austinkocher

austinkocher, 3 days ago to random

Normalize thanking people for their service. I mean everyone. Flight attendants, teachers, servers, janitors, nurses, social workers, cashiers, bus drivers, mail workers. Lots of people put their lives and well-being on the line every day to keep society running. Show gratitude.

austinkocher, 8 days ago to random

Good morning to everyone, especially those who go back and edit misspellings in their text messages. You're the Real Heroes.

austinkocher, 9 days ago to random

This is my first time seeing one of these hideous monstrosities in the wild and it is absolutely as god-awful as everyone says.

austinkocher, 10 days ago to random

What’s a technology or app you absolutely do not miss?

For me it’s so easy: Prezi.

The presentation software must have been sponsored by Dramamine. 🤮

austinkocher, 26 days ago to random

Trump Leads in 5 Key States, as Young and Nonwhite Voters Express Discontent With Biden

A new set of Times/Siena polls reveal an erosion of support for the president among young and nonwhite voters upset about the economy and Gaza.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/politics/biden-trump-battleground-poll.html

austinkocher, 29 days ago to baltimore

Grey and rainy day in #Baltimore.

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austinkocher, 29 days ago to random

How long could you keep working at your current job if for some reason all you had was your smartphone as your daily technology (no laptop, desktop, etc.)? Not saying it would be easy, but like, literally how long until you couldn’t do your job anymore?

austinkocher, 30 days ago to random

Have you lost writing projects in Word, Google Docs, Pages, etc.? What happened? What do you do now to save/protect your writing?

I am talking with students in a few weeks about how to protect their digital writing so they don't lose work, & looking for examples. Stories please!

austinkocher, 30 days ago to immigration

Major immigration news today: A new asylum rule proposed by the Biden admin could be published as soon Thursday and would allow immigration officials to bar migrants from asylum within days — if not hours — of them crossing the border. @axios #asylum #immigration @immigration

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/08/biden-migrants-asylum-restrictions-border-crossing

austinkocher, 1 month ago to random

Really wish marketers would stop asking me to “reimagine” stuff. Like it’s 2024 and the world is on fire, I can’t even imagine banking in this day and age, I def cannot “reimagine banking.”

austinkocher, 1 month ago to random

“The PhD student is someone who forgoes current income in order to forgo future income.” 😬

austinkocher, 1 month ago to random

I need a new coffee maker to replace a cheap (probably cancerous) plastic one, and looking for advice on what people are using these days.

What are coffee lovers using to make coffee at home?

• French press
• drip
• V60
• What else … ?

austinkocher, 1 month ago to random

Finally watching 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time. Stunningly beautiful. How did we get the incredible special-effects of this movie in 1968 and have to settle for the garbage that was Ant Man: Quantumania in 2023.

austinkocher, 1 month ago to random

Have the courage to allow new information to change your mind. This is a sign of maturity and intelligence, not weakness.

Why be alive and human and have an entire amazing brain all to yourself if you can’t be bothered to grow and change.

austinkocher, 1 month ago to maps

Amazing orthographic map project of New York City by John Bachmann on display at the New York Public Library. #maps @mapsmania #cartography #geography

austinkocher, 1 month ago to random

Borders are scars in the otherwise breathtakingly beautiful landscape.

austinkocher, 1 month ago to random

This absolutely delightful 50-something couple next to me at a late-night coffee shop in Baltimore is having a great time playing Scrabble together but they are not even remotely playing by the rules and the first-born in me is barely holding it together right now.

austinkocher, 1 month ago to random

At the end of March 2024, 3,524,051 active cases were pending before the Immigration Court.

https://trac.syr.edu/phptools/immigration/backlog/

austinkocher, 1 month ago to random

[Doctor, after I've filled out 17 online forms in the three weeks leading up to my appointment, completed 4 more forms in the waiting room, had my vitals taken, and got screened by a nurse]: "So what brings you in today?"

austinkocher, 1 month ago to random

I’ve been surprised as an adult how rarely the show MacGyver comes up in conversation. I still believe in my heart to this day that if I were locked in a room with a pair of metal candlesticks, some electrical wire, and someone going into cardiac arrest, we’d all come out fine.

austinkocher, 1 month ago to random

The way CVS is locking down everything in the store these days, I’m worried there’s going to be a longer mandatory waiting period to buy a tube of toothpaste than to buy a gun in this country.

austinkocher, 1 month ago to random

who did this

austinkocher, 1 month ago to random

Immigrants play a vital role in boosting our economy and contributing to America's success! Let's recognize and appreciate the immense value immigrants bring to our nation's prosperity. #immigration #taxes #tax

austinkocher, 2 months ago to random

coworker: "did you feel that?"

me: "I feel nothing, haven't for a while."

coworker: "no, I mean there was an earthquake just now, you didn't feel that?"

me: "oh. also no."

austinkocher, 2 months ago to random

the only eclipse I care about