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And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune. -- Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago Skeets are my own+do not reflect views of employers past or present.

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Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · Jan 25

must avoid the discourse

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Clip - "S*x Education Week" Scene [No Laughing (Part 2)]

YouTube video by Beavis & Butt-Head Internationally

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Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 9h

#MSH45 | Richard Lasher
You've been at a job long enough to know a decent colleague to chat with.

The more you get to know them, the more they share. What's fact or fiction? You don't know, but you listen.

Then there's one story that's so over the top—a bona fide lie. But then, a photo appears.

A red Ford Pinto hatchback angles across a narrow gravel forest service road, a blue enduro motorcycle on a rear hitch carrier. Tall firs frame the view. Beyond them, a towering ash cloud from a pyroclastic density flow billows skyward. Photo by Richard Kent Lasher, May 18, 1980.

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Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 5h

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter's Paddington 2

Pope ghibby! - Keeper of the Holy Anal Rail Gun @caffeineandhate.bsky.social · 6h

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter's Good Burger

Matt Morhockey-Morbooks @drakesmitha12.bsky.social · 7h

Make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to the title:

John Carpenter's Dave.

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Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 5h

i see my spouse and i made the right call after catching 12 seconds during the second quarter

Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 8h

*picture of an egg frying*

this is your brain on extreme editing down for page limits

Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 11h

I've used these noise canceling earbuds for two years and it was just last month that i discovered, by accident, that i'd never turned on the noise canceling

Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 12h

yes, and this perspective is parasitic and self-limited in the sense that it is ONLY possible in a world that rejects it--ppl could not achieve that perspective w/o the socioecon+sci/tech stacks that enable it in the first place, &are based on shared sense making

(all posts are personal views only)

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Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 18h

thinking this morning about the different flavors of self-confidence and wondering how much well-intended, accurate feedback blunts its impact by referring to it as a monolith

Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 1d

What is it that feels so weird about this evening... ? Got it. I'll be damned. I'm not playing Lazarus's game, or even Sandy Locke's; I'm playing mine, and I'm far better than I ever dreamed!

The sensation was giddying. He seemed to be walking up steps inside his head until he reached a place where there was nothing but pure white light, and it showed him as plainly as though he were telepathic what his opponent was planning...

-- John Brunner, The Shockwave Rider

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Jascha Polet @jascha.bsky.social · 2d

Another beautiful sunrise this morning!

Red sunrise with small clouds above lake Como

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Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 2d

this was lovely. thank you so much for sharing.

my mom's parents refused to attend her wedding, and... yeah. the folks who show up for you. ❤️

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Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 2d

*makes Jack off gesture*

by which i mean turn off my computer and walk into the sea

Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 2d

there is NO FRICKIN REASON this field is limited to 80 characters sport, your fuggin web app is a monstrous resource hog and you won't let me write a decent length comment?? godalmighty

(all posts represent personal views only and not those of employers past or present)

Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 2d

is it just me, or do many of your Slack workspaces have a channel called "ranting" or similar?

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Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 2d

Buffalo peeps! I am hosting a science spooktacular event at the new Third Space venue downtown on Oct 30 at 6PM! Come hear fun stories about science from trainees, all geared towards a non-specialist audience. Check the flyer for all the info! Please RT

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Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 2d

what are the odds that the headline writer slipped in a sly reference to Rush

"for the words of the profits were written on the [subway] wall"

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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 2d

Bilbo Baggins in The Scream by Edvard Munch.

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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 2d

the fellowship of the arts: thread

The Eye of Sauron in Still life with Oranges by Paul Gauguin.

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Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 2d

i unironically love Kraft Mac and Cheese despite my knowledge of, and capacity to make, much more delicious versions

also if you hand me a thousand Big Cup Reese's cups i will eat myself to an early grave

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3d

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

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Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 2d

i want to play this game and also playing this game would be so dangerous for me

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 3d

Some things I've learned in my first few weeks:

1) There is a grey market candy swapping racket between janitors, TSA agents, CSRs, and everyone else who has to stand someplace all day at the airport.

Hi-chews, sour candies, and gummy anything are in highest demand.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 2d

Reading this thread while in my 3rd airport in 2 days (on my way to a 4th) and whether you travel a lot or not, it's an amazing read.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · 3d

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Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 3d

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image

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Divine Hag O’ the Ashes @vagablondviking.bsky.social · 3d

describe your Bluesky account in a single image...

Science: The human body needs 8 hours of sleep to function properly

Me: on 3 hours of sleep:

Photo of Big Bird driving a single horse buggy with a whip as he looks to his right and screams “We ride at dawn, bitches!!”

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Upbeat Former Prof @upbeatprof.bsky.social · 3d

then: not being invited stinks
later: being invited rules
now: being invited stinks