Just a week or two in and I fking love this place so much. It's like stumbling out of the noise and into the kitchen at a party, and finding your people right there all the time.

You miss the friends you left behind in the shouty room where most who talk to you are looking over your shoulder to see if there's anyone more important to latch onto, but you hope your friends will soon find the kitchen, too.

@mariafarrell This! Exactly this!

It’s also like a European academic conference where everyone gets to go to the same conference dinner v an American academic conference where everyone is scrambling for an invite to one of the dinners organised by the “right people”.

Long may it continue!

@TheCybermatron oh my goodness yes!