I’m going to assume it’s already been mentioned and/or dismissed but Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller?
[reads] Oh. Written by a man. Well. Sorry.
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I’m going to assume it’s already been mentioned and/or dismissed but Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller?
[reads] Oh. Written by a man. Well. Sorry.
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31.10.2025 17:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It will never not bug me that they let a guy named Wormtongue be the king’s advisor. Maybe the books explain how it happened but otherwise… #tolkien
07.10.2025 19:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Soo... ol' Donny is going to Alaska so Putler can show him the #peetape again?
12.08.2025 18:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I have ALT+0151 hardwired into my muscle memory to the extent that I had to look it up. I don’t “know” it, I just do it.
07.07.2025 08:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Det här är sjukt. Jag vill ju inte ens att arbetsgiven ska veta hur mycket jag dricker på arbetstid.
11.06.2025 07:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Assisted implies it’s voluntary, and honey, the way things are going it’s about to be mandatory.
15.05.2025 07:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Some of you have asked about making donations. Wow. you are amazing. An easy way to do that is to get "Email Gift Certificates." Just don't use them if you want to donate. gmtgames.com/p-564-email-...
18.04.2025 12:48 — 👍 26 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1Happy Paris-Roubaix eve to all those who celebrate!
#ParisRoubaix
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Ask wife why she’s watching depressing af Finnish slice-of-life show and she tells me it’s a comedy. I will never understand my country.
29.03.2025 19:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And now that take home exam is finished and submitted. It was a small thing, compared to everything else that needs to be done, but also small victories deserve to be celebrated. #PhDSky
16.03.2025 15:53 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Torille. I guess.
08.03.2025 21:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Deadline for take home exam is April 1. Started writing on March 1. I'm halfway through the first question out of three and I'm absolutely loathing it.
01.03.2025 17:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1Sleep deprived brain goes “ooooooh wait until menswear guy sees that picture”.
26.02.2025 14:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Scalzi skriver lättlästa böcker så tänker att bra alternativ om du annars inte slukar böcker. Han gör inte anspråk på att försöka vara djupare eller svårare än vad han är.
19.02.2025 12:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Breakfast Club was released in theaters on this day 40 years ago 📚
15.02.2025 19:32 — 👍 470 🔁 88 💬 6 📌 27Doing research procrastination. Meaning: rearranging and cleaning bookshelves so I can more easily find the intimidating tomes. #PhDSky
08.02.2025 14:14 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Det här är en evergreen. Jag kan stå och lipa i duschen men så klickar ”Aloe Vera!” in och jag ger det en dag till.
07.02.2025 16:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Can't help it, but I do tend to enjoy reading the inter-personal shitslinging in academic texts. The "yeah, well YOU're stupid!" written out as "so and so's theory embodies the error in its crudest form". Suits you sir, suits you! #PhDSky
01.02.2025 12:50 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Rereading Stoner. Loving it. Ok #Booksky - what are your favourite campus novels?
24.01.2025 17:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Allmän information: siffrorna på din tågbiljett motsvarar din sittplats på tåget. Sittplatserna är numrerade. Vagnarna likaså. Livet är svårt. Gör det inte svårare.
23.01.2025 14:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Drafting a research timetable and sprinkling it with various deadlines. Screw you, future me! You're going to be so mad at me. #PhDSky
19.01.2025 08:08 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Wife: Could you please hurry up?
[Daughter immediately breaks out in song with accompanying dance.]
First lecture as a PhD student!
Did I bring my laptop? Yes.
Did I bring a charger? Alas, no.
Is my handwriting legible? Debatable.
Let’s goooooo
Stalking through the aisles amidst all the other Christmas shoppers, doing my best to project a very Thomas Shelby aura.
23.12.2024 17:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Confusion. Followed by realisation. Followed by a groan. Well done. No notes.
23.12.2024 08:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Filling out a form (maybe Antwerpen for a short spell this summer?) and being completely annoyed about every little detail I'm supposed to know. Like... name of degree. And the phone number of my emergency contact. Enjoying the Sunday evening, the long dark tea time of the soul. #PhDSky
08.12.2024 17:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0So a girl the same age is being mean to my daughter in their whatsapp group. AITA for coaching her how to be even meaner back? We tried "turn the other cheek" but that's not paying any dividends. Daughter has so far ignored my coaching, but I'll get her turned to the Dark Side, you'll see.
06.12.2024 10:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0