acgerstein.bsky.social
Associate professor in microbiology (human fungal pathogens) & statistics (really just evolutionary genetics) at UManitoba in Winnipeg 🇨🇦
Keeps two small humans alive.
Served with a side of politics. Because it's 2025.
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No one I know in Canada is patting themselves on the back about anything.
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What is the Grammarly story? I thought it was just suggesting improvements to what you produce, like Word or Google Docs Spelling & grammar does?
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Exactly.
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Fuckers. I'm so sorry.
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Exercise more
Sleep more
Cook more
Read more fiction
Volunteer in your community more
Spend more time with your partner
Spend more time with your friends
Take more time for yourself
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Put kids in more activities
Kids need more unstructured time
Kids need more non-screen time
Kids need more time with their parents
Kids need more play dates
Kids need more time with their extended family
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Prep more for classes
Help students learn more information
Make lectures more interesting
Make lectures more interactive
Give more small assessments worth less
Don’t give students more work than they can manage
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Read more scientific literature
Be on more student committees
Be on more departmental committees
Be on more university committees
Review more papers
Participate more in society service
5/8
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Give more feedback on writing
Give students more opportunities to revise their writing
Go to more conferences
Give more invited seminars
Network more
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Build more lab community
Have more one-on-one meetings
Have more group meetings
Have more casual conversations
Have more lab social events
Be more respectful of student time
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Publish more papers
Write more grants
Supervise more people
Take more time for deep thinking
Be more of an expert
Do more interdisciplinary work
Collaborate more
2/8
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That was sick
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I’ve switched to short-read whole genome sequencing (until I get the money for long-read!)
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I'm so sorry this is happening to you and Bridget. My heart is breaking, you don't deserve this. Thank you for speaking out and putting a face to these awful decisions. I wish you nothing but the best in this next phase, whatever it brings.
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I'm definitely not a day-day, try to watch all the regular season games, fan anymore. Those days are long gone. But I'm 100% here for the shared experiences and sense of community.
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Blame the fact that we still have a first past the post system.
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hard same.
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... how do you pronounce that?
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Those 2's should be superscripts after their letters ;-)
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Yes.
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annectdata, but a CBC Manitoba set of interviews done at the riding level meeting also had a CON who didn't respond to their request for an interview.
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Thanks! I didn’t want to take too much away from our quest in Manitoba but couldn’t resist advocating for huge increases (I said double) to tri council. My only very sad regret is not saying naming SSHRC in the quote they aired (I said it in a different one that ended up on the cutting room floor).
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Holy shit indeed. I didn’t love The Great Gatsby when I read it as a precocious AP English high school student and never felt the need to revisit it. But maybe now is the right time for a reread.
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To put in verb the noun phrasing, we desperately lack a plan to retain the recruited (including the many of us already here and struggling to fund our existing programs given the severely underfunded tri council)
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Rate My Professor is notoriously biased. I do not recommend.
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You are right.
He does not.