Ingrid Burrington @ingrid@everything.happens.horse

Maybe learning about the "science wars" of the 1990s just feels weird because as a millennial I grew up with constant reminders of the socially constructed conditions of technical knowledge in the form of authority figures clearly pushing total horseshit? Like between the Iraq War UN hearings and the climate change "debates" it seemed hard to pretend otherwise

A fun bit I like to imagine is Rhys Darby replacing Tom Hardy in Fury Road like "I suppose I'm more of a Miffed Max"

Kitty is ready for the long weekend

@Wolven Andrew was, I kid you not, the only other person I considered doing a PhD with

TFW you're in a history of science methods class and you realize you know one of the Social Text editors involved in the Sokal hoax and even worse you know him from Occupy Wall Street

@tim I was thinking "add mechs" but

@jalcine what miserable jerks, I'm so sorry to hear this and good luck on new gigs!!

This bit where Kitty will bark at me until I get into bed and then she will calmly lie down in bed to hang out with me is cute but I really do have to do stuff today

Anime remake of The Squid and The Whale

Spent most of today a sleepy little guy, no regrets

Geodesy, more like geodeez nuts

my friend who is dogsitting for me today while I do school stuff made Kitty a Selena playlist and it's helping her chill out, bless

I am not loving this era of social media winter on a professional level, but it is maybe not a coincidence that as online has felt less cohesive I have ended up building more relationships with my neighbors in the last few months

Have to go to Delaware today. A neighborhood friend is dogsitting Kitty and I know she is in good hands but still very anxious about being away from her!

Thought a woman at Penn Station was slurping down a cup of an exfoliating face mask but I think it's actually "overnight oats"