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Aaaaaah! Been too busy today. No time for a long post, but likely tomorrow. In the meantime, Twitter links! Think slugs can't be tender or sexy? Think again. I love this poem by Sharon Olds: pic.twitter.com/BChyqaQHoL — Dr. Maya C. Popa (@MayaCPopa) November 16, 2021 https://twitter.com/AlexaSommers/status/1460413194376077316?s=20 Romance is dead? Not in the Midwest pic.twitter.com/Ul1Bsn6Zhq —
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Reader asks: Your posts from previous years have led me to some questions: How do you think your writing (on academia) has changed from when you started blogging? I’m sure changes in academia have affected your writing style and content, but are there any major differences you’ve noticed in your blogging, things like tone, length
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So I dug through my old posts over at the defunct Academic Jungle (*cough-cough* that electronic dust is killing my sinuses). This one from 2012 (!) makes for some fun Saturday content. Btw, Smurf is now 10 and is left-handed, like his oldest bro. Having kids, especially little ones, is a source of enormous joy and
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Originally appeared here. —————— LTR asked: I’ve heard that men get outside offers all the time, but women rarely do, leading to huge discrepancies in pay and prestige at R1s that go all in on retention and poaching. At least that’s what our provost says. How does one solicit outside offers? Especially if one kind
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A thought-provoking comic: “Scientific knowledge is drowning in a flood of research”A comic about the problems with the -omics, illustrated by Matteo Farinella https://massivesci.com/articles/chaos-in-the-brickyard-comic-matteo-farinella/ What do you think, academic blogosphere?
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AssProfLyfe asks: Wondering what your thoughts are about the future of academia overall – this comes up in casual convos with seminar speakers when they come through the department. The bloating admin, the less number of college-age students available to attend, the steady paylines of grants that don’t scale with inflation and increased payroll for
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Originally appeared here. A few weeks ago, a colleague’s postdoc sent out a draft of a paper for comments. I looked at the paper and thought, “Wait, haven’t we published everything we had on this topic years ago?” To put things in context, I had an undergrad honors student working on the theory part of
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(This post originally appeared here.) Show of hands: How many academics actually consider professional-society memberships to be useful? I recently renewed my memberships of two professional societies. They were not cheap. For one of the societies, I do not remember ever having had a real use for the membership. Ever. I understand that for people
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Smells like truth. pic.twitter.com/IDc8xuB7by — Laura Frost – Suspense Author (@LFrostWrites) November 4, 2021 pic.twitter.com/nXwO6tBlBR — WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) November 3, 2021 My ex boyfriend mocked and ridiculed the premise of the book I’m almost finished writing, and I don’t think we give enough credit to the powerful motivating force of spite — Brittany Terwilliger (@Brttnyblm)
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pyrope asked: You’ve probably done this post before, but what advice would you give yourself of 5, 10, 15+ years ago?Another question – why do I have so many f*ing meetings and how do I get out of them (I’m considering faking my own death)? Second question first: Why so many meetings? I wish I
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