Hey, new faculty!! Congrats on your new jobs. If you’d find it helpful, I’ve made a list of the stuff that’s made my life a lot easier in this chaos job. I can’t promise I know what I’m doing myself, but I hope these might help you as you adjust! 1/probably too many 1. Find an organization system before the semester starts. Mine? I use a combo of todoist (to do list app) and a paper planner. I duplicate most everything between the two. It’s safe to assume I’ll forget everything instantly if I don’t get it written down. 2/n

CW: ableism. A while back, I had a strange run in with a man who runs a women in science feature on Twitter, who is currently under fire for misogynistic texts. He asked me to provide a few tweets and photos w/ those tweets to highlight my work. I said sure. 1/n I send him the tweets, pics, and alt text for all of the pics. He asks why I’ve included alt text. I explain that it’s for accessibility. He responds kinda rudely and says ‘can’t people just go to your website?’ I, again, explain its for folks who cannot see images. 2/n