Chi 𒅆
@alltheopposites.bsky.social
🌳étreinte des ramures🌿
a walking bag of delight, fueled by milktea. ngucy for dimples. enthusiast of all things science and ling ling.
a walking bag of delight, fueled by milktea. ngucy for dimples. enthusiast of all things science and ling ling.
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What an honour to speak at an event for the Earth Rover Program last week alongside some incredible people, almost none of whom seem to be on BlueSky except for @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
I spoke on soil health in ancient Mesopotamia, and here are some snippets of what I learned along the way
I spoke on soil health in ancient Mesopotamia, and here are some snippets of what I learned along the way
February 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
What an honour to speak at an event for the Earth Rover Program last week alongside some incredible people, almost none of whom seem to be on BlueSky except for @georgemonbiot.bsky.social
I spoke on soil health in ancient Mesopotamia, and here are some snippets of what I learned along the way
I spoke on soil health in ancient Mesopotamia, and here are some snippets of what I learned along the way
My current source of joy: the yellow flamboyants (Peltophorum pterocarpum) at work 🥰
February 11, 2026 at 1:39 PM
My current source of joy: the yellow flamboyants (Peltophorum pterocarpum) at work 🥰
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🌘 "Starchild" 🌟
Commission for @franzanth.bsky.social & at last another of my Golden Orbits.
Commission for @franzanth.bsky.social & at last another of my Golden Orbits.
February 11, 2026 at 10:44 AM
🌘 "Starchild" 🌟
Commission for @franzanth.bsky.social & at last another of my Golden Orbits.
Commission for @franzanth.bsky.social & at last another of my Golden Orbits.
I now live vicariously through English bluebells...
February 5, 2026 at 9:46 AM
I now live vicariously through English bluebells...
I started sending my manager unhinged email closings two weeks ago, and now she's sending me memes from THREADS. Mind you, I'm not even on threads!
January 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I started sending my manager unhinged email closings two weeks ago, and now she's sending me memes from THREADS. Mind you, I'm not even on threads!
More than 10 years ago I was introduced to the curly wurly by a British pen pal, and I haven't had it again since. Last year, I stood in as a last-minute interpreter for a British expert. I mentioned the curly wurly, she said she'd send me some. This week I received a bag of curly wurly from her! 🥹
January 21, 2026 at 2:06 PM
More than 10 years ago I was introduced to the curly wurly by a British pen pal, and I haven't had it again since. Last year, I stood in as a last-minute interpreter for a British expert. I mentioned the curly wurly, she said she'd send me some. This week I received a bag of curly wurly from her! 🥹
LET'S GOOOOO
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
LET'S GOOOOO
Just fought 4 neighborhood dogs for this corpse of longhorn beetle
January 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Just fought 4 neighborhood dogs for this corpse of longhorn beetle
When I started to do advanced data analysis on Google Sheets 2 years ago, I got a lot of "just use ChatGPT" from friends. And I always replied with "no, thanks" bc I really wanted to learn and be good at it instead of simply getting the job done.
Out of curiosity, I tried to use ChatGPT to make R code a few times.
Once it worked great, solving the problem with more elegant code than I’d have used.
Twice it worked fine, clunky but it got there.
Twice it generated cuckoo-bananapants nonsense- but I’d only know that if I knew how to code.
Once it worked great, solving the problem with more elegant code than I’d have used.
Twice it worked fine, clunky but it got there.
Twice it generated cuckoo-bananapants nonsense- but I’d only know that if I knew how to code.
But now, when I hear "well, I use chatgpt because I can code in R / analyse my data / do literature review again", my answer is systematically: no, you cannot.
I think the loss of technical skills is dangerous for research, because it prevents a sound understanding of feasibility.
I think the loss of technical skills is dangerous for research, because it prevents a sound understanding of feasibility.
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
When I started to do advanced data analysis on Google Sheets 2 years ago, I got a lot of "just use ChatGPT" from friends. And I always replied with "no, thanks" bc I really wanted to learn and be good at it instead of simply getting the job done.
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A few more photos from the drone over Northchurch Common this afternoon as the sun poured beautiful golden light over the treetops. The berries are amazing this year. Note the crown shyness on the 3rd image - normally seen from below :)
#Berkhamsted #DronePhotography #DJIMavic3Pro
#Berkhamsted #DronePhotography #DJIMavic3Pro
January 1, 2026 at 6:43 PM
A few more photos from the drone over Northchurch Common this afternoon as the sun poured beautiful golden light over the treetops. The berries are amazing this year. Note the crown shyness on the 3rd image - normally seen from below :)
#Berkhamsted #DronePhotography #DJIMavic3Pro
#Berkhamsted #DronePhotography #DJIMavic3Pro
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And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
December 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
And the results are in! After carefully reviewing the results of a national poll the Board of Directors of the Society for Canadian English (SCE) has determined that this year’s Canadian Word of the Year (CWOTY), the first of its kind, will be “maplewashing.”
The Epic of Gilgamesh is historically significant as the world's first Yaoi
December 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
It's Britney Spears' birthday, and I have to be at work. So I've been jamming to her music all morning, and suddenly work is on 🔥💯
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY QUEEN!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY QUEEN!!!
a woman wearing sunglasses is dancing in a crowd of people
ALT: a woman wearing sunglasses is dancing in a crowd of people
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December 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
It's Britney Spears' birthday, and I have to be at work. So I've been jamming to her music all morning, and suddenly work is on 🔥💯
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY QUEEN!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY QUEEN!!!
I called our dept's ToC a "historical artefact" bc it was there before I arrived & bc I was asked to give a presentation about it while I was reading Between Two Rivers by @moudhy.bsky.social , & I got cheeky. It def landed coz I just received an email from my manager titled "historical artefacts" 🤣
November 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I called our dept's ToC a "historical artefact" bc it was there before I arrived & bc I was asked to give a presentation about it while I was reading Between Two Rivers by @moudhy.bsky.social , & I got cheeky. It def landed coz I just received an email from my manager titled "historical artefacts" 🤣
Came across a tip to overcome procrastination was to reframe the goal from "perfection" to "execution". And I'm happy to report that it actually works, at least for me lol
Been sitting on this task for 2 weeks. Just got it done in 15 mins 😭🤣
Been sitting on this task for 2 weeks. Just got it done in 15 mins 😭🤣
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Came across a tip to overcome procrastination was to reframe the goal from "perfection" to "execution". And I'm happy to report that it actually works, at least for me lol
Been sitting on this task for 2 weeks. Just got it done in 15 mins 😭🤣
Been sitting on this task for 2 weeks. Just got it done in 15 mins 😭🤣
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This photo is probably my favorite from 2022 - just one of those moments that will always live in your mind with fondness for an eternity.
This afternoon storm rolled through and created one of the most magical displays of light I've seen in a long time. Hope you dig it! #landscapephotography
This afternoon storm rolled through and created one of the most magical displays of light I've seen in a long time. Hope you dig it! #landscapephotography
November 23, 2024 at 11:26 PM
This photo is probably my favorite from 2022 - just one of those moments that will always live in your mind with fondness for an eternity.
This afternoon storm rolled through and created one of the most magical displays of light I've seen in a long time. Hope you dig it! #landscapephotography
This afternoon storm rolled through and created one of the most magical displays of light I've seen in a long time. Hope you dig it! #landscapephotography
I've never traveled out of SEA and so never experienced applying for a visa. Anyway, I'm attending a workshop outside of SEA later this month, and I had so much stress going through the visa application process. It even disrupted my sleep! 😭🫠
Anyway, I've got the visa.
Anyway, I've got the visa.
October 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I've never traveled out of SEA and so never experienced applying for a visa. Anyway, I'm attending a workshop outside of SEA later this month, and I had so much stress going through the visa application process. It even disrupted my sleep! 😭🫠
Anyway, I've got the visa.
Anyway, I've got the visa.
Thanks everyone for your help! I've received some really good resources shared in the replies!
There is good, and there is better. Hopefully, I'll be able to persuade my team to do better next time!
#publicengagement #healthresearch
There is good, and there is better. Hopefully, I'll be able to persuade my team to do better next time!
#publicengagement #healthresearch
#SciComs people out there, please help me out!!!
I've read somewhere that it's better to create your scicoms from a positive perspective (inspire folks, communicate with hope) rather than from a negative angle (scare folks, communicate with fear). What is the term for this principle? Source?
I've read somewhere that it's better to create your scicoms from a positive perspective (inspire folks, communicate with hope) rather than from a negative angle (scare folks, communicate with fear). What is the term for this principle? Source?
October 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Thanks everyone for your help! I've received some really good resources shared in the replies!
There is good, and there is better. Hopefully, I'll be able to persuade my team to do better next time!
#publicengagement #healthresearch
There is good, and there is better. Hopefully, I'll be able to persuade my team to do better next time!
#publicengagement #healthresearch
#SciComs people out there, please help me out!!!
I've read somewhere that it's better to create your scicoms from a positive perspective (inspire folks, communicate with hope) rather than from a negative angle (scare folks, communicate with fear). What is the term for this principle? Source?
I've read somewhere that it's better to create your scicoms from a positive perspective (inspire folks, communicate with hope) rather than from a negative angle (scare folks, communicate with fear). What is the term for this principle? Source?
October 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
#SciComs people out there, please help me out!!!
I've read somewhere that it's better to create your scicoms from a positive perspective (inspire folks, communicate with hope) rather than from a negative angle (scare folks, communicate with fear). What is the term for this principle? Source?
I've read somewhere that it's better to create your scicoms from a positive perspective (inspire folks, communicate with hope) rather than from a negative angle (scare folks, communicate with fear). What is the term for this principle? Source?
Went to see Mariah in Jakarta and Bangkok.
10/10 would do again!
10/10 would do again!
October 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Went to see Mariah in Jakarta and Bangkok.
10/10 would do again!
10/10 would do again!
@saimihanma.bsky.social my package to you could be somewhere in here 🥲
“I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Matthew Wasserbach, brokerage manager of Express Customs Clearance, said of the UPS backlog. “It’s totally unprecedented.”
@cnbc.com $UPS
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@cnbc.com $UPS
www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...
UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems
Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.
www.nbcnews.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
@saimihanma.bsky.social my package to you could be somewhere in here 🥲
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As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
October 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)
米津玄師, 宇多田ヒカル Kenshi Yonezu, Hikaru Utada - JANE DOE
YouTube video by Kenshi Yonezu 米津玄師
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October 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Happy #RaccoonAwarnessDay! I know they're often referred to as trash pandas, but I get to experience them in their more 'natural' habitat where I live. I love them. They are intelligent, curious and best appreciated from a safe distance. #mammals 🌿
October 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Happy #RaccoonAwarnessDay! I know they're often referred to as trash pandas, but I get to experience them in their more 'natural' habitat where I live. I love them. They are intelligent, curious and best appreciated from a safe distance. #mammals 🌿
I am a different person after:
- swimming
- gelato
- swimming
- gelato
September 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I am a different person after:
- swimming
- gelato
- swimming
- gelato