Nik Simurdak 🏳️⚧️
@transthropology.bsky.social
Archaeology student (lithics), a hobby of starting hobbies (ADHD). Somewhat decent at photography (35mm), fiber arts (mostly sewing), and making keyboards (experiencing a rapid descent into 40s).
they/them (gender is a nightmare)
they/them (gender is a nightmare)
Took a brief break the hell of academia for. Worm.
January 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Took a brief break the hell of academia for. Worm.
Finished my first handmade keyboard today! I call it CAPZ 😁 This has been a learning board, meaning I've used it as my test subject for every skill I've learned. I came up with the layout, designed the case in a CAD program, handwired it, and built the firmware. And it works! On the first try!!
November 27, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Finished my first handmade keyboard today! I call it CAPZ 😁 This has been a learning board, meaning I've used it as my test subject for every skill I've learned. I came up with the layout, designed the case in a CAD program, handwired it, and built the firmware. And it works! On the first try!!
some sort of keyboard idea rattled free from my brain
November 19, 2024 at 6:08 AM
some sort of keyboard idea rattled free from my brain
in other news look at my keyyyyboardssss
November 15, 2024 at 5:16 AM
in other news look at my keyyyyboardssss
Quickly learning that having an autoimmune condition while getting older means losing a *lot* of time to being sick. It feels like I have less time to do the same things everyone else does because I keep getting fucking sick.
November 15, 2024 at 5:07 AM
Quickly learning that having an autoimmune condition while getting older means losing a *lot* of time to being sick. It feels like I have less time to do the same things everyone else does because I keep getting fucking sick.
It feels cowardly but I don't see a future where I am still living in this country.
November 7, 2024 at 5:51 AM
It feels cowardly but I don't see a future where I am still living in this country.
Reposted by Nik Simurdak 🏳️⚧️
Making up excuses to bomb hospitals is one of Israel’s favourite war crimes, and they’ve gotten away with it every single time. International law has utterly failed.
UN rights chief appalled by Israeli attack on Beirut hospital | News
'The fundamental principles of international humanitarian law concerning the protection of civilians must be respected,' says Volker Turk
www.yenisafak.com
October 23, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Making up excuses to bomb hospitals is one of Israel’s favourite war crimes, and they’ve gotten away with it every single time. International law has utterly failed.
in the stage of really wishing adequate accessibility resources existed for grad students 🙃
October 23, 2024 at 1:13 PM
in the stage of really wishing adequate accessibility resources existed for grad students 🙃
the start of the school year always comes with the agony of trying to navigate college bureaucracy 🫠
September 27, 2024 at 7:17 AM
the start of the school year always comes with the agony of trying to navigate college bureaucracy 🫠
me: I'm so sorry I havent been able to help with this event, I grovel at your feet and endeavor to do better to help you going forward 😭😭😭
them: it's okay I haven't worked on it either 🤣🤣🤣
them: it's okay I haven't worked on it either 🤣🤣🤣
September 24, 2024 at 6:11 AM
me: I'm so sorry I havent been able to help with this event, I grovel at your feet and endeavor to do better to help you going forward 😭😭😭
them: it's okay I haven't worked on it either 🤣🤣🤣
them: it's okay I haven't worked on it either 🤣🤣🤣
So it seems Google was artificially inflating the amount of storage I was using. I know this because I downloaded everything I had on Google Drive and in Google Photos and then deleted it all to free up my storage. The volume downloaded was somehow greater than the volume deleted??
September 19, 2024 at 2:49 AM
So it seems Google was artificially inflating the amount of storage I was using. I know this because I downloaded everything I had on Google Drive and in Google Photos and then deleted it all to free up my storage. The volume downloaded was somehow greater than the volume deleted??
For context, this is what I'm working on. Every point represents a lithic in the 3D space of the excavation unit! Locations are not exact, but not fully random either. This is one unit out of about 57 in my site.
September 16, 2024 at 9:28 PM
For context, this is what I'm working on. Every point represents a lithic in the 3D space of the excavation unit! Locations are not exact, but not fully random either. This is one unit out of about 57 in my site.
although in my defense, I work in a 50 year old academic building with single-pane windows with no UV protection, so my stickinotes do get the full force of the sun every day.
It's been so long since I've done data management for my site's GIS project that my stickinotes are faded almost the point of being illegible 😬
September 16, 2024 at 9:19 PM
although in my defense, I work in a 50 year old academic building with single-pane windows with no UV protection, so my stickinotes do get the full force of the sun every day.
It's been so long since I've done data management for my site's GIS project that my stickinotes are faded almost the point of being illegible 😬
September 16, 2024 at 9:13 PM
It's been so long since I've done data management for my site's GIS project that my stickinotes are faded almost the point of being illegible 😬
Fascinating thread that I'm forever going to use as proof why you should always check the sources your source cites
If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it.
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22
September 16, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Fascinating thread that I'm forever going to use as proof why you should always check the sources your source cites
I'm following so many climate scientists now that I actually need to learn some of this lingo 😬
September 16, 2024 at 3:43 PM
I'm following so many climate scientists now that I actually need to learn some of this lingo 😬
can't wait to read this 🙄
Most US universities:
-are dominated by STEM departments (which aren’t lefty)
-are run by neoliberals if not neocons
-have shriveled their humanities programs to little adjunctified raisins
-send cops to bust up leftist protests
Viewpoint diversity!
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/a...
-are dominated by STEM departments (which aren’t lefty)
-are run by neoliberals if not neocons
-have shriveled their humanities programs to little adjunctified raisins
-send cops to bust up leftist protests
Viewpoint diversity!
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/14/a...
Should a ‘Diverse’ Campus Mean More Conservatives?
Republicans are demanding colleges embrace “viewpoint diversity.” They aren’t the only ones who are concerned.
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2024 at 12:03 AM
can't wait to read this 🙄
I think we arrive at that issue when we see reporting of information as an act of persuasion. You don't need to try as hard to be accurate if you're not actually persuading anyone of a point Weirdly defeatist and forgets that news is for the sake of learning, not being "convinced" of something
I've never understood this weird media belief (repeated many times before this) that criticisms of Trump only matter if his supporters see and believe him. Why would criticisms of Trump only be relevant to his supporters?
OK fine so they're sane-washing him but it doesn't matter because his voters don't read the paper anyway! I have dedicated my life to journalism despite believing it doesn't matter in the slightest. Farhi out.
September 14, 2024 at 7:53 PM
I think we arrive at that issue when we see reporting of information as an act of persuasion. You don't need to try as hard to be accurate if you're not actually persuading anyone of a point Weirdly defeatist and forgets that news is for the sake of learning, not being "convinced" of something
Anyone in the audience have experience with getting a masters in the US and then going out of the country for a Ph.D? Need some advice
September 11, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Anyone in the audience have experience with getting a masters in the US and then going out of the country for a Ph.D? Need some advice
Reposted by Nik Simurdak 🏳️⚧️
If you write an article about "undecided voters" and your evidence is quotes from 3 people in a country with 330 million residents, and you chose which people to quote and which people not to quote, that's not giving the voters' opinion, that's giving your opinion.
September 11, 2024 at 5:46 PM
If you write an article about "undecided voters" and your evidence is quotes from 3 people in a country with 330 million residents, and you chose which people to quote and which people not to quote, that's not giving the voters' opinion, that's giving your opinion.
With the school year looming on the near horizon, I hope more professors this year consider use of AI a form of academic dishonesty.
September 11, 2024 at 6:35 PM
With the school year looming on the near horizon, I hope more professors this year consider use of AI a form of academic dishonesty.
made a minor typo, time to let the soils consume me
September 11, 2024 at 6:27 PM
made a minor typo, time to let the soils consume me
How dare! Without quartz, humanity would have had infinitely shittier stone tools. I would go so far to say quartz is a mineral that made us as a species! I mean look at the lithic diversity she creates, she IS that bitch! "vanilla" excuse me but every recipe has to have a solid foundation 💅
FYI: If you vote for quartz in #MinCup24, it's an admission that your favorite ice cream flavor is vanilla and you think salt is "spicy".
(No offense to my friends in Minnesota)
(No offense to my friends in Minnesota)
September 11, 2024 at 6:07 PM
How dare! Without quartz, humanity would have had infinitely shittier stone tools. I would go so far to say quartz is a mineral that made us as a species! I mean look at the lithic diversity she creates, she IS that bitch! "vanilla" excuse me but every recipe has to have a solid foundation 💅
"he said some states wanted to kill babies after they were born and we fact checked that, but I want to ask about whether he got shot because of dems being mean" what a completely irresponsible handling of that interview. "journalism" yeah right
September 11, 2024 at 3:41 AM
"he said some states wanted to kill babies after they were born and we fact checked that, but I want to ask about whether he got shot because of dems being mean" what a completely irresponsible handling of that interview. "journalism" yeah right