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  In a few weeks, I will be coming to California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA for my 2 yr #postdoc . It is my first time in the #USA and I am excited, but anxious. Any tips on finding affordable #housing , #transport, or just getting started in general would be highly appreciated. If you live there and want to make a new friend, DM me! #fedifriends #california #research #academicresearch

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  Me: Requests a plasmid and an algae from India and China. They: Sure no problem, here you go. We'll bear the shipping costs as well! Me: Requests a comparator plasmid and algae from Germany and The Netherlands. They: You have to sign this agreement which states that all your research belongs to us, all IP is now ours, please give us your first born child... #academicresearch #academia #research #wetlab #openscience #opensharing

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  Free software development and academic review work have this uncanny resemblance in the way companies and corporations treat them. Corpos: Make and maintain this software / Review this research manuscript for us. Devs/Academics: Please pay me. Corpos: Lol, no. <<Insert gaslighting about the dev / reviewer "nOt doInG thEiR ParT fOr tHe coMmUnIty">>. #softwaredevelopment #freesoftware #academia #academicpublishing #academicresearch

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  Starting my new project HERO (HEterozygous expRession of insulin in NannOchloropsis) at Carnegie Institute of Science, Pasadena Campus (at CalTech). In this Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellowship, I will try to establish microalgae as an alternate expression vehicle for sustainable and affordable insulin. (Wish me luck!) #california #pasadena #academia #research #microalgae #crispr

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  What can I do when I am in a situation where I have to interact with someone wearing Meta's #pervglasses ? Like mid-conversation, I realise the person is wearing a #pervglass, what recourse / options do I have?

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/116889735116919744 #EU citizens should know what this is means: >Your documents will be snooped. >Your photographs will be scanned. >Your chats will be read. >You are presumed guilty and subject to surveillance without warrant. >You are assessed by an AI model. >Your privacy has been sold to Meta, Microsoft and US tech giants in the name of protection. >Oh, and politicians have exempted themselves from this scan! Democracy is being...

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  Interested in an article but can't access it? Try your institution login! Oh, institution hasn't subscribed it? Try emailing the authors! Oh, no reply from any of them for weeks? Look for its preprint! Oh, no luck there? Get in touch with the librarian for an inter-library loan! Gets paper after weeks of waiting and 3 reminders! Reads... WAIT A MINUTE, Methods section refers to another publication... Checks: it's another paywalled article MO#$%F&@# !! #academicresearch #op...

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  Heat wave survival tip #1: Take the rubber water bag (pic below), fill it with ice water, and place it on your torso. The cooling will last longer. #heatwave #tips

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  Dear researchers, I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. Can you suggest good journals in the following topics / fields (society journals welcome): 1. #microalgae 2. #molecularbiology 3. #crispr 4. #sustainability #opensource #openaccess #academicresearch #academia Please #boost so I can reach other academics.

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  We should keep a list of companies that have fired employees en masse to replace them with #AI . When the #aibubble bursts, these slop-stricken corpos are going to come begging for human talent once again. Each time they post a "job opportunity" on LinkedIn, someone can post the number of employees they previously fired. #fuckai #aislop