It makes me sad when people say you need to be a parent to find meaning in life, not because strangers think my life is sad, but because they have never felt meaning from something other than their own children in a world that offers an abundance of it if you're willing to look.

To whoever on this app made videos autoscroll after a single play: why

I’m really struggling to care about doing academic work or to feel like it matters right now. I just want to chill. What is this? Is it permanent?

1. You call him “President” or “former President”? Call her “Vice President”. 2. You call him Trump? Call her Harris. 3. You call her just Kamala? Call him just Donald. Stop denying a woman her authority and status while emphasizing that of a man.

The 404 page on the Financial Times is a work of genius

Solidarity with Virginia Woolf and her summer writing goals

My hot take on the Central Belt today is that it should not cost £31.40 to take the train between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

I quite enjoyed being able to afford to commute to work. 🥲 transport.gov.scot/news/scotrail-…

Guess who just sewed up the votes of the Oxford comma crowd?

“Energised and inspired to kick off another academic semester!”

my hopes for gen z taking over the academic review process is that it will be matched for harshness, but at least more efficient

Seriously reassessing my fall goals this wknd

Single best description of AI I’ve ever read, from the great Ted Chiang.

Wait, you want an academic to design & deliver specialist training, run all logistics, and do this for free unless they can argue how it exceeds "the regular expectations of their role" and fit it into a very limited budget? Respectfully, this is not very incentivising.

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Two of the most qualified women in the country ran for president against an unqualified, racist game show host who had a history of committing fraud and sexual abuse. And the country was basically split 50-50. That should tell us some things.

When I was a kid in the 1970s we had this thing called convalescence. When people got a flu like virus they rested until they recovered & recovery was expected to take several weeks. There was no pressure to rush back to the office or the gym. People were allowed to be sick. End.

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