hmmmmm "‘Inconvenient truths’ stall naming PM’s science chief" It's hard not to feel suspicious in the context of a govt that seems to be working hard to avoid following evidence-based policy for the country... newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/24/s...

‘Inconvenient truths' stall naming PM’s science chief

A Government committed to data-based decisions has cut nearly 400 science roles, while the PM's own expert position has sat vacant for months.

I think this is a much better one than ours where we have something that was - maybe still is- called ‘find a supervisor’!

Oooh good think. I can add that alongside my "non" (the french version) folder... Excellent. That will alleviate the guilt.

2/2 I've always felt a courtesy to respond, imaging a wanna be PhD student getting a zillion non-answers to their scattergun emails (who advised this as a strategy!?), but it's now getting ridiculous, with practically emails every day. I think my sense of empathic responsibility to reply must go.

More and more phd applications emails that appear to be written by AI... how impressed they are by X paper which [insert plausible if you had no clue about the paper explanation]. Moving on to... I propose research in [entirely unrelated area to paper or my expertise] 1/2

“We still live in a world of powerful men’s Neverlands.” Marina Hyde is always on 🔥 but this has extra 🔥🔥 Behind every Al Fayed or Diddy, there is a small army of enablers: this column is dedicated to them www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Behind every Al Fayed or Diddy, there is a small army of enablers: this column is dedicated to them | Marina Hyde

“Entourage” is too wan a word for this motley crew of enforcers, concealers, NDA experts and crisis PRs, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

I'm in a bit of a slew of conferences... later this week a keynote at the Lumivero Virtual Conference 2024 September 25-26, 2024 I'll be doing a fairly general intro to and discussion of (reflexive) thematic analysis. • Free Registration: lumivero.com/lumivero-vir...

Lumivero - Lumivero Virtual Conference 2024

Lumivero Virtual Conference 2024. Join us as we dive into the world of data in our free virtual conference! We’re bringing researchers and Lumivero software users together to learn and connect for bet...

lol it is quite complex. Perhaps it could be a compulsory training module that needs to be completed before any attempted bin use.

Having worked a lot as a cleaner in my youth I feel the cleaners’ pain!

I despair of the future of the planet when university folk, faced with a recycling bin that clearly states "paper only no carboard" not only REGULARLY put cardboard in it, but also (this am) cardboard encased in an easily removable plastic wrapper and loads of loose sugar?

a panda bear is sitting in a chair with its paws up .

ALT: a panda bear is sitting in a chair with its paws up .