Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I certainly don’t think that it could make anything worse, right? Says the woman with dopamine deficiencies who loves a good estate sale…. 020
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Or go for the long game and wish them a child who is a good sleeper, so that they convince themselves they did something to make that happen only to have a second born who NEVER sleeps! 040
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I had a student in utter shock that campus security stopped him from riding his e-scooter across the campus mall. 020
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Listening to the latest episode of @maintenancephase.bsky.social and every time @michaelhobbes.bsky.social or @yrfatfriend.bsky.social says "Duesberg," my brain adds "Woo-hoo!" à la the DuckTales theme. "Duesberg (woo-hoo!) is very obviously operating in bad faith." bit.ly/Duesbergwoohoo 001
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Yep! I have an entire portion of my syllabus dedicated to explaining the difference between a simple grammar or spell check and a generated revision. The hardest part is everything is starting to incorporate LLM it’s becoming harder and harder to avoid it. 020
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My institution piloted Grammarly Pro for students, so to be in the know, I added the extension to my browser. I can't tell you the number of times the robot policed my tone. Asking if I wanted to "sound more friendly" is truly the "smile more" of AI slop. I teach rhet/comp! 074
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It’s not great. Confirmation folks who are parents are inherently a bit bananas…especially when the tiny humans are extra tiny! 010
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Yes, I wholeheartedly agree. There is something deeply human about it. Then again, humanity is at the heart of Dolly. It is in every facet of her work, her performance, her art, her life, her legacy. 010
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 26/08/2026“My colors are blush and bashful…Her colors are pink and pink!” Rest easy Dolly. NYC and the rest of us ❤️ Dolly. 000
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 26/08/2026We should all strive to leave a legacy, even 1 ounce as wonderful as Ms Parton’s is. 000
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Felinist:static.klipy.comCat Knocks Over Water GlassAlt: Cat Knocks Over Water Glass 000
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 22/08/2026My college girlfriend was wearing a Trogdor shirt when I first saw her across a basement lecture hall…😂 020
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 18/08/2026🏆 Such a great idea! Mobility aids deserve the same attention that we give to all sorts of other things in our lives. The obvious being our vehicles, but we also put stickers on our water bottles on our laptops. Why not our walkers and wheelchairs? 🏆 000
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Not too shabby!?! Wordle 1,874 2/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 000
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 02/08/2026static.klipy.comLindsay Lohan in Mean Girls: Limit Does Not ExistAlt: Lindsay Lohan in Mean Girls: Limit Does Not Exist 020
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Say it again for the bigot on the court whose name rhymes with Sophie Cuntingham… 000
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 28/07/2026For some reason, when I picture this in my head it gives Look Who’s Talking Vibes 😂 010
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Ruin a book adding a word: The Vincent Price of Salt 000
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I feel a kindredness with belugas. I am they & they are me. Attributes we share: Pasty/Pale/Alabaster ✅ Plump/Zaftig/Voluptuous ✅ Graceful in the Water ✅ Social/Gregarious/Chatty ✅ Adorable as Hell ✅ 000
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I wholeheartedly disagree! I LOVE driving my dad’s restored 68 mustang! Sure it has ZERO turning radius and you more point it than steer it, but it has such a wonderful rumble that more than makes up for it! Open the wing-windows and get the air moving– there’s nothing quite like it! 010
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 23/07/2026It really is! It’s called Meadowlark and was one of the original factory colors that year. 010
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Does she have a name? My dad called his 1968 mustang, Velocibeast! She’s mine now since he passed in June. He always used to say that you don’t so much steer her as point her in the direction you’d like to go! Hope she finds a great new home! 1180
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Me, I uh, and I uh And I uh, uh, uh But I do it with finesse 010
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 20/07/2026I recently bought a copy just in time to prepare my First-Year Comp classes for the fall semester. 000
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Well shit (literally)! Cutting federal agencies that protect us has consequences. If only someone could have predicted this outbreak…erm outcome! www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...pbs.orgWhat we know about the cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to produceThirty-one states are now reporting cases of a parasitic intestinal disease that is making life miserable for those who contract it. While the U.S. has seen outbreaks of cyclosporiasis in the past, th... 010
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 10/07/2026The shade adjacent parenthetical at the end makes this endorsement even more fitting! 000
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 09/07/2026This! Hard-learned lesson for me too! Knowing what we want AND asking for it is hard!!! I have to remind myself in both my platonic and romantic relationships that folks can’t read my mind, and I have to ask for what I want. Otherwise, I just hurt my own feelings on repeat. 010
Caryn Ybirda (She/Her) @cbirdman84.bsky.social · 08/07/2026@elienyc.bsky.social had me at, “…this is Citizens United 2, the electric boogaloo…” I am officially obsessed!! 020