ParidhiNov 9, 2019
Hello Academic Tooters (#AcaTooters), as promised, this is my first thread for desi academics (thought not limited to) who want to connect with each other in this new space, and create a virtual support system. Please introduce yourself under here with your name, field, area of research, geographical location (optional). Once we have the thread going, I'll create a list.
Will be also holding future threads on conference, publishing, writing, and other #AcaWoes you can think of.
Boost and tag!
Show threadNandhaNov 9, 2019
@Paridhigupta Hello! I am Nandha. Doing my doctorate in physics in quantum sensing. At the moment, looking for fellow STEM academics here. Most of them are on Twitter still.
Show threadParidhi
@ionhandshaker hi Nandha, welcome here. And yeah I get it, I hope you can find some people on the thread though :) which year are you in?
Nov 9, 2019 at 3:28pmWeb
Show threadNandhaNov 9, 2019
@Paridhigupta Just my first year.
Show threadParidhiNov 9, 2019
@ionhandshaker okay, best of luck for the long road ahead :) also can you tell me what else would you like the threads to include?
Show threadNandhaNov 9, 2019
@Paridhigupta Based on what I've observed so far, people get into mental health issues quite easily. Ways to ensure good mental health, while maintaining a research schedule would be great. Some Scicomm would be nice too. (if it's still within your area)
Show threadParidhiNov 9, 2019
@ionhandshaker great, for the next thread, I was planning to do it on mental health, I am curating some stuff for that right now. Will open it within the coming week. And Scicomm is not my area, but I'm hoping this thread reaches more people, and we get some people from Scicomm with whom threads can be held :)
Show threadParidhiNov 9, 2019
@ionhandshaker please do tag any more people within academia that you do know here :)
Show threadNandhaNov 9, 2019
@Paridhigupta I found this instance called scholar.social. Could prove helpful.
Show threadParidhiNov 9, 2019
@ionhandshaker that's great. Have you figured out how to be on multiple instances with the same userid?
Show threadNandhaNov 9, 2019
@Paridhigupta You can. You have to sign in everytime using your email id. You can use your userid constantly across all the instances and you can interact across instances too.
Show threadAnirudh KanisettiNov 11, 2019
@ionhandshaker any word on when scholar.social might be up again BTW? And what's the local timeline like there? 🤓
Show threadNandhaNov 11, 2019
@AKanisetti Oh yeah. The server is up again. You should now be able to login.
Show threadNandhaNov 11, 2019
@AKanisetti I think they'll accept requests soon. The local is very good. Although, slightly slanted towards the humanities. Sociology is the preferred subject of many.
Show threadAnirudh KanisettiNov 11, 2019
@ionhandshaker sounds super cool, I'll apply again then!