2026-02-11 18:38:08
Every time I think that my colleagues couldn't possibly get any pettier, someone finds a way.
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Every time I think that my colleagues couldn't possibly get any pettier, someone finds a way.
#academia
Just be an adult and submit your peer review more or less on time. It's not a surprise - you saw the due date when you agreed to write it in the first place. If you can't, just don't accept the request. There are other reviewers in the sea.
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I'm worried that if I don't come up with some batshit or vaguely antisocial behavior quick, they're going to make me take on more consequential admin work. The bar for appointment as chair really is wildly low.
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If you have to take on the acting chair role, there are worse times to do so than reading work.
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That's how it can be! The @… officially promotes #Fediverse presence of its staff and students. My staff profile includes the Mastodon button [1]. The University Library @… promotes #OpenScience and #DigitalAutonomy through #Mastodon and #PeerTube @… [2].
[1] #UniversityOfGroningen #Universities #Academia #DigitalSovereignty #DIDit #diday #digitalindependence #digitalindependenceday #did
Pro tip: don't give the office next to the elevators to the faculty member who no one has seen on campus for the better part of a decade. And, if the movers just dumped his stuff in the middle of the office, say in 2018, it's not too late to have someone put it away or at least hang a curtain over the window from the hall.
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Coro Maghini, Claudio Chiavazza, Academia Montis Regalis & Alessandro De Marchi:
🎵 Ave verum corpus, K.618
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