💯 -- Very well said!

#ProTip for Administrators and Bureaucrats: Don't force academics into a corner where they have to waste time writing things that will quickly be discarded. Think before you ask. Either that, or be OK with getting something that looks generic and not a perfect response...

#ProTip for academics: Don't create any document or presentation that you can't reuse all or part of potentially many times in future. Corollary: If you realize you're writing text you can't reuse, go and find existing text that you've written before and use it instead. 🧪

Do you have words that you rarely use but when you do, you know they're so important to use correctly that you look them up every time just to make sure you're doing it right? For me, it's "condolences." Really wanna make sure I get it right even when I know it's right...

We walked into Kohl's yesterday (September 27) to make an Amazon return and were greeted by Christmas on the left and Halloween on the right. I don't think the skeletons were happy about the Christmas line up -- they were holding up signs "booing" across the aisle.

I heard about these football referees who needed a break and decided to take a trip to get their minds off of the job. It was a whistle-stop tour.

Is this real or is this just shitposting? (see what I did there)

It also collects droppings from chiropterans. That's just batshit crazy.

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Tonight I learned about a pitcher plant that attracts shrews with a delicious nectar. To get that nectar, the shrew ends up in the pooping position, and the poop falls directly into the pitcher! Cannot believe they did not call this the Shrew Shitter. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/car...

These Toilet-Shaped Carnivorous Plants Thrive By Eating Poop

Some of Borneo's pitcher plants took insects off the menu in favor of mammal droppings. It's an evolutionary triumph.

It also collects droppings from chiropterans. That's just batshit crazy.

Tell artists you like their work. It’s how they stay filled with life-giving art mucous.