As a fellow bike commuter I think about this all the time. The compounded effect of bad air quality too 🤢
This Labor Day don’t forget to recognize the incredibly challenging work done by farm workers, often under inhumane conditions and grueling heat. Farm workers deserve our attention and to have their voices elevated.
4) Saw someone else in the thread recommend making the ppt first. I think this is especially great advice for grad students, who at least in my field/institution have made a LOT more ppts than papers. It’s a familiar way of storytelling and also helps you work out how to weave in your data/figures.
3) In writing a first draft where a flow state is key, I will skip adding in references or specific statistics. If I know I have the data/ref, I will just write something like “the signal to noise ratio was xx” or “as shown by xx et al.” It also makes it easy to CTRL-F for “xx” while revising.
2) If I can’t stop revising as I write, I will physically obscure my screen (since I can touch type). This is a huge benefit for getting words on the page!
A few small things that have helped me: 1) If I’m working on rewording a sticky section, I give myself a lot of space. I’ll press enter a few times or use a page break to separate it out from bigger chunks of text. It helps clear my brain.
This is a really good reminder of how heat is affecting every facet of our lives
if you, like me, are sweating through a heat wave this week, you may appreciate Slate's overview of how extreme heat is affecting our everyday lives. I wrote about smart laundry habits in a time of sweat, and about the horrific deaths at this year's Hajj: slate.com/technology/2...
Climate change is happening. We have to adapt.
My specialty 💁🏻♀️
Pretty shaky here in 91125 too 😵💫
Can we get a CA geophysicist in here telling us not to worry 🙏🏻😅