https://clarissasblog.com/2020/05/10/covid-poetry/ Pessimistic about Optimism Y’all really made MILFS trend on mother’s day… 💀💀💀💀 pic.twitter.com/QqCvb0Ml9J — Royale (@RoyaleNine) May 10, 2020 https://twitter.com/johnedwinmason/status/1259146267445297152?s=20 "You are angry with me because I’m not like the other questions you’ve seen. I’m an unfamiliar stranger who has arrived with the apparent intention of fucking your life up."https://t.co/00j45IiowR — McSweeney's (@mcsweeneys) May…

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All times are good times for the Black Keys. Most of this stuff is from before they hit it big and, as the kids say, it slaps.

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https://twitter.com/LeavittAlone/status/1255835997625090048?s=20 The fact that a global pandemic will only cut carbon emissions by single digits illustrates how “people focus way, way too much on personal footprints, and whether they fly or not, without really dealing w the structural [sources]" as @ClimateOfGavin says https://t.co/BMFvSxwLFU — Prof. Katharine Hayhoe (@KHayhoe) May 3, 2020 Some parents are finding…

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A few months ago, the sci-fi book club I’m part of read The Sol Majestic. The book is OK; rough at the outset, but eventually gets better, so I’m glad I finished it. I’d give it maybe 3.5/5 stars. The book’s eponymous setting is the best restaurant in the galaxy. People travel for years to…

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Lots of work, but low motivation. Being constantly interrupted doesn’t help. Week 7 on around-the-clock cooking duty doesn’t help, either. Daily hour-long walks have become absolute sanity savers. I just wish there weren’t quite as many others outside. Today, it was freezing and raining, so I finally got to be (almost) alone outdoors. It was…

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More links today, as I catch up on stuff. https://twitter.com/NaturelsLit/status/1254623717306425344?s=20 Sound on! ❤️🐄🎶 I’ve never heard a cow sing. A gorgeous human – animal moment. pic.twitter.com/XpAHS7iCx1 — Jenny McQueen (@VegJen) April 27, 2020 Deciduous Forest, 1897 #shishkin #ivanshishkin pic.twitter.com/BCluVVjYx9 — Ivan Shishkin (@artistshishkin) April 27, 2020 Though anecdotal, not surprising that female academics are struggling…

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Podcasts. What do we think? I am not the biggest fan of the form. I find most that aren’t heavily edited to be a slog:  slow, with too little content for the runtime, and hosted by people whom I don’t find engaging. But, I found one that’s well aligned with my extracurricular interests, and have been…

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https://twitter.com/ItsDanSheehan/status/1251641875695431680?s=20 https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1252760413437034497?s=20 This is unbelievable and why Animaniacs will forever be the horniest cartoon pic.twitter.com/CxI70e1bUH — dave whelan (@MrDavidWhelan) April 22, 2020 Hostage negotiation is an enjoyable and rewarding pastime. pic.twitter.com/McWG796hpO — Andrew Doherty (@AndrewShandrew) April 22, 2020 https://twitter.com/AnneWheaton/status/1245401292362502144?s=20 https://twitter.com/Ms_Laser/status/1243769859416059904?s=20 Cowculus. 😆 pic.twitter.com/LHgurE7VKM — Your Daily Epsilon of Math (@Daily_Epsilon) April 19, 2020 💜💜💜 https://t.co/gcJYSWmHrj…

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A few days ago, nicoleandmaggie wrote about annoyance and wanting to spare people, and it inspired this post of mine.  I try to pursue new experiences and activities in meat space, but what invariably happens is that I am the only non-American-born participant. Some people are weirded out by it; others are not. I don’t…

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— I’ve been in a foul mood today, so not much to discuss. I did manage to (in no particular order) cook a ridiculously large amount of food, go for an hour-long walk followed by an hour-long shower/pamper routine, supervise kids’ school work, and work on a book chapter. It wasn’t a total loss, but…

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