Currently trying to write a review article on a topic I'd never even thought about until last month and now I'm having nightmares inspired by endless literature searches 😂
I have Issues with the concept of writers block, such that I wrote a post on it. kjcharleswriter.com/2019/11/13/w...
There are a ton of things you can do if you're struggling to write, and none of them require using the theft-based environment-ruining plagiarism machine.
Me to other people: I love that my job challenges me and that I'm always learning new things!
Me being challenged and having to learn new things: Fuck
"i just use AI for-" say no more, i already think less of you
File naming conventions tell me a lot about other people
Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.
Another egregious error from Microsoft Word
Happy ghasts! 👻
scientific publishing is fun because you write a 3000 word article describing years of work but nobody has time to read it so you write a 250 word abstract summarizing the key points but nobody has time to read it so you make a graphical abstract to hopefully catch someone's interest
I got a lot of hate last year for posting something similar in regards to April fools but I am once again asking you to please be considerate of your neurodivergent friends who may not get the joke or are stressed out by the threat of not catching into pranks.
March reading wrap-up
Word of the day
I went into the office on Friday for training. Literally my only in-office all year. Someone was coughing. I now have bronchitis. 😷🤒
Fuck off Samsung, I'm literally sick right now
Transplanted it to Cape Town and made it face The Wind 🍃
Bonus dassie
After years of promising myself I'm going to do it, I finally did the free birthday trip with the cable car up Table Mountain!
😂
... but they missed a golden opportunity.
I dunno what this boat's deal is...
My brother gave me a bag of 36 tomatoes for my 36th birthday and I fear this is only funny if you're a south african.
Pretty good birthday weekend 💖💜💙
Cape Town Pride, always filled with good vibes ❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜
February reading wrap-up
I'm 200 000 words into a WIP fic and they FINALLY had their first kiss after 47 chapters of platonic marriage-of-convenience, so I've found the upper level of what I'm willing to tolerate in terms of slow burn 🤣
"How do we know where to draw the line, and when it is time to resist?"
This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions taken so far during the first week of the administration.
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#MedSky
January reading wrap-up
Whenever the media or transphobes talk about mental health and suicide rates of trans kids, they are always deliberately concealing the fact that trans healthcare brings trans kids to the same place as cis kids on these things
