Melissa DeWitt

She/her. Instructional designer. Former academic librarian. Mediocre skier. Lover of spreadsheets. Not an actual badger. Opinions are your mom's.

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@sarahesilverman In my experience, it's been variable about what employers/search committees are looking for with a diversity statement... or if it's considered in the hiring process at all despite the requirement.

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Are your thirties about thinking you can fix boomers?

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@abigailleigh Fancy lemonades. Like adding strawberries or making Arnold Palmers. Trader Joe's also has this jalapeno limeade that is delicious with or without tequila. I also drink a lot of liquid IV... but I'm not sure I'd call that a favorite lol.

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@ElanaRoth I'm glad you can continue to help out! I matched with someone in 2014, did the blood test, and was a perfect match... but something happened and she was no longer able to accept a donation. I'll never know why, but I'm still on the registry in case I can match with someone again!

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@moorehn @Guancasco1 That's fine if that's what you want to do! I see it less as a critique and more as helpful context. I immediately went, "oh, THAT person" and knew the article was going terrible without needing to read it.

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@moorehn @Guancasco1 They're sharing this fact because she wrote a similarly terrible article about that too. And why you should cross picket lines. She regularly makes the rounds on Twitter for her bad takes.

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The line at the bar is really nice and empty. A bonus.

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It's me, the child free adult at Aladdin who forgot that children also like Aladdin. I haven't been around so many kids at once in years. (It's pretty cute tbh, but I have to watch my mouth. I'm so sorry, parents).

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Another childless adult just walked by discussing how they should pregame Book of Mormon. My people.

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@kcrowe It's the 4th of July in my neighborhood.

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My neighborhood is going apeshit right now. Fireworks everywhere. Go Nuggets!

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It's been an incredible bounty of Netflix binges this week. Finished The Ultimatum: Queer Love, watched all of season 4 of Never Have I Ever in like... 12 hours, and I'm six episodes in to Siren: Survive the Island.

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@kcrowe @Fobettarh Update: this show is incredible. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.

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@karenraycosta PurpleAir and AirNow have always been my go-tos. PurpleAir because there are more sensors near me and you get frequent updates, and AirNow because it's considered the gold standard and scientifically accurate. The tradeoff is fewer sensors and updates.

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I do hate when umpires start calling illegal pitches during high stakes WCWS games when they haven't called them all season.

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@kcrowe Yes!!! I just don't understand how it went the direction it did.

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My May tv and movie wrap-up!
Finished tv series: 8 at 81 episodes
Best: Ted Lasso and Miracle Workers S1
Worst: The Big Door Prize (which I still enjoyed!)
Movies: 7
Best: Galaxy Quest
Worst: Bama Rush

That brings our yearly total to 39 TV series at 427 episodes and 39 movies.

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@allisonrandom It had so much potential and then gave us absolutely nothing.

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@allisonrandom Facebook Marketplace is also great for this. Some people are moving and desperately need to offload their stuff, so they price accordingly.