Reading Raccoon

What's in your head?
In your head?
LAUNDRY
LAUNDRY
LAUN-
-DRY -DRY -DRY

- The Cranberries but all their clothes are dirty

Supreme Court strikes down tariffs In a major ruling on presidential power, the Supreme Court on Friday struck down the sweeping tariffs that President Donald Trump imposed in a series of executive orders. By a […]

Cool, consumer prices are coming back down, right?

(crickets)

www.scotusblog.com/2026/02/supr...

Trump post: "Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and any and all other information connected to these highly complex but extremely important, matters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!" - President Donald J. Trump

Literal desperation.

How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome in Academia When You’re Six Raccoons Living in a Fjällräven Parka Imposter syndrome is real. In a competitive field like academia, everybody feels like a fraud sometimes, whether it’s a scathing peer review, a nas...

"There isn’t a professor alive who hasn’t discovered that they just taught a class with chalk dust on their back, an open fly, or a peanut butter jar stuck on their head."

Lord I have seen what you have done for others and I want that for myself

squidward from spongebob squarepants looks out a window ALT: squidward from spongebob squarepants looks out a window

Americans waking up to news that Prince Andrew has been arrested for Epstein ties

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

Blue! When trying to pick a color, blue is always the correct color.

I am totally not biased.

Hoping to get the floor in tomorrow so we can start adding the additional framing/supports for the door and then get the wall panels in on Thursday/Friday.

Forbidden floor milk
(Priming and resealing the subfloor so we can add self-leveling concrete cuz this bitch is NOT level)

At least it's finally nice enough weather for hammock time.

An hour reading/meditating/napping in the hammock on my lunch break makes a world of difference.

Burnt out.

Tired.

Screaming into the void.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Mondays suck.

Today sucks.

I need a nap.

Don't eat the forbidden cotton candy tho. It's full of dead mice and mice droppings 🤢

We have put in wire mesh around the drain and filled the hole with sand in the hopes that it prevents further mice incursions into our walls.

Picture of a bathroom with the shower ripped out. Exposing the studs and insulation.

Mmmmmmmm forbidden cotton candy

Crying, screaming, throwing up.

ANTHROEXPO 2026…… nearly a year in the making!! My first ever GOH experience, my first time in Oklahoma, my first panel?! What a ride!!

I’m off today so now it’s everyone’s problem to reflect with me :)

a black and white painting of a knight holding a sword in a dark room . Alt: a black and white painting of a knight holding a sword in a dark room

I’m SO tired m’lord

I was so busy at the convention this past weekend that I got to temporarily disconnect from the news/current events and my normal job.

Holy fuck did it all hit me like a truck this morning though 🥲

People watching tik tok or other short form content at max volume while in a public bathroom.

What the fuck is wrong with you?

Yesterday I was looking for a “fingers crossed” emoji to encourage a friend and came across this emoji: 🤌

I am thinking that’s often an Italian gesture but am not sure how it would be used, especially as an emoji?

“I love Skittles.” 🤌
“The Olympics, eh?” 🤌
“He shat himself in the Oval Office.” 🤌

Drawing of a raccoon looking out from a hole in a tree at a sky of mottled greens, yellows, and blues.

“Light of Day”, coloured pencil and oil pastel on cotton paper. I used a photo from last year as a reference, but yesterday I saw a different raccoon in the same tree — looking out at a very wintry landscape. #SciArt #WildlifeArt

Did you know? Our registration process is open 24/7! Don't wait in long lines to purchase your badge at the convention! Just head to the 🔗 👇, and get everything in order before the convention! That way, you can spend all your free time feeding egg!

reminder that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could end this madness today

a meme of a figure shaking with excitement

“Hey, I think I finally want to read that book you recommended me—“

a panda bear is sitting on the ground looking at something . Alt: a panda bear is sitting on the ground looking angry and it says "I'm angy"

I hate "AI"

Stop trying to shoehorn "AI" into everything.

You're just making my job significantly more difficult and stressful.

Don't test out new "AI" workflows on a big project with a tight deadline!

“They avoided one another's faces, for fear of what they might see mirrored there. Each man thought: one of the others is bound to say something soon, some protest, and then I'll murmur agreement, not actually say anything, I'm not stupid as that, but definitely murmur very firmly, so that the others will be in no doubt that I thoroughly disapprove, because at a time like this it behooves all decent men to nearly stand up and be almost heard... No one said anything. The cowards, thought each man.” ― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

As Pratchett said:

I used to want to move up into management. But I've realized they spend all their time in meetings.

I hate meetings.

Me every day checking the news on my phone