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@eso-studies
this afternoon was just me revising (aka studying) for my last test before the actual finals!!! this last high school year passed by so quickly, and while i am absolutely elated to be done with this and to be finally able to focus on topics that actually fascinate me, these years have been so crucial to the process of building who i am as a person and what i study (hopefully) at uni next year.
actual criticisms of academia:
cost of education acting as class barrier
exploitation of graduate workers
colonialist past and present
ties to military industrial complex
danger of power structure entrenching and justifying orthodox views on social issues
criticisms of academia that get made:
those damn ivory tower academics are wasting money learning about things
finals desk!! four papers to write, and then i’ll be finished with my first year of the phd 🌟
When the actual academic scholarly book makes the tumblr meme post a reality.
Thoughts
PhD semester one is almost complete
It’s been a journey, but an exciting one! I’m looking forward to spending the winter holidays making a start on my first full piece of writing
And if I someday disappear, look for me in the woods - by the brook, with a book in my hands.
More and more often these days, in what is surely a sign that everything is just absolutely fine, I find myself recalling the wise words of the prophets written on the subway walls:
If you know anything at all about history you know for a fact that the fall of Rome was indeed this stupid
i saw someone say nobody needs to know what a .txt file is anymore. what the fuck is the world coming to
unironically i think we need to bring back computer labs because APPARENTLY some people WERENT taught basic computer literacy and internet safety in school
things about computers/the internet i think kids should be formally taught in schools because theyre important to know and the amount of soon to be grown adults i know who know NOTHING about any of these is quite frankly almost all of them (and resources to learn if you dont know these things, because its never to late to get better with computers)
how to troubleshoot by yourself when you have a technical problem
what common file types are
some very basics on how to use ""developer tools"" on your computer (because i cant think of a better way to refer to them) like task manager and command prompt (and their mac equivalents, terminal and activity monitor ofc)
how to read and understand a privacy policy and what your personal data is, as well as what it being collected actually means and steps you can take to keep it private
how to understand terms of service (hey. if you have trouble with reading legalese and worry about being able to understand these policies anyways, here's a site that gives basic summaries of privacy policies and ToS)
what a cookie actually is
internet privacy and your digital footprint!! seriously i dont know why we stopped teaching people that they shouldnt be putting their entire real identity online in a world where your online actions can ruin you irl
basic safety measures like antivirus software (and why you should use it or if the built in one on windows or mac is enough for you) and backing up your computer (also a mac guide)
common keyboard shortcuts (and on mac)
as an additional note: things i think everyone should know on computers and the internet but schools may bit hesitant to teach about for whatever moral/legal standards schools pretend to operate on
vpns and adblockers! (btw for most of these where you can pay for things im purposefully not recommending any specific software but seriously just use ublock origin for an adblocker)
how to not get a virus while pirating something
what a temporary email is and when to use one
red flags that you shouldn't trust a website (and how to quickly check the security of a site)
what javascript on a website does and how to disable it to get around paywalls
ok one last addition! if you want to take it one level higher, i think learning the very basics of at least one programming language is good for people. it makes computers less scary and it makes you feel very cool, and a lot of people get discouraged about it because it seems overly complicated and hard to learn outside a formal classroom setting, so heres some resources for learning the very basics of python (because i consider it the easiest language to learn and knowing one language will make it easier to learn others)
an online compiler so you dont need to download anything or worry about running code directly on your computer if that makes you nervous
a basic video guide to introduce you to python and walk you through beginner steps
a guide to some syntax and commands you should know (this was literally my lifeline in my first CS class)
some performance tasks to give you things to code to practice and assess yourself
cozy challenge!
it's become pretty cold very quickly and i love it. my tea stash has grown unreasonably big so i'm going to try to drink all of it over the next months 🍵 also pictured: twix the cat ᓚᘏᗢ
🎧 - everything you do by the happy fits
06.08.25 Wanna guess how much I got done after taking these pictures? (Hint: achievement of the day was eating fresh fruit)
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Bonus 104: What's in a nym? Synonyms, antonyms, and so many more
You might have learned about synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and acronyms in school. But do you know about... autoantonyms, contronyms, hypernyms, hyponyms, metonyms, eponyms, anonyms, backronyms, matronyms, patronyms, retronyms, endonyms, exonyms, toponyms, telonyms, demonyms, razzonyms, oikonyms, AND phantonyms?
In this bonus episode, Lauren and Gretchen get enthusiastic about our favourite words ending in nym! Okay, technically it's -onym (Greek for name, it's the same root as the beginning of onomatopoeia), but nym feels catchier. We talk about how there are so many kinds of nym words that are weirder and wackier than classic synonyms and antonyms, how even synonyms and antonyms aren't quite as straightforward as they seem, and why retronyms make people mad but are Gretchen's absolute favourite. Plus: a tiny quiz segment on our favourite obscure and cool-sounding nyms!
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Life Currently..
08.08.25
today's plan: read a bit, edit a text, practice Hungarian
31.07.20 / i cleared my whiteboard today because it’s august tomorrow. spot the cat! i left briefly to grab some drinks from the kitchen and found my seat taken lol. happy friday to you wherever you are ♡
started this gem from verso books today! i have HUGE respect for naomi braine, so i’m excited to make my way through it (albeit slowly). it was the best kind of sunday, spent cooking, cleaning, and lying around st james’s park with my flatmate and a book. hope everyone has had just as restful a sunday :)
