What in Royal Genetics has happened to this man's neck?
Somewhere in this picture, Wonderwall is happening.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton)
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton)
No one:
Absolutely no one at all:
My brain, while at Safeway:
[cop radio voice] DISPATCH, WE’VE GOT A 14-88 HERITAGE, NOT HATE. REPEAT, 14-88.
me in the Bluesky group chat with my beloved moots
Also, I REALLY did not want to have to do the clean up involved with the sins of the past.
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton)
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton)
Funranium (AKA Phil Broughton)
Them: What is a "sundown town"?
DEI Coordinator: [very pained face]
Me: As the departmental giftschrank for Horrible History, I've got this one. They asked.
DEI Coordinator: Thank you. But you are supposed to warn them before you answer that it's very racist and awful.
Me: [nods] Yup.
Them: Oh no.
This day three years ago, @eighthway.com and I were in Lugo enjoying a capsule hotel and becoming forever mad at the guy with a guitar in alley below playing “Wonderwall” repeatedly until 4am.
D'aww. Newly minted PhD was excited to show me his acknowledgements section. I was thanked for contributing my beryllium handling and historical knowledge of the field to guide him toward new work, rather than repeating sins of the past.
Best performance appraisal I've gotten in a long time.
