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jenaciousd.bsky.social
The D stands for Disappointment
@jenaciousd.bsky.social
Midlife crisis, hyperfixations, cats, watercolours. Chronic fatigue and depression / anxiety. I need a nice cup of tea and a hug. PhD student in microfluidics with the OU.
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Still among my favorite science memes lol
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It’s impossible to tell whether the heating on campus is going to be over- or underperforming on any given visit.
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I know! Its the one thing I’m most glad about being passed down the generations: it has pride of place in Sister’s kitchen 😁
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Litlington could be a good nickname. The other two… not so much.
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I can do the unexpectedly absurd, if that’s good enough? I briefly thought I’d designed a perpetual motion machine, but I’d got my maths wrong.
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Ah! I currently live in Cambridge (in the (relatively) cheap bit) and I’m from Hitchin. We do get a lot of lovely place names round here 😁
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I am going to adopt this tradition with our heirloom powdered eggs.
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Some of my favourites:
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Long Milk comes from the same farms as do Long Eggs.
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Occasionally, when Dad couldn’t get to the phone in time back in the days of landlines, his answerphone would kick in and we’d both get to hear Mum on the recorded message. It was lovely and also sad.

I still think “I want my mum” sometimes, 12 years on. All the solidarity and empathy to you 💜
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM