alexisonfluids.bsky.social
fluid dynamicist interested in waves/instabilities/turbulence in stratified flows
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all KH clouds are the best KH clouds
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I always wind up at some point in the regular semester thinking I will never have a new research idea ever again, and it's amazing how having time to actually think can change that
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😭
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pure love of the game
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uuuugh so stressful
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I'm going to use them as incentive for getting my grading done (bribing myself for good behaviour)
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wait, I'm so jealous, I want that extra u!
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love a good proud advisor moment ❤️
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oh no, it's actually the right shoe in this line. the left shoe is that other security line. yes we will be annoyed at you for being confused
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Big brain right here. What are greek letters if not the OG emojis?
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At one point last semester I was using ξ (xi!) and ζ to try to match the textbook's notation and literally apologized to my students for everything being "squiggly greek letters" so I'm on board
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throw ξ in the mix and I'm there
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spectacular username
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really taking the dm slide to nerdy new heights
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I've said it before, but you are amazing 🤩 so grateful to have an awesome person like you as a friend and collaborator!
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this is SO relatable
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gorgeous
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this is the most "me and who?" I've ever felt about a picture
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Casually using their first names like no big deal
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It would explain so much
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okay I spent weeks last fall getting laminar plumes when I wanted turbulent ones and apparently you were just hogging them all along?
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these are so cool! bookmarking for the next time I teach internal waves too :)
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I'll send them your way when I get in this morning :)
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Never had a snow day at U of Alberta either (the rumour was that it had to hit -50 for it to happen 😬), but had a couple of cold-weather work-from-home days at OSU and UW. It was always strange to me, but then I guess Edmonton had snow plows and the others did not!
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I made movies building off of the "internal waves" and "internal tide by a seamount" oceananigans examples when I taught GFD last year (clima.github.io/Oceananigans...) – happy to share if those look like what you're after!
I also like the ones others have shared already :)
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you are amazing 🤩
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I also struggle with this for international friends – everyone is either whatsapp or fb messenger :(
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I have those moments too where I think, I can't believe my job includes me telling people about my actual favourite thing to think about. Enjoy!
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I remember asking about what kind of mentoring they provide to new faculty (formal? informal?) and what the breakdown in practice was between teaching/research/service, if that helps!
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Congrats!
I'm 4 years in now. I'd say:
- be willing to update your original vision of your group as you go along
- don't grow your group too fast
- find a group of fellow new-ish PIs in your field (peer support has been SO IMPORTANT for me!)
I'm not a lab person but I'm happy to chat more :)
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my parents decided to cancel a planned US vacation because they "don't want to give them money" which feels like the other side of that coin
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this is so cool!
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yup got several of these this semester too! (I also used to make formula sheets like this, there is no high horse here)
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bold words for someone who looks at linear instabilities
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incredibly well-deserved!
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this is art
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awesome :)
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Hello me please!
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oh haha already there, awesome :D
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wait me me add me!
(see you in SLC!)
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it makes me unreasonably happy that this article is still available somewhere on the internet
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love a Cartesian domain
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definitely feels like it over here in fluids/oceanography