The organisers are blaming the COVID cases on the summer school that precceeded the conference rather than the fact that there is now 200 of us in a poorly ventilated lecture theatre, and we have to take sandwiches from the buffet with our hands
At a conference where COVID is spreading around bc of v obvious and preventable things, & someone just left the lecture theatre to do a COVID test, & has BROUGHT THE TEST BACK WITH HIM AND PUT IT ON THE TABLE --- HIS SNOT IS ON THE TABLE?!?!?!
@AstroVanessa I guess it makes sense, we have to evaluate and write up our work. We inevitably have to rush a bunch of stuff to make the deadline and make last minute changes, which feels rubbish but it's just part of the job
@AstroVanessa Speaking of which, I'm free to chat over Zoom or take a look at something your working on and give my (peer-level) feedback next week if you fancy it!
@AstroVanessa I had this right before the conference I'm currently at and going to present at. By chance, I had arranged to go for coffee with someone from work who I don't know that we'll and she bigged me up so much, it was very sweet and just the right timing.
@AstroVanessa So maybe chatting about your work with someone nice that you don't know so well! We always think praise from friends and family is biased and they're 'just saying it,' so it can be nice to hear it from someone we don't know as well โบ๏ธ
It's 2023 and I've decided that if I know a married person is shagging someone other than their spouse, I will simply assume that they're in an open relationship and that they're honest about it, and ask how it's all goin
My twins, age 6, wake before me in the morning and go to to the toilet in my ensuite. I pretend I am asleep as they always put their favorite teddy under my arm and kiss me on the head. I am a 47 year old man and this is the best moment of my day,