yijing

slowly coming to the realization that I described the temperature in celsius and exaggerated my tolerance for cold weather at a meeting (and there was no question raised), hmm

Hannah Arendt Is Not Your Icon

This, on Hannah Arendt and the perils of making her an icon rather than wrestling with what she thought and wrote, is very good.

anyways I’m serious considering subscribing to his french learning app for solidarity.

to my outcry of recent news a friend shared a post on X roasting German bureaucracy. had to download X back. found this entrepreneur guy who’s spent one year in Germany. within two-min scrolling I saw posts asking for a competent tax lawyer.

postdoc is probably not the best stage in life to sue an insurance company

I’m in the (so far) luckier situation that no actual vehicle physically t-boned me and threw me into the air; but understanding that there are cases where YOU HAVE TO GO NUTS alone is what comedies in general have helped with my mental health, really

I recall these lines from Birbiglia’s earlier standup twelve times per day now

very tired of the fact that some data imputation error coupled with Austrian bureaucracy would take months to fix (if lucky) and that not a single individual is immediately accountable for this systematic failure

I had no idea thanksgiving was such a party-heavy holiday

one great part of my day job is that I can let things run in the background (which is work) and read the wildest posts from other internet corners (which is also work) and feel good about myself multitasking

whew

(pulling up the ladder behind me) This is an opportunity for you to succeed through hard work and determination

why is there a lone salami on the edge

:(

I mean yes the background playlist I need for paper revision is Succession Music to Feel Like Logan Roy

c'mon overleaf

finally gave in to my algorithms and started binging content of Tiktok migrants being overwhelmed by how wholesome Rednote is. I want to study and forget about it at the same time (so I’m the ideal candidate for severance????)

philly is great

chatgpt has a running memory of everything I struggle with so far and today I got this profound piece of advice, “it’s okay to sit with the discomfort”. I’m rooting for machine.

I had no idea thanksgiving was such a party-heavy holiday

auto-repost for ridiculously good dishes

it’s the new holiday tradition now

Warm Dog vs Hot Dog

overleaf is the best device to visualize that while many of me are working on this I just need to figure out which pdf tab can respond to my recompiling request

„Als wir noch Lemminge waren, schwuren / wir das, von dem Abgrund innezuhalten.“ (G Kunert)

snack time is important

test!