Valerie Polichar

Sr. Director of Academic Technology Services and SATO at UC San Diego
Ph.D. Psychology (Visual Psychophysics), UC San Diego

[symmetric @bmenrigh]

It's going to take me a while to un-associate that X with this X.

[Valerie Polichar @vpolichar]

If you are as angry about this as I am, you can go to https://t.co/FsJwVCsyO7 & enter PRIDEBOOKS in the comment field when you donate to repopulate these books across ALL #SanDiego #Libraries https://t.co/48HegfbBzh

[Valerie Polichar @vpolichar]

@kprather88 I’d be masked in there. But grateful for UCSD’s good air turnover and filtration.

[Valerie Polichar @vpolichar]

Data analysts: there’s a 50% time, 18-mo, fully remote position open on my team, & I’d love to have you apply. https://t.co/hIbivmv47M

[Marco Rogers @polotek]

Meetings don't inherently bring people into alignment. Having effective meetings is an incredibly important skill.

The reality is that we should assume most people aren't *trying* to get aligned. Either they're apathetic, or they're actively trying to get their own way.

[Valerie Polichar @vpolichar]

@nikitab @georgemporter I feel personally attacked

[Suw @Suw]

I need just one more subscriber to hit the nice round number of 300 over on SStack. There's got to be one person who follows me who wants to read about writer's block and what we can do to overcome it? https://t.co/QWLF9kGCtJ

[Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpacheco]

Fellow academic writers, as we are about to begin a new week, I come bearing bad news.

[Valerie Polichar @vpolichar]

Fantastic conversation with @jennyjadeliou as part of the @LAReviewofBooks book club tonight. Can heartily recommend her poetry book #MuscleMemory and #LARB in general ❤️

[Valerie Polichar @vpolichar]

It won’t get much notice with, well, something else in the news, but #VirginiaNorwood, "mother of #Landsat,” has died, and you can learn about this technology pioneer and champion at https://t.co/Vd4No2ioIt

[Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen]

Is there an explanation for why Daylight Savings hit everyone I know like a semi this year

(I'm talking more than usual, more than I can ever remember)

[Valerie Polichar @vpolichar]

@annehelen I haven’t been sick since 2019 (fortunate !)but it still knocked me completely sideways.

[Valerie Polichar @vpolichar]

This is a great (long-read!) article about distraction and deep focus, and the role of scholarly work in that focus.

[The Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle]

Opinion: In the nineteenth century, Americans were convinced that they could no longer focus on anything. Sound familiar? https://t.co/L2DiagCWJs

[Valerie Polichar @vpolichar]

W/John Fetterman in hospital for depression & yet still getting work done, let me say: 1) zero shame in getting healthcare, 2) plenty of my staff have had depression & still contributed good work. It’s not a reason not to hire someone & seeking care is just a good and strong act.

[Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social @chrischirp]

My husband was given a bird feeder with camera for his birthday recently and it's proving very delightful...

[Simon Clark @simonoxfphys]

IT HAPPENED!
IT FINALLY HAPPENED!

[Valerie Polichar @vpolichar]

@georgemporter Only in the sense that all modern life must be satire, I fear