JosBdF

Language nerd, coffee addict, and Oxford comma lover. Looking to do a #Postdoc in HL maintenance, sociolinguistics, and/or multilingual Montessori.

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@arminvanbuuren! Are you only doing one weekend at @tomorrowland this year?!? 😭😭😭😭

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@dimancheenfeu_ Radio station said 6:45, 7:30, 9:00

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@JessMead7 @PhDVoice What about doing your own thing? Your expertise is amazing and super useful (especially right now!) and you could take your business in whatever way *you* want to go. I'm almost done as well and that's my plan (as much as I love teaching!).

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@DrEmilyBerquist @JessMead7 @PhDVoice The honesty in this is everything! 🙌🙌

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@dr_gomez_lopez Pregunta! I know 2 members & we've mutually addressed each other informally (tú) for years (1 was a peer & 1 *hates* being addressed as usted), but the others are complete desconocidos. I feel like I should be formal with everyone, but I don't want to make it weird. Thoughts?

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@dr_gomez_lopez @OpenAcademics @AcademicChatter This thread is fantastic! Thank you! I'm defending in a month and I'm at that stage where I'm terrified but also relaxed because it's still a month a way (which is nothing, really 🤣).

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The people you meet while in grad school: A 🧵 using Lord of the Rings characters.

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@Johnny_Mik @PhDVoice @PostdocVoice Same here! That's pretty much the norm here unless you're lucky enough to get a TA/RA position.

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@dietweeterei 100000% yes!
I already subject my husband to it, might as well make it a side hustle 😅

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I am a 32-year-old PhD Candidate and I still have to recite the alphabet (or parts of it) when adding/organizing references.

Please tell me I'm not the only one 😅
@AcademicChatter #phdlife

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@sscientificc @BraedenFRev Ours covered tuition for 4 years (most people took 5-6) & didn't include tuition increases, incidental fees, insurance, campus costs, etc. TA/RAships weren't guaranteed & paid little. No stipends & a high cost of living. Funding was revoked if you got external scholarships 🙄

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@elana_gloger @meredithSduncan This made me laugh more than it should have 🤣🤣
I suggest adding as well! It will keep academic (and family) things congruent but also make future legal things easier (traveling, kids, etc).
My husband is Colombian so I had fun with it and rather than a hyphen, I used "de" 🤣

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@WynnThornton I just went down a quick Google/Reddit rabbit hole & apparently I'm right to blame my Dutch roots 😅 I swear I thought electric kettles were normal here because everyone I knew/know has them 🤯

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@WynnThornton I'm confused 😅 I've always had electric kettles (as well as stove top ones). Maybe that's my Dutch-Canadian roots, but I always thought both were normal here?

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@Grad_lifee @PhDVoice @AcademicChatter As common as drinking coffee ☕️ Sure there are lots of people who have never had a sip in their lives, but the rest of us have one, two, or sometimes eight cups a day (especially leading up to a big deadline 😅😭😅)

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@jaimefarfanfit 🤓🤓

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@PhDVoice @PostdocVoice It depends SO much on the location.
In North America, no. Let that beautiful art shine! 🎨 Mine have started amazing conversations which have lead to great friendships!
It's definitely not the same in a lot of other locations/cultures though.

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@simonb03jan2009 @PhDVoice I've been stuck in the postdoc advert loop:

Want to do a postdoc with us? You need x years of experience in x job!

Want to get x job with us? You better have a postdoc!

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@lorigspeaks @_kendracalhoun Based on the context given, I read it as "to fuck around with something" = "to tinker around with something"

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@_kendracalhoun I definitely understood it as the last observation ("to fuck around with something") based on the original tweet.
Are you able to provide the podcast for context? I'm very curious now :)