just trying to learn smth new

Here are some pictures of my Saturday for the booklr sleepover.

And my bingo card as it currently stands.

wednesday, august 5th, 2026

my august days of productivity challenge is going alright so far. I've read more days than not and I'm on track with the amount of time that I want to spend on the malware data science project. I haven't gone on a run yet this week because of the poor air quality, but that should hopefully clear up in a few days.

pictured: struggling my way through a Rust project in the morning before work + reading on my lunch break with some toast and homemade edamame hummus that I made for the first time :D

Why aren't we talking about the real reason male college enrollment is dropping? (Celeste Davis, Oct 6 2024)

"White flight is a term that describes how white people move out of neighborhoods when more people of color move in.

White flight is especially common when minority populations become the majority. That neighborhood then declines in value.

Male flight describes a similar phenomenon when large numbers of females enter a profession, group, hobby or industry—the men leave. That industry is then devalued.

Take veterinary school for example:

In 1969 almost all veterinary students were male at 89%.

By 1987, male enrollment was equal to female at 50%.

By 2009, male enrollment in veterinary schools had plummeted to 22.4%

A sociologist studying gender in veterinary schools, Dr. Anne Lincoln says that in an attempt to describe this drastic drop in male enrollment, many keep pointing to financial reasons like the debt-to-income ratio or the high cost of schooling.

But Lincoln’s research found that “men and women are equally affected by tuition and salaries.”

Her research shows that the reason fewer men are enrolling in veterinary school boils down to one factor: the number of women in the classroom.

For every 1% increase in the proportion of women in the student body, 1.7 fewer men applied.

One more woman applying was a greater deterrent than $1000 in extra tuition! (…)

Since males had dominated these professions for centuries, you would think they would leave slowly, hesitantly or maybe linger at 40%, 35%, 30%, but that’s not what happens.

Once the tipping point reaches majority female- the men flee. And boy do they flee!

It’s a slippery slope. When the number of women hits 60% the men who are there make a swift exit and other men stop joining.

Morty Schapiro, economist and former president of Northwestern University has noticed this trend when studying college enrollment numbers across universities:

“There’s a cliff you fall off once you become 60/40 female/male. It then becomes exponentially more difficult to recruit men.”

Now we’ve reached that 60% point of no return for colleges.

As we’ve seen with teachers, nurses and interior design, once an institution is majority female, the public perception of its value plummets.

Scanning through Reddit and Quora threads, many men seem to be in agreement - college is stupid and unnecessary.

A waste of time and money. You’re much better off going into the trades, a tech boot camp or becoming an entrepreneur. No need for college. (…)

When mostly men went to college? Prestigious. Aspirational. Important.

Now that mostly women go to college? Unnecessary. De-valued. A bad choice. (…)

School is now feminine. College is feminine. And rule #1 if you want to safely navigate this world as a man? Avoid the feminine.

Uni

Study roughly 30 hours a week

Follow my study program!!

Make flashcards for every subject

Life

Wake up earlier to start my morning calmly

Go to the beach with friendzz

Stretching (I want to learn the splits by the end of the year!!)

beloved cave child and member of the biscuit boys duo Wilson needed (expensive) medical intervention (+ upcoming check up) this month and we need Your help!

my co-cat-parent @upside-down-uni and I unfortunately don't have any savings (due to being a student/recent unemployment) to cover the costs, so we're fundraising: this is our gofundme and we appreciate any help!

additionally we're hosting a donation tombola here: any 2€ added to this fund for entry, every additional 5€ adds a name slip in the tombola jar. for example 12€ means your name is in the lottery 3x.

Mo does pottery and will create 10 of the cutest fantasy cat critters you've ever seen. they'll be roughly palm-sized and adorable.

I sometimes draw if I can find the patience for it and some of you personally know I'm an enthusiastic snail mail writer, so there'll be an art postcard added as well.

if PayPal doesn't let you share contact details as a comment when donating you can send me a screenshot with proof of your donation so I know how to reach out in case of a win. (due to logistics & finances we're only able to send the thank-you-packages within the EU, I'm sorry)

an example of the cute fantasy cat critters you can win:

please donate and share with all the animal or ceramic creature lovers you know!

Started the #booklrsleepover

Read in your PJs ✅️

Have your favourite snack ✅️

7.30.2026

Yesterday i went on a rampage and moved all the furniture in my room and now I once again after 2 years have a table that gets sunlight with my wall of stuff in front of it 🥺

beloved cave child and member of the biscuit boys duo Wilson needed (expensive) medical intervention (+ upcoming check up) this month and we need Your help!

my co-cat-parent @upside-down-uni and I unfortunately don't have any savings (due to being a student/recent unemployment) to cover the costs, so we're fundraising: this is our gofundme and we appreciate any help!

additionally we're hosting a donation tombola here: any 2€ added to this fund for entry, every additional 5€ adds a name slip in the tombola jar. for example 12€ means your name is in the lottery 3x.

Mo does pottery and will create 10 of the cutest fantasy cat critters you've ever seen. they'll be roughly palm-sized and adorable.

I sometimes draw if I can find the patience for it and some of you personally know I'm an enthusiastic snail mail writer, so there'll be an art postcard added as well.

if PayPal doesn't let you share contact details as a comment when donating you can send me a screenshot with proof of your donation so I know how to reach out in case of a win. (due to logistics & finances we're only able to send the thank-you-packages within the EU, I'm sorry)

an example of the cute fantasy cat critters you can win:

please donate and share with all the animal or ceramic creature lovers you know!

Booklr sleepover readathon progress!

Currently reading: Off-Ice Behavior by Hannah Henry & Lost In Amber by Maz Maddox

Reading in my pj’s: check

Have your favorite drink: check, I had an iced tea

Do a comforting non-bookish hobby: check, I worked on my reading journal today 😊

uh

what the fuck

sexy parrot girls yeah ok

oh look the demon has little babies

first 9 are from my physical tbr shelf, 20-25 are from @upside-down-uni 's shelf bc reading from its collection is on the 2026 bingo and 26 is wishful thinking mixed with desperate hope lol

so here's 26 books in 26!

the thirty names of night (zeyn joukhadar) ✅️ 5☆

bellies (nicola dinan) ✅️ 3.75☆

to be seen: queer lives 1900-1950 (karolina kühn, mirjam zadoff)

who's afraid of gender? (judith butler)

sharks in the rivers (ada limon) ✅️ 3☆

alone in space (tillie walden) ✅️ 3.75☆

sonne in scherben (jayrôme robinet) ✅️ 4.5☆

der fluss und das meer (natascha wodin) ✅️ 3☆

schwellenangst (luisa stömer, eva wünsch)

we both laughed in pleasure (lou sullivan)

body alchemy (loren cameron)

hundesohn (ozan zakariya keskinkılıç)

stag dance (torrey peters)

bury our bones in the midnight soil (v.e. schwab)

among the burning flowers (samantha shannon)

song of the huntress (lucy holland)

to be a trans man (ezra woodger)

die übrig bleiben (paul cauuet, wilfrid lupano)

idlewild (james frankie thomas)

a half-built garden (ruthanna emrys)

tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow (gabrielle zevin)

sag den wölfen ich bin zuhause (carol rifka brunt, frauke brodd)

the minotaur takes a cigarette break (steven sherill)

yeni yeşerenler (duygu ağal)

our wives under the sea (julia armfield)

alecto?? PLEASE pls pls

bonus, i want to finish my current reads:

starlight, warriors: the new prophecy (erin hunter), 3.5☆

schreib den namen deiner mutter (evan tepest), 4☆

and animal poem for every day of the year (jane mcmorland hunter) ~even more in progress~

the essential dykes to watch out for (alison bechdel) ~even more in progress~

no pressure tagging for either 9 or 26 books in 26: @selkiestudies @godzilla-reads @smalleffortsrepeated @thequeerlibrarian @melaschnie and if you're reading this and would really like to be tagged you are tagged as well!

#august days of productivity

Alongside letting this blog slowly die, I feel like I've lost my studyblr spark. Maybe joining this challenge will help me in finding it again and carry the weight of my thesis as well.

G O A L S

• finishing the final exposé

• plan of attack for the thesis

• official thesis registration

• finish Mandiant course

• fluentish in reading Hangul

• learning ~20 words (translate, write, speak)

• structuring my personal knowledge base

• 3 technical deep-dives

S I D E Q U E S T S

• visit art exhibition

• visit flea market/farmers market

01.08.26 ~ Day 1

Haven’t made the big masterlist for August yet, but wanted to get the ball rolling on these posts, so here’s to a good first day of August :)

📚Validation - Caroline Fleck

📚Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman