Yesterday we discussed our plan of action in case there a coup d'etat in the US this year while we're there, and even if we concluded we're probably going to be fine it was a bit dystopian.
Dress for the job you want, not for the job you have.
I'm a researcher but I dress like a wannabe fashion influencer, because that's what I'd do if I were younger & better at TikTok
I don't know how to say it, but I have never listened to a song by Taylor Swift. I guess I've been too busy listening to Despacito and Mira Sofia by Alvaro Soler every single day in the last 10 years
Screaming at your child to be quiet is like punishing students for being late on submissions while asking for a 6 months extension on a book chapter
If you have an Italian in your life, don't involve them in anything this week. It's Sanremo week, the national music festival, so all Italians are up until 2 am deciding which singer outfit is the most awful.
I think my research is the coolest, but I overheard a guy who's a marine geologist ready for a study trip on a boat in San Diego and now I think I did everything wrong with my career...
The best way to get offers for paid work is to start a grant project that stipulates you cannot do any paid work in the meantime.
If I ever make it to full professor and then I die, please don't do a collection of essays in my memory. Go out drinking and fight the system, whatever we need to fight at that moment.
How long do I have to be a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow before I can be sure enough of the spelling of "Skłodowska" not to google it every time?
Are you even allowed to post on LinkedIn if the post doesn't start with "thrilled"?
