Annie's Blog

23 | Graduate Student | INTP 5w4This is where I post my thoughts and experiences. I’m a book nerd and I frequently talk about evolution and genetics.

[professorannie]

Hello!

I don't really know what to write here but hello all! My name is Annie and I'm 23. I'll be using this blog to share my thoughts and experiences as a graduate student who wants to get a PhD in genetics someday!

I'm not really in a Master's program at the moment, but I graduated Pharmacy School and I'm taking courses on genetics to help me in my journey of getting a degree in genetics.

I'm greatly interested in evolution (this was just an expected result of my obsession with genetics) so I will also use this blog to explain how it works to curious souls.

So...I think this works as a first post...I guess? I would love to meet you all.

[charlotter07]

Life of a university student part. ♾ I hope everyone is doing well! We are officially entering finals season so very busy days ahead! Arming myself with lots of coffee ☕️& patience!

[adhddissertation]

6th July

I'm absolutely loving my to do list - it's so simple but really cute

[professorannie]

|| 4/7/2022 ||

I am having a quiet day today. Out in the garden, bathing in the sun and reading about my favourite character, Sherlock Holmes. The sun is good today, and well set around 8 in the evening. This is why I love the summer.

I am also a winter lover, but then again, I do love all of the seasons.

[a-study-in-dante]

July 2nd, 2022 | Loving those summer mornings, when I wake up, brew some coffee and have breakfast with Shakespeare.

[professorannie]

Rereading mystery/crime books is one of my favourite pastimes. Because you know the solution of the mystery and you know how the book ends, it will be easier for you to catch the little hints that are hidden through the narration and the dialogues. Love it!

[professorannie]

A picture from today’s morning. Whenever I am not studying, I am reading.

I am currently reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes because I am might be a wee bit obsessed with Sherlock. And when I say ‘wee bit’…oh boy. (I blame Benedict Cumberbatch)

I may study later this evening because I have a schedule to stick to.

Today’s good so far, fortunately. I hope life is treating you nicely.

[tepkunset]

Genuinely can’t stand the new favouritism towards video format. You want me to spend a whole two minutes listening to someone say out loud a paragraph I could read in 20 seconds?

(This is about tiktok. I hate tiktok.)

[impishtubist]

It’s not just tiktok, it’s everything. I’m tired of clicking on news articles and instead finding it’s a video I have to watch. I’m tired of being sent to a video when I want to learn about a new thing instead of an article I can skim in less than a minute. You mean you want me to sit through an entire video, listening for the one kernel of information that’s buried in there that I’m interested in? Nah, man, life is too short to waste it like that. I don’t know why any of you like videos lmao.

[professorannie]

I have a good feeling for today. I hope nothing happens that will make me lose my productivity.

[seethroughhue-deactivated201902]

wait for it…

[samoora-alamoora]

Good article with a bad headline

[frottinq]

Good article with a headline intentionally misrepresenting the point maliciously.

[professorannie]

|| 30/6/2022 ||

I feel so productive today. I've wanted to read this particular article ages ago and I've postponed reading it long enough. It's about the association between the SLC6A4 gene (also known as the serotonin transporter gene) and schizophrenia.

The last couple of weeks I've been unable to study due to some issues but when I resolved them I didn't find the energy to study. And thus, this blog is made. I made this blog with the intent of sharing with you my journey as a genetics student. And I'm sticking to my words—it helps me get motivated to get things done.

Anyway, how is your day?

[professorannie]

I will be reading some articles today! So excited to show you how I read them!

[study-van]

27.06.2022

I had a really challenging year but I’m proud of my self for overcoming it. The exam results will be out in a couple of weeks until then I’ll just have some fun!!

[professorannie]

The checkmark idea is great! Also so satisfying to look at.

[adamthegirl]

Researchers gave thousands of dollars to homeless people. The results defied stereotypes.

You've heard this refrain before -- giving money to homeless people is not the best way to help them because it might be squandered, or spen

[juicetrump]

[repotting]

“Researchers gave 50 recently homeless people a lump sum of 7,500 Canadian dollars (nearly $5,700). They followed the cash recipients’ life over 12-18 months and compared their outcomes to that of a control group who didn’t receive the payment. The preliminary findings, which will be peer-reviewed next year, show that those who received cash were able to find stable housing faster, on average. By comparison, those who didn’t receive cash lagged about 12 months behind in securing more permanent housing.

People who received cash were able to access the food they needed to live faster. Nearly 70% did after one month, and maintained greater food security throughout the year. The recipients spent more on food, clothing and rent, while there was a 39% decrease in spending on goods like alcohol, cigarettes or drugs.“

It’s almost like people self medicate to survive intense stress like, idk, not having the cash to live anywhere but outdoors. People who are extremely poor do not want to be poor, we WANT to be safe and have autonomy in our lives but capitalism makes that impossible for some people.

And drug/alcohol abuse, even when prioritized over eating and other necessities, isn’t some kind of alien mindset, it’s very often a matter of not having the resources to actually be safe and fully meet your actual needs so you have to cope somehow with the suffering that deprivation causes.

[whatbigotspost]

This is a perfect example of the kind of important study that shouldn’t NEED to be done, but does need to be done so we can once and for all implement policies that actually help people.

[quousque]

i think it’s important that it was a lump sum all at once, instead of little amounts intermittently. If you’re homeless and, say, addicted to alcohol or meth or whatever, and someone gives you $20 a day, for 12 months, what are you gonna do with that? $20 isn’t enough to pay for a place to sleep that night. You can get some food, but you can’t stock up on anything because you have nowhere to put it. You can’t buy a new pair of shoes. You can’t pay for medication. You can’t really save it up because what are you gonna do, walk around with $5000 worth of twenties in your pocket? until they get lost or stolen and you never got anything out of that money? But you can go and get $20 worth of alcohol and maybe the rest of your day will suck a little less.

But if you get that $5000 all at once and then nothing for the rest of the year, that’s enough to get an apartment for a month, and your meds, and food, and clothes, and then well hey you can look for a job (and you have a mailing address, wow!).

if you’re in a shit situation getting dribs and drabs of money can keep you alive but it won’t help you really change your circumstances, but a large lump sum can do that.

[env0]

I have brought this study up to multiple people who despite the research, still cannot break their stereotypical image of people who are homeless.

[aleprouswitch]

Reblog this and in the tags put your MBTI type + the last song you listened to.

[hatemeifyoucan]

POV: You wanna but you don't wanna study

[professorannie]

“Romanticise studying” is a really one helluva advice, thanks. I will be looking at my books and feel the pull.

[professorannie]

There’s nothing like taking one of your favourite books to a coffee shop and just lose yourself in real life ambience.

The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins is about evolution and its glaring evidences (yes, multiple). Although the book’s target audience is people who are skeptical about evolution, it’s a great read if you want to armour your brain with knowledge, facts and rebuttals, especially because it’s so easy to fall into the whole ‘evolution is a fact/it’s just a theory’ argument.

I am an outspoken evolution enthusiast because it is a scientific fact. And genetics confirms it and I’m all down for that!