Chelsea
@chelseasprite.bsky.social
Higher ed. Community College. Belonging in higher ed. Grower of things. I used to run a tutoring center now I do student success stuff. PhD student, research on belonging in the college classroom. She/her. Views my own.
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Upcoming "Know Your Rights" training on Tuesday, December 2nd from 5:30 pm to 7 pm!
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Upcoming "Know Your Rights" training on Tuesday, December 2nd from 5:30 pm to 7 pm!
Spending part of this evening making fabric, or, you know, a baby blanket 🧶
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Spending part of this evening making fabric, or, you know, a baby blanket 🧶
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if there's one thing I've learned today is that I spend too much time crafting emails in complete sentences -- fully-developed ideas, paragraphs replete with salutations and politeness formulae even -- if I want to become rich or powerful
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
if there's one thing I've learned today is that I spend too much time crafting emails in complete sentences -- fully-developed ideas, paragraphs replete with salutations and politeness formulae even -- if I want to become rich or powerful
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Etsy is promoting ornaments but they never promote my shop so I’m promoting me. Check out my ornaments! These ones have butterflies! Surly.etsy.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Etsy is promoting ornaments but they never promote my shop so I’m promoting me. Check out my ornaments! These ones have butterflies! Surly.etsy.com
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I giggled
“Oh wow, how bad could a rebranding be?”
[two paragraphs into the story]
“Oh.”
[two paragraphs into the story]
“Oh.”
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I giggled
I'm making a meat pie for dinner
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I'm making a meat pie for dinner
Husband: are you going to spend a lot of time tonight in your office?
Me: no, I just have to solve a puzzle (when to schedule my proposal defense)
Me: no, I just have to solve a puzzle (when to schedule my proposal defense)
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Husband: are you going to spend a lot of time tonight in your office?
Me: no, I just have to solve a puzzle (when to schedule my proposal defense)
Me: no, I just have to solve a puzzle (when to schedule my proposal defense)
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pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
Husband has agreed to go to dinner at my in-laws and now we play the "what does Chelsea eat game" and not in a "we love you" way but in a "you're weird and we refuse to understand" way.
so, I start with: they can make what they want
Husband: they want to know specifics
so, I start with: they can make what they want
Husband: they want to know specifics
November 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Husband has agreed to go to dinner at my in-laws and now we play the "what does Chelsea eat game" and not in a "we love you" way but in a "you're weird and we refuse to understand" way.
so, I start with: they can make what they want
Husband: they want to know specifics
so, I start with: they can make what they want
Husband: they want to know specifics
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
I've met with 127 students in 4 weeks and here are some of my themes:
- students who meet with me early seem to be the most "prepared"
- students who no-show sometimes never show
- some students who should absolutely meet with me in person, choose to meet with me differently and it's detrimental
- students who meet with me early seem to be the most "prepared"
- students who no-show sometimes never show
- some students who should absolutely meet with me in person, choose to meet with me differently and it's detrimental
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I've met with 127 students in 4 weeks and here are some of my themes:
- students who meet with me early seem to be the most "prepared"
- students who no-show sometimes never show
- some students who should absolutely meet with me in person, choose to meet with me differently and it's detrimental
- students who meet with me early seem to be the most "prepared"
- students who no-show sometimes never show
- some students who should absolutely meet with me in person, choose to meet with me differently and it's detrimental
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If you're an academic chair in a higher education department - please be aware that Nebraska is fucking their HE department and shutting it down without a plan to assist their students.
If you can reach out to the faculty there and help their students out...
If you can reach out to the faculty there and help their students out...
November 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you're an academic chair in a higher education department - please be aware that Nebraska is fucking their HE department and shutting it down without a plan to assist their students.
If you can reach out to the faculty there and help their students out...
If you can reach out to the faculty there and help their students out...
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Incidentally, this is why I’m against strict spelling. Words should be spelled the way they sound & we spell words as if we’re speaking Middle English for ridiculous class reasons
In ME you’d pronounce the k in “knight” but some dumbass needed to prove he was cool & now we have a literacy problem
In ME you’d pronounce the k in “knight” but some dumbass needed to prove he was cool & now we have a literacy problem
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Incidentally, this is why I’m against strict spelling. Words should be spelled the way they sound & we spell words as if we’re speaking Middle English for ridiculous class reasons
In ME you’d pronounce the k in “knight” but some dumbass needed to prove he was cool & now we have a literacy problem
In ME you’d pronounce the k in “knight” but some dumbass needed to prove he was cool & now we have a literacy problem
Don't forget to add vitamin D to your morning routine if you live in the dark and cloudy north.
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Don't forget to add vitamin D to your morning routine if you live in the dark and cloudy north.
The radar is pink. I will need to give myself extra time to get to work... Sigh
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The radar is pink. I will need to give myself extra time to get to work... Sigh
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Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)
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Folks there's no such thing as a crappy Aurora borealis photo. Keep them coming.
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Folks there's no such thing as a crappy Aurora borealis photo. Keep them coming.
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Well pass the whiskey and let’s pause in awe.
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Well pass the whiskey and let’s pause in awe.
One thing we've needed to do is build systems for communication. Upside down bottles means they're empty - they either need to be replaced or thrown in recycling - and they're out to make sure the other partner knows.
Sharing in case it's helpful for you to build a similar system!
Sharing in case it's helpful for you to build a similar system!
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
One thing we've needed to do is build systems for communication. Upside down bottles means they're empty - they either need to be replaced or thrown in recycling - and they're out to make sure the other partner knows.
Sharing in case it's helpful for you to build a similar system!
Sharing in case it's helpful for you to build a similar system!
Damnit, we have too much cloud cover for the aurora tonight
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Damnit, we have too much cloud cover for the aurora tonight
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Got the real camera out.
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Got the real camera out.
None of the universities I applied (or were considering) to were GRE optional. I purchased 1 math prep book, set time aside weekly, had to take time off of work to take the test, and decided I was taking it exactly once regardless of the score.
GRE prep costs hundreds of $ and time in studying, taking the GRE costs $, sending the GRE to schools costs $. It's a significant burden to applicants and might actually, according to these data, constrain who tries to get a PhD.
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
None of the universities I applied (or were considering) to were GRE optional. I purchased 1 math prep book, set time aside weekly, had to take time off of work to take the test, and decided I was taking it exactly once regardless of the score.
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note that when someone talks about food aversion, or a caregiver of someone with food aversion talks about it, your common sense advice (make your own! Fake it with packaging! Buy this other brand!) isn't going to be helpful. It's not our first day. We've thought of it.
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
note that when someone talks about food aversion, or a caregiver of someone with food aversion talks about it, your common sense advice (make your own! Fake it with packaging! Buy this other brand!) isn't going to be helpful. It's not our first day. We've thought of it.
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Practice your scripts ahead of time:
💠 "Oh wow, that's an inside thought, Uncle Jerry"
💠 "Mom, it's 2025 we don't comment on people's bodies anymore"
💠 "My doctor and I are happy with my weight."
You don't owe anyone an explanation.
💠 "Oh wow, that's an inside thought, Uncle Jerry"
💠 "Mom, it's 2025 we don't comment on people's bodies anymore"
💠 "My doctor and I are happy with my weight."
You don't owe anyone an explanation.
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Practice your scripts ahead of time:
💠 "Oh wow, that's an inside thought, Uncle Jerry"
💠 "Mom, it's 2025 we don't comment on people's bodies anymore"
💠 "My doctor and I are happy with my weight."
You don't owe anyone an explanation.
💠 "Oh wow, that's an inside thought, Uncle Jerry"
💠 "Mom, it's 2025 we don't comment on people's bodies anymore"
💠 "My doctor and I are happy with my weight."
You don't owe anyone an explanation.
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Spare (unexpired! Unopened! structurally stable!) shelf-stable food goes to your local mutual aid — little Free Pantry, Community fridge. Cash to food banks.
www.littlefreepantry.org
freedge.org
www.littlefreepantry.org
freedge.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Spare (unexpired! Unopened! structurally stable!) shelf-stable food goes to your local mutual aid — little Free Pantry, Community fridge. Cash to food banks.
www.littlefreepantry.org
freedge.org
www.littlefreepantry.org
freedge.org