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Benefits of having three kids #51

Everyone can wear everyone else's socks. Kind of.
Benefits of having three kids #52
The big one reading 📖 good night stories to the other two: absolutely heartwarming ❤️.
Benefits of having three kids #53

They think they’re in the majority and hold all the power, but guess who can change the Wifi password? 🦹‍♂️
Benefits of having three kids #54

Dizziness and blurry vision? Constant giggling? Hot and cold rushes? All of this for a decade now? Who needs drugs and alcohol when you can feel *permanently sleep-deprived*™️
Benefits of having three kids #55

They have started to remind *us* and *each other* of deadlines, events, birthdays, appointments and errands. What the hell are we raising?
Benefits of having three kids #56

There are always enough leftovers. Always.
Benefits of having three kids #57
If one tries something new (food, activities), the others usually believe them & try too. Except for pears. Nobody likes pears.
Benefits of having three kids #58

They can all talk, and sometimes, when we overhear them speak to each other when they think they’re out of earshot, they are kind, lovely and empathetic to another *and the heart simply melts* 🥰😍😭🥲🤭😻
Benefits of having three kids #59

By the time they are 18, you will have celebrated 54 combined birthdays (equating to *at least* 54 🎂 cakes, so baking is a good skill to invest in).
Benefits of having three kids #60

Standards change.

First toddler: No screen time, ever!
Second toddler: Only educational Netflix!
Third toddler: ok you can watch Star Wars VII with the others again but please cover your eyes when the killing starts
Benefits of having three kids #61

Two treatments, one control. Where can we pre-register our RCT?
Benefits of having three kids #62

We know how to throw a mean birthday party. #organisingthesmallpresentsisanightmarethough
Benefits of having three kids #63

The biggest is now singing Radiohead to the smaller ones. We didn’t fail completely.
#okcomputer
Benefits of having three kids #64

Parents have perfected bedtime reading WHILE going through to-do lists for the next day mentally. Does anyone else do this?!
Benefits of having three kids #65

(Sorry non-Germans)
Doppelkopf, Skat, or Mensch Ärger dich nicht are always available options.
♟ 🎲 🃏
Benefits of having three kids #66

You can always find someone to blame when something goes wrong.
Benefits of having three kids #67

It’s impossible to be bored. There’s always something to do – whether it’s cleaning up, playing, or refereeing a battle royal.
Benefits of having three kids #68
Overheard:
Littlest: „Are you my friend?“
Medium: „I’m even MORE than that, I’m your sister!“
Biggest: „And guess who loves you most, the oldest one of course.“

Soppy, cringe, overly melodramatic but just the right amount of love I needed today
Benefits of having three kids #69

With GPT-3, I can now synthesize bedtime stories for all of them. 😳 🤩

Meet: a basketball adventure between Paw Patrol and Greek Gods. Image

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Dec 7, 2022
Genau jetzt ist die Zeit für Hochschulen, Schulen, Journalismus, Marketing, Kommunikation, GPT-3 ernst zu nehmen. Ich fange mal mit Hochschulen an, da von Job her Hochschulpräsident ;D
1. #GPT-3 macht viele Prüfungsformen ab heute undenkbar, da maschinelles Lernen mit GPT-3 Texte erzeugt, die qualitativ in den Sozialwissenschaften nicht unterscheidbar sind von der Arbeit von Studierenden. Gerade für euch getestet - unsere Profs erkennen den Unterschied nicht.
2. Grundlegend kann kein studentischer Essay auf Bachelor- oder Masterniveau mehr von einer maschinell erstellten Arbeit unterschieden werden. Quite revolutionary.
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Oct 4, 2022
In eigener Sache: I am honoured to have been elected President of Karlshochschule International University in Karlsruhe from October 1, 2022.

karlshochschule.de/en/university/…

Have a look, come study with us or collaborate in research and exchange programs. We’d love to hear from you! Image
Vielen herzlichen Dank für die ganzen Nachrichten - my heart is full (and my email inbox auch). Forgive the delay in responding :D
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May 30, 2021
Tackling the easy questions this morning in India 🇮🇳 #SFS_2021 😊
We researchers don’t have a lot of time. We’re in luck: digital #scicomm can be easy yet effective. More #scicomm from the 99%!
Taking inspiration from @familyunequal - share & promote!
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Feb 15, 2020
On Thursday, Angela Merkel @RegSprecher will be at @leopoldina - the 🇩🇪 National Academy of Sciences - and speak about the importance of the role of science at the inauguration of climatologist Gerald Haug. I'll be attending for @GlobalYAcademy & see our friends @Junge_Akademie
Good stuff friends, there's a video at bundeskanzlerin.de/bkin-de that starts with "Not everyone knows Leopoldina".
The cool thing is that just last year, we @GlobalYAcademy brought hundreds of global young scientists to Halle for several days & since we've moved our offices there..
we're coming back over and over again. Last year we were lucky to celebrate our anniversary at @leopoldina with so many friends from @KarambaDiaby to @VladimirSucha Check out a #marchforscience, #artexhibition and many other things we organized globalyoungacademy.net/events/agm-201…
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Nov 14, 2019
Extraordinarily glad that @GlobalYAcademy is co-organizing @WorldSciForum this year, streamlining young global voices (whether our members or nominated speakers) throughout the conference. Wohoo"

worldscienceforum.org

#wsfbp2019 #worldscienceforum #budapest #sciforum2019
Starting with the @GlobalYAcademy + @IAPartnership Science Leadership Workshop *right from the beginning*

#wsfbp2019 #worldscienceforum #budapest #sciforum2019
Then a wonderful @Junge_Akademie @GlobalYAcademy combination with Marion Schulte zu Berge @miliba01 @DrTolullah @DianaUrge on the responsibility of scientists

#wsfbp2019 #worldscienceforum #budapest #sciforum2019
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Oct 31, 2019
In the past months, we at @GlobalYAcademy have started to improve the visibility of young global scientists. I'll starting sharing more about what I learned through this about #digitization #academies #wikipedia and the visibility of researchers. Here's a picture of NYAs
#gyawiki
NYAs are national young academies. There are around 50 of them, some have a long and prominent history, some have just started *this week*.

Have a look globalyoungacademy.net/national-young…
NYAs are great (*I'm biased, as Executive Member of the GYA... :):
- scientific excellence is understood both in conventional terms, but also in terms of societal impact
- terms are limited. You have 4-5 years to *really* do work
- are typically very diverse! (@WikiWomenInRed)
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