Quick Thoughts
A nice update outlining all the Marvel shows and movies that are planned and when to expect them. I had no idea that “What If…?” Season 3 was coming this Christmas.
Bluesky and Micro.Blog make a pretty complementary social media set up. And the integration keeps getting better.
Just changed my username on Bluesky to my domain name. Micro.Blog makes it so easy if you already have a blog with a custom domain.
South Carolina’s offense isn’t always pretty, but they’ve got heart. Go Gamecocks! 🏈
At this point in the semester, Team Wertz is heading to study at Starbucks every weekend. (Ryan usually has some homework, but really just joins us so he can get a lemon loaf.)
One of the fun things about being a Ph.D. student married to another Ph.D. student is that you randomly discuss research methods over your morning coffee.
The number of people I actually know on Bluesky has increased significantly in the last week.
How the Ivy League Broke America. Incredibly thought provoking article about education, society and the concept of merit.
When income level is the most important division in a society, politics is a struggle over how to redistribute money. When a society is more divided by education, politics becomes a war over values and culture.
I haven’t been active on Twitter in a very long time, but I deactivated my account this morning. Now I have to find all of the links to Twitter on my blogs and other profiles and delete them. Going to take a while.
Really, really don’t understand how people are still on Twitter. Communities will reform elsewhere. So many people have left, your follower count is an illusion at this point. There are other options. I just don’t understand.
Today, everything in my life seems small. My job feels inconsequential. My career choices, misguided. My research, misdirected. My dissertation, pointless. The world is so broken. I feel like I could have — should have — committed to making more of a difference… somehow…
I have grad school advisement this afternoon and class this evening. I have decisions to make about my next step in my Ph.D. process. I’m not at all in a mental state to think about next semester.
According to Facebook, 15 years ago today, I got a Google Wave invite.
Just a reminder that aggressive tariffs and the resulting trade war were one of the causes of the Great Depression.
I got a really great score in Quartiles this morning. I wondered if I could easy share my score on social media like I could on Wordle. While Apple has a share button, it’s just a link to the puzzle in Apple News+ that few can access. Missed marketing opportunity.
I thought it was interesting that during the start of the Scout Motors unveiling, they promised to never sell their customers’ data. Privacy matters.
Scout Motors is unveiling their new vehicle designs later this afternoon. I’m excited because I want to see how they interpreted the old design into a new EV. But also, they are going to be built right here in Columbia, South Carolina.
I know I should probably vote early, but it’s my daughter’s first presidential election and I want her to have the full experience of going to the polls.
SEC football this season is incredible.
Went to the SC State Fair to see a giraffe.
I really enjoy the Apple News+ game, Quartiles. It’s fun and challenging and I’ve started to mix it into my daily morning routine.
Got the email that my latest journal article was accepted for publication. I’ll soon have one more entry on my Google Scholar profile.
I bought my first Retro 51 pen at Origami Ink in Asheville, an amazing pen shop that was destroyed in the Hurricane Helene flooding. So when I saw that Retro 51 was offering a special edition to support Origami Ink, it was an instant purchase. Amazing pen. Cool design. Great cause.
Just found out that my favorite pen store in Asheville, Origami Ink, was completely destroyed in the flood. I assumed that was the case because they were located in Biltmore Village, but the owners posted an update today confirming the sad news. Such nice people. I’m devastated for them.