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doctor whoThe “Lux” episode of Doctor Who was such a heartfelt love letter to fans. When “The Sad Man With a Box” started playing it...

doctor who

The “Lux” episode of Doctor Who was such a heartfelt love letter to fans. When “The Sad Man With a Box” started playing it hit me in the feels

religion, languagelanguage mimicry is funny because I’m not religious and English is my second language but I use “omg” and “jfc”...

religion, language

language mimicry is funny because I’m not religious and English is my second language but I use “omg” and “jfc” all the time

Wiki peeps, I fell into the deepest rabbit hole trying to count how many media files have been uploaded to Commons with UploadWizard in the...

Wiki peeps, I fell into the deepest rabbit hole trying to count how many media files have been uploaded to Commons with UploadWizard in the past 15 years. Before I post this anywhere else, I’d love to get some thoughts from Commons / MediaWiki folks: does it make sense, am I missing anything obvious, did I complicate things for no reason, am I talking out of my derrière? https://www.guillaumepaumier.com/articles/uploadwizard-metrics/

I’m a grown man with a PhD and over 15 years of experience, but I still chuckle every time I type the command ‘top’ in a terminal...

I’m a grown man with a PhD and over 15 years of experience, but I still chuckle every time I type the command ‘top’ in a terminal because my love of puns knows no bottom

uspol“Have you been paying taxes to the US government even though you’re autistic? You may be entitled to compensation.”

uspol

“Have you been paying taxes to the US government even though you’re autistic? You may be entitled to compensation.”

cute student doctor for my visit today but he has a ring on his finger why must i suffer so~

cute student doctor for my visit today but he has a ring on his finger why must i suffer so~

“But this is cultural imperialism!!11” say the members of a historically oppressive class while disagreeing with members of a...

“But this is cultural imperialism!!11” say the members of a historically oppressive class while disagreeing with members of a historically oppressed class.

i'm gonna get fired aren't i

i'm gonna get fired aren't i

“But you’ve managed for this long and made it so far in life without help / support / accommodations!”

“But you’ve managed for this long and made it so far in life without help / support / accommodations!”

This one sans carts but Jessica got moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0Jqm8SrWLA

This one sans carts but Jessica got moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0Jqm8SrWLA

Today I learned that "Librarians dancing with library carts" is a thing and my life will never be the same:...

Today I learned that "Librarians dancing with library carts" is a thing and my life will never be the same: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtmZxghTkyY

gay datingBased on recent experience, Murphy’s law applied to gay dating states that the handsomest boy will message you as you’re about...

gay dating

Based on recent experience, Murphy’s law applied to gay dating states that the handsomest boy will message you as you’re about to board a plane to fly across the country / world.

mini-rant, slides, SimpsonsToday is a day of shaking my fist at people and sending them a thousand copies of Tufte’s “The Cognitive...

mini-rant, slides, Simpsons

Today is a day of shaking my fist at people and sending them a thousand copies of Tufte’s “The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint.”

I’m a morning person and a people person. I’m just not a morning people person.

I’m a morning person and a people person. I’m just not a morning people person.

2022 recap2022 recap:* finally got divorced! ✅* had the best trip of my life in Spain 🇪🇸* finally got covid 🤒2023:* more naps!*...

2022 recap

2022 recap:

* finally got divorced! ✅
* had the best trip of my life in Spain 🇪🇸
* finally got covid 🤒

2023:

* more naps!
* find a new job
* pet more dogs
* read some comics
* finally finish rewriting my website??

I’m sure the Germans could make up a 30-syllable word for this but perhaps there’s a short, elegant word in another language for this...

I’m sure the Germans could make up a 30-syllable word for this but perhaps there’s a short, elegant word in another language for this feeling. (Maybe Japanese? It’s giving Japanese vibes.)

What is the word for “the joy you feel in that moment when all the pieces come together beautifully after painstakingly working on them...

What is the word for “the joy you feel in that moment when all the pieces come together beautifully after painstakingly working on them separately for a long time without apparent progress.”

book rantNot all nonfiction books need to be 300+ pages long. It’s perfectly fine to publish a concise 100-page book, rather than stretch...

book rant

Not all nonfiction books need to be 300+ pages long. It’s perfectly fine to publish a concise 100-page book, rather than stretch it and repeat the same thing over and over to fill up what has apparently become the necessary length to be considered a “serious book.”

Years of living in the US and my brain still briefly cannot compute when weather forecasts refer to “freezing” and “subzero” as...

Years of living in the US and my brain still briefly cannot compute when weather forecasts refer to “freezing” and “subzero” as different temperatures.

Sunk cost fallacy fallacy: When you’ve internalized the sunk cost fallacy so much that you start thinking “oh well the cost will have...

Sunk cost fallacy fallacy: When you’ve internalized the sunk cost fallacy so much that you start thinking “oh well the cost will have been incurred anyway” BEFORE you make the decision to incur it.