do lions bleet of electric sheep

direct reference theorist who constantly forgets whether the Fripp and Eno album is called Morning Star or Evening Star

them: cognition is a miracle

me: aang from avatar is technically an air friar

this was my entire undergrad experience

older thrifted ones--arms were cut roomier in the 90s . The ones I have that have held up the best are Moda, Ann Taylor, and Tribal

I’m the appendix

definitely more handsome as a beast

surely no one steps in gum this much, if at all

I step in gum approximately 5 times per year and this is the #1 thing that makes me worry I might be in a simulation

talking lions

caveman: ugg

caveman therapist: (nodding) ugg

caveman: *starts crying*

I was today years old when I learned that "Butlerian Jihad" is some Dune thing and does not refer to the work of noted critical theorist Judith Butler

some days you wake up and all you want to do is use Windows 95

did you hear about the person who stole an expensive sample of Tyrian purple from the rare pigment shop?

--Horrible! I despise violet crime

What a time to be alive.*

*teach asynchronous online classes

Literally remake the iPod classic with a bigger battery, Bluetooth and 2 tb of storage and make 500 billion dollars or throw money in a hole on AI

pretty sure what those are going for is whether someone gets sleepy the moment they sit down or relax. they should just say that. (it's a weird model too bc people with insomnia tend to get very low scores on it even if they have significant daytime sleepiness)

someone probably posted this a long time ago on the bird site, but it is so true

the body keeps the score in the language game

I approve the Rylean sentiment of this post

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

the self is a delusive reification of transient patterns devoid of genuine identity. couldn't be me

I think this would violate the new accessibility standards. I *could* turn them into Word docs, but MS Office is probably doing this as well.

it's looking bleak for assigning PDFs of readings in online classes

having learned piano at a yamaha music school has been a big help with Connections puzzles

do in sol fege is pronounced doe

Exit, pursued by a gavagai (/zombie/swampman/whatever)

philosophers need to adopt this, not in particular because talks go on for too long, but because it is good

as someone who used to read the Edge back in the day (my evolutionary psych professor pointed us there in 2003) I'd been wondering whether it was rotten and am not at all surprised it was

Chariots of Fire unquestionably has the best experimental synth score of any movie about church

in 20 years my brain had completely erased my memory of the plot of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which is a little too on the nose