So, this is not the first time this has happened in my life.
Someone said something just so incredibly hurtful to me that my heart started to hurt. That part I think is normal its the burst of adrenalin and cortisol.
The weird part, is very shortly after, like 10 min later, I can't remember what they said. I can vividly remember how it made me feel and the gist of what they said for days ut I cannot remember the words at all.
Is that normal?
I know who was the target of the supposed bullying and I'm not sure about the identity of the supposed bully, but the word 'tone' got my spidey senses up.
We do have numerous faculty who are notoriously blunt-most are from other cultures one might be neurodivergent and a few (myself included) may have resting bitch face.
Whew, some advice here.
We're dealing with a situation where some people in are department are accusing some faculty of being bullies.
Getting to the bottom of this it appears that a faculty with more power was perceived as punching down on a presenter with less power, not because of the content of their question but because the 'tone' of their question.
Question for techies. If I have appliances that are WiFi capable but I don’t set them up on a network, are they unhackable?
This is for thing like laundry and kitchen appliances heck even toothbrushes.
Currently, someone with a 1-3 has a good idea that they’ll get funded. They might still submit a new proposal but they’ll accept students knowing that if not this round then next. This give some sort of predictablity for training PhD students which is a 5+ year commitment (grants are 4-5 yrs)
Someone with a 4-5, will be super cautious about hiring.
Someone with a 6+ will know that unless they have another source of funds they shouldn’t accept new ppl.
Ok ppl. US feds want your opinion, should they ignore study section rankings?
There’s a proposal to change what gets reported to applicants AND the ppl who decide on funding. Currently, applicants get a rank of 1-10. Currently 1-3 is almost always funded, unless the feds have a reason eg too many grants on that topic too much money to that person. 4-5 need to argue in favor 6-10 almost never.
In the new format, they’d get a rank of 1-3 1&2 are fundable.
Mushroom haul from yesterday. Lions mane from indoor bags, shiitake and chestnut from outdoor logs.
We had elderly family stay with us for a while.
After they left, the bathroom had a very strong urine odor likely due to some aiming issues around the toilet.
After multiple cleaning we're still getting odor, likely because the toilet was not caulked to the floor and the smell is coming urine that seeped under the toilet
Two questions:
1) should I try a pet pee enzyme cleaner?
2) assuming I get the smell out, should I caulk the toilet to the floor.
oof. Leaving for a conference in Porto later today. Got a text from KLM that my flight from Amsterdam to Porto was cancelled.
But, they've rebooked me to Madrid!🤦
Just spent an hour with them saying look you need to get me to Porto. Not possible. You have to call Delta--who already said call KLM.
I just kept saying no no no. Now I'm getting to Porto! I do need to collect my luggage in Madrid and recheck it. I'm looking at my bags and wondering if it'll fit in a carryon. Take fewer shoes?
Ooh so sneaky.
I'm going to a conference soon and am listed as a speaker. I just got an e-mail informing me that my entire trip was going to be sponsored click on the encrypted link to enter my details.
I'm 99% certain that the conference does not have money to sponsor speakers, plus I registered with my non-work e-mail.
Also why can't my city post things on their website? Why does it have to be on facebook?!!
Heads up AA folks. The B to B trail is closed between Gallup park and the dam due to an undisclosed issue-sounds totally suspicious if you ask me.
(note as of 9am the barricade was only in place near Gallup park-I bike from the dam so just went around the barricade)
No alternative route is provided. However, the construction that has closed Huron River Drive hasn't started, so that's my alternative route.
Hey Science peeps,
I hate hate hate Mr. Frosty for freezing cells. Such a pain in the butt to open, and messy.
Has anyone used a foam-based freezing vessel? What was your experience?
Ah car culture...my workplace has a new parking validation system that reads license plates.
But sometimes the plate reader doesn't work, so *the* driver can use their work ID as an entry/exit device.
If *you* are driving a different car, no problem, just temporarily register the license plate of the different car to the account.
Ok-so what about people who carpool (say a married couple?) on days that *the* driver is different?
🤔hmm we're getting that question a lot.
Here me with mushrooms I grew and harvested. 2/🧵
And this is why adults living with their parents and vice versa is challenging.1/🧵
Mushrooms!!! 49 mushrooms. 54 with the ones from Friday over 1kg!
Friday’s garden harvest. Expecting a lot more mushrooms today.
We’ve done a terrible job finding bitter gourd before they fully mature. That’s the orange fruit at the back.
Me with one of the shiitake logs.
what do people with large moveable planters do with them over the winter to prevent weathering? (midwest winters)
My concern is what to do to protect the planter and what to do with the soil. Overwintering plants is not practical.
It’s for eight 25gal wood planters that summer on a deck.
I walked into the brand new lecture hall at Andover Academy and the front rows were full of these women, leaders in the field, most of whom I knew by reputation, some of whom I'd thought were men😳.
I just felt 'Like, yeah, I can sit there in a few years'.
And I now I do.