Archive for 2013
A few good hours
Lately my migraines are rarely terrible, soul-crushingly painful events. But I am almost never completely pain or symptom free. Yesterday was the first day in weeks that I had a solid chunk of time with no migraine symptoms. I wrote the introduction to two of my proposal chapters, the methods for one chapter, did some […]
While you’re waiting for the bus
Stuff worth reading The Fallacy of Success That book won’t help you Listen to a brain seizure turned into music Lovely and intimate view of our brains misbehaving What’s Ailing Healthcare.gov? Bad software fucking up policy Finding Out You’re a Sexist, Misogynistic, Homophobic, Classist, Racist Asshole and Hypocrite — about work — Medium Shutdown coverage […]
Stupid, lazy young folks
Usually millennials get shit for being lazy and entitled. But now that the numbers show so many of us are working crap jobs, we’re getting called stupid, too. This WSJ article suggests that young people are shooting themselves in the foot by staying in their low wage jobs. Changing jobs is one of the most […]
While you’re waiting for the bus
Stuff worth reading What inner city kids know about social media Teenagers are better at the internet than you Most Americans Will Be Able to Spend $0 Per Year in Retirement. Maybe once enough of us are poor, businesses will have no one to sell to and so start advocating for government paychecks for everybody? […]
Where does the time go?
While you’re waiting for the bus
Stuff worth reading Fork in the road: Cyanogen raises $7 million to build a better version of Android A Brief History of Slash The New Deal We Didn’t Know Physics student makes amazing Bohemian Rhapsody cover Grad students do all the best work “Google can access most Wi-Fi passwords worldwide” On the upside, when the […]