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vicgrinberg, to random
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Very happy that the okonomiyaki stand is now a fixture at the Leiden market 😊

vicgrinberg,
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@knud yeah, it's a small stand. Used to be on the bridge, but he now moved more to the side and has been there for the last half a year almost every market day I could make it!

vicgrinberg, (edited ) to random
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The world is pretty shitty right now and I have a long weekend, so let me try to make the world a bit better: who wants a hand made aquarelle postcard and a book recommendation?

You don't get to choose the card (and I don't yet know what I feel like painting) but you can tell me what kind of book and in which language you want 😊

I'll be happy when I make the card and you when you received it so we get a net win in happiness together 💚

vicgrinberg,
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@venite 💚 your posts were an inspiration definitely!

vicgrinberg,
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@grb090423 Oooh, will try! (a bit hard because most of my non-fiction is in German, but I have something in mind.)

vicgrinberg,
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@andreaswalker oh lovely, I have a few ideas!

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The new hummus place in the city is as good as everyone said it was. Also suuuper friendly - since I was there with a colleague with a rather unhappy kid...

#AboutToday #Leiden

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@skyglowberlin Hummus Ta-IM. About 3 min walk from the train station 😊

NaMi, to random German
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Das war hier bisher ziemlich untergegangen:

PVV bildet Koalition aus vier rechten bis radikal-rechten Parteien. Erstmals sind damit bei unseren Nachbarn Rechtspopulisten an der Regierung.

Die da zitierten Begründungen à la "Spaltung überwinden" sind katastrophal: Als ob Politik für alle Bürger*innen und Mitmenschen zu machen gleichbedeutend damit wäre, dass Menschenrechte mit menschenverachtender Hetze, Fakten mit Lügen Kompromisse machen sollten.

https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/ausland/niederlande-wilders-rechte-regierung-analyse-100.html

vicgrinberg,
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@NaMi es ist einfach zum weinen und zum schreien...

afelia, to random German
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98% aller Atome im Universum sind entweder Wasserstoff oder Helium. Ich schlage vor, diesen Periodentabellenquatsch mit 1000 Elementen zu lassen und Dinge wieder in Wasserstoff oder Helium zu unterteilen. Die restlichen 2% sind Randerscheinungen und wir können ehrlich gesagt nicht unsere ganze Gesellschaft und Sprache nach ihnen ausrichten.

vicgrinberg,
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@afelia willkommen in der Astrophysik. Wir haben Wasserstoff, Helium und Metalle, die wir öfters vergessen 🙃

jradavenport, to Astro
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Today in my Astro Sci-Comm class we tried something new: we watched clips of 4 astronomers, & discussed the wildly different speaking/presenting styles. Of course I chose these to be VERY different in style. Only 1 was a chaotic train wreck (spoiler, it was me from +10yrs ago)
#astrodon #academicchatter #astronomy

vicgrinberg,
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@jradavenport @knud I actually did a (short) course during my PhD on public speaking that instead on the usual "this is how to make engaging slides" focussed on how to use your voice - and was especially geared for women, which I also found super useful.

vicgrinberg,
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@knud @jradavenport yes and no. The slide ones usually are rather about the structure and level of a talk and many folks find that hard to get. But still: get the voice one if you can! Not just for public talks, also for normal speaking an etc.

vicgrinberg,
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@jradavenport @knud honestly it's too long ago for details 😅 I went out mainly with a better understanding of the difference between my normal speaking voice and ny lecture voice (and how not to go too deep with the second to make sure I'm not creaking and can actually speak for hours) and with awareness how people's voice often changes between languages.

vicgrinberg, to random
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You can't even imagine how much I was looking forward to some ironing & a good series today...

#AboutToday

vicgrinberg,
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@jthomi yes, exactly this! (I could live without ironing most of my stuff, but I actually find it relaxing, so ...)

vicgrinberg, to Astro
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ESA's Diretorate's of Science first newsletter is out! With news items on:

  • the first Director of Science Town Hall
  • our new research fellows in space science
  • IRIS call for science planners
  • Einstein Probe first light
  • Conference Announcement: 22 Years of Integral
  • Vacancy: LISA Science Operations Development Manager
  • some science highlights & conferences.

▶️ https://cosmos.esa.int/web/scinews

If you are a scientist or just interested in programmatic news, you can subscribe!

#astrodon

vicgrinberg, to random
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Jedes Mal ein wichtiges Thema!

▶️ https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/organspender-tattoo-was-hinter-der-aktion-steckt-19724071.html

vicgrinberg,
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@TestUser42 ja, macht es nicht - aber dem Thema Organspende immer wieder Sichtbarkeit verleihen ist trotzdem wichtig!

vicgrinberg, to random
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I love Ursula LeGuin to bits (in three languages) - the shelf is (part of the) proof. But I never got the excitement about "The Ones Who Walks Away from Omelas".

I know what the story, the metaphor tries to say. But all that I see is how this is a story about walking away. Not stay and change: be the change, start the change, convince the others that things need to be better. But a story about keeping one's conscience clean and walking away. And the injustice left behind continues.

vicgrinberg,
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@IcooIey yeah, I get that! Such stories are important! Done that often in my life and do think it's often crucial (and we often don't do it enough and end up fighting too many battles). But I feel like the story does not discuss that? If that were the focus, I'd rather expect it to focus on why walk away and what it means etc.

And in any way, cool to see how different folks interpret the story! Thank you for commenting!

vicgrinberg,
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@michael_w_busch I have never thought about the timeline of writing the two, but yes ...! And Iove Dispossessed a ton - at a point in my life I had four different editions, but only have two left now :)

vicgrinberg,
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@thomasconnor I've read the one or other about over the years, but none of the above ones, thanks! N. K. Jemisin seems to have had thought similar to mine!

vicgrinberg,
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@Fragarach thank you for describing whay the story means to you!

I get this point, too. But my problem is then the walking away. That's where the metaphor breaks for me. Because just not participating, quietly, is not enough to change.

vicgrinberg,
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@CharleneTeglia I'm glad I talked about it here because I always felt like I'm alone. I clearly am not 😊

(Never got to read Narnia as a kid and as a grown up read enough about the author to nope out really hard... I do know what you mean though, I did read the summary at some point and... nope.)

NicoleCRust, to science
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When should one call themselves an X researcher?

There are so many different types of researchers. Weather researchers, climate researchers, brain researchers. And within those categories, the nuances (like memory researchers).

When someone says they are an X researcher, what does that imply to you? In other words, what qualifies? Does it just imply that they are curious about X? Or perhaps that they know a bit more about it - perhaps they've mastered some scholarly literature or they've done at least one experiment? Or maybe even published a paper in a peer reviewed journal? Or maybe even more - perhaps they have a body of work on the topic; maybe they even run a lab (and have grants to support X research).

On one hand, no one should gate keep curiosity! On the other, certain terms imply knowledge and qualifications. I'm a "researcher". But just because I know a lot about memory doesn't automatically mean that people should listen to me about climate or economics. And I once read a very good book about ecosystems, but I don't think that means I should quality as an ecosystem researcher. So what, then, might instead?

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@benjamingeer I am and this is fine! They are early career researchers. Been one of them until few years ago myself.

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