Doc Impossible
@impossiblephd.bsky.social
Thing explainer and #TeamRhetoric technical writing scholar who loves explaining trans science! Altersex trans lesbian. Opinions mine.
Don't crack eggs. Build nests.
I write Stained Glass Woman!
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Don't crack eggs. Build nests.
I write Stained Glass Woman!
Stainedglasswoman.substack.com
Anyway, you get kindness in Minnesota when you're kind in turn, and lots of it. We keep careful track of who's been kind to others.
And who hasn't.
And who hasn't.
January 14, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Anyway, you get kindness in Minnesota when you're kind in turn, and lots of it. We keep careful track of who's been kind to others.
And who hasn't.
And who hasn't.
It's Minnesota nice. You learn it deep down.
Note that it's not Minnesota *kind*. We're nice. We do the polite thing, always. But not necessarily the kind thing.
It's nice to warn people about the wind-chill. It's kind to invite them in to warm themselves up, and avoid frostbite.
For example.
Note that it's not Minnesota *kind*. We're nice. We do the polite thing, always. But not necessarily the kind thing.
It's nice to warn people about the wind-chill. It's kind to invite them in to warm themselves up, and avoid frostbite.
For example.
January 14, 2026 at 2:22 AM
It's Minnesota nice. You learn it deep down.
Note that it's not Minnesota *kind*. We're nice. We do the polite thing, always. But not necessarily the kind thing.
It's nice to warn people about the wind-chill. It's kind to invite them in to warm themselves up, and avoid frostbite.
For example.
Note that it's not Minnesota *kind*. We're nice. We do the polite thing, always. But not necessarily the kind thing.
It's nice to warn people about the wind-chill. It's kind to invite them in to warm themselves up, and avoid frostbite.
For example.
I just believe everyone should be safe from the ice and cold is all.
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 AM
I just believe everyone should be safe from the ice and cold is all.
Oh yeah, we get those all the time. Constantly, and honestly more often than not. It's pretty standard at those temps.
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Oh yeah, we get those all the time. Constantly, and honestly more often than not. It's pretty standard at those temps.
Oh yeah, absolutely. When it gets below -10, you can do that trick even with boiling water too. It'll be frozen solid before the first drop hits the ground.
January 14, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Oh yeah, absolutely. When it gets below -10, you can do that trick even with boiling water too. It'll be frozen solid before the first drop hits the ground.
I'm just trying to be helpful, you know? People don't appreciate how brutal Minnesota winters get. In temperatures like Minnesota will have next week, you can get frostbite in as little as five minutes outside.
Minnesotans live through this every year. It's normal for us.
Minnesotans live through this every year. It's normal for us.
January 14, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I'm just trying to be helpful, you know? People don't appreciate how brutal Minnesota winters get. In temperatures like Minnesota will have next week, you can get frostbite in as little as five minutes outside.
Minnesotans live through this every year. It's normal for us.
Minnesotans live through this every year. It's normal for us.
I believe in you, Emily. 💜🫂💜
January 14, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I believe in you, Emily. 💜🫂💜
Yesssss! Alesha is the best!
January 14, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Yesssss! Alesha is the best!
Because it's funny and whimsical and a joke that isn't for you.
January 13, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Because it's funny and whimsical and a joke that isn't for you.
Yes, for joy. Surviving peer review is an essential pre-publication part of the process.
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Yes, for joy. Surviving peer review is an essential pre-publication part of the process.
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The net economic impact of the 15 public universities in FY2024 was $44.9 billion - in other words, public universities add nearly $45 billion per year to the entire state economy that would not exist without the universities.
January 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
The net economic impact of the 15 public universities in FY2024 was $44.9 billion - in other words, public universities add nearly $45 billion per year to the entire state economy that would not exist without the universities.
Agreed. That said, one of my private opinions about academia as a whole is that it has many rituals of social violence baked in and viciously defended, and which amount to little more than hazing with a cap and gown on.
January 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Agreed. That said, one of my private opinions about academia as a whole is that it has many rituals of social violence baked in and viciously defended, and which amount to little more than hazing with a cap and gown on.
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At some point I noticed how devastating, negative and mean ways people treat peer review. a teardown of something which doesn't live up to unseen standards. That's not helpful, that's discouraging
focus upon the positive. praise and point out specific things which worked best.
focus upon the positive. praise and point out specific things which worked best.
January 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
At some point I noticed how devastating, negative and mean ways people treat peer review. a teardown of something which doesn't live up to unseen standards. That's not helpful, that's discouraging
focus upon the positive. praise and point out specific things which worked best.
focus upon the positive. praise and point out specific things which worked best.
There is. The typo was mine, not the original.
January 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
There is. The typo was mine, not the original.
Seriously, 100%. Just tell them you got food poisoning. It happens to everyone from time to time.
January 13, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Seriously, 100%. Just tell them you got food poisoning. It happens to everyone from time to time.
They're a bunch of bimbo stickers. 💜
January 13, 2026 at 10:31 AM
They're a bunch of bimbo stickers. 💜
It means that you're using every civilian plane, boat, and car *of your own civilians* as a human shield. That you're okay with compelling your enemies to kill your civilians because they have no other choice.
You turn your people into meat shields forever.
To win one engagement.
Yeah.
*Yeah*.
You turn your people into meat shields forever.
To win one engagement.
Yeah.
*Yeah*.
January 13, 2026 at 3:03 AM
It means that you're using every civilian plane, boat, and car *of your own civilians* as a human shield. That you're okay with compelling your enemies to kill your civilians because they have no other choice.
You turn your people into meat shields forever.
To win one engagement.
Yeah.
*Yeah*.
You turn your people into meat shields forever.
To win one engagement.
Yeah.
*Yeah*.
Please pass along my 🫂
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Please pass along my 🫂
Absolutely stunning!
January 13, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Absolutely stunning!