My daughter’s cat is now officially a spokes-kitty.

She won the contest by looking cute and having a thing for the ice cubes from my tea.

https://www.kittytowncoffee.com/products/hibiscus-berry-herbal-caffeine-free

This life advice tho 👌✨

#goals

I've been enjoying Mastadon but have missed the academic side of things--I used to find so many resources for students and faculty on Twitter. I realized that I need to start doing them myself and maybe we'll build a community. So, here I go:
New book for grad students found on JSTOR: Grad School Life: Surviving and Thriving Beyond Coursework and Research, Kory-Westlund, Columbia University Press, https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.lib.vt.edu/stable/10.7312/kory20784

#academicchatter #gradschool #gradstudents #academiclife

It’s so telling that #TimWalz is “redefining” American masculinity. The guy’s a stereotypical macho man—veteran, hunter and football coach—but the fact that he’s also a nice dude makes it a paradigm shift.

He isn’t known for his baking or knitting skills. We’ve just come to associate masculinity with being a dick. #Election2024

There's really a lot to see in here.

"One of the big cries today is that software costs too much and you can't maintain it." - Grace Hopper, in 1982, talking about computers with 256kb of storage that's mostly taken up by system overhead.

https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/Press-Releases-Statements/Press-Release-View/Article/3884041/nsa-releases-copy-of-internal-lecture-delivered-by-computing-giant-rear-adm-gra/