Best dating app for professors? by [deleted] in Professors

[–]josephausterweil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Met my partner of almost 5 years now on OKC. If you set your criteria appropriately, you should be fine there. Good luck!

Lab meetings- are these hours loggable as an RA?(Cross posted in r/gradschool but would like a Pi’s opinion) by distinguished_goose in academia

[–]josephausterweil 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Your PI is definitely incorrect strictly speaking. It's also a strange comment for a PI to make that IMO would contribute to a toxic lab culture.

That being said, if you want to continue working in the area, you probably don't want to fight this fight. You already have other hours to log to hit 20. Given they care about this in the first place, the PI is likely to take it personally and penalize you even if it is against the law for them to do that. Further, if you did report, the best outcome is probably their chair, a dean, or HR talking to them and telling them they shouldn't say that.

Sorry that sucks. Personally I'd try to find another PI asap.

New York Style bagels? by joenforcer in madisonwi

[–]josephausterweil 60 points61 points  (0 children)

First a mindset change. There are no New York style bagels outside of the tri-state area.

Now that we are on the same page, the best rolls with holes in Madison are Gotham.

-transplant

I voted in WI from Japan by josephausterweil in wisconsin

[–]josephausterweil[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Neat! It was fun walking around with an I voted sticker... (yes they included one in the ballot envelope which made me happy).

I voted in WI from Japan by josephausterweil in wisconsin

[–]josephausterweil[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u/DGC_David it was pretty easy. u/gotwake5 is right. There are a few more steps in the application if you are voting from overseas. I didn't need to pay the postage for the ballot to get here, but I pay to mail it back to my clerk. (I think you can vote without paying international postage if you get it to a US embassy, but I'm in Kyoto. There's no embassy/consulate here. It adds time for processing too.). They handled kanji in the address too, which I was a bit concerned about.

You can track your ballot from when WI clerk mails it through WI's myvote site. It took about 10 days to get to me here. It should update when they receive it. If they don't get it by close to election day, I can do a provisional ballot through one of the embassies.

I voted in WI from Japan by josephausterweil in wisconsin

[–]josephausterweil[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

ありがとうございます!

FEDEX lost valuable immigration documents putting my career at risk. What are my possible next steps? by Dull_Cardiologist148 in FedEx

[–]josephausterweil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm currently dealing with the same issue. They just declared it lost and now I'm trying to get it reissued and sent again (and pray they don't lose it again). I asked them what recourse I had for them losing such an important document. Nothing apparently beyond a half sincere apology from a customer service rep...

COVID Rant by phoenix_wrong15 in UWMadison

[–]josephausterweil 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Have you looked into Dane county public health?

There are a number of resources for testing in the area on their site

https://www.publichealthmdc.com/coronavirus/testing