Men are constantly hired because they are men. But they are oh so upset if there is even a tiny impression that the gender of a woman was part of the hiring decision 🙄
Oh nice, a friend just pointed out that this one is public and does not require a LinkedIn login - a bit of an interview with me, this time purely work related: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/research-fellowships-space-science-call-applications
(That was in the reseach fellowship application context and that deadline has passed. But there will be another round next year, of course!)
#ESA #astrodon
Want to become my colleague? #ESA is looking for a planetary scientist to fill the role of the archives scientist for the planetary science archive, initially assigned to #Mars missions:
▶️ https://jobs.esa.int/job/Villanueva-de-la-Ca%C3%B1ada-Archive-Scientist/987806201/
Deadline: 18. October 2023
(OK, almost my colleague, same agency, different location - you'd be based in Villanueva de la Cañada close to Madrid, Spain, while I'm in Noordwijk, NL).
#astrodon
@b870d4c8 the usual "why us if we only contribute such a small part to the overall problem" in long "this is more of a comment than a question" rants, for example.
Kinda nervous because in the next months I am doing two in person talks about astronomy & sustainability ("Astronomy and #ClimateCrisis are we part of the problem or part of the solution?"), one in Birmingham, one in Bonn.
I've done quiet a number of those but never in person and there are some colleagues who have strong reactions.
But yeah, someone needs to do this ...
#astrodon
Wenn ihr in der Gegend #Münster seid und Lust auf zwei Tage #Astronomie, kommt doch zum Astroseminar am 13. & 14. Oktober 💫
Ich stelle das Astrophysik Programm der #ESA vor, Kolleg*innen sprechen über Neutrinos, dunkle Materie und vieles mehr. Niveau: zugänglich für alle interessierten, von echten Wissenschaftler*innen vorgetragen (mit viel. Zeit für Fragen). Und einen offenen Tag am Institut der Kernphysik gibt es auch 😊
▶️ https://www.uni-muenster.de/Physik.Astroseminar/programm/index.html
#astrodon #wisskomm
Ganz ehrlich, wenn ich mir gerade anschaue, was in Thüringen passiert ist, wie die Wahlvorhersagen aussehen (und ja, ich bin in Bayern aufgewachsen, da sind sehr viele mir nahe Menschen, die sehr direkt betroffen sind) ... Ich möchte schreien ist gar nicht der richtige Ausdruck dafür. Also schreibe ich über den Urlaub. Als Ablenkung. Weil wir es vielleicht alle gerade brauche. Ich auf jeden Fall.
As scientists, we are building our careers on being the best (and often: the only, whether true or just stated) person who can do X.
That's what our endless applications - for grants, for jobs, for time on big machines and high performance computers - are about: give me the money, the job, the time to do X. X is of immense importance and I'm the best person to do it. We believe in it ourselves.
No wonder that what comes out is a culture of overwork. 1/2
#AcademicChatter #research #astrodon
If X is so important & we are the best to do it, how can we spend our time with frivolous things in our free time instead of focusing on X? How can we leave the work in someone else's hands if only we can deliver the best possible result?
Of course it's all imaginary. The world will not end if we take a break. Our studends and colleagues will often surpass us.
But this is partly where this stupid thinking - inherent to the system - comes from. 2/2
#AcademicChatter #research #astrodon
Weiß jemand um eine Praxis oder Apotheke wo mensch als unter 60-jährige Nichtrisikopatientin #Impftermin für den #XBB Booster Termine kriegt für:
* September 18-20 in #Cochem oder #Koblenz?
* Oktober 13 (vor 15:00) in #Münster?
(Leider nur die Tage und die Orte. Nein, googeln hilft nicht. Der einzige Termin über Doctolib in Koblenz hat sich nach telefonischer Anfrage als Fehler im System rausgestellt. NL bietet keine Booster mit XBB an & ich habe viel Dienstreisen im Herbst.)
Gerne booten.
@ad951bfd@796af16b@a7912c6a love this! One thing I would add, especially to academics, is to consider enabling search for one's account (assuming that one is on a server that allows that). For being part of a scientific discussion that would be important and one needs at least to be aware that this is a conscious choice here and not automatic.
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Kinda nervous because in the next months I am doing two in person talks about astronomy & sustainability ("Astronomy and #ClimateCrisis are we part of the problem or part of the solution?"), one in Birmingham, one in Bonn. I've done quiet a number of those but never in person and there are some colleagues who have strong reactions. But yeah, someone needs to do this ... #astrodon