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phd stuff 

sent out my exam memo!!! it's happening!!

Someone is DDOSing the internet archive, so we've been down for hours. According to their twitter, they're doing it just to do it. Just because they can. No statement, no idea, no demands.

Meanwhile, we literally rescued 400,000 dissertations from being pulped.

I like our side.

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/10/09/leidse-proefschriften-worden-toch-niet-vernietigd-400000-dissertaties-gaan-naar-de-vs-a4868698

Phosphogypsum, a solid waste byproduct from processing phosphate ore to make chemical fertilizer, contains #radium, which decays to form #radongas. Both radium and radon are radioactive and can cause cancer. #Phosphogypsum can contain toxic #heavymetals and other carcinogens, such as #arsenic, #cadmium, #chromium, #lead, #mercury and #nickel

Photo: Polluted waste from Florida's fertilizer industry is in the path of Hurricane Milton

https://www.npr.org/2023/06/30/1185280180/florida-roads-radioactive-desantis-signs-law

#Florida #HurricaneMilton #Tampa

complaining about phd exams 

my advisor's main concern is that my memo is too comprehensive and my committee won't be able to come up with questions for me

this is not helping with my assessment that this shit is hazing pure and simple

my mom said "I'm 69" on the phone and I didn't immediately say "nice", maybe I'm not a born poster after all

I was a frankly pretty tough reviewer 1 on a paper a few months ago and the authors did a substantial revision that responded to most of my concerns!! Feelin like a real contributor to the project of scholarship lol

Love this plot by @ingrid - “Matewan, West Virginia (the region depicted in this drawing), is best known for the Battle of Matewan, a shootout between members and supporters of the local coal miner's union and agents hired by the local coal company to break up a strike. 20% of sale will be donated to Matewan's West Virginia Mine Wars Museum.”

https://wares.lifewinning.com/products/matewan-a3-plotter-drawing

youtu.be/NUrz5s-7Tdc?si=rM3YKq it is a minor thing but: SNL cast one of my favorite gen z TikTok comedians this season and she got to do a bit last night and I feel like a proud parent for no good reason

the quartz mine is like a way less funny version of the ever given

Chair of my department sent out info on a "peace studies" fellowship for PhD candidates funded by the DoD, anyway satire is dead

God being broke is so embarrassing when the world's already falling apart

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I would like to do some fundraising for Helene mutual aid and Gaza and Lebanon via drawings soon but unfortunately have to get out of the negative bank balance first

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added a new plotter drawing to my shoppy shop today: wares.lifewinning.com/products also am currently in a pretty bad place cash-flow wise so if you have been thinking you'd like some plotter art now's a good time to buy

buttondown.com/perfectsentence this week in sentences: except everything, building rn, burgers, theorists of all persuasions, putrescence, flicker

mozilla and wordpress going full heel turn feels like a real "always has been" moment for the death of the web 2.0 dream

had a real awkward interaction with my neighbor when he asked how Ramsey and I are doing in a totally normal "how's it going neighbor" kind of way and I assumed he meant it in a "because Ramsey's entire immediate family is in Beirut" way, he was nice about it at least

the anthropocene is a very useful concept i just think it's funny how academics lose their minds at "fun new word just dropped"

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Horsin' Around

This is a hometown instance run by Sam and Ingrid, for some friends.