Put in an application on an apartment not far from Cheeseboard. Trying not to get my hopes up, but you all know how it can be.

The University of California system and California State system together enroll 770,000 students.

770,000

That's three quarters of a MILLION students in a PUBLIC education system that ranges in quality from good to world-class.

This is a miracle.

I realize this skeet is going to be incomprehensible to a lot of people, but I have to say it. Carolyn Wysinger posting on Instagram on Tomodachi Life eve that El Cerrito is getting a Dutch Bros is sending me straight into the stratosphere. What a time to be alive.

I love diner coffee

I only just found out that Bob Dylan is coming to the Greek this summer. I kind of gave up on the idea of ever seeing him live. It's a 24-Hour Vinyl Takeover miracle.

Feels silly to be excited about this... but today I get to see inside of Twinelle.

I took something called the Grad Experience survey yesterday, and it had an entire section on AI: whether/how I use it, what my department's attitude is towards it, whether I feel I'll have proficient AI skills for my chosen profession by the end of my degree. Um, not my degree's job to teach me AI!

Where does this leave people who genuinely believe in the concept of a public university?

On Bluesky, I guess.

Prayer works, you guys.

Consumed with envy. My landlord ripped out the plum trees in the backyard that were my hammock anchor points and a wonderful source of shade... not to mention a wonderful source of plums!

I've really warmed up to this one as it's neared completion.

Thank you! I'm finally coming to the end of the process, and I'm finding that I'm all out of witty sayings related to embedded speech...

Dissertation titles can be boring, right? If I'm writing a dissertation on different methods of representing embedded speakers in Horace's Odes, my title could be something like "Speech Representation in Horace's Odes," surely...?

Grieving mightily

Sometimes real life requires narrative analysis and it's never as fun as it is when it's, say, Horace's Odes.

What caused the collapse of human civilization in Pokopia? There can only be one answer: The Sea Peoples.

Is there anything nicer than another graduate student who is working on campus on a Saturday evening poking their head in to say they're going out to pick up dinner, do I want anything? Indeed, there is not.

Unfortunately I do seem to be entering my "tech shorts with belt loops" era

With thousands of freshly painted red curbs, Berkeley implements law that bans parking next to intersections Berkeley is one of the first cities in California to implement a new street safety law that prohibits parking next to intersections.

Berkeley is one of the first cities in California to implement a new street safety law that prohibits parking next to intersections.

Leave a compliment to your bus Operator! They're the backbone of our communities and deserve the positive recognition.

👉 https://actransit.us/4eUilcJ

Gimme an F. 😞

Woodstock '69 The Fish Cheer _ I Feel Like I'm Fixing To Die.mp4 YouTube video by 03FXSTBI

His message from 1969 is as timely now as it was back then. Rest in peace, Country Joe.

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Bay Street? The place where I like walking around, meeting friends from SF, popping into stores, and catching the occasional movie? The Bay Street with mixed-use buildings that aren't terrible to look at? That Bay Street? In that case, I hope we get the requisite IKEA and Tokyo Central too 🙏

@rideact.bsky.social I've already submitted compliments online about him and my other 51B pals so I'm @ing you here. They're the best. The 51B route is NOT for the faint of heart.

Always a good day when I run into my bus driver buddy on the 51B. Shoutout to Ricky.

Our Intro to Roman Civ students read it in translation a couple of weeks ago. I am also obsessed!

I'm like two neighborhoods over from here right now and I regularly walk to Ashby BART. Definitely on the list.

I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often on Southside, given the level of reckless driving I see every blessed day.

Trying to move (within Berkeley-Albany-Oakland) this summer. I have my own thoughts on this, but I'm interested in hearing from others: where and when might someone in their 30s find a two bedroom that is near BART and also not a hideous wreck for $2600-$2900? Or is that a pipe dream?

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