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Sketchy Science: On the Total Eclipse of 2024
A very special event indeed, what a time to be on strike. As of writing this, I’m still making up some strike pay hours. Nonetheless, I was extremely fortunate to view totality at a relatively clear location some hours away from where I am normally situated. I went equipped with: We managed to find a…
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Sketchy Science: A How-to Guide on Building a Plant Wall
Things can’t be that bad. I counted 17 baby shrimp! – Elisa, February 2024 Prelude Three-ish months ago (Nov 17, 2023), I set out on an adventure to build a living wall. I had just moved home, and I was thinking of ways to decorate my room and now office space. As it turns out,…
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Sketchy Science: Water in your coffee
I recently was notified by a friend that an interesting article had dropped. Coffee and volcanoes! How exciting is that? I cracked open the article and was initially excited, then increasingly dismayed. Here is the article: Study: Why a spritz of water before grinding coffee yields less waste, tastier espresso. I found very little to…
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Sketchy Science: Plant Prep for 3+ Weeks of Travel
I had the opportunity to do some field work for an extended period of time this summer. Logistics of field work, travel, insurance, and other field related prep work aside, I also had a large number of plants that needed to be taken care of. I had to make plans for said plants. What ended…
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The Things I Tell TAs
A speedy writeup today while I take a break from thinking about the numerous emails I have been putting off. Despite the prompt I received, I do find myself spending a surprising amount of time helping out other TAs (teaching assistants) figure out what is, and isn’t okay. Having TAed (verb) for quite some time…
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Leveraging AI: Having ChatGPT Write Your Proposal
Editor’s note: This post was originally drafted in February, shortly after discussion around ChatGPT in the academic space was booming. The views of the author have generally remained unchanged. I have, in the past, been accused of writing much like a robot. At the time, this was a major offense and I was rather hurt…
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