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vicgrinberg, 5 days ago (edited 4 days ago) to photography

The Trench of Death (Belgian WWI trench) in Diksmuide.

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vicgrinberg, 6 days ago to random

Bruges–Ostend Canal

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vicgrinberg, 6 days ago to til

#TIL that German is the third official language in #Belgium (I thought it was only Dutch and French!) and that there are more folks speaking Dutch than French as their first language in Belgium (I thought it was the other way around!).

Also, that #Bruges has a beer pipeline: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/08/bruges-pipe-dream-a-reality-beer-pipeline 🍻

vicgrinberg, 6 days ago to random

You don't owe anyone a follow (this includes me). Not even people you've been mutuals for a while. Not even people you know on real life. Not even people whose profile you check often.

Sometimes they just post too much. Or post stuff you don't want pop up on your list (but want to check on your terms). Or they start (re-)posting hate (you don't owe them a call out; especially not if you don't think it will go well). Sometimes they are lovely folks but just bore you with their favorite sports.

vicgrinberg, 7 days ago to random

I love book recommendation lists but they often tend to upset me. My favorite kinds of lists are either international lit (where I am usually upset that there are not enough women represented) or books by non-male folks (where I am upset that it's often mostly English-writing folks).

So - here is a list of my personal recommendations of books by women in (English) translation. One book for every day of June. Feel free to join - does not have to be every day!

#WomenInTranslation 0/30

vicgrinberg, 7 days ago to random

Zwei kluge und schmerzhafte @tazgetroete -Artikel heute, die leider stark in Resonanz stehen:

https://taz.de/Judaistin-ueber-den-Nahostkonflikt/!5981405/

https://taz.de/Fusion-Festival-und-Israel/!6011424/

vicgrinberg, 9 days ago to random

New glasses!

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vicgrinberg, 9 days ago to random

If you need to get away for a bit, here are your two and a half minutes on a different world!

~ Fly across Nili Fossae with #ESA’s #MarsExpress ~

https://youtu.be/hp_qInpfY5A

Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin & NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

And some write up on the processing of the video: ▶️ https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science

#astrodon #mars

vicgrinberg, 10 days ago to Astro

Did you know that it's actually NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope? Even though it is often referred to as "NASA" only.

European Space Agency #ESA has contributed the NIRSpec instrument, half of the MIRI instrument, and the launch (including the payload adapter & launch site services) and has 15 scientists working at the science and operations center. #CSA, the Canadian Space Agency, has contributed the NIRISS instrument.

Graphic from launch kit: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/James_Webb_Space_Telescope_launch_kit

#JWST #astrodon

vicgrinberg, 10 days ago (edited 10 days ago) to random

Any organization to donate [edit: that is give to a place that has use for them] old glasses to in the Netherlands that is either close to Leiden or accepts a parcel?

I have two old pair of glasses that are in good condition, but both my style and my eyesight changed too much for me to ever use them again. I tried googling - in Dutch! - but mainly find Belgium (I could also bring them to Pearle in Belgium, but it would be easier to do so in NL) :(

Boosts welcome.

vicgrinberg, 9 days ago (edited 9 days ago) to random

Made one of my favorite recipes for an old friend/colleague (we've known each other for 15 years - how did that happen!) visiting..

(If you want to try: https://thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/chermoula-aubergine-with-bulgar-and-yoghurt/ you can easily double or triple the aubergines; try smaller aubergines if you triple the amount of them as done here.)

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vicgrinberg, 10 days ago to random

My nice neighbors are moving to a bigger place and my landlord does definitely not want to sell our house - which is a bummer, because I/we would loved to buy it (at some point in future). Overall a lot of news that make me feel really shitty today :\

vicgrinberg, 10 days ago (edited 10 days ago) to random

Another thing I am missing on #mastodon is the ability to add notes to blocks.

For some, it's obvious. For others, I'd really like to be reminded why I blocked.

[edit to add: I mean notes added during the blocking process, without having to go to the account and add a note there.]

vicgrinberg, 11 days ago to random

I'm amazed by folks who have orderly office cupboard. This is my variant of as cleaned up as it gets 😅

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vicgrinberg, 11 days ago to random

I wish mastodon's automatic deletion had a "keep bookmarked posts and all posts in the same thread as them" and not just "keep bookmarked posts".

I bookmarked some old astro outreach posts so they don't disappear (astro does not expire!), but they often also contain some (very good!) questions from folks and I never bookmarked answers (lots of work + that introduced chaos into my bookmarks, esp if people comments get deleted) and now it looks like I've never answered them 😞

vicgrinberg, 11 days ago to random

Wir haben nicht zu wenig Wohnraum, er ist nur verdammt falsch verteilt:

▶️ https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2024-05/wohnungsgroesse-flaeche-vergleich-durchschnitt-miete-eigentum 🔒

(Und ja, ich sage es als jemand, die überdurchschnittlich viel Fläche hat. I'm part of the problem.)

vicgrinberg, 12 days ago to random

ESA Director of Science Town Hall

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vicgrinberg, 12 days ago (edited 12 days ago) to random

"Ability to determine which questions are or are not meaningless is an epistemological privilege few (if any) other modes of inquiry have" .

Astronomy on Tap Leiden talk by Subodh Patil with @vaurora!

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vicgrinberg, 14 days ago to random

Repotted some plants. Have now two of the hedgehog aloe; once the baby has good roots, I'll start looking into finding it a new home.

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vicgrinberg, 14 days ago to random

Fuuuuck... Not unexpected by now, but fuck:

[German] https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/entsetzen-ueber-schuesse-auf-juedische-grundschule-in-toronto-19744287.html

[English] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/police-suspects-gunfire-jewish-girls-school-1.7215118

vicgrinberg, 15 days ago to random

The terrible thing about home improvement stores is that you go in to get one thing (in this case: paper nursery pots) and end up with a ton more. And I on purpose did not go to a garden centre, which would have turned worse 😬

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vicgrinberg, 15 days ago to random

Took the pretty hard decision to step back from the steering group of Astronomers for Planet Earth this week - I've, realistically seen, not been able to put in my weight for the last two years or so. And I don't see it becoming better as much as I hoped it would. Hard to let go - it grew up from an idea some of us had on twitter (during an in person conference!) and look at how much folks do now with it! But it's time to give it to folks who will actually invest more time than I.

vicgrinberg, 15 days ago to random

Ufff, no astro here (Dutch Summit grants):

▶️ https://www.nwo.nl/nieuws/van-quantum-tot-klimaat-vijf-teams-van-topwetenschappers-ontvangen-summit-grant

(Obviously, I'm not involved - can't as working for an intergovernmental organisation; but I would have wished it for the folks in NL...)

vicgrinberg, 15 days ago (edited 15 days ago) to random

Guter Artikel mit spannenden Denkansätzen woher das antisemitische Denken kommt:

▶️ https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2024-05/israelkritik-pro-palaestina-proteste-universitaeten-lehrende-unterstuetzung

"Will man das Gemeinsame der unterschiedlichen Spielarten des Antisemitismus herausarbeiten, stößt man fast immer auf ein merkwürdig verunsichertes Selbstverhältnis. Ich möchte versuchsweise die These entwickeln, dass jegliche Form des Antisemitismus in seinen unterschiedlichen Varianten stets etwas mit einem ungeklärten Selbstverhältnis zu tun hat ... "

vicgrinberg, 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to random

Work from home breakfast: homemade bagel chips (American-Ashkenazi-Jewish) with gorgonzola cheese (Italian), mango (I guess originally from Southern/Eastern Asia), Georgian coffee (brought to me via a Tatar friend in London who lived in Georgia for a long time) and a paper (American, Dutch, British, German and Italian) I am late submitting my referee report for.

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