I just spent 11 hours on my thesis. Brain is foggy and tired. Intro done, Lit Review is almost there and Meth0dology is going to be HUGE! My data scare will be resolved in a couple of days #PhDLife
Most hashtags are pretty obvious, you just put # in front of a topic. For example if a post is about coffee it might have the tag #Coffee
However, many popular hashtags have difficult-to-guess names, so I've started a list to help people discover them:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/fun-and-useful-hashtags-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-wider-fediverse
Copy-paste a hashtag into the search box in Mastodon if you want to browse or follow it.
If you have suggestions for non-obvious hashtags that should be added to the list, let me know in the replies 🙂
#TilingTuesday for pics of cool tilings
#MakanApaToday for pics of South-East Asian food
#Catstodon and #MastoCats for cats when it's not Saturday
#PhDLife and #PhDone for (very recently ex-)PhD students
hannah aubry
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Hi, I’m Diana! Researcher & writer working on self-regulation, practice, and how technology quietly messes with attention.
Currently PhD-shaped.
Interested in media interaction, learning processes, music practice, and queer life without the algorithmic panic.
Mostly here to interact with people.
Expect mostly replies to stuff and the odd rant about niche topics. Light on hot takes; heavy on “hm, that’s interesting."
#introduction #AcademicMastodon #PhDLife #SlowInternet #Queer
Hi, I’m Diana! Researcher & writer working on self-regulation, practice, and how technology quietly messes with attention.
Currently PhD-shaped.
Interested in media interaction, learning processes, music practice, and queer life without the algorithmic panic.
Mostly here to interact with people.
Expect mostly replies to stuff and the odd rant about niche topics. Light on hot takes; heavy on “hm, that’s interesting."
#introduction #AcademicMastodon #PhDLife #SlowInternet #Queer
Unnamed TNG skant beefcake
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Despite being extremely vocal against #LLM , I strongly suspect that too many juniors (not just students) are using it for reports and manuscripts. I have no problem in dedicating my time to edit a draft so that someone with less experience will improve their #academicWriting , but editing #AiSlop is really starting to annoy me.
How are other people in #academia (including juniors) dealing with this? How to tag (or self-tag) someone's own work?
Despite being extremely vocal against #LLM , I strongly suspect that too many juniors (not just students) are using it for reports and manuscripts. I have no problem in dedicating my time to edit a draft so that someone with less experience will improve their #academicWriting , but editing #AiSlop is really starting to annoy me.
How are other people in #academia (including juniors) dealing with this? How to tag (or self-tag) someone's own work?
Cesare Pautasso
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MY NEW BOOK is out! 🎉📘
"How to Survive (and Thrive) in Research" is now published. It distills over 20 years (yes… that many!) of lessons, mistakes, and the occasional success into something practical and (I hope) entertaining for anyone beginning their research journey.
Across more than 150 pieces of advice, I share the unspoken (and, you know me, someetimes slightly controversial) truths every junior researcher should know to save countless hours of frustration, help navigate academic life , and make the research path more understandable and manageable.
And I’m proud to say I’ve already sold my first copy… to my mom ❤️ (always the early adopter).
If you want to get your own copy:
📘 Amazon: https://lnkd.in/e6TG2Wpw
For updates, complementary material, and additional resources:
🌐 Book website: https://research-rants.com
If you know PhD students, postdocs, or early-career researchers, I’d truly appreciate if you could share this post or pass the link along. 🙏
Excited (and relieved!) to finally share this with the community.
#research #academia #phd #phdlife #phdchat #scientist #academiclife
MY NEW BOOK is out! 🎉📘
"How to Survive (and Thrive) in Research" is now published. It distills over 20 years (yes… that many!) of lessons, mistakes, and the occasional success into something practical and (I hope) entertaining for anyone beginning their research journey.
Across more than 150 pieces of advice, I share the unspoken (and, you know me, someetimes slightly controversial) truths every junior researcher should know to save countless hours of frustration, help navigate academic life , and make the research path more understandable and manageable.
And I’m proud to say I’ve already sold my first copy… to my mom ❤️ (always the early adopter).
If you want to get your own copy:
📘 Amazon: https://lnkd.in/e6TG2Wpw
For updates, complementary material, and additional resources:
🌐 Book website: https://research-rants.com
If you know PhD students, postdocs, or early-career researchers, I’d truly appreciate if you could share this post or pass the link along. 🙏
Excited (and relieved!) to finally share this with the community.
#research #academia #phd #phdlife #phdchat #scientist #academiclife
Excited for this workshop! Neuromatch's Konrad Kording will be proving abstract-writing help!
➡️Learn more and RSVP today: https://www.c4r.io/blogs-news/rigorous-and-glamorous-in-100-words-or-less-2-0
#AbstractWriting #ScienceWriting #GradSchool #PhDLife #ResearchSkills
Ronald Snijder
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I've recently helped to resurrect a support group and message board for people working on a PhD dissertation or thesis. If you have a writing project and need some peer support, come join us!
I've recently helped to resurrect a support group and message board for people working on a PhD dissertation or thesis. If you have a writing project and need some peer support, come join us!
I just got an email saying I was nominated for the Vice Chancellor's award 
#AcademicChatter #PhDLife
📣 O projecto #STEXEU abriu um concurso para uma Bolsa de Investigação para Doutoramento!
Sob a supervisão de Arturo Zoffmann Rodriguez, o/a bolseiro/a será responsável pelo caso italiano, centrando-se na crise da monarquia liberal e na ascensão e/ou consolidação do fascismo no período de 1900-1939.
📅 Prazo de candidatura: 28 de Novembro
👉 https://ihc.fcsh.unl.pt/bid-stexeu-2025/
#Histodons #PoliticalHistory #Italy #PhDStudentship #PhDLife #Scholarship #BolsaDeDoutoramento #Italy #Itália #HistóriaPolítica
Tatjana Scheffler
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If you’re joining in, here are a few reminders:
✍️ Set realistic, measurable writing targets
✍️ Schedule dedicated writing time
✍️ Find an accountability partner or writing group
✍️ Celebrate every small milestone
Here’s to a month of productive, purposeful writing!
If you’re joining in, here are a few reminders:
✍️ Set realistic, measurable writing targets
✍️ Schedule dedicated writing time
✍️ Find an accountability partner or writing group
✍️ Celebrate every small milestone
Here’s to a month of productive, purposeful writing!
manisha
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Edinburgh University begins compulsory redundancies and closes Institute for Academic Development.
(Apologies for the Tab link) https://thetab.com/2025/10/31/excl-edinburgh-university-begins-compulsory-layoffs-with-department-set-to-be-axed
In the final months of writing my thesis I relied on IAD resources for information that I simply could not find through my department or school.
Feeling for the staff facing compulsory redundancy; wtf at the UofE so symbolically disregarding academic development.
Edinburgh University begins compulsory redundancies and closes Institute for Academic Development.
(Apologies for the Tab link) https://thetab.com/2025/10/31/excl-edinburgh-university-begins-compulsory-layoffs-with-department-set-to-be-axed
In the final months of writing my thesis I relied on IAD resources for information that I simply could not find through my department or school.
Feeling for the staff facing compulsory redundancy; wtf at the UofE so symbolically disregarding academic development.
Djoerd Hiemstra 🍉
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Congratulations to Dr. Junhan Wen, for successfully defending her dissertation, titled
"From iMage to Market - Machine-Learning-Empowered Fruit Supply"
Junhan recently won the Open Science award for the Growing Strawberries Dataset that she assembled as part of her PhD.
https://www.tudelft.nl/2025/ewi/st/junhan-wen-receives-tu-delft-open-science-awards-2025
#PhDLife #AcademicLife #AcademicChatter #MachineLearning #OpenScience #TUDelft #PhDone
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Congratulations to Dr. Junhan Wen, for successfully defending her dissertation, titled
"From iMage to Market - Machine-Learning-Empowered Fruit Supply"
Junhan recently won the Open Science award for the Growing Strawberries Dataset that she assembled as part of her PhD.
https://www.tudelft.nl/2025/ewi/st/junhan-wen-receives-tu-delft-open-science-awards-2025
#PhDLife #AcademicLife #AcademicChatter #MachineLearning #OpenScience #TUDelft #PhDone
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Ulrike Hahn
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🍱 Lunchbox Models seminar series is launching next Wednesday! A few thoughts on how this fits into the trajectory of @YoMosEco and the community we aim to build there:
https://www.yomos.org/post/launching-lunchbox-models-seminar-series
Next big announcement for YoMos is coming tomorrow! Heavy spoilers on our homepage already 😅 Everything is happening all at once at the moment, but so far only great news!
#lunchboxmodels #gfö #ecology #science #academia #yomos #phdlife #community