AMERICA 250 EVERY ASTRONAUT ON ARTEMIS II WAS EDUCATED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND THINKING OF THE TEACHERS WHO SHAPED REID WISEMAN, VICTOR GLOVER, CHRISTINA KOCH, AND JEREMY HANSEN, YOU HELPED SEND A KID TO THE MOON.

This 👇🔥🔥

THANK FUCKING GOD

(please do _not_ excuse my language, times like these require honest and strong language)

For the first time in my life I am taking a course with ANOTHER FIONA!! Me and Fiona are both taking Deutsch B2.1 at Uni Freiburg and we are having a great time!!

my favorite part about this is clearly the robot is also going to have knee problems lololol

I am once again thanking my colleagues and support staff truly i dont know what i would do without these people

thank you so much @elisafadda.bsky.social we gotta meet up sometime soon!!

a brown poodle is sitting next to a wooden table and smiling . Alt: a brown poodle is sitting next to a wooden table and smiling with a face that makes him look like "tank you"

thank youuuuu im so nervous lolol

not yet thank goodness!! i do have to give ~5 lectures in german this summer but not a whole course, i gave 2 lectures last semester in german and it went okay! just took a lot longer to prepare than usual but my independent course this summer is a masters course so i can give it in english!

please wish me luck as first, independent, full-time lecture (molecular modeling and md simulatoins) starts this thursday at 9am!!

I do have to say, as far as Junior PI positions go (or Assistant prof positions) i am INSANELY LUCKY with colleagues, my colleagues have been so helpful and supportive and welcoming, ich weiß es zu schätzen

One key feature of being a starting PI:

INTENSE IMPOSTER SYNDROME

so thats fun

me: "how can i work in these conditions?!"

the conditions: "12 to 12" by sombr playing on loop

I love a good "Wait when did i sign up for this?" moment in the morning

ahhh this brings me back lololol

My hot take on the new season of Jury Duty Company Retreat is how in the hell did this guy not already have a permanent job somewhere?! Anthony is quite probably the single purest and most genuine person on the planet and some place had not already hired him?! I want to hire him!?

A colleague recently told me that, while watching my Lehrprobe over 1.5 years ago now, they had the distinct urge to "want to be a student again" because of my teaching style

New PI life is tough at times, but man can good colleagues make a huge difference

Things that have the same energy:

tossing frozen food packaging before fully reading the instructions

and

clicking rapidly through a journal's proof tutorial before realizing you actually dont know to use it and it actually is NOT intuitive

I never thought I'd be emailing the chair of my department with "If a nuclear war starts tonight, do I just hold class tomorrow morning or what?"

screenshot from a paper where the central text reads "...Building on the work of others,[6,7]..."

Am i a teenager? no

Do I think like a teenager? apparently

As I point out regularly, because FL is one of the most primitive, regressed states in America, you cannot be elected or appointed to any office there unless you’re a thoroughly despicable and corrupt criminal.

HELL YEAH ÖSTERREICH

Me about to post this to my cloud appreciation account

Home <3

"We write to taste life twice..." Anaïs Nin

Well i dont know how many times i need to taste these grants before i start getting paid....

Live Updates: NASA Artemis II Moon Mission Launches Atop Tower of Flame

"We have a beautiful moonrise and we’re headed right at it": Artemis II launches toward space to begin the first human journey to the moon and outside low-Earth orbit in more than a half century. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

So proud of my home, Brevard County, FL, for being on display last night with the Artemis II launch!!

Brevard has not been on its best behavior in the last 10-16 years, but tonight it reminds us of why it is called the "Space Coast"

I also have to say, something else I have found invaluable is finding people along the way to provide guidance, advice, and just drop a line to check-in. Having mentors and friends within Academia is a blessing