It’s Brno! but to be fair it is a place of many anecdotes - in every bro group pic he’s the center of attention holding a Specimen, he thought he was a Very Serious Guy + made the brothers keep their fun books and comics in a second, hidden library away from his religious/legal/scientific texts…
It took me forever but I blamed that on using a vpn so thanks for the validation at least
Where’s Walter???
We—Chris Trisos, Jess Auerbach & I—mention passport privilege as a key factor in #decolonizing ecology in our 2021 paper (rdcu.be/ddTdr). I can only hope that hybrid conferences wake my colleagues up to these ongoing legacies of colonialism impeding full inclusion of everyone in science.
That thread was exactly the type of work I sought on Twitter in the first place, and came to bsky hoping to find as well, and I appreciate it enormously
Similarly, the real fear of deportation, immigration hassles & costs, immobility from visa status being tied to a university, etc also impact international faculty. Understanding various dynamics of precariousness & stress for international students, post-docs & faculty helps everyone in the end
My parents were hippies so they had buckwheat pillows youd microwave and I had a lot of difficulty with the concept that you couldn’t eat them after microwaving, toss a handful of bowtie noodles in, call it a day
Bialetti was cremated and buried in an enormous Bialetti. True story. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/02/...
The late Renato Bialetti made the Moka espresso maker famous worldwide. His children honored him by placing his ashes in a large replica of the coffee pot.