Co-Working Sessions - From PhD to Life Join me for weekly 90-minute co-working sessions Wednesdays at 10am ET on Zoom. These are free and all are welcome. Register once here and remember to add this recurring meeting to your calendar so you remember each week (that you want to join). Sessions begin on 14 Jan and the registration link above is for […]

Before co-working: scattered, avoidant, tired. After co-working: not done, but clearer. That’s the goal. #AcademicSky

Hampshire College Will Close Amid Student Enrollment Declines

"Hampshire, in Amherst, Mass., joins an epidemic of college closures over the past two decades. More than 300 U.S. colleges and universities closed from 2008 to 2024, according to an analysis by The Hechinger Report."

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...

Watch the moment earthquake rattles House of Commons A magnitude 3.9 earthquake near Ottawa caused some rattling in the House of Commons on Tuesday.

Watch the moment earthquake rattles House of Commons

I did! Very minor for me in Toronto

I heard it and then felt like I was having some sort of episode!

There was just an earthquake, eh? Very minor but I felt it #Toronto

I do not remember (I have a terrible memory in general) but I believe you. Congratulations on the German edition!!

Co-Working Sessions - From PhD to Life Join me for weekly 90-minute co-working sessions Wednesdays at 10am ET on Zoom. These are free and all are welcome. Register once here and remember to add this recurring meeting to your calendar so you remember each week (that you want to join). Sessions begin on 14 Jan and the registration link above is for […]

My Wednesday co-working sessions are quiet, low-key, and very human. No breakout rooms. No pressure. Just shared focus. #PhDSky

Soon!! 🤞🏻🤞🏻

It's a beautiful day out but a bit chilly if you're not moving around 😄
Hi Lyric!!

"It was a mission of firsts for the nation: Mr. Hansen, 50, became the first Canadian to travel that deep into space. Jenni Gibbons, the official backup astronaut, was the first Canadian to sit in NASA’s communicator role at mission control."

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/w...

If you told me NASA was mostly women, I'd believe you. The coverage has featured so many on my screens!

Liliana Villarreal - NASA Liliana Villarreal currently serves as the Artemis II landing and recovery director in Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in

American dream right here... NASA live feed now has interview with this woman who is leading the landing and recovery team! 💙💙💙www.nasa.gov/people/kennedy-biographi...

She's amazing.

This whole thing has been so heartwarming 🥹🚀🌑

Astronaut advice for career exploration Dear Reader, Did you watch any of the NASA livestream on Monday, when the Artemis II astronauts were on their lunar flyby? I had it on for a lot of the day. So exciting. (And, yes, I'll be checking on things as they splashdown today at 8:07pm EDT!) There were a bunch of great moments, including this comment from pilot Victor Glover. Here's what he said to the folks in Houston about his time observing the Moon: I want to emphasize how important the discussion time was. When we start to talk,...

Astronaut advice for career exploration

Dear Reader, Did you watch any of the NASA livestream on Monday, when the Artemis II astronauts were on their lunar flyby? I had it on for a lot of the day. So exciting. (And, yes, I'll be checking on things as they splashdown today at 8:07pm EDT!) There…

I remain very taken with the astronauts. Do not tell me anything bad about them! They're cool.

Co-Working Sessions - From PhD to Life Join me for weekly 90-minute co-working sessions Wednesdays at 10am ET on Zoom. These are free and all are welcome. Register once here and remember to add this recurring meeting to your calendar so you remember each week (that you want to join). Sessions begin on 14 Jan and the registration link above is for […]

Some people come to co-working to apply for jobs. Others journal, outline, email, or think. All of it counts.

PhD Career Clarity Program from Dr. Jennifer Polk Join the PhD Career Clarity Program course and community for your post-academic job search. Ready to leave academia? Dr. Jen Polk's program is for professors, postdocs, and other PhDs like you.

You don’t have to get everything right on the first try. In the PhD Career Clarity Program, you get a supportive community and coaching to help you test ideas, get feedback, and keep moving forward.

#FullMoonJoy #ArtemisII

This moon stuff is incredibly cool. Who can work today? Not me. Only care about the moon right now!

Co-Working Sessions - From PhD to Life Join me for weekly 90-minute co-working sessions Wednesdays at 10am ET on Zoom. These are free and all are welcome. Register once here and remember to add this recurring meeting to your calendar so you remember each week (that you want to join). Sessions begin on 14 Jan and the registration link above is for […]

Working solo but wishing you weren’t? I host free co-working for PhDs every Wednesday morning (ET).

Learned yesterday that AI monitors Bluesky "Starter Packs" to determine who to cite for academic expertise.

So I'm starting one for Media History.

I'm too busy to search for every name. If you're a media historian nominate yourself in the comments and I'll add you.

Screenshot: Key lunar flyby times, milestones All times Eastern, subject to change based on real-time operations 1 p.m. NASA+ coverage of lunar flyby begins 1:56 p.m. Crew passes distance from Earth record set by Apollo 13 in 1970 2:45 p.m. Lunar flyby begins 7:02 p.m. Orion closest approach to the Moon (4,070 miles) 7:07 p.m. Orion reaches maximum distance from Earth (252,760 miles) 8:35 p.m. Orion enters solar eclipse

NASA #Artemis II flyby coverage schedule; all times in Eastern. You can follow along live on NASA+ (plus.nasa.gov) or on the NASA YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@NASA).

It should be amazing to watch!

Since today is First Contact Day (the day in Star Trek when humans meet their first aliens, Vulcans) it’s worth talking about that story a bit and how it can inform our analysis of Artemis.

This involves a lot of spoilers from the film Star Trek: First Contact 🖖🏽
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Campbell (lunar crater) - Wikipedia

The only thing I know about the dark side of the moon is there's a feature called Campbell crater, which is named in part for my great grandfather! (My dad's mom's dad; he worked as an astronomer at the Harvard Observatory.) #ArtemisII
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PhD Career Clarity Program from Dr. Jennifer Polk Join the PhD Career Clarity Program course and community for your post-academic job search. Ready to leave academia? Dr. Jen Polk's program is for professors, postdocs, and other PhDs like you.

In my monthly workshops for PhDs, we normalize the messiness of job searching. The doubts. The “I’m figuring it out.” The goal isn’t perfection; it’s steady, supported progress.

Pfizer has ended its large Phase III Trial of an updated COVID19 vaccine.

They were not able to enroll enough people to meet their goal.

A major problem is the FDA’s wholly unreasonable demand that people with chronic conditions, who benefit most from the vaccine, not be allowed to participate.

Katelyn R., I very much want you to get federal student aid, but my email address is not the email address of the person you want to vouch for you. I have no idea who you are. Please figure this out, whoever you are. Good luck!

Read this before you rewrite your resume again Dear Reader, I spoke with a PhD researcher this week who's applying for roles in and out of academia. You might think I'm going to say that's too scattered, but I didn't get that impression about her job search. She seemed quite focused on her area of expertise, and has been finding open roles and applying for them. She's getting interviews, too. Enough of them that it makes me think her materials are working. At least for academic roles. Because here's the thing (you already know):Jobs in...

Read this before you rewrite your resume again

Dear Reader, I spoke with a PhD researcher this week who's applying for roles in and out of academia. You might think I'm going to say that's too scattered, but I didn't get that impression about her job search. She seemed quite focused on her area of…