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17.02.21

math midterm - complete

hold on a fucking second. delaware is a state?? i thought it was a river? or is the river more important than the state? why don't i know this? (i should mention i don't like in america, i'm just confused)

there is delaware (state) and delaware (river) 

both are equally strange

the state is a tiny little cryptid thing

the rive is a monster that spans new york, pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. also washington crossed it once and that was like kinda a big deal i guess. like crossing the rubicon in rome.

the state tries to me more important with its “im the first state!!!” bs (seriously its even on the fucking license plates) but we all know. its the river.

Introducing Scientist Maker 1.0, a mini dress-up game promoting visibility of science in visual media! You can customize your scientist’s eyes, facial expressions, hairstyles, and give them science-y accessories!

Here we have a chemist, an astrophysics student, a environmental science student, a math student, a programmer, and a microbiologist!

The website is here: https://picrew.me/image_maker/634561

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Scientist Maker

'Are you made of copper and tellurium? Because you are cute.' Smart is the new cute! Unleash your inner geek and make your scientist person

Any non-commercial uses are welcome! Please credit @alchemysciviz if you are using it!

My view immediately after my zoom meetings. Some notes from the most recent meeting, an empty coffee cup, and the makeup that I rushed to put on using my webcam before logging on😂

Happy Friday loves!

Advice for studying in lockdown

Get yourself a thermos or insulated pitcher. Fill it with hot water. Bring a mug and a few tea bags back to your room. Now you have a day’s worth of hot tea at your fingertips.

Get away from the computer and take some pen-and-paper notes. I know it may be tempting to just stare at your screen all day, but any chance to rest your eyes is a good one.

On that note, invest in some computer glasses, or a blue light filter program for your computer. We’re all in the digital realm these days, and protecting our vision is important.

If you need to, set yourself a weird sleeping schedule. All of my classes are in the afternoon or evening, due to classmates in other time zones. I stay up til 2:00 am and sleep in until 10:00 am or later most days.

Have different clothes set aside for class. I understand the temptation to show up to that Zoom call in your pajamas, really I do. But your mind connects certain physical objects with certain activities, and it can be difficult to truly wake up when you’re giving your brain signals that it’s time to sleep.

For the same reasons, do not study in your bed. If you get sick of your desk or table, try spreading out on the floor instead.

Do not check the news before studying or class time. You will be distracted, anxious, and unable to focus. Get your own day in order first, then worry about what’s going on outside.

If you are struggling to feel productive even while you’re getting your schoolwork done, take breaks to do chores. It means you’re still getting things done, but you’re switching from mental progress to physical, tangible progress.

Go sit outside for a while. Leave your phone in the house and just sit on the front porch, or in the back garden. Being shut inside is not good for creatures like us, so we need all the sunshine and fresh air we can get.

Please, for goodness’ sake, do not compare yourself to other people. For every blogger out there proudly posting 3 pictures a day of their immaculate, artistic, detailed notes, there’s two dozen who have gotten absolutely nothing done and feel like shit because of it. Other people’s success is not your failure. We are all struggling right now, even those of us who are good at hiding it.

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I know that you've already done it but would it be possible if you did more coffee shop prompts? Or give some prompts on entering inside the coffee shop?

Coffee Shop Prompts

Dialogue Prompts

"Do you come here often?" "I work here, so what can I get for you?"

"I will not drink whatever you just ordered for me. That would be considered torture under the Geneva Convention."

"Why would you come to a cat café if you're afraid of cats?"

"That is enough caffeine for one day, I'm cutting you off."

"You can't just connect your phone and change the music, just because you dislike my playlist."

"That is the worst way anyone has ever spelled my name."

"Yes, you can sit here, but I'm not a small talk kind of person, so don't try."

"I'm not getting paid enough for this." "You say that at the slightest inconvenience." "And I'm always right."

"So sorry I spilled your coffee, let me get you a new one."

"I've never seen so many people here." "Well, we have Wi-fi and we have air conditioning, the people love us right now."

Text Prompts

The place is always packed when they get their daily coffees, so even though they start off as strangers, they quickly decide to always share a table because they are both here every day and the first one there reserves a chair for the other one.

The morning shift starts at 5:30 and one of the workers can always be found singing and dancing around the café before opening. They say they need it to wake up properly.

The coffee shop has a very limited selection of tea and they still need ages to decide what they want.

One of the baristas has a crush on a customer, but is too shy to say anything or even serve them, so their colleague takes matters into their own hands and write little notes on each of the customer's orders, hyping their shy colleague up to them.

The baristas are bored and start planning their career as matchmakers to get some of their regulars together.

They're not really trying to listen in on their customer's conversations, but their argument is just hilarious.

It's like a game between them, the customer orders an outrageous drink and the barista writes a very bad pick-up line on their order.

The owner of the café has their own band and when they're in they exclusively play their own songs.

They really want to close the coffee shop up, but first they have to wake up the one customer who fell asleep on their table.

Their newest hire is academically way too overqualified, but they never worked in the food service industry and it definitely shows.

More: Coffee Shop AUs + How to create a coffee shop atmosphere

✧celestial dark academia calendar - april 2021✧

next month’s free print-out calendar, inspired by historical astronomy! april is based on my prints of tycho brahe. all art is my own! full images here (including march)

Petition to stop using the phrases “hard sciences” and “soft sciences.” Different fields of science shouldn’t be pitted against each other. A hierarchy of importance shouldn’t exist among scientific fields.

Instead use phrases like “physical sciences,” “social sciences,” “life sciences,” “medical sciences,” etc. You better get across what field you’re actually talking about and don’t put down anyone’s work in the process! It’ll take time to make advances in interdisciplinary research, let’s start by leveling the field to make it possible

How to Really Comprehend a Scientific Paper

**credit to my research advisor, she’s an amazing mentor and I aspire to be just like her someday :)

Read the abstract. Write down what the paper says it is going to be about.

Read the introduction. Write down what the paper says it is looking to accomplish and how.

Read the conclusion. Write down what the paper actually did accomplish.

Go through and find all the pictures, graphs, or diagrams. Write notes explaining these images to yourself.

Read the whole paper start to finish. Write a summary of the paper as though you are explaining it to a layperson, and then another summary as though you are explaining it to a colleague.

Throughout all of the above steps:

If there are words you don’t know google them and write down the definitions

If the paper defines a formula, law, variable, etc in a certain way write that down

If there are references to or recommendations of other literature write those down. After the last step if there’s anything you’re uncertain about or would like more information on look to that list for further reading