Yasha Hartberg

Just a biologist who studies cultural inheritance, teaches writing, and is trying to figure life out. Mastodon: @[email protected] He/him/his

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#WorldSuicidePreventionDay is a deeply personal day for me. This is why. https://t.co/1nnYRDS0mu

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@TMobileHelp used to provide good customer service, priding themselves on being transparent and, well, helpful. It's a pity that's changed.

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@DeltaDentalins, why do you make it impossible to contact customer support? I've reached out, now, twice, and not heard anything back.

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@albertapp No, you clearly would not like to help me out with this as my, now, 28 email exchange with you has amply demonstrated. The only thing you'd actually like to do is steal my money. You'll probably get it, too, but at least I can make more people aware of your grift.

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Do not get trapped by @albertapp! Albert uses bots instead of customer service reps and it does not publically list a phone number so you can call when you have a problem that falls outside its narrow scripts, at which point you'll never have access to your money again.

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@Altmetric, any word on your plans to account for the Great Twitter Emigration?

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@UnreadDatum I hate to say it, but that might be the final straw for me here. 🥺

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@EsperantoVortoj Not to be confused with muŝo!

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@TeawithTolkien Mr. T

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@Dagmar__Gross "Both" wasn't an option so I didn't know how to respond! 🤪

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@PhD_Genie I'm the best!

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@UnreadDatum It is starting to feel a bit like a ghost town.

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@ZJAyres I’m jealous! That sounds interesting!

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@hapyresearchers Whoa!

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@Dear_student I love that aspect! It sometimes makes it harder to create suspense/intrigue in lectures, though, since many students will Google the answer to whatever mystery or paradox I might present rather than sit with the unknown for a while. But even that's kind of awesome.

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When laptops first started showing up in my classes, it intimidated the hell out of me. I quickly learned, though, that most students were using their devices to engage with class in ways that were unimaginable before.

And those who aren't? They're adults so what's the problem?

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@dlbowman76 Love it!

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Commercial: Making a charcuterie board with my son is a great memory.

Mom: The hardest part is spelling “charcuterie.”

Me: The hardest part is butchering her son.

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@Doctor_David There's undoubtedly a correlation with those who still fall for the old "your epidermis is showing" gag.

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Oh, dear. "mRNA" is trending and it pains my inner biochemist to learn why.

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@UnreadDatum Don’t feel bad. Yesterday, I Rick rolled myself!