Archaeodeath"So it was a bittersweet moment because it was great to have such a high-profile project, but there were elements of it which felt like a Victorian bunfight over who owned the bones." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgd9xpeqdqo
Rebecca Brackmann
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Brought two students to the English Honor Society conference. The first one gave her paper today, and she crushed it! 
Or maybe this happens to no one else but me?🤔
I've had Mendelssohn's "Fingal's Cave" going through my head for days. Fellow nerds, what classical piece tends to be an earworm for you?
The moment when you realize your middle-aged dad, who wears reading glasses to see his phone and still ends texts messages with a period, actually has serious skills.
It was kind of adorable.
DS had to download and set up a Linux-type environment for a class project and was having some trouble. DH took a look.
DH: *types command*
DS: "That's not in the instructions!"
DH: "I know. [peers at screen]. Ok, now we need to do this" [types. it works]
DS: "How did you know that?"
DH: "It told me."
DS's eyes were the size of saucers, apparently. Kid, that man was banging around in Linux 15 years before you were born!
My irritation about this is wildly disproportionate to the actual extent of the problem, no doubt.
I respect the term "enshittification" as a useful concept to examine the interplay between capitalism and online platforms. I do. Recently, tho, I've seen GenX and early Millenial bros use it so they can shriek about anything that has had the temerity to change in the last 10 years while deluding themselves that they don't sound like a bunch of Boomers. No, Mike, alt-text and pronoun preference is not "enshittification."
If any of my masto pals are attending #RSA2024, Boydell and Brewer have a flyer for 50% off my book!
I would support that 100%!