Notices by Dr. Victoria Grinberg (vicgrinberg@mastodon.social)

What has the European Space Agency ever done for you? I found that brochure in the coffee corner at work today and somehow really liked it.

Yes, it could feature even more science but as a scientist I am bound to say that - and of course colleagues from launchers, human and robotic exploration, Earth observations and all other fields do a ton of cool, ground-breaking, crucial stuff, too!

You can download the PDF here:

▶️ https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Publications/ESA_50_Years_booklet

#ESA #astrodon #space #europe

Having a #fairphone is fun: I've never experienced so much bonding over a device.

People go "oh, you also have a fairphone?" and start a conversation 💚 And you suddenly feel extra connected to them.

I was always upset that my PhD advisor would read printouts of my paper drafts and correct my LaTeX by hand in the margins. I mean, not even seeing the code...?

Now I'm reading paper drafts by my PhD students and collaborators as PDFs and also correcting their TeX code because I cannot stand wrong font for maths or wrong spaces between numbers and units. I wish I could stop, but I just can't...

It's all my PhD advisor's fault! *shakes fist in the direction of her old institute*

Only on mastodon: a post about LaTeX, PhD advisors and typesetting can get trending. Love you, my fellow nerds, keep being amazing 😘

Two minutes of zen.

(An old video of a kinetic artwork that partner made during the pandemic lockdowns, found while installing the new phone.)

#art #mastoart #woodworking

RE: https://academiccloud.social/@hausderastronomie/115940325915339632

Einer Erinnerung, dass es heute einen Vortrag von mir gibt. Also Bonus: es ist (fast) durchgehend gezeichnet!

#astrodon #astronomie #WissKomm

Easy Gan Bian Si Ji Dou (Sichuan Dry-Fried Green Beans)
https://www.seriouseats.com/sichuan-dry-fried-green-bean-broiled-food-lab-recipe

This is such a staple recipe in my house. Super yummy, easy to make and vegan (it also heats up really well, so a great #mealprep lunch) 😍

#ViciCooks #recipe #ChineseCooking #cooking #vegan

It was a bit of an adventure with the local post office in Santiago, but all seven postcards from this trip are now on their way to their owners (one in the USA, one in Spain, two in Germany and three in the Netherlands). Let's see if they arrive... 😬

The 8th one stayed with our host in El Chaltén.

#VicisArt #aquarelle #watercolor #watercolour #ink #MastoArt

Fyi, for strange plants in Patagonia @FloraIncognita_DE still 100% wins over google lens. Just thought you'd want to know, fediverse 💚☺️

Up, up, and down again.

El Chaltén - day 3

1/9

#Patagonia #ElChalten #nature #hiking #photography

Puerto Natales, now.

#Patagonia #sunset #PuertoNatales

If you think about doing art: do it!

Watercolour is not that hard to learn - there are books and tutorials on youtube or instagram (and possibly in the fediverse - please link!). You may not be perfect (actually, you definitely will not be, watercolor is an exercise of letting go of control & perfection), but you can make a few postcards & send then to people you thought you should get in touch with again.

#VicisArt #Patagonia #PuertoNatales #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #mastoart

I didn't realize that Tübingen University posted a whole news about my last PhD student there graduating this summer. Nice!

https://uni-tuebingen.de/fakultaeten/mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche-fakultaet/fakultaet/aktuelles/news-aus-der-fakultaet/newsfullview-fakultaet/article/eine-weitere-erfolgreiche-verteidigung-at-iaat/

#astrodon #astrophysics #PhD #academicChatter

El Chaltén - day 1

9/9

#Patagonia #nature #photography #ElChalten

El Chaltén - day 1

5/9

#Patagonia #nature #photography #ElChalten

El Chaltén - day 1

7/9

#Patagonia #nature #photography #ElChalten

El Chaltén - day 1

6/9

#Patagonia #nature #photography #ElChalten

El Chaltén - day 1

8/9

#Patagonia #nature #photography #ElChalten

El Chaltén - day 1

2/9

#Patagonia #nature #photography #ElChalten

Stop. Breath. Walk. Repeat.

El Chaltén - day 1

1/9

#Patagonia #nature #photography #ElChalten