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RT @lfschiavo@twitter.com
Jellyfish do no have brains, rather, they have a net of neurons.

A modest proposal:

We take the jellyfish
We stack the jellyfish
We make deep (sea) learning

Conspiracy theory: all of these people telling us to get more sleep just want more time to do crimes unobserved.

Has someone finally beaten me at Wordsy? That depends on whether we accept dibromofluorotryptan as a word. @gilhova@twitter.com

RT @MachinePix@twitter.com
Sandmaster 26 sandbag filling attachment for skid steers by Paulls Construction Equipment.

Some fabulous photos of our last fire show taken by @jeffrovner@twitter.com. photos.app.goo.gl/ttj3deQaW7Jz

RT @cposnarky@twitter.com
HEY EVERYONE - NIXON’S FINALLY GOING TO PRISON!!

Broke: You said "literally" when you meant "figuratively".

Woke: People have been using "literally" to mean "very" for centuries.

Bespoke: Counter-misusing "figuratively".

"I figuratively just ate three burritos."

RT @qikipedia@twitter.com
The author Patricia Highsmith once smuggled 100 snails and a head of lettuce into a literary party in her handbag so she had someone to talk to.
(Image: Open Media Ltd)

RT @Emma_Lovato_@twitter.com
did you know...that if you do your reading before class, the lecture makes more sense???

Disney+ presents: The Mitsubishian.

"Uber driving is a complicated profession."

RT @wispdx@twitter.com
📢 Sponsor Shout Out! 📢
@lewisandclark@twitter.com College is a new sponsor of our Mixer this year! They sponsored tickets for students and faculty to attend!
Thanks for supporting WIS PDX!

RT @mondomascots@twitter.com
Toilet-Kun, a toilet that has achieved sentience, teaches people in Yokohama City about bathroom procedures after disasters.

W local phone: *keeps me on hold for half an hour*

Me: *gives up*

W message to my phone in Oregon: Your order is ready for pickup ... in Manhattan.

Sigh.

Maybe I'm just not tech savvy enough to use their website, being just LITERALLY A COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSOR. /3

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W website: Our records do not show Violet as a pet.

Me: *invokes online help chat*

W chat: We'll send out that prescription. Call this number to get your account straightened out.

W corporate phone: Oh, you need to talk to the local pharmacy. I'll transfer you. 2/

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Me: Orders Violet's meds through the @Walgreens@twitter.com website.

W: The vet says you aren't their patient.

Me: You filled this one before.

W: Oh, you submitted it under your name. You have to give the dog's name.

*two weeks later*

Me: *tries to add dog's name to account* 1/

An @nbcsnl@twitter.com sketch where Werner Herzog declares a series of increasingly banal professions to be "complicated".

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