Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 19hExtrapolating from a very minor experience while out with my daughter, but it is a problem that Why Are Men Like That? doesn't include Why Are Boys Like That? 141
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Made a somewhat snarky post I didn't love and deleted, but to just make the point a bit more plainly: I think stories are really powerful and it can be really challenging to recognize that you're influenced more by those stories than you think 000
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Kind of <tapping the sign> but a frequent pitfall I see On Here is people valuing various "feats of strength" as something meaningful 100
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I feel like the Rationalists making every set of coursework look bad should really slow everyone down on the "actually, stuff I know makes me stand head and shoulders among the commons" 110
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 27/09/2026One fun thing about tech is that you get to claim innovation by simply coming up with your own name for an idea that's already fully mature in other industries 000
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If you're ever feeling imposter syndrome, just know that I recently heard a respected and credentialed historian repeat a easily falsifiable internet truism that's adjacent to their topic of study. 110
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Season 2 of Reggie Dinkins is definitely going for a different vibe 152
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Pulling a thread out of yesterday's college admissions discourse, another reason I think easing requirements responsibly would help dismantle the assumption of privilege college students get re: behavior. 010
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 22/09/2026*tapping the sign* the hardening of educational spaces is rooted in the challenges of dealing with domestic and sexual violence 131
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A great example is to look at pictures of old offices and notice how much infrastructure there is for paper. The physical effort of moving the literal weight of paper was baked in to how we worked 050
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It's kind of funny that there's not really as much of a "YIMBY but for higher-ed" than you'd expect On Here 253
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You can really tell the people who've had to lead by coalition vs the people who've been able to lead by fiat 011
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Jev seems cool, but tapping the sign 000
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Seeing the particular flavor of customer service interaction where you gain the unfortunate insight that some people's parents taught them to be jerks 000
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Just had bad chicken picatta, but the wild thing is they messed up the sauce. Overcooked chicken, fine. But "put butter and lemon together in a pan"? 000
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Kind of weird that "well, we need a masculine presence in the board room" has become pretty much okay to say out loud again 000
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I think my favorite variety of "umm actually..." in the comments section of any historians media is the ones that are clearly just trying to up the coolness factor of the topic 000
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 08/09/2026<spoilers> I actually really like the idea that Wake has been stealing all his ideas from alternate timelines, and that freeing himself will involve actually being creative for the first time 110
Reposted by Oh Deer the Summer is HereMrNelson007 Belongs in a Museum @mrnelson007.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The entire plot of the Remedy extended universe rests on the fact that Alan Wake is a hack writer and I unironically love that 0282
Reposted by Oh Deer the Summer is Hereneutral @neutral.zone · 07/09/2026Tech culture has a particular failure mode where people encounter a domain that is historical, social, embodied, full of contested definitions, and immediately assume the problem is that nobody has normalized the schema yet. 3345
Reposted by Oh Deer the Summer is HereLiberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 07/09/2026“There’s libbing out of all kinds here. Moderates who’ve been at it for forty years and progressives who’ve been pushing party boundaries for ten. There are tables hawking campaign merch, staffers who look like they didn’t sleep last night, and consultants who definitely haven’t slept in a week.”liberalcurrents.comMeet the DemocratsThe party is not an abstract cabal powered by fever dreams, but a living, breathing coalition held together by a ceaseless grind and people with the will to face it. 27518
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 05/09/2026*looks under Discourse hood* so what you're saying is that maybe boys should be boys? 000
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Addendum, manifesto-style posts about methods of programming should result in having your pay docked 010
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Some people on here don't talk to others in ways that aren't about winning the conversation and it shows 020
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Can we all agree to stop writing the documentation in marketing language? A dark background by default does not make it more accessible either 030
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Seeing a fun "look how dumb teachers are for trying to teach an inefficient method of multiplication" short so that's cool 010
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Begging people to think about what data is before posting... 000
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026One thing I'll say re: Tim Curry is how fantastic his portrayal of Pennywise was, especially when compared against the films.static.klipy.comIt Pennywise Laughing with Red BalloonAlt: It Pennywise Laughing with Red Balloon 110
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 24/08/2026When I break encapsulation to make something work (insert picture of Barbara Liskov)static.klipy.comDexter Looks at EinsteinAlt: Dexter Looks at Einstein and says "I have failed you" 110
Reposted by Oh Deer the Summer is HereOh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 20/05/2026We really need to talk about the "asshole uniform theory of society" more 101
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Doing a little research for a personal project, and a great example of this is every vendors' "X can't be done at human scale anymore, so you need our product to handle Y load". 000
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Multiply negative impact if the software does something. Raise it exponentially if it does actual *stuff* 110
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I feel like I'd give a lot more credence to certain ponfifications if those doing the pontificating communicated the easily understandable basis of their pontificating first 100
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Honestly, if you want to know what's driving X in the zeitgeist, it's that meta-content has more frequently passed actual content as a primary mover. See: most discourse about media on here 010
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I know it's great to have managers that go to the mat for their team... but you should probably check if your team actually did the work before throwing down 010
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 17/08/2026"I've got a Porche, of course I speed" was an actual quote from one of these guys. 110
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Agree with this, but do want to again note that we do have a lot of arbitrary lines on when it's okay to fail when it comes to education. 130
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Object-oriented programming solves what it was designed to solve adequately 030
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The Odyssey take no one wanted to make is that xenia is what people imagine cancel culture to be 000
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It's always striking how the "which way to be a man? (lauditory)" is split between "dominating other men (who deserve it)" and "liking women publicly" 130
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 10/08/2026He's bad at this, but having worked somewhere that did weekly all-hands, the obvious performativeness of the meetings keeps the good feelings ceiling very low. 151
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I feel like a "send post to poster's grandma" button would solve a lot of edgy nonsense on the internet 110
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The low-grade moral panic On Here today is fun at least 000
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Seeing the "girls frequently consume books marketed to boys" which is true and I hope more people can internalize that the inverse is also true 140
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Not trying to point fingers, but a frustrating amount of the "solutions" being offered seem to be "no girls allowed, but not like that" 120
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 06/08/2026However, if you're the one who has to update itstatic.klipy.comIts Always Sunny In Philadelphia Charlie StressedAlt: Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia Charlie Stressed 110
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Assuming that the issue is that you're not pulling updated data for several only to find out you didn't modify the correct datasource in the first place is a rough place be so early in the morning 100
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I think the biggest problem with naiive or trope-based critiques is that those are primarily about generating meta-content, for which there's a market. And discoursing about the critique is primarily about doing the same 000
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 03/08/2026On the costumes, I think part of it is the Cybertruck problem where the simple shapes and monotone make the costume of it stand out 110
Oh Deer the Summer is Here @ohdeerthermos.bsky.social · 03/08/2026As people discourse about quantity vs quality and the morals of it, I do think the entire conversation usually ignores the merits of quantity/quality and instead is just arguing about what metric to prefer. You see this *a ton* in application development. /1 100
