If it's any solace, none of us have a clue what we're doing.
And I hear you about 'doing nothing at work can be exhausting'. I've been there too.
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just needed to vent about work for a minute (feel free to ignore)
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closeup of a printed flyer, with a sad-looking wolf looking at a laptop.
just a tired followup to my 2025 status (https://mltshp.com/p/1QRGU)
everyone here gave me amazing support and suggestions last winter when i talked about work. it got me feeling momentarily purposeful, and i was slowly amping myself to start looking for new opportunities- but then i got sidetracked (first with my dad’s stroke, then with finding a last-minute apartment and moving, then with a slew of other things).
in the fall, i got shifted into a new position on a new team. it came with a 30% raise (for which i’m grateful; i was struggling), but it has not been a positive experience.
i’m literally the only researcher on my team and every project relies on me even though i have zero clue what i’m doing. i’m constantly skipping from one project to another, never really getting anything done but everyone expecting me to find some kind of magic for them with no resources aside from “why don’t you just use an LLM?”. to top it off, we’re regularly in meeting with [exec] who treats us with disdain, bullies everyone, and demands your opinion just to tell you it’s “bullshit”. i’m so tired of it. i’m so tired of people thinking that's normal.
every night i leave work and tell myself i’m going to find the energy to rewrite my resume or look at jobs for an hour. but every night i get home and i just… melt. i sit down to decompress for a few minutes and suddenly it’s bedtime.
i regularly take 2-3 days of PTO a month, and i still feel worn down. i sometimes feel like i’m doing nothing at work and i still feel worn down. i don’t have the energy to do anything i like anymore.
i guess i’m just putting this here to try to push myself into trying again. i know i need to do this or i’ll wither up and die. i don’t have any advice to ask of you, just… guess i need to put it out there. if you have life advice, lay it on me. (if you have jokes, sorry, i am not in the mood.)
thanks for listening. i may delete this later.
image source: quite literally, and unironically, a closeup of a poster HR put up in the building for a seminar on burnout.
everyone here gave me amazing support and suggestions last winter when i talked about work. it got me feeling momentarily purposeful, and i was slowly amping myself to start looking for new opportunities- but then i got sidetracked (first with my dad’s stroke, then with finding a last-minute apartment and moving, then with a slew of other things).
in the fall, i got shifted into a new position on a new team. it came with a 30% raise (for which i’m grateful; i was struggling), but it has not been a positive experience.
i’m literally the only researcher on my team and every project relies on me even though i have zero clue what i’m doing. i’m constantly skipping from one project to another, never really getting anything done but everyone expecting me to find some kind of magic for them with no resources aside from “why don’t you just use an LLM?”. to top it off, we’re regularly in meeting with [exec] who treats us with disdain, bullies everyone, and demands your opinion just to tell you it’s “bullshit”. i’m so tired of it. i’m so tired of people thinking that's normal.
every night i leave work and tell myself i’m going to find the energy to rewrite my resume or look at jobs for an hour. but every night i get home and i just… melt. i sit down to decompress for a few minutes and suddenly it’s bedtime.
i regularly take 2-3 days of PTO a month, and i still feel worn down. i sometimes feel like i’m doing nothing at work and i still feel worn down. i don’t have the energy to do anything i like anymore.
i guess i’m just putting this here to try to push myself into trying again. i know i need to do this or i’ll wither up and die. i don’t have any advice to ask of you, just… guess i need to put it out there. if you have life advice, lay it on me. (if you have jokes, sorry, i am not in the mood.)
thanks for listening. i may delete this later.
image source: quite literally, and unironically, a closeup of a poster HR put up in the building for a seminar on burnout.
hugs. Thank you for letting us know this is going on for you--you are very much not alone.
No kings Chicago
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Alt text:
Two people stand together at a large outdoor protest in a city park, smiling and holding illustrated signs that read “No Kings.” The signs feature stylized drawings of a crown being struck by lightning and a crown beneath a rising or setting sun. A crowd of demonstrators with additional signs fills the background, with tall skyscrapers visible under a clear blue sky.
Two people stand together at a large outdoor protest in a city park, smiling and holding illustrated signs that read “No Kings.” The signs feature stylized drawings of a crown being struck by lightning and a crown beneath a rising or setting sun. A crowd of demonstrators with additional signs fills the background, with tall skyscrapers visible under a clear blue sky.
Bad Brains reference, I believe.
No Faux-King Way!
The lightning bolt is _sort of_ like the Bad Brains debut tape cover (designed by Donna Lee Parsons) but the direction of the bolt is flipped. See also the Rider Waite Tower tarot card for the lightning bolt and falling crown - I hadn't noticed the parallel with the album before.
(I suspect these are mlgen, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.)
(I suspect these are mlgen, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.)
No Kings, Columbus Ohio
mshltp
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I found a half-baked cheeseball on a drive from 2021. Can't be arsed to clean it up. But I still like the vibe.
Second Cheeseball TV
Hive collapse
AS I WAS SAYING
That Kind of Party 3
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Some additions to the last party (https://mltshp.com/p/1RJCF).
3rd edition sources: https://mltshp.com/p/1Q8U6, https://mltshp.com/p/1QQTP, https://mltshp.com/p/1RMSC, https://mltshp.com/p/1RJKM
Join: https://mltshp.com/cheeseball
3rd edition sources: https://mltshp.com/p/1Q8U6, https://mltshp.com/p/1QQTP, https://mltshp.com/p/1RMSC, https://mltshp.com/p/1RJKM
Join: https://mltshp.com/cheeseball
Epic, with plenty o' cheese!
finally, history remastered
i dream of @heyitsal continuing this until it’s a Too Many Cooks-level frieze/panorama 39,758 inches wide
"land of midnite sun" - eyvind earle, 1983
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surreal, abstract painting by eyvind earle, which features stylized, sleek horses galloping across the frame, with a golden-to-red gradient behind them, and stylized barren trees painted in deep reds and purples rising upward to the sky, with long, thin limbs reaching upward in careful rows
image via artchive:
https://www.artchive.com/artwork...
more of earle's work on wikiart:
https://www.wikiart.org/en...
https://www.artchive.com/artwork...
more of earle's work on wikiart:
https://www.wikiart.org/en...
those are earle trees, alright
An Update
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A white metal lunchbox that says “HUMAN ORGAN FOR TRANSPLANT” on it in in large red letters. In front of the lunch box are dirty used gloves, a dirty paper towel, and a dirty plastic bag. Everything is stained red because of beets.
She ate all the beets wearing the gloves and her friend thought it was funny. A good time was had by all.
I posted it on Mastodon as well if anyone would like to give it a retoot. https://awjeez.help/@robotma...
I posted it on Mastodon as well if anyone would like to give it a retoot. https://awjeez.help/@robotma...
Potty of Gold
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A portable toilet is pictured at the end of a rainbow.
today
WAR DON'T SEX
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Unfortunately formatted hand written sign at the March 28th No Kings protest in New Haven saying "War crimes don't hide sex crimes", but it also can be read as War don't sex. Crimes hide crimes"
one crime may hide another
One hand can't wash it off the other.
Shout about it!
it's Friday night somewhere
shirts!!!
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Tempted to recreate this as a t-shirt.
@dogwelder and then a t-shirt bearing a large photo of yourself wearing it!
I *so* would wear this as a shirt
An arc of the sky
My kid is great <3
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Social media post from @robotmachine@awjeez.help
Last night for dinner we had roasted root vegetables (carrots, beets, onions, potatoes, and celery). My 11 year old loves beets. She asked me to put the leftover beets in a plastic bag and put them in her lunch box for school today. Then she asked if we had any disposable gloves that “look like surgical gloves”. Because she didn’t want the beets to stain her hands when she ate them. She watched me put a bag of cooked beets in a plastic bag and “surgical gloves” in her lunch box which says in large red letters HUMAN ORGAN FOR TRANSPLANT and the whole time seemed to be waiting for me to go “Hey. Wait a minute.” but I didn’t. She was giggly all morning. Maybe I’ll have to go to the principal’s office today, but that’s a price I’m wiling to pay.
Last night for dinner we had roasted root vegetables (carrots, beets, onions, potatoes, and celery). My 11 year old loves beets. She asked me to put the leftover beets in a plastic bag and put them in her lunch box for school today. Then she asked if we had any disposable gloves that “look like surgical gloves”. Because she didn’t want the beets to stain her hands when she ate them. She watched me put a bag of cooked beets in a plastic bag and “surgical gloves” in her lunch box which says in large red letters HUMAN ORGAN FOR TRANSPLANT and the whole time seemed to be waiting for me to go “Hey. Wait a minute.” but I didn’t. She was giggly all morning. Maybe I’ll have to go to the principal’s office today, but that’s a price I’m wiling to pay.
Source: https://awjeez.help/@robotma...
I'll be looking for an EOD update!
Aw dang, no photos?!
I'd be all for this except Beets are the worst vegetable on the planet and should be eradicated for all time. I say this with kindness and love for other root veggies, but not beets those fuckwads can rot in hell.
how ICE is assisting TSA
bed
This may not be safe for viewing at work.
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line art of a bed with rumpled bedsheets in a room painted blue. the bed is on the floor.
source: https://www.tumblr.com/cosmonau...
NSFW AI generated (the washing machine air conditioner should have tipped me off)
NSFW AI generated (the washing machine air conditioner should have tipped me off)
I love this on aesthetic level, and also why is there a laundry machine pressed up against an exterior window?
It's an eclectic dryer. P.S. I also love this.
@B6FA798A3449 because the image is AI-generated.
whip of the week
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A red motorcycle minus its front wheel welded to the back of the cutoff front end of a pickup truck sitting in a parking lot outside a store
🤨
I'm curious which state in the US would allow that as street-legal.
@ardgedee I would love to have a conversation with the mad bastard who built it.
You have to admit one of the best features is the party-balloon helium tank feeding fuel to the two-stroke.
You have to admit one of the best features is the party-balloon helium tank feeding fuel to the two-stroke.
the new political discourse
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spam texts from 240-270-1113 sent claiming that a donation to r-gop dot net will save GOP seats.
followed by a spam text claiming you can get an american flag by donating to redtxt dot vip.
replied in all caps with "fuck off fascist dickbags. take a cholla to the taint"
spam bot replied "you have been unsubscribed"
followed by a spam text claiming you can get an american flag by donating to redtxt dot vip.
replied in all caps with "fuck off fascist dickbags. take a cholla to the taint"
spam bot replied "you have been unsubscribed"
This reminds me of the brave women of Losers.
blep
Versatile Punchline
mshltp
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"HEY CHAT GEEPEETEEPEE, WRITE ME A VERY GOOD HISTORY"
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fish with bloated orange/red face and blonde hair
I would have also accepted "Boris Johnson"
how to be
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animation loop of a black and white cartoon cat dance-stepping and sashaying back and forth.
swiggity swooty I'm comin' for dat booty
pair programming, AI edition
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Film loop of two women in black satin cat masks in a wrestling ring pivot as one, baring the claws on their black gloves and lunging towards an unseen opponent.
Sheet cake in the break room.
ICE officer gets to run the airport body scanner?
Friday Dance Party
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Cartoon, gif. Bugs Bunny, wearing a yellow, flat brimmed hat and carrying a cane, doing a soft-shoe dance number in an old-west main street set.
Been a while since I've seen an #FDP post, thought I'd drop one on. Happy #FridayDanceParty, folks!
(Ken Champin was one of the WB animators at the time.)
Meet Ava
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Eight week old terror mix. She loves Furgus, he’s not so sure yet, but he hasn’t let her out of his sight.
SQUEEEEE.
HOORAY
Ava is a great name for great dogs. Don't just take my word for it, ask my great dog: Ava.
Back to the farm
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Large room with tall stained glass panels and area rugs over a concrete floor, with rock band instruments set up in a loose circle around the room and a mixing board on a large hassock. Band members are setting up various pieces of equipment.
Sidewalk Diamonds are back at our friend’s farm for the weekend starting work on our next album. We spent last night setting everything up, so today is breakfast and a Bloody Mary then we crank up the amps*.
*silently, through headphones
*silently, through headphones
GIT IT
When PTO looses it edge, nothing elsedoes. Reach out if you need to talk.