I do love the thrill of writing an observing proposal well into the night, but maybe next deadline I should aim to finish before 1 AM...

Life of a scientist, y'all!
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As a Professional Astrophysicist, my job is to {SEND EMAILS} and I am very {A LOT OF} at my job!
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I've been working with a colleague on a paper on a very weird object. No details on here until it's accepted, but it's now submitted! #AstrodonChatter
Just about done writing this 6 page paper, and I see it's now ... 17 pages. Huh. Not sure how that one happened. #AcademicChatter #AstrodonChatter
Day 5 of "how long can I ignore my boring admin TODO items and play with astro data instead?" #astrodonchatter #researchlife #travelreimbursementsareboring
#toxic as a description for #workplaces is a useful term: there is a daily dose of anti-social behaviour beyond a person's threshold. So the there are three paths forward: 1) reduce the negative dose by increasing positive behaviour (compliments, positivity) and 2) reducing the unwanted behaviour *and* 3) increase the person's resilience / tolerance level so they can cope with a wider range of people. #AcademicChatter #astrodonchatter
#toxic as a description for #workplaces is so useless: it gives no tangible thing to improve and no gradient to measure improvement over time. Once toxic, those coworkers are contaminated and beyond redemption? #AcademicChatter #astrodonchatter
Hot take: the arXiv needs to realize it isn't 1997 anymore and ban joke papers on April 1. #Astrodon #AstrodonChatter

Good: One cannot "lose an hour of sleep" if one is deep in the muck of submitting observing proposals.

Bad: One can lose "an hour of working on proposals."

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Two scopes are out, knees weak, arms are heavy
Theres dew forming all over the place, but guiding's ready.
He's nervous, but on the surface the air looks calm and steady,
to drop photons through the tube of the scope already :D

Ok for real though, two cameras are out and shooting, let's see how it goes (guiding is all over the place with the fog/clouds...)

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