tfw the ritalin hits while you are on amazon dot com

a corollary to the argument of my dissertation

Love when I can manage to turn unhinged notes to myself into a coherent point

you can always tell how close i am to the end of a project by the exponential explosion of browser tabs and open windows. NO TIME TO ORGANIZE, MUST OPEN ALL THE THINGS

I want to know what universe the HelloFresh US recipe writers live in where caramelizing onions takes “6-9 minutes”

an excellent opinion piece on the problems with the doctor cartel and american healthcare. yes it's about birth control (important) but more importantly it succinctly summarizes one of the root problems of our system. nytimes.com/2023/05/22/opi…

the dumbest timeline

"'Ha ha' and 'he he' signify laughter in Latin and in English, because they are cried out when laughing." Wonderful evidence here in Ælfric's Grammar that 'ha ha' has been the sound and spelling of laughter in English since at least the 11th century and the Old English period.

does anyone know the amount of money involved that resulted in universities requiring everyone to hand over their dissertations to ProQuest?

Eight years, three moves, two babies, two masters' degrees, and one pandemic later: I'm done with the PhD!

Finally wrote a second 2023 newsletter. If you've been curious about my dissertation, it includes my abstract! (which I wrote in ~20 minutes exclusively because ProQuest needed one, whatever): buttondown.email/jillianefoley/…

an update on the goofiest shit in aviation: washingtonpost.com/transportation…

Midwives are the best. It's a real shame so many hospitals can't see it and the healthcare system isn't set up to support them!

and speaking of midwifery ... I have been pretty mad about this for the past month. Love to find out your healthcare providers are getting laid off by way of neighborhood gossip. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2023/8/18…

Last week I wrote some thoughts and more questions about rush and algorithms with much credit due to Anne Helen Petersen buttondown.email/jillianefoley/…