@beth_machlan I’m on Twitter for the first time in ages. Seeing this reminds me that everyone’s experiencing the s**ttyness of everything. Hope you’re ok, Beth.
@samhaselby As a Umich grad, and a former student of Bright Sheng, worth noting that the music and art school are on the same part of Michigan’s campus, a bus ride from everything else except Engineering.
elon did not 'buy Twitter'
he impulsively made a ludicrously overpriced offer on Twitter
signed a contract that put him on the hook for that exact amount
tried to back out but was sued BY TWITTER to complete the buyout at the ridiculous price
and is now in a deal where-
Anna Konvicka, a senior studying electrical engineering @CUAlbertNerken was the top winner at the 2022 IEEE MIT URTC. Her award-winning work may ultimately help with improving cancer therapies https://t.co/WFZAcshZOX
Hear that noise? Glass ceiling of Irish academia cracked a bit. I was promoted to Full Prof, which makes me the first woman of color to become a Full Prof in Ireland. Relieved. Grateful for my colleagues and students. Thumb in the eye to the racists and sexists. #AcademicTwitter
@biblioracle Don’t know it, but very curious… is it actually an autobiography, or something more metafictional? That’s the year Augustus won, alongside a Barth novel. Interesting window into the literary moment.
@beth_machlan Not to quibble, but it was 05-06… as someone who wore out my only good pair of shoes walking in circles in front of Bobst to the bitter end. But thanks for the solidarity, Beth :)
@samhaselby While Cleveland may be my beloved @DetroitPistons divisional rivals, the schadenfreude re: LAL runs deep. Ideally the Lakers will be awful but wind up with the 9th pick in the draft.