Some more brilliant folks for this thread who I got to hang out with at #SciCommCollider3 here at @perimeterinstitute.bsky.social @the-astro-stud.bsky.social and @skylargrayson.bsky.social — who also gave an excellent session on the politics of science and some how we can do something about it.

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The people you run into and the places you end up! More to come! 👀🤓 @drcarpineti.bsky.social

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Mikel Arteta’s new contract was presented to him in an antique wooden box that opens up into a writing desk. The box was originally gifted to Arsenal’s first secretary, Elijah Watkins, following the club’s formation in 1886.

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One of the most harrowing things about academia, when you're a grad student, is how vulnerable you are to how you're perceived by more senior researchers. Your career advancement depends on confidential letters of reference & private discussions amongst faculty. You have no information or control.

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A fun bit of trivia about today's physics Nobel Prize: Francis Halzen won it for envisioning and leading the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole, but apparently he's never actually been there! WFH FTW. (To be fair, it is rather... remote.)

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