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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 11h

💯 Academic social media was a game changer for scholars from traditionally less well-connected places.

Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 12h

Twitter revolutionised my career.

I learnt a huge amount about causal inference through #EpiTwitter.

And I met many amazing people who I've since had the joy of working with (Eg @epiellie.bsky.social, @epidbydesign.bsky.social, @robertwplatt.bsky.social, @jlrohmann.bsky.social, etc etc)

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 19h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 15h

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 2d

👋🏻👋🏻 I am going to try and convert useless scrolling time on instagram to some time on here then!

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 3d

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 3d

Glad to hear it! Motivating me to visit more often!

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Martin Stoermer @martinstoermer.bsky.social · 3d

Pretty happy in terms of the #chemsky content. Sure there’s heaps less signal than #chemtwitter at its peak but also vastly less noise. And people don’t shout at me for my non-chem opinions and musical tastes so that’s pretty nice.

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · 3d

I haven’t posted here in many months but LinkedIn is so depressing. Elon truly won, we had a space where we could talk without “keeping up appearances” now academics migrated to LinkedIn and it’s all polished edulcorated saccharine. Everyone back in the box. How is everyone getting on here?

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Anna DNP, FNP, BC@ AccessToCareAdvocate @anna1900.bsky.social · Jul 11

At least 798 people have died while seeking food at distribution points run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation simce late May, according to the UN. The GHF has faced criticism for breaching humanitarian impartiality and possible involvement in war crimes. #DontForgetGaza

Nearly 800 killed at Gaza food hubs and aid convoy routes since end of May, UN says

UN human rights office says 615 of the deaths were in vicinity of sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

www.theguardian.com

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 23

Too much international women in engineering day on LinkedIn so here I am. I applaud my (often junior) colleagues in engineering who patiently fill out form with their profile for their institution to boast about them on #IWED and then deny the existence of their struggles the rest of the year.

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 17

Btw you are in Glasgow next week!

Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

Indeed. Thanks for letting me rant!

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

That’s interesting. But there is more to you than the things you do, and we all have the potentials to have many different lives anyway and enjoyment of life can take many forms. But ultimately yes I believe that to continue living or not is your choice.

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

Mattered in the end

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

I mean it is really useful because it gives you a good idea of the panel conversation and I am grateful- but just feel a bit jaded that the think that tanked us had been addressed by reviewers has having been addressed. Reviewers reviewed and I spent days on the response and it seems neither really

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

Indeed- I also meant it gets worse as you get yourself in more senior rooms

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

Yes I got that, and it really genuinely made me think on whether then such a law would be better than not.

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

Considering that the feedback says “it reads like..” proceeds to use a phrase that no reviewer used and that the grant is judged as excellent and ambitious but not aligned enough with the call, when reviewers said it was aligned…

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

Who would have thunk that it only get worse but it does!

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

worried me. This is why I am wondering whether we should tackle healthcare provision, inequalities and ableism first.

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

My dad is dealing with Parkinson’s just now and he feels like he is dying at least once a day I cannot imagine what it is like but I can imagine that he can lead to a desire to stop it. I also heard a man on tv saying “I am nothing without my hands so the day they stop working I want to go” and that

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

For me it is all about whether in our very ableist and productivity driven society, people are truly free to make these decisions or they are driven to it.

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

I didn’t mean the individuals . I meant that the motivation for the law maker to improve palliative care and societal approach to illness and disability when this is already in place.

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

But if we don’t solve palliative care first are we not just opening the door to an easy and frankly ableist way out. We also need to work on what dignity means and what factor influence it. If society decides the “worth” of people should we not work on society first?

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

Very very stingy grant rejection today. With a strong feeling that 1) the panel re-reviewed the grant and 2) misunderstood the call… it’s heartbreaking.

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Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay @drcgl119.bsky.social · Jun 16

The increase use of LinkedIn by Academics has seen these LinkedInese influencers pop up everywhere- giving hot takes on PhD and academia… a little cringey. It seems the 140/280 characters and dynamic interactions had protected us from our own pontificating!!