„Every hour you spend confused is an hour you spend building the infrastructure inside your own head that will eventually let you do original work. There is no shortcut through that process that doesn't leave you diminished on the other side.“

Insightful read on the use of LLMs for both #PhD students and their supervisors: https://ergosphere.blog/posts/the-machines-are-fine/. Linguists can simply replace astrophysics with #linguistics.

I just discovered incredible websites with long articles, essays you might say.

Does anybody knows other cool websites with long thoughtful articles such as these ?

https://bloodknife.com/

https://www.noemamag.com

#essay #journalism #web1 #blog #longarticle #cyberpunk #web #net #tech #phd #science #technology #internet #web #recommandation #text #reading #book #nonfiction #readingonline #question #request

(English follows) FR - Fan-fiction... euh, réalité-fiction. Remplacer les elfes de Poudlard par les « jeunes chercheurs », soupoudrez de labeur invisibilisé, et vous obtiendrez quelques-unes des dynamiques du milieu de la recherche.
Publication bilingue, le français est en fin de publication. Un texte de Bryn Williams-Jones.

EN - Fan fiction... er, reality fiction. Replace the elves at Hogwarts with “young researchers,” sprinkle in some invisible labor, and you’ll get a taste of some of the dynamics of the research world.
This is a bilingual publication; the English version appears first. A text by Bryn Williams-Jones.

https://brynstorming.substack.com/p/invisible-work

#recherche #AcademiaLife #Academia #Université #VeilleESR #HarryPotter #research #university_life #InvisibleWork #LUnionFaitLaForce #ESR #GraduatePosition #PHD #PostDoctoralPosition

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At the ESTER-project we're looking for two #PostDocs and one #PhD student: https://ester-project.org/2026/05/01/the-ester-project-is-hiring/
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If you are interested in demography, biological proxies, modelling and/or Bayesian statistics, have a look! Deadline is May 31st, this sunday! Please apply if you think you fit even a little bit, we'd be delighted about a diverse set of applications! (I finished my PhD while already a Postdoc here aaaand am a woman [so diverse 😜]!) #Jobs #ComputationalArchaeology #modelling #statistics

Today, five years ago at 11:15 sharp, I successfully defended my PhD thesis. I’m not usually one to celebrate an anniversary. But because this one has taken me by surprise—by how much time has flown—I thought it’d be nice to mark the occassion. I've made a mostly visual summary of my thesis to celebrate:

https://kedara.eu/colloidal-systems/

#Colloids #SoftMatter #Physics #PhD #BrownianMotion #BlogPost

What makes a great PhD supervisor?

A Nature feature highlights small but lasting actions: giving confidence, protecting students’ time, encouraging independence and showing empathy.

Research culture is shaped one interaction at a time.

🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00853-w

#PhD #AcademicLife #ResearchCulture #Mentorship #science

The machines are fine. I’m worried about us.

https://fsolt.es/2026/05/the-machines-are-fine-im-worried-about-us/

🎓 We are hiring!

The Research Training Group 2571 “Empires: Dynamic Change, Temporality and Post-Imperial Orders” invites applications for 4 three-year (65%) postgraduate positions (f/m/d). Start: 1 November 2026, ID no. 00005001.

⏰ Application deadline: 21 June 2026.

Please apply exclusively via the university portal: https://uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005001/ (email submissions not accepted).

We offer a structured doctoral programme, international networking, and a supportive environment across multiple disciplines (History, Sociology, Political Science, Islamic Studies, and more). We strongly encourage international applicants.

@unifreiburg @dfg_public @empires @mehlera @jabunna @ManuelaBoatca @histodons @fs_islamwissenschaft @sociology @politicalscience

#academicjobs #stellenanzeige #academicmastodon #phd #histodons #empires #history #academia #phdpositions #politicalscience #decolonial #callforapplications