"mel~ why do you say german is the least sexy language when dutch exists", well dear listener thats easy ,,dutch isn't a lagnuage

I keep texting, “STOP,” but still the horrors persist.

An interesting bit of trivia for the “politics heads” out there: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are the first married couple to ever run against each other in a presidential election

unrealistic body standards (not covered in Ants)

the lottery is rigged against Polish men

Professors refusing to use emails in the 90s were right

If the old enviro saying "we have only one planet" never quite worked because it was easy to dismiss as too tritely kumbaya, Hurricane Helene offers a more immediate other side of the coin: There's nowhere left to run.

Letter from Florida: Nowhere Left to Hide - Truthdig

If you think a climate disaster can’t destroy your town, I have a submerged bridge to sell you.

New data on PhD student mental health: "By the 5th year of studies, the likelihood that PhD candidates needed mental-health medications had increased by 40%, compared with the year before study" This is why, when giving advice to students, I always mention self care www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The huge toll of PhDs on mental health: data reveal stark effects

PhD students in Sweden accessed mental-health services at increasing rates as their studies went on.

Nate Silver mansplaining what is political science to the sitting President of the Society for Political Methodology is *chef's kiss*.

MCmcopelov.bsky.socialSep 28, 2024 6:31pm

Area man does not read any actual political science

Eric Adams is a very Trumpian character: narcissistic, belligerent, a serial liar. The biggest distinction between them is that Trump is first and foremost an asshole while Adams is first and foremost an idiot.