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I turned my back to pick up the clothes to put into Eldest’s jumper-and-leggings drawer, and was treated to this fantastic 21-second display of total disdain upon my return. Thank you for putting me in my place, cat.

The last time I came to my parents' place in the winter months was in the late 1990s. There are three reasons for this ( Read more... )

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February 18

What are you most fascinated by at the moment?

Finding ways to prove that we should make STEMM subjects more accessible by actually talking about endemic issues with discriminatory language and culture in higher education and industry while teaching technical topics, not as an afterthought or an optional add-on.

Space debris and space ( Read more... )

 I mean to be honest a no-deal Brexit is pretty much the perfect way to end the complete shitshow that is 2020 This entry was originally posted at https://nanila.dreamwidth.org/1312611.html. The titration count is at
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Ill Communication: A Very Short Play

Upper Management: How do you all feel about having calls to your currently inaccessible campus work phones forwarded to your mobiles?

Us: Our personal mobiles?

UM: Yes.

Us: That would be an emphatic no.

UM: OK, how about having calls redirect to your Skype for Business accounts?

Us: That would be acceptable.

UM ( Read more... )

It’s that time again! Yes, the time when [my USian state] sends out its election materials and paper ballots to postal voters, for the primary elections taking place in August. I love the voter pamphlet and read it avidly from cover to cover, even for the districts I'm not eligible to vote in, because every chancer under the sun has popped their ( Read more... )

I'm not usually a fan of the articles contributed by members of the academic community to the esteemed publication Nature, but this one really pissed me off.

"Design your own doctoral project" by Jesko Becker ( Read more... )