I knew going into grad school that this was going to happen, but how do I get over failing?
I’ve been working on a project since September and specifically have been working overtime the past two weeks on it, and I just found out it’s all going to be unusable. My boss isn’t upset at all, she keeps reassuring me, but I still don’t know how to get over myself.
The main point of everything was training in the methods I used, but I don’t like being a year into grad school and having no data to show for it.
I am absolutely BAFFLED by ChemScene's business model. I am legit concerned it is sustained by slave labor, because WDYM most of their products are noticeably cheaper than other places and still good quality AND they have the money to be sending random freebie trinkets with every single order??
I ordered a singular chemical from them a week ago and we got a package today that was like "sorry, your order will be a bit delayed, please take these gifts from us in the meantime" and there were EIGHT items including keychains, magnets, and a test tube cleaning brush??
I forgot what those fun science gadget are called, but they're pretty neet so I drew one.
Anyway, hope your day is going well, if not, take some time too recharge if you can and if you can't this post right now is your cue to take a note that you deserve some kind of treat when you get some break. Not when everything is over; as soon as you get your first real break.
By the way, even if your day isn't that bad, I'm giving you permission to also get yourself a treat.
Grab a mug of something hot and settle in for an interesting lecture that'll take your breath away (...although not literally, I hope).
John Green discusses the fascinating history of tuberculosis (TB) and how it has woven into and through every aspect of our social, medicinal, technological, and geographical history. (And beauty. Did I mention beauty and fashion?)
I started following John Green's (@sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog) crusade against TB when I was doing research for fanfiction. You might remember my link sharing on the New England Vampire Panic (link to a Smithsonian Magazine article), where persons who had died of TB were exhumed on the presumption that the dead were stealing life force from the living.
Two hundred years after the Salem witch trials, farmers became convinced that their relatives were returning from the grave to feed on the l
Much like anyone will who has looked into tuberculosis, I've started seeing it everywhere in history. The fact that it continues to ravage millions a year over 50 years after a cure was developed is a global injustice.
I really recommend this very polished, highly informative, and super well-researched lecture delivered in the usual Crash Course panache!
My favourite part was the deep-dive into both the romanticization and the stigmatization of disease and illness. Really useful for my own work and highly relatable from my own (non-TB) experiences.
My only criticism concerns the typical "corset" fallacies--'they were designed so you couldn't breath', etc.--that made me wrinkle my nose when I saw them. BUT, Nicole Rudolph has got you:
A video which John Green also acknowledged:
Here's a video that corrects some mistakes we made about fashion and offers a better context for the relationship between European fashion, gender, and romanticism in the context of consumption in the pre-microbial era. https://youtu.be/9KdNPcAIbv0?si=r0V60ZfgcUKDeKnZ Thanks to Nicole Rudolph for making such a well-researched (and generous) corrective video. There are some places where our sources disagree, but I really encourage you to watch her video as well. -John
Taken together, these videos are a fantastic overview.
Enjoy!
EDIT: Do you live in the States? Are you free April 8-9, 2025? Check out John Green's post on taking some direct action!
Am I the only one who's roasted marshmallows on a bunsen burner when I was learning to use one, but people kept putting the matches, lit or not, in the trash can; causing a fire to spark with the teacher throwing in the final match to set it a blaze. Laughing evilly as in was done and group of students were singing 'This Girl is On Fire' while warning themselves when it was 80°F.
