RE: https://mastodon.social/@rejectedplates/115618126420163904 What as fuck?

Jesus CHRIST. One of these things is not like the others!

I have a talented, hardworking, totally blind student who wants to program. I want to give her a chance to do research. Any advice from the programmers out there? P.S. one of the best vision scientists of the later half of the 20th century was blind. (Gordon Legge)

Ah yes, my favorite part of this holiday: when the CEO of our half a billion dollar company expresses how thankful he is for us. #generalstrike

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rejectedplates/115616946792891880 I don't get this one.

Ok, oddly specific ask, but if ANYONE has one of these laying around doing nothing, can I buy it from you? Early 2000s Lucent wifi yagi. It's a nostalgia item, but it will be used. Throw me a message or something if you have one and don't want $250 for it.

colleagues don't let colleagues send emails without at least their ORCID in their signature

RE: https://h4.io/@brettezeleliquide/115558187417728895 No matter how many times I watch this, I still don't feel I understand it.

"There are accounts that are run by troll farms, that are run by nation states, and then there are accounts that are just trying to make a buck by pretending to be American." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj38m11218xo

The MAGA dimbulbs are shocked and horrified to learn that they've been taken in by malign foreign actors. JFC. https://universeodon.com/@digyoursoul/115608699575077252

"We are currently seeking a highly motivated and passionate..." *switches off* Translation: we are looking for someone we can exploit and who will signal that by performing "motivated" and "passionate" during the humiliating interview process we use to screen for the desperate and/or […]

This is an excellent essay and you should read it, especially if you live in the USA. https://norden.social/@wackJackle/115604981472505350

'Part 1: My Life Is a Lie How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America' https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie Very good short essay about living as a household of four in 2025. This explains a lot about the material conditions the people actually struggle with. Give it a read!

"We present DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology, evolutionary biology and archaeology (https://dafnee.isem-evolution.fr/). DAFNEE includes information on over 600 journals (co)run by academic or non-profit institutions, aiming at helping to keep publishing funds within […]

[How do you prepare your turkey for Thanksgiving?] I just look him right in the eye and tell him, I'm gonna kill him and eat him.

play the grindr notification noise at Christmas dinner to see which conservative relatives panickedly check their phone ringer

For once she didn't wake up and attack my phone. #caturday #catsofmastodon

The CDC has abandoned its morality and ethics by posting anti-vaccine pseudoscience thanks to RFK Jr's meddling. This means we cannot rely on the CDC for accurate information at this time: https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-information-jetelina If American, states in […]

Just for shits & grins I clicked on an ad for a postdoc at The Hutch. "Strong publication record with high impact first author paper" JFC. Innumeracy and superstition at one of the country's most prestigious institutions.

There’s a lot of political commentary about Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning, but one important point is this: she entered Congress in 2021 with an estimated net worth of about $700,000, and is leaving in 2025 with a net worth of roughly $25 million.

When the job form asks "Are you able to be onsite daily in Buttfuck, MA?" and the only options are YES or NO and there's nothing in there about being willing to relocate that's when you know your application is going straight in the bin.

Frage an die Menschen, die Wienerisch sprechen: Geht ihr euch wirklich „ausrasten“, wenn ihr eine Pause macht??! #wien #dialekt

How far will it go this time? This post from #mastodon can reach the whole #fediverse, #bluesky & more. That's #sharkey, #misskey, #pixelfed, #mbin, #lemmy, #friendica, #hometown, #Akkoma… If you see it, please share it. #socialmedia [email protected]

WANT https://petapixel.com/2025/11/21/the-worlds-biggest-walk-in-large-format-camera-is-for-sale/

As a reminder, the notion that people should be able to maintain "a clean, well-organized household" came from the 19th century Western "upper classes" where the wife was expected to stay home and do this full time - and this was used as a status symbol and status marker to distinguish the […]

We don't configure computers any more, they train us, like Pavlov's Monkeys*, to do shit their way. https://merveilles.town/@akkartik/115586063849821316 . *I know we're apes, fuck off, monkeys is funnier

File under Frustrating, Very Fucking: every now and then a job pops up in Microbiology for which I have no formal qualifications since my BSc, but not only do I know I can do the work, I've actually had a job doing it. The problem is that the job in question lasted only 30 days and then I got […]

What's a TBIT? https://mastodon.social/@rejectedplates/115584152536339663

Fellow job seekers, I think I've made my opinions on AI pretty clear, but I have to admit that this: https://ansius.com/cv-match is pretty useful. I'll report back after using it some more, but it did a good job of unpacking my resume and matching it to a specific job description (for which […]

Fediverse, help me out? If a Korean dude's name is "Do Soon Kim", I'd address him in a formal letter as "Dr Kim", right? (He has a PhD.)

Fediverse, help me out? If a Korean dude's name is "Do Soon Kim", I'd address him in a formal letter as "Dr Kim", right? (He has a PhD.)

A biotech internship is not a job, it's a baited hook. Stop posting them on LinkedIn, Indeed, etc. You bastards.

@dylanbragg Here's a dose of your own medicine. 😃 https://aoir.social/@aram/115583172359513341

I'm as mad as hell but I'm probably going to take it some more because, well, you know.

"That's the dream, you know?" he said, looking off into the distance, his eyes going misty. A faint smile formed. "To have a shitpost go viral... man. Just imagine it. Immortality!"

"UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE GIRLS "UNDERAGE WOMEN" ARE CHILDREN thank you for your attention to this matter

International Men's Day? WTF? Every day is fuckin' Men's Day in a patriarchy. Buncha sooks.

If you have a prostate, read this. And do what Graeme says. https://cyberplace.social/@greem/115575911597281038

Serious post, please boost... On #internationalmensday here's your periodic reminder, fellow AMAB prostate carrying people who are over 50: Go see your doctor. Don't put it off. Ask for a DRE or a PSA test. Yes, DRE means a finger up your bum, get over it. They probably won't find anything […]

Recruiter: posts job, not as a regular job posting but by doing the "we're hiring" thing in the social feed. Me: comments on the post, asking for some clarifications. (Note that my profile is linked to my comment, and I tick every box in the requirements.) Recruiter: does nothing. No email, no […]

Got a rejection letter just now for a job I applied to 68 days ago. Not like I was hanging fire or anything, fuckers.

I had the displeasure of reading an article in the Harvard student paper by an economics major who said in apparent seriousness that comp sci majors are wasting time on theory classes like “Introduction to Algorithms and their Limitations” when they could be learning REAL skills like prompt […]

Big respect to @Gargron for this. "There are too many examples of founder egos sabotaging thriving communities, and while I’d like to think myself an exception, I understand why people would prefer better guardrails." https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115569820207257167

Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I […]

Eepy.

I'm glad to see that, according at least to this sample, the fediverse population contains only around 15% monsters. https://mastodon.social/@EmpyClaw/115567897124803555

Doctors in China have used lab-grown insulin-producing cells to treat a woman with type 1 diabetes. The cells were made from her own tissue, reprogrammed into stem cells, and then grown into tiny clusters that release insulin. A year after the transplant, her blood sugar remains normal without […]

Fuck him up! https://mastodon.social/@MightyOCD/115567574294783795

Bastards. Bastard covered bastards with bastard filling.