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• Post #4492380

  Netherlands-based folks (or people willing and able to travel to Noordwijk): The registration for the ESA/ESTEC Open Day for people with disability is now open: https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESTEC/Register_now_ESTEC_Open_Day_for_people_with_disability Please pass the info on to folks who may be interested! Admission is free, but the total number of tickets is limited. #ESA #astrodon #space

• Post #4465891

  Do good things and talk about them. And if good things are done to you, for you, around you, also talk about then. Because knowing may inspire others. Because folks feel lonely and caught in endless doom. Because we sometimes need a push to do something: it's easier if we know there is someone else, even of they are just a voice on the little screen in our pockets. Because we need to combat the negativity bias.

• Post #4379275

  Hello Italy! Sometines you do remind me that your food can be amazing. Local place, not visibly a restaurant at all (thanks google for pointing it out for once!), hand-written daily-changing menu, grandpa-style cook explaining all the dishes and a "glas of wine" of about half a liter. Only the bruchetta-style starters were something we ordered, all other starters were on the house 🤯 #food #florence #italy #COSPAR2026

• Post #4373658

  Ahaha, how cool is this? Yes, it's real! ▶️ https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Branding_and_Partnerships/ESA_and_Pokemon_team_up_to_celebrate_World_Space_Week #ESA #astrodon #pokemon

• Post #4350274

  Two excellent slides from Piero Benvenuti from IAU CPS (https://cps.iau.org/ International astronomical union center for the protection of dark and quiet sky) at #COSPAR2026 in the "Dark and Quiet Sky" session discussing megaconstellations. (Also emphasising that this is a transition to that happens broader and that the threat to the sky is just one example of.) #astrodon

• Post #4336428

  You'd think one would be over it at some point of one's career. But here I am, having submitted a report last week and the editor writes back saying "thanks for a detailed and thoughtful report. exemplary actually. i find it very useful." -- and I am PREENING myself on this. Seriously, folks, never forget how happy a few words of real praise (there were some more details in there that show that the editor truly engaged) can make someone. #Academia #astrodon

• Post #4289789

  Leave work. Realize you forgot the lanyard. But there is a conference next week and you want the lanyard. Go back. Pick lanyard. Leave work. #ESA #pride

• Post #4246951

  "Meinungsfreiheit" - kein einfaches Buch (auch wenn @ronensteinke.bsky.social, wie immer, sehr gut schreibt), wie erwartet. Aber auch, wie erwartet, mit sehr viel Gewinn gelesen. Vieles klingt jetzt, eine Woche nach dem Auslesen, noch nach. Von der Hauptthema des Buchs unabhängig vor allem der Gedanke, dass (und warum) erlaubt/nicht erlaubt Regelungen eindeutig formuliert sein müssen, auch und vor allem im Gesetz. Leseempfehlung auf jeden Fall. #VicisBooks #lesen #buch #books

• Post #4166664

  I'm in that phase (they come sometimes) when I struggle focusing even for 10 min, non-stop distracted. I HATE this. No proper reading possible. Art only in small bits. I wish I were the person whose reaction to certain kinds of stress is hyperfocus. But no, I have brain hamsters who panicky run on their little wheels and want brain pop corn as distraction. (Please no recommendations on what to do. I know how to deal with this and will deal with this. But I want to share. Visibility, etc....

• Post #4086645

  😭💔 I've known Ralph since I was visiting master student in Amsterdam in 2008... Never directly worked with him but had a ton of great conversations about all kinds of things related to work and international living... https://www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/in-memoriam-ralph-wijers-astrofysicus-1964-2026-4834 #astrodon

• Post #4036969

  Cute postcard pattern (bags not mine 😅) to try out the new fountain pen for outlines. Any ideqs what else is going to make cute postcards? I already had tea cups. #VicisArt #aquarelle #watercolor #watercolour #InkAndWash #mastoart #artfight

• Post #4014241

  There is a reason why I did not want to go to #COSPAR in Florence (but I have to).

• Post #3990623

  RE: https://fediscience.org/@petersuber/116958270234646479 Fuck...

• Post #3931236

  It's cool enough to be able to spend Sunday morning on the couch with a tea and a book (the book is amazing and mind-changing, so I'm super slow at reading it since there is so much information to process and so much of mt own thinking and conceptualising to change...). #HappyThings #bookstodon #VicisBooks

• Post #3930269

  Late evening run. #photography #Leiden

• Post #3917236

  Brains are strange. Mine is usually pretty chill about waiting - for people or trains, doesn't matter. But I've got a (minor) referral in my inbox to an eye clinic. My GP sent me to the one that is much further away from my place, so I want to find out whether they can take me in another location. I know I need to call the clinic on Monday to ask whether they can do it or whether I need to ask the GP. And my brain is SCREAMING at me to do it NOW, throwing up complex nonsensical scenari...

• Post #3907024

  Made birthday muffins for a friend this week :) It's a kefir-based recipe that was originally a cake and that I got from a friend during the first months of the pandemic, when everyone seemed to search for comfort in cooking. It's spectacular as muffins. The kefir and the chocolate keep them in perfect balance of sweet and slightly tangy with bits of nuttiness from walnuts. And they make excellent brownies if you forget the baking powder 😅 #ViciCooks #food #kochen #baking #backen #muff...

• Post #3890488

  RE: https://fediscience.org/@tschfflr/116935970994765162 Folks, this is a really unique chance to ask questions to a linguistics professor who specialises in emoji :) And if you don't have a question, just read the whole thread - I learned so much!

• Post #3881372

  Aus Gründen sollten wir alle noch mal Igor Levits spontanen Nachruf auf Margot Friedländer hören (und sehen): ▶️ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9N7AaSwreAM

• Post #3878353

  To start the day: "Und wir warten, warten, warten, das ist erstmal bequemer Es geht uns trotzdem an den Kragen, nur halt etwas später" Jo, das ist richtig gut. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg-SCpXba64

• Post #3868980

  Ob "Schrei nach Liebe" heute auch nicht gesendet werden würde? Weil ihr wisst schon, könnte als Beleidigung und Aufruf zur Gewalt verstanden werden...

• Post #3857782

  To start the morning: ein Interview mit Emily Wilson über Übersetzungen und Übersetzbarkeit, die Fremde Kultur der Antike und wie Begriffe und Ideen sich mit der Zeit gewandelt haben. ▶️ https://www.zeit.de/feuilleton/2026-07/emily-wilson-uebersetzungen-odyssee-ilias-anfeindungen?freebie=9cda8f30 (🔒 aber mit Geschenklink) Und ja, ich wünschte mir auch, sie hätten auch das englische Originalinterview veröffentlicht. Aber irgendwie ist es auch Teil der Unterhaltung über Übersetzungen...

• Post #3828088

  To start the day: today I really enjoyed this review of Ursula K. LeGuin's "Disposessed" that addresses quiet a number of points why it's "an ambiguous utopia" and the importance of this ambiguity: ▶️ https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/to-touch-the-dust-of-anarres/

• Post #3813298

  Hey professional #astrodon folks! A pretty unique chance to become my colleague at #ESA - working as a project scientist on our newly adopted galactic archaeology mission Arrakihs: Job details: https://jobs.esa.int/job/Noordwijk-Project-Scientist/1414232033/ More about Arrakihs: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/ESA_adopts_galactic_archaeology_mission_Arrakihs

• Post #3779232

  Heute zu Anfang des Tages ein spannender Artikel mit vielem, worüber sich nachzudenken lohnt: ▶️ https://www.zeit.de/2026/30/dekret-837-china-investitionen-technologietransfer-aussenwirtschaft?freebie=9c21d583 (🔒 aber als Geschenklink)

• Post #3764242

  Remember me asking about visibke mending for a L-tear in my linen pants? I combined the recs I got here with some crafts I already knew how to do (cross stitch) for a 🌻-result that makes me very happy today. Let's see how well it will hold! Previous post asking for advice here: https://mastodon.social/@vicgrinberg/116613825744493665 #VisibleMending #repair #CrossStitch #Kreuzstich

• Post #3760618

  Neu aus Deutschland!! Loaded currywÜrst.

• Post #3727781

  Oh fun... (The following is for NL based folks, but important for others, too). So a while ago #Odido data leaked, remember? Now I got a phishing sms onto my phone quoting my actual account number. 😣 *** [ABN]: Na meerdere herinneringen blokkeren we de betaalpas van MY-REAL-ACCOUNT-IBAN. Om dit te voorkomen ga direct naar: PHISHING LINK STARTING WITH ABN. *** Be careful out there and talk to your less savvy friends & relatives (yes, also the ones who think that they are).

• Post #3723985

  Ich bin drauf hingewiesen worden, dass ich auch auf Deutsch ein #AMA machen sollte. Daher: wenn ihr schon immer eine Frage an eine Astrophysikerin habt stellen wollen, die nächsten 24 Stunden sind eure Chance. Mein eigener Forschungsschwerpunkt ist beobachtende Hochenergieastrophysik, inbes. Schwarze Löcher (hier mein Buch: https://www.kosmos.de/products/schwarze-locher-1) & Riesensterne, aber ich habe Uni-Vorlesungen zu allen möglichen Themen gehalten & bin sonst breit aufgestellt....

• Post #3721423

  RE: https://flipboard.com/@tagesspiegel/tagesspiegel-nachrichten-s5m3i3qjz/-/a-MKaL1WYbR2m0G2thN5OQVQ%3Aa%3A2598872424-%2F0 Herrlich... Am Ende entscheidet halt ein Heini nach eigenem Gutdünken; was ihm nicht passt, wird halt nicht ausgewählt. Unabhängigkeit? Ahaha... In den USA regen wir uns gerade darüber auf, dass Trump bei wissenschaftlicher Begutachtung von Projekten politischen Einfluss nimmt und ihn im System einbaut. In der deutschen Kultur ist es schon da. (Der Preis bedeutet einiges...