Notices by Dr. Victoria Grinberg (vicgrinberg@mastodon.social)

@Gargron wohooo, thanks!

Greeted a friendly neighbour after a stressful work day 😽

#Leiden #CatsOfMastodon

Oooh, is this new? (Rhetorical question - even if it is not new, it seems new to me!)
I really like how mastodon (in the version currently running on mastodon.social) explains how blocks work!

P.S. Obviously not blocking this particular account, used it as an example 😅

#mastodon #fediverse

You are never unobserved when running through the city... 😼

#AboutToday #CatsOfMastodon

@feditips @ePD5qRxX thanks! That's a pity and makes the search really unuseful for following scientific discussions of articles and press releases 😢

Hm, is it possible to search for a link (eg whether someone linked to an article) on #mastodon?

I just tried searching for a link I myself posted and it did not work. I can find the post searching for words it used otherwise, so it's definitely ingested into the search. So I am wondering whether I am missing some important bit of search syntax.

Happy #Halloween! 🎃👻🕸️

(#JWST Image of the Crab nebula: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Webb_sees_Crab_Nebula_in_new_light ; gif by my amazing colleague O.)

#astrodon

A visitor - unexpected but welcome.

#AboutToday #Leiden #CatsOfMastodon #Caturday

People post because they want to vent, to share their frustration, to make others laugh or shake heads. If ppl post to get advice, they usually ask.

So: You want to give advice?

Has the person explicitly asked for it? No? Then don't.

But you really, really want to give advice! Still: no!

But your advice is really relevant! Still: no.

But you also know the person well (you follow them & they you & you interacted): ask if they want advice. If they don't explicitly say yes - it's still a no.

Oh, apparently yesterday was #PortfolioDay and I missed it! I am Victoria and I am doing #SciArt, mainly focusing on astronomy & astrophysics (#astrodon) and on #academia
& research commentary.

You can fine more of my doodles here: https://www.sternwarte.uni-erlangen.de/~grinberg/#doodles

And an introduction to my process & an encouragement for other researchers to do art here: https://mastodon.social/@vicgrinberg/111115356974247400

#VicisArt

@Ruth_Mottram @feditips @micron love this! One thing I would add, especially to academics, is to consider enabling search for one's account (assuming that one is on a server that allows that). For being part of a scientific discussion that would be important and one needs at least to be aware that this is a conscious choice here and not automatic.