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Dr. Heloise Stevance
@Sydonahi
Astrophysicist, Schmidt A.I. Fellow at Oxford Uni, Tattoo collector, occasionally french
Aug 30, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Hot take in a #Thread

The #WorkLifeBalance most often preached online (9 to 5, don't let your work bleed into your personal life etc) is centered on the neurotypical experience.

It's good advice for most people.

It's not relevant for me and it's been a lonely journey

1/ My PhD and my research aren't "just a job". Telling me "it's just a job" doesn't help.

It's my special interest, it's an inherent part of me and my life.

But at the same time I have to be careful to not become obsessive and short-sighted. And this is hard work

2/
Dec 26, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Fuck it I'm making a thread #DontLookUp - spoilers ahead.

NO, THE BILLIONAIRES DIDNT HAVE A HAPPY ENDING.

1/6 The billionaires do escape but there are SO MANY CUES showing you that they are doomed:

A) most people coming out of the ships are OLD and they show you their job titles like "big oil" or "lobbying X"... Do you see ANY skills you'd need for survival?

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Aug 9, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
✨IT'S ASTROTIME✨
Stellar Nurseries
👶

That is the name for regions of space filled with gas and dust and bright young stars!

Active star formation is truly a thing of beauty 😍 just look at this. What can we you in this picture?

Look closer....

📸: prawn nebula/@ESO Apart from the (gorgeous) blue stars, there are 2 main features:

1) Very bright areas:
That's where stars have just been born! 🤩 The most massive ones are so bright that they can heat the gas up to 10,000 degrees, making it glow! 😱

2) Dark areas: they look mysterious...
Mar 17, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Are you trying to code up a tool but are not sure where to start or feel overwhelmed at how much you need to do?

Step away from your keyboard right now.

Grab a pen. Grab a piece of paper 📄🖋️

Good code starts on paper. Not on a computer.

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 @AcademicChatter #phdchat #coding Ask yourself the following questions:

1) What's the ultimate goal?
2) What output do I want?
3) What input do I need?

Then write down each step you need to take to get from Input to Output.

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Feb 24, 2020 • 15 tweets • 9 min read
Guess what!? It's ASTRO TIME! 🤩

Yesterday I went star-gazing in Tekapo, a dark sky reserve, so let's talk about it!

And before you ask: YES, I TOOK THIS PICTURE WITH MY PHONE 😱
We'll talk about that too, don't worry😉

Are you ready for science? 🤩

#astronomy #science
1/15 First of all, let's talk about the Milky Way, the big bright band in the sky: it's the disk of our galaxy that we see from the INSIDE! But what are these clouds there?

These are molecular clouds: the coldest, densest nebulae. So dense they obscure everything behind them!

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Jan 22, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Hello @AcademicChatter!

Last month you asked me to show you my #logbooking tips - the blog is coming soon! But in the meantime here is how to set up your OWN log book in 5 minutes.

Part 1 is just about the tools you'll need! Scroll down for the rest 🤩

#phdchat
1/5 Part II : a bit of theory behind "pleasing" note taking and how to find the right balance.
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