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aparajito.bsky.social
đŸȘhe/they | space twitter refugee. looking for a phd program | msc (astro)physics, kolkata '21 | i mostly like/repost shitposts, leftist hot takes, & astronomy/academia content | views expressed are yours, not mine 🚀
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i'm so sorry to hear that. feels strange to see this happen to somebody i remember from twitter - it's all too real. i hope there will be space for all affected in academia, and the space sector at large, once all this is over.
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people are gojng to say “don’t capitulate in advance, what is google doing???” you’re missing it for what it is. they aren’t capitulating, they’re choosing. and they’re choosing what they’ve always chosen, money and power
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As a first step in the fight against these cuts, the UAW Higher Education department is hosting a webinar on Monday, February 10th at 6PM PT so workers can learn more about the NIH's actions and what they mean for us. Register for the webinar here: go.uaw4811.org/webinar
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Bipartisanship with nazis is the same as being a nazi.
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TBC the reason the ADL doesn’t want to criticize the new administration is because to sustain their Zionist coalition they have to ignore antisemitism and if that doesn’t tell you what Zionism is, nothing will
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also, if you like PHAT, you will probably also like PHATTER - it uses similar methods to extend the survey to the neighbouring triangulum galaxy
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PHAST (Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Southern Treasury) is going to cover the southern part of the M31 disk! so we will eventually have photometric coverage for most of the galaxy (& the disk's overlap with M32)
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i find myself adding site:reddit.com to my google searches way too often. despite the weird, and creepy communities on the platform, the good subreddits are absolutely some of the best things on the internet
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poggers anna
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they need to start paying me for the time i spend doing paperwork to get paid for my work
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yes
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i’ve noticed a thing on here where people respond to extremely obvious shitposts in a very literal manner. if dril’s candle tweet happened here people would be like, “that’s an awful lot to spend on candles. what brand are you buying?”
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"hello anna. big fan of your work on twitter. wanna do astronomy together sometime? (i have no skills or papers or banger tweets to boast of) (no worries if not) (big fan of your tweets btw)"
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we as a society need to take a step back. this guy needs to take five.
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been thinking a lot lately about how the internet knocking down the walls around marginalized communities has exposed everybody to intra-community humour/lingo. it gives people the illusion that they are actually part of the community & can make those jokes. and then they end up sounding like this.
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i know it's stupid, but i can't help it. irrational fears would be easier to handle. it's hard to talk myself out of reasonable concerns (even if they are about unlikely events).
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i wish i didn't have to think about these things on top of worrying about my chances of acceptance/cost of apps/my lack of undergrad research experience as an international student. wish i had a full list of programs i felt good about, but i only have a handful. i've been paralysed by indecision
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idk which programs to apply to anymore. it also won't be easy to survive on a non-union grad student worker salary if the economy is in chaos. every program i pass on brings down my chance of getting accepted.
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heya