Oh no, that's terrible. I hate this for you! May you get a diagnosis and excellent care (you deserve both) very soon
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Oh no, that's terrible. I hate this for you! May you get a diagnosis and excellent care (you deserve both) very soon
The response to this piece has been incredible. Huge thanks to all the translators and localizers who shared their stories. I'm now planning the next two editions: First, if you're a healthcare worker—a nurse, therapist, tech, admin, doctor—and AI has impacted your job, I'd love to hear from you.
I'm so sorry!
Nosy neighbour!
Congratulations!!
Oh no.
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Thank you!!
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I decided that the lighter one (Dakota Wheat) is just not my vibe, but added an even darker one to the mix. Now I have these two for you, Golden Fleece (that's the darker one from last night) and Vintage Gold. First photo shows the bold colours I have nearby already; second is wall to be changed.
Fun!
"IU was a gem in Indiana. The state legislature and the IU Board of Trustees appear to have hired Whitten to fulfill an ultraconservative and Christian nationalist agenda... Sadly, they are destroying all that made IU great in the process." Scathing but spot-on. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
Yes! Same darker colour on this wall in daytime (don't mind blue doors in progress hahah)
Thank you! Here's the daytime version of the darker colour 😁
Ultimately, I'm just doing two walls - my living area - so it's not a huge deal if I err.
Yes! Might do that. I did a wall on Saturday with a much lighter version of this colour, and I knew immediately that it was wrong, although I'd been excited about it based on the paint swatch. Sherwin Williams sample jars are only CA$10 (on sale).
Thank you! 😄 I like it in these lighting conditions too, but it's less vibrant in daytime. Ah, colour!
Thank you! I also like the darker, but prefer it slightly less in nighttime lighting, which is what the photo shows. So I'm glad you do like it here - helps me get out of my own head on this. I definitely want colour, nothing washed out. This is dark and saturated enough to avoid that problem.
Do you like the darker or lighter tan/gold wall paint option? (I know I'm not showing you enough to judge whether these colours work beyond this specific area; I'm just curious about what you think between these two.)
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Anyway happy Labor Day and remember that being sick or disabled (or spreading illness and disability) is a huge labor rights and worker solidarity issue, especially in a country that ties healthcare to employment.
My Sunday project was painting over the awful yellow paint with much more pleasant light mauve! On the wall above the small backsplash. (You can see the original glossy light yellow on the wall above the cabinets & ceiling - the whole room was the same colour, including doors, trim, baseboards.
This Labor Day, I’m thinking about all my colleagues in the US federal government who lost their jobs due to the Trump administration’s cruel and unconstitutional dismantling of our democracy. Solidarity and gratitude for your service to our country.
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Thanks! You trusted yourself!
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Hmm! Painted the right wall a new colour ($10 sample size) and I now think it needs to be darker! It is better than the original, though.
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"I thought I was a weirdo and that I was going to end up getting found out, and not get tenure." - Dr Jourdan Davis, Researchers' Writing Academy Alumna Here's how the Researchers' Writing Academy turned things around for Jourdan. https://annaclemens.com/course-reviews/ #PhDLife #PhDchat #phd
Today was my first day of teaching for the term and I’m already exhausted hello who is with me I do like my students. They are not at fault!!
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"It never does any good to suck up to an autocrat. He will screw you over anyway. You should preserve your integrity and your dignity if he's going to try to steal everything else." www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CaI...
Trump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.
Bluesky is for sure the (?) top platform for scientific chatter currently (with LinkedIn). But frankly, more engagement is needed here and transitioning from #academictwitter is part of broader fragmentation. And 🦋 is still incredibly US based, also for research. www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
This was such an uplifting conversation. It might feel like the world is falling apart right now, but the care and the joy that we share with each other can give us the strength to fight to fix it and prevent us from turning against each other as things get worse from bad.
Thanks for sharing!
academics often ask me how they can write for @chronicle.com. I had no connections. I pitched a eulogy for Lauren Berlant to the general inbox & my editor checked. he gave me five days to write it & said he’d pay me even if they didn’t publish the rest is history: www.chronicle.com/author/alici...
Yeah!
A badge of honour to displease this guy. (Sorry, but well done for not being a ghoul.)
This is the workshop I facilitated today for folks in my program! Also invited program alum; it was nice to have a few of them there too. Folks left the session feeling better about incorporating networking (broadly defined, meaningful interactions) into their job search and careers more generally.
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In my program’s monthly workshops for PhDs, we sometimes work on how to talk about yourself. Practically, that means what to say and write when it comes to bios, intros, interviews, and networking in general. Join the program to access all the recordings:
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Wednesdays don’t have to drag. Join my final summer co-working session, 10–11:30am ET. It’s free, friendly and fun, and surprisingly motivating.
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🚨HOLY FUCKING SHIT! @uncpress.bsky.social IS HAVING A 48 HOUR FLASH SALE -- EVERYTHING IS 50 FUCKING PERCENT OFF!!!! 🚨 Go wild you fucking nerds
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Teaching again starting next week and AI is pretty much the thing that will make me stop. Depressing prospects. I hope it suffers yes.
Back at my desk today! Slowly easing into things after a few days away.
My trip earlier this month was in a brand new car and the CO2 was better but still wayyy beyond acceptable for indoor wellbeing (1500ppm).
It's not a top of the line monitor but it's a pretty good one! I do calibrate it occasionally. In my apartment right now with the windows open, it's reading about 500ppm.
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Thank you for masking! May or may not have been anything nasty, virus-wise, in the air (impossible to know), and you did the right thing for yourself and your nearest and dearest.
So gross eh? 👎🏻👎🏻
😫😁 I hope you cover very soon!
Indeed! I've been on bad flights but, like, this train ride was longer than any flight I've taken in many years. And the levels were consistently above 2800ppm the entire time.
Nooo! I'm so so sorry.
Oh, it's always this bad on these cars.
You probably wouldn't expect that this is much much worse than a crowded subway car in downtown Toronto during rush hour. (~1200ppm just now)
A beautiful day!
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The new train car I was on earlier this month was an improvement, but the levels were still ~1500 for most of my 5+ hour trip. This older (not that old) car is averaging closer to 3000ppm. So gross. We're driving through countryside! It's incredible.
VIA Rail doesn't care that their CO2 levels continue to vastly exceed indoor air quality recommendations for non-industrial settings.
Watch @echorivera.com share how she made the switch from academia and research to running her own creative business (!!), which is turns out was exactly the right move. Full interview is on her channel. #AcademicPhD
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
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Stocking up on masks for school. Kids have grown, so we're having to check out new sizes and models. Sample packs, like this one, are really handy for this. canadastrong.ca/products/hea...
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I read this obituary of Awdah Hathaleen who was murdered by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and thought about how his murder was made possible by Americans of all stripes propagandizing each other about how “Jews will be offended if I criticize Israel” jewishcurrents.org/newsletter/r...
The women's and gender studies program at Sonoma State University in northern California has been shut down, blamed on budget trouble. Tenured faculty lost jobs. If gender studies would be secure anywhere in the country, surely it would be in northern CA. And yet.
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Thanks Allison! I'm hosting a free writing spring at the end of August and then writers' circles in September/October - folks can read more about them and get more info here:
Yes! It'll be set up before September! fromphdtolife.com/services/co-...
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Quick note to say I'm on vacation (mostly) for another few days.
Learning how to write about yourself is uncomfortable, but it’s easier when you do it with others. Each workshop I facilitate for folks in my program (details below!) creates space for messy first drafts and kind feedback.
Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper! We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media. Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
Final reminder!
to say a little more about this: there are some claims that are simply incorrect. but there are also claims that are incorrect in such a way that suggests the absence of an attempt to be correct in the first place.
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Two weeks left in August. What do you want to get done? Start with my free co-working session this Wednesday, 10–11:30am ET. Zoom check-in, quiet work, check-out.
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See how a real conversation can lead to real clarity. I sat down with @echorivera.com to model what informational interviews actually sound like. Watch on her YouTube channel.
There are more options for PhDs than you think. This free webinar will help you discover what’s out there, and what fits you best. (Sidenote: Imagine looking for work that fits you, instead of contorting yourself to fit what doesn't?)
11. These three factors: lack of triggering the human disgust mechanism, inability to be generalised, and lack of widespread understanding of sequelae of infection all contribute to the societal denial of the dangers of Covid-19. /end
I'm sorry about your loss
Congratulations 👏🏻🎉
Firing and demoralizing feminized jobs as enemies of the state while brazenly bribing men with violent jobs that almost instantly puts them into the middle of middle class is very basic gendered warfare. Fulfilling the manosphere’s promise.
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The backyard cardinal woke me up this morning. Worse things! (I'm visiting my parents.)
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Yeah!!
Even investing in air purifiers, replacement filters a couple times a year, nasal spray, blis k-12 lozenges, whatever else... a lot cheaper than getting sick.