Dr. Kimberly Ayers

This was my first thought

After hearing DJT make fun of elite women Olympic athletes, I never want to hear the argument that they want to “protect women’s sports” ever again.

A close-up of a large protest sign mounted on a wooden stick that reads “CSU UNFAIR TO LABOR — PAY UP OR STRIKE OUT” in bold black and blue letters. The sign includes the Teamsters Local 2010 Skilled Trades logo near the bottom. It is photographed outdoors beside a street, with a metal pole, trees, blue sky with clouds, and a partially visible person in the background.

Teamsters are striking across CSU campuses this week and faculty are showing their support! Stand in solidarity.

“Readers should be able to assume that every word between quotation marks is what the speaker or writer said… The writer should, of course, omit extraneous syllables like ‘um’ and may judiciously delete false starts.”
-NYT ethical guidelines

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

Just sitting here waiting for @nytpitchbot.bsky.social’s response to the news that David Brooks is leaving the NY Times

My jaw just kept dropping.

Oooh it’s giving Ariel 😍

Got an invite for a meeting that is scheduled for....three weeks? Looks like I'm gonna have to find a sub for my classes. I'm booked!

BK I am extremely worried by skeeting about this you are currently violating some kind of NDA

Pi minus epsilon day

Matt you calling 22/7 “pi” breaks my heart a bit 💔

I can’t believe I’ve never taken the time to ask him. I have heard that all cats are Muslim.

Whoa there Kyle

A chocolate lab is gazing up at the camera with a vacant but happy expression.

The aforementioned Catholic in question.

At the vet today, a nice old gentleman in the waiting room was petting my dog Moose and asked, in all sincerity, if Moose is catholic.

You had me at open source alternative

Is this a sign I should give up and play Blue Prince the rest of the day? I think yes.

MY COMPUTER CRASHED AND THE EDITS I MADE TO MY FORM DIDNT SAVE APSLDHTOPAUHW4PROIAEJPFL

I am doing IRB stuff for the first time, and I gotta say...my tolerance for red tape is LOW.

Whoa there’s levels there

A small brown dog is curled tightly into a ball, sleeping on an armchair. Her nose is tucked against her hind leg and her tail wraps around her body. She is wearing a floral-patterned collar and lies on layered blankets with a green pillow nearby, creating a cozy indoor scene.

BREAKING NEWS: my dog is a circle

Thank you I try! And honestly I wish I could take credit for the photo but my colleague down the hall is the one who snapped it.

A great horned owl with bright yellow eyes and raised ear tufts perches on a concrete ledge in the foreground, looking up toward the camera. Below and behind it is an open campus plaza with patterned brick walkways, lampposts, and a few people walking. A modern building stands to the right, while roads, trees, and hills stretch into the distance. The sky above the hills glows with vivid orange and pink sunset colors.

This is my impression of an owl, but the owl is a CSUSM student

I missed ONE DAY due to a stomach bug with 102 fever and now I am somehow THREE DAYS behind on emails. What is this academic math.

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:

- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE

Took a break from writing up notes for my measure theory class to call my reps! Took five minutes, have you called yours yet?

As Mamdani begins appointing judges, study finds former cops, prosecutors set higher bail The study lands as Mayor Mamdani prepares to fill the bench.

WHOA! Excited that Mamdani is paying attention to our recent study about judicial background!!! #LawSky gothamist.com/news/as-mamd...

Selfie of Kim, wearing a purple top and holding an ICERM mug

A brown dog with short fur naps on a fluffy bed in front of a fireplace.

I had a rough day yesterday. I traveled home from South America and learned that my foster dog passed away while I was gone (heart failure, likely from having been so malnourished for so long). Feeling a bit like I failed her.