Dudes rock

His latest in Current Biology (based entirely on his co-author's field observations with no other systematic validation) is very much the same

This is the second time in just the past few weeks when I've felt good about not getting a postdoc with him

No one:

Absolutely no one:

YSA adult leaders: "I met my wife and got married within 3 months of coming home from my mission"

The cooking class idea isn't bad but I'd rather just do it myself instead of paying $90 or whatever

Dating tips I've gotten from my mom lately:

- take a cooking class
- attend a Spanish ward
- "just look her up on Mutual"

I live

Logging on for the first time in like 6 months and seeing the mushroom post going viral again is fitting

I am

Facebook is even worse and has been for years because I made a page once to post about my books and got zero engagement even with like 200 followers

I am not taking my book posting to TikTok because I am not built for that life

Twitter use is just habitual at this point because somehow I have nearly 1600 followers over there and only about 60 people see my posts anymore

What are these apps even for if they only force one's most unhinged thoughts onto a couple dozen sets of eyeballs at most

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Hey nerds

My first book is free for the next couple days so go grab it before it costs money again

www.amazon.com/Kaschars-Qua...

Some of you would fold for this

I haven't heard of any that got denied but usually the issue is that they take years and the (American) man is rarely willing to live with her until it's figured out so they spend that time mostly apart

Not ideal imo

Poster for the 10th annual Mongolian Noise Metal Fest

Meanwhile in Ulaanbaatar they are having the 10th Anniversary of the Mongolian Noise Metal Fest right now

Oof yeah I've heard similar things with marrying people from the Philippines and that's definitely a factor I'm weighing alongside my newfound celebrity status

Nothing against Cambodia it's just very far away

According to the Mutual app I'm a hit in Utah and uhhh Cambodia

Impressed and slightly scared by this person who bought my first book and then read it all in one day

I can already hear My Own Soul's Warning in my head

I could actually do that with the other book I've been working on instead since it's much more about how people behave in the face of existential threats that require mass action

Seeing men who believe that Mormon women have gone woke and ruined dating by rejecting patriarchal control is always strange

Like bro just become a fundamentalist at this point

At this point the main thing holding me back from starting book 3 of my main series is figuring out how to ease the reader into the fact that it will be extremely depressing

Microsoft needs to mind their own business

The next most fun part will be seeing how many graphics mods this thing can run for Witcher 3