Finishing my PhD & launching information consulting has me basically pretending I’m Dr. Liara T’soni (huge Mass Effect spoilers there).

You know how sometimes you serendipitously learn about a theoretical framework that’s going to tie the end of your dissertation together? That just happened to me, on Twitter.

My kid woke me up an hour early and I added ~1500 words to my discussion chapter today, plus pulled over another 9 pages from an earlier draft. I think it’s time for me to rest now.

Want to read: How Humans Learn by Joshua R. Eyler 📚

Want to read: The Swallowed Man by Edward Carey 📚

Today in the Hundred Acre Wood: Piglet might have the coronavirus but he’s asymptomatic; Pooh, Rabbit, and Eeyore have all been vaccinated. (Kanga, Roo, Owl, and Tigger are absent from the scene.)

I’ll say this (among other things) for being a part-time stay-at-home mom/part-time scholar: the mom part gives you lots of staring into space time you can leverage for research and writing insights.

I remember when MCU fans were clamoring for WandaVision to reveal its big bad already & Ashley Esqueda said “maybe grief is enough” & it turns out it totally is. 📺

Is there anything more attractive than an attractive person writing a grant application & looking in the household copy of Creswell & Creswell to help them do it? Asking for a nerd. (The nerd is me. You don’t need to answer. I’m watching my attractive husband do this RIGHT NOW.)

🔖 These images of comic book heroes redrawn to have average body types are fascinating from a cosplayer’s perspective. The “real” bodies look every bit as heroic to me & I wonder if it’s bc I’m used to seeing real bodies in these costumes. via @ohBananaJoe on micro.blog.