Maggie @Maenad@witches.town

Good article on programming best practices for people who code but aren't programmers (like me!) - http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001745

Read a kind of interesting article - https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2018/02/26/tips-making-most-out-conferences-when-it-comes-your-career-opinion

I really like the "set deliverable goals".

The advice I give people who ask, in academia, is "one forward step a week", basically.

I think it's so EASY to get overwhelmed with "look at all this shit I have to do" that making a realistic schedule for it to happen is HARD.

It is okay to spend a day just treading water. It is okay to spend a day working on a thing with nothing to show for it.

Holy shit I called myself Maggie.

Woop.

This afternoon in "Maggie drank 3 shots of espresso and can suddenly form a coherent thought" - academia musings!

relatedly, there aren't "too many PhDs" just because not everyone with a PhD ends up in an academic job.

There aren't "too many philosophy majors" because most people with a BA in philosophy end up doing something else (replace with your subject of choice).

People who want to learn, and put work in, should be rewarded with knowledge, even if it's not essential for their future career.

It is okay for you to change what you want to do in the middle of your career.

Stop worrying about the fact that so many people have "unemployable" degrees when we haven't addressed the fact that the total number of jobs is declining.

The humanities are important. Having people learn that shit is important - if no one learns it, soon enough no one will know it. This is not okay - we should not be fighting, as a society, FOR knowledge loss.

fucking STEM elitists

Related to this, unpaid labor in academia is a HUGE issue.

I want to pay this kid because I am benefiting from his work, but without a grant, it would be out of pocket (I applied for a grant so that I can pay him and others like him).

The people who can afford to work for free are people who are privileged enough to not have to work several dozen hours each week for money to support themselves.

Stop reinforcing this privilege.

So when I started this job I took over mentoring this kid

He has some health issues and is permanently immunocompromised so he has to work remotely. He also works for free. (He is doing research with me so that he can keep his foot in the game for eventual grad school).

He is constantly apologizing for "not getting more done" because "being in the hospital really wore [him] out"

Holy fucking shit I feel so bad for him??? But I did give him a mini lecture on knocking that off.

Any productivity is positive productivity.

Forgot a friend's twitter handle but remembered their pronouns and preferred name so like

this shit isn't hard.

don't be a willful asshole.

MENTAL ILLNESS IS NOT THE PROBLEM AT HAND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

WHY ARE GUNS AVAILABLE?

WHAT IS GOING WRONG, CULTURALLY, WITH WHITE MEN THAT THEY MAKE UP THE LION'S SHARE OF SHOOTERS?

there are a myriad of mental health issues, the shooters with confirmed diagnoses have a variety of diagnoses. They have race and gender more in common than they do mental health status.

STOP OTHERING PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. I GUARANTEE YOU KNOW SEVERAL.

The face of someone pretending to work. (Cw: selfie, eye contact) https://witches.town/media/tnMkTejQgxNlMtjTgNc

bought a lipstick this morning

but my face looks so tired

fighting with myself about whether to try it on in the office as a mental fun break

tbf, it's not cheesy or bready so I think york peppermint patties fit with the restrictions I've given myself

this weekend: "I need to stop eating bread and cheese for a bit so my stomach calms down"

this morning: *packs salad for lunch*

just now: *finds peppermint patties when looking for salad in bag*

self sabotaaaaaaaage

petition to abandon today and go spend the rest of the day in bed

what's that? I'm already at work?

petition to set up a nap pad under my desk

Leaving the autocorrect typo (than -> trash)

Forgot how much better i feel here trash anywhere else

Kris wants to go out but it's 40 degrees out there