where you could see it tonight, it’s the longest running film of all time - so don’t say we never achieved anything as a species.

Since the Charlie Kirk Reichstag Fire didn’t work as well as they’d hoped, it’s pretty clear they’re trying to force an incident in Portland now.

Sure you’re going through it but have you tried listening to David Byrne and Brian Eno’s Everything that Happens Will Happen Today on repeat alone in a dark room while you cry for reasons/feelings you cannot name (I’m not saying it helps but sometimes it’s all you can do)

I am going to run out of expletives.

In high school my parents were strict with music so my friend made tapes for me but the only cassette player was in the big stereo so I’d lay on the floor next to it with headphones in the dark basking in its dim light and I still think this might be the ideal music listening experience.

It’s amazing how people won’t admit to themselves that their glasses are an assistive device. We all need help sometimes. It’s ok.

Considering that Hell is not real, it certainly is curious that I seem to have ended up there.

My spouse told me that many years ago he was offered free admission to a GWAR show on the condition that he help clean up after. He declined.

Just a reminder that, despite what these freaks would have you think, antivaxx is extremely unpopular and we need to attack them relentlessly for putting insane dipshittery over our health

My paternal grandmother had serious trouble with social cues/subtext, rigid dietary rules, and an entire room dedicated to her obsessive collection of mystery novels. She “didn’t have autism” though, because she was born in the early 1930s.

The cool thing is that soon the economy will be so cooked we won’t have time to worry about any of this other stuff (and that’s probably the point).

Oh look a random energy drink at the back of the fridge. It’s only 3 pm, there’s no way this could be a bad decision

Me: no, I don’t have restrictive/repetitive eating habits Also me: mildly freaking out over the price jump in the Specific Product I Have Had For Breakfast For Years

I was less capable of being productive today than I have been in a long time.

Yes this literally describes my relationship (I am the 5 am person)

Honestly weird opinion I think part of the trouble we’re in is that so many people have no idea how computers actually work and how they’re being manipulated by algorithms, LLMs, etc. Just straight up thinking it’s magic.

If you’re looking for something to watch for zero dollars, the 2004 Hans Fjellestad Moog documentary is on YouTube. Robert Moog was so beautifully passionate about the instrument he created and so excited about what others were able to do with it.

Well you don’t have to call me out like that.

I got to infodump on an unsuspecting student regarding the introduction of maize to eastern North America, something that I don’t get to do very often anymore as my archaeological research is determined by what we get contracts for (and I don’t teach)

*taps the sign*

Look, Star Wars has been my autistic special interest since 1995, if I can cancel Disney+, you can too. (Something something fundamental difference in ideology, when have we ever followed orders, and so forth.) Turns out emulating my heroes means more than having new content about them.

In case you’re wondering how much the normie Disney Adults know about what’s going on, the discussion has made its way to the shareholder thread on DisBoards.

Cool day for me to be simultaneously stressed about a radio interview and also the collapse of civil society

Can we just skip to the part where someone calls me “antifa” and they lock me up? Because the anticipation is killing me.

Anyway it seems like a REALLY good time for a WGA strike.

You know, once again, not having a great time. With the fascism and all.

Reddit “don’t be vicious to people who are just kinda awkward” challenge

Them: if you know what I mean… Me: I never know what anyone means

Anyway I’m gonna lay on the floor and listen to Kraftwerk

1. Laying on the floor next to the speakers 2. Noticing architectural details 3. Finding a meaningful pattern in something 4. Singing alone in the car 5. The sensation of touching the “film” on water created by hydrogen bonds/surface tension (so weird!)

Giving a fuck, as it turns out, is actually extremely badass and much harder than the alternative.

Apparently the 101st SJA got suspended and flagged for this. Makes zero sense.

I think the fact that all the companies are trying to become one company is a good argument for maintaining a physical media collection. (I know there are more important issues but I have to survive the day somehow.)