Notices by Thesiswhisperer (thesiswhisperer@aus.social)

This podcast is blowing my mind https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-lincoln-project/id1551582052?i=1000626265384

This is the last day of my Twitter account. I have over 52K followers there, but I can't remain on a platform that pays people like Andrew Tate to post. I do this knowing it significant limits my reach in the academic community, but the standard you walk past is the one you accept.

Just posted this on the bird site - what is the last straw people need to leave twitter completely? I found my limit. I'm leaving.

For me, paying nazi, misogynistic 'influencers' is too far. I've long been passive on Twitter, but used it to distribute content. I can't do it anymore. The values conflict is too much.

I'd love it if some academics took a stand with me. I'm going to delete my (50K+) follower account on the 13th of August. I'm staying for a month to do a count down and encourage others to #DeleteTwitter.

I don't have a recommendation of where is best to go. Anywhere is better than Twitter and its ocean of hate. Appreciate a boost to build a bit of momentum for this protest attempt

"The ‘too much work in progress’ (WIP) cycle tends to start early in an academic life. The PhD is the beginning of signing up for a life of ‘forever homework’: where the amount of work you could, should or want to do will always exceed your capacity to actually deliver. The business of making knowledge is limitless and we are finite creatures. All that you can do is manage your relationship to the work – and your feelings about it."

https://thesiswhisperer.com/2023/04/01/zombie-projects-and-the-forever-homework-of-academic-life/