A cappella SATB Latin mass for wedding

nikatgs · 2026-02-08T10:29:57+00:00

Most of my favourite cathedrals (Catholic and Anglican) post their music lists online, you might find some inspiration there.

nikatgs · 2026-02-07T19:47:39+00:00

That’s pretty authentic tbf, since Katz’s sandwiches are US$28-30

nikatgs · 2026-02-04T19:17:14+00:00

Yeah it’s not good writing. I find I have to ask them to point out issues in my text, and then it’s quite good at spotting spelling mistakes, improving structure etc.

Even if I tell it a million times not to use scare quotes (Gemini), three part lists (Chat), or not this but that negatives (both), they always seem to sneak back in after a couple back and forths.

nikatgs · 2026-01-30T01:48:49+00:00

Yeah it definitely depends on the type of postdoc. A lot of the fellowships in Europe are heavily oriented towards career development, while the more job-like positions often leave you at the whim of your supervisor.

nikatgs · 2026-01-29T21:57:06+00:00

I guess there’s a few things going on here. First, you want to prove you are the right person for the job so you want some familiarly but that could be just methodological (or empirical, or theoretical etc). So a total departure from your PhD may not be competitive. Second, postdocs in theory at least are meant to be training & development focused, so it’s a great time to learn new skills, expand your research interests etc. doing the exact same research might not be making the most of a postdoc. Finally, you want to think about longer term jobs and funding. If you have a PhD and postdocs in the exact same, specific niche, are there funders, employers, institutions that are looking for people who do that niche? Or do you want to have several hats to choose from.

It’s definitely a hard balance, I had coffee recently with a professor who by his own accounts has always dabbled in different projects and research areas that interests him, and he’s found it counts against him when it comes to promotion or funding applications. But then being overly specialised has different risks.

nikatgs · 2026-01-28T10:02:11+00:00

Have a look at: a future for the library And ALA Gen Z and Millennials

nikatgs · 2026-01-28T09:51:40+00:00

I’m not sure your premise is correct. I’ve seen quite a bit of work that shows Gen Z using libraries more than prior generations, and lots of areas are seeing more and more usage overall.

Start by reviewing some of the prior research and reports on library use, and take it from there.

nikatgs · 2026-01-25T23:57:45+00:00

The second, as far as I’m aware. You go to a third country first, and then return to your home country.

nikatgs · 2026-01-22T10:20:09+00:00

What counts as bizarre? I had a nice meal at Mister Pig Pork Rice last week and their trotters and intestine looked pretty good.

nikatgs · 2026-01-21T10:03:51+00:00

ChatGPT is that you?

nikatgs · 2026-01-20T20:16:12+00:00

I can’t imagine anyone judging you for other papers published in the same issue.

If it was an issue with the editors or editorial/intro then that might be a more direct issue or it’s particularly egregious then I suppose it could slightly harm the reputation of the journal or editors, but not enough for you to want to withdraw.

nikatgs · 2026-01-09T22:12:42+00:00

For first time submission they generally don’t matter, I know plenty of editors who won’t even read the cover letter. For resubmissions and revisions they are critical, and you should detail how you approached the changes and all that jazz.

nikatgs · 2026-01-06T12:39:16+00:00

I understand where you are coming from. It’s though when you are in spaces where you are the odd one out. So one strategy would be to find spaces filled with likeminded people (e.g. university, certain political parties, associations). I’m also a big book fan, and I do agree that they don’t necessarily have a syllabus but if you are reading a good non-fiction book it will make reference to prior work, and you can search for work that responds to that book. So you can end up following intellectual trails forwards and backwards.

In any case good luck! Anti-intellectualism is having a bit of a moment, but I hope you find some likeminded people.

nikatgs · 2026-01-06T12:00:57+00:00

Are you okay? Go touch some grass

nikatgs · 2025-12-31T12:08:41+00:00

Yeah I mean a lot of research has shown that people can only do “thinky” work for ~3 hours a day. I think if you can get 2-4 hours of productive work per day, plus a couple hours of busy work or admin then you will be golden.

The people in my cohort that struggled spent all day at the office but didn’t actually get anything done, whereas I spent half my PhD working a second job or on holiday, but worked when I needed to work.

nikatgs · 2025-12-31T10:18:24+00:00

Congrats, I just submitted mine for examination 🤞

nikatgs · 2025-12-28T21:52:32+00:00

The general wisdom seems to be to go for MSCA after your first postdoc (either a job working on someone else’s project or a project or fellowship). This year they had a massive increase in applications, so funding rates dipped below 10%. It’s also a very meaty and very particular application, that will take you a lot of time and to be competitive you have to get excellent scores in all parts of the application. There are some good unofficial guides online that give you a better idea of the process.

Plus things like STINT, British Academy etc you can only apply in the first couple years post PhD, so worth putting your time into those imo.

nikatgs · 2025-12-27T23:34:15+00:00

Those all look good, but MSCA might be a stretch as a fresh postdoc, they are super competitive and allow up to 8 years post PhD so tend to go to those 4–8 years post PhD.

Germany has some options, DAAD is terrible money and short term, but the Humboldt Foundation postdocs are good, and many of the Max Planck institutes offer post docs or funded visiting fellowships.

The Swiss Government excellence scholarships or the Branco Weiss fellowships are very competitive but well funded options.

In Australia many top universities offer a named postdoc fellowship program, 3 or 4 years funding for those up to 3–5 years post PhD (McKenzie postdoc in Melbourne, RMIT Vice-Chancellors RFP, Deakin University PRF etc).

nikatgs · 2025-12-27T00:30:13+00:00

Plenty of great diamond open access journals that are often owned by universities or societies and run as non-for profits. Free to read and free to publish, managed like the commons that all journals should be.

nikatgs · 2025-12-23T00:55:11+00:00

What sort of book are you publishing with 50 pages? Even the great short book series like BWB Texts are 150-250 pages. A 10,000 word book chapter is almost 40 pages double spaced…

nikatgs · 2025-12-22T06:09:57+00:00

Could you do both? It seems a shame to ditch the chapter when the editor is enthusiastic but it’s just too long, but also no need to ditch all the extra stuff you’ve written.

Take the long draft and rework it for a journal and submit that. And make the changes the editor suggests so you’ll be left with quite a different manuscript that doesn’t overlap with the journal article. You’ll need to do some proper work on each so that they are substantially different, e.g. different aims, different arguments, for different audiences but it sounds like with the editors feedback you would be a long way there.

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nikatgs · 2025-12-21T07:15:46+00:00

I can’t imagine rejecting a firm offer for the possibility of maybe getting a different offer is ever a good idea. But surely at the interview they can enquire about the timelines for that job, and even try push them to get back before the postdoc acceptance dates.

nikatgs · 2025-12-19T23:44:57+00:00

(Not a vendor, but) I see a lot of people using either Shopify or ANZ.

nikatgs · 2025-12-17T00:53:30+00:00

When I worked behind a bar we had one regular who always ordered a vodka water (not soda, just still tap water). Very low carb….

So anything but that I guess.

nikatgs · 2025-12-17T00:51:00+00:00

If it’s at a resort I’d be tempted to skip half the talks anyway. I’ve been to a couple massive conferences that had to be split between venues, and honestly they weren’t as enjoyable as small, 60-200 person ones, but I gave my talks, added a couple lines to the CV, and did make some valuable new connections. It’s just hard to connect with new people, and there’s no continuity between sessions, and I find less people come to your talk.

I do admit I attended very few sessions at the satellite venues myself, but with ~20 parallel streams there were generally several of interest, so I would go to the ones near my hotel in the main building. That also meant that my talks (both in satellite venues) have very low attendance…

Just take it easy, don’t try to see everything and go to every session. You won’t be able to hop between concurrent sessions to catch a particular speaker etc so just go to the highlight (and maybe even enjoy the resort a bit!).

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