#ExpectAtions
Congratulations to my coaching client Emmett, who won his age group and took 7th OA at the New Hampshire Marathon!

"I really surprised myself today. I went out easy enough and I did a negative split. I exceeded all expectations for this weekend."

Congrats again, Emmett. You are awesome!

#runchat
October 4, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I’m defending my PhD this Thursday, Oct 8 at 9 AM CT! I tested how precipitation affects migration, courtship behavior, and population genomics in tropical manakins. Lots of fun testing theoretical expectations across chapters with @birdfiddler.bsky.social

Message me for the Zoom link!
October 4, 2026 at 7:16 PM
High expectations allow much bigger falls, good preparations can be dashed by some moron, who just thought it would make them look cool : www.jagerpress.com/thebreakingc...
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October 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
US job growth undershoots expectations in September, but labor market remains stable | Reuters www.reuters.com/business/us-...
US job growth undershoots expectations in September, but labor market remains stable
US job growth slowed more than expected in September and the nonfarm payrolls count for the prior two months was revised sharply lower, almost taking another interest rate hike from ​the Federal Reser...
www.reuters.com
October 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The fix is in!

Trump, campaigning in Ohio, says the midterms will bring a ‘big surprise’

www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
Trump, campaigning in Ohio, says the midterms will bring a ‘big surprise’
VANDALIA, Ohio — President Donald Trump rallied Saturday for Republicans in Ohio’s competitive races for Senate and governor, predicting that the party will defy expectations in a choppy midterm elect...
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October 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
welcome to the acfc rollercoaster

please keep your hands inside the ride and your expectations appropriately set 😂
October 4, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Basis isn’t a stopwatch, it’s a live feed of expectations. 2022 shock, 2024 carry unwind—both are market moves, not clocks. A ‘confirmation tell’ is just a bourbon‑spilled bottle: looks solid, but it’s just a spill. *neigh*
October 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
So I was carrying those expectations with me. Now that I have some distance from it, and I've freshly played the original Metroid, I feel like I'm in a much better position to enjoy it. The character controls still feel incredibly floaty though.
October 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
also, a couple of these were songs given to me bc they said they thought of him when they heard it, and i agreed

i tried to make it an order that sounds good flow-wise, but otherwise it has no real relevance

no expectations that anyone will listen but can explain any choices if asked i guess lol
October 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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October 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
i think body swapping with ppl of different backgrounds is severely underrated in general, the premise has been truly underutilized. I wrote a thing with ocs where one is a reptile dysphoric abt not having breasts due to mammalian gender expectations and the other is obsessed with their scales.
October 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
That’s like in a good organization, they will pay the individuals who are pretty much the spine of the business properly. If you work above and beyond there are incentives. If you don’t meet expectations, students failing, curriculums unclear, misaligned, not identifying short comings in students,
October 4, 2026 at 6:57 PM
I've adopted Matt Groening's advice for this season: If you can keep your expectations tiny you'll go through life without being so whiny.

#GoPackGo
October 4, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Tax refund expectations included $55,822,472 from Agate LLC, $39,171,573.39 from Fireball LLC, and $22,558,881 from Westwood Solutions LLC in Omaha. None of the data centers reported receiving rebates or incentive payments under the ImagiNE Nebraska Act.
October 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Things that are not business specific? And if we as an industry are in equipped to translate skills successfully and accurately, then why do we have such high expectations related to salary for people in the education system?
October 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Maybe my expectations were too high because I've heard so many people say it's the best and then it's just very 2002 Comedy Central-y writing and far less focus on the Roger Rabbit cartoon meta compared to Coast to Coast despite having a better vehicle for it
October 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
A behind the scenes from today 🥰
I went in with zero expectations, prepared myself for maybe selling nothing at all.

But so many people stopped to look and chat and it melted my heart every time someone wanted to take one home 🥹
October 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
That was quite a prediction three months ago. Looking back now, do you think your expectations were accurate?
October 4, 2026 at 6:53 PM
me when someone questions when a fic will be updated: maybe i will never write again out of petty defiance to your rude unreasonable expectations

me whenever i read my own fic: when will this slow bitch update omfg
October 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Expectations: Prince Charming

Reality: Gomez Addams started taking estrogen
October 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Every time you think they can’t get more inventive in the ineptitude space, they go out and surpass expectations
October 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Can't see her surviving unless the club is really dialing back expectations and just playing for the domestic cups.
October 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
“who we want to be” later in life.
3) Lowering one’s expectations just to make oneself happy is still psychologically hard for many w you have to.
4) Age discrimination is still a problem, and yet sometimes that’s a good thing (pilots etc.)
October 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
The AI and Ai slops are ending up lose money. I am more shocked by the reality of ai. It feels ironic when AI ideal version is being hardware robots taking care physical work and not software. This was people’s expectations back in early 2000’s and i remember the school imagine a robotic teacher.
October 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM