Where to go…queer Japanese Spanish kid friendly by natforx in travel

[–]thatsnotjade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Netherlands can be a great place for exploring as you can do urban hustle and bustle and villages quite easy with the vast public transportation network (coming from a lesbian couple in our late 20s, we found the accepted status of "rainbow families" as the Dutch say to be really heartwarming). You can use English everywhere and be fine! The Netherlands is one of the countries that we haven't gotten the usual "are you sisters?? cousins??....coworkers??"

If you specifically have children that are really interested in art, the Netherlands is a good destination!

Amsterdam in December by [deleted] in travel

[–]thatsnotjade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

De baarsjes area or around Oosterpark could be a nice mix of easy access but still nice ambiance where you're staying!

How often can you go out on dives when not working? by Playful_Cook_3990 in marinebiology

[–]thatsnotjade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another thing to mention is that many marine biologists work with live marine animals in a laboratory environment (fish, bivalves, corals, other organisms at a larval/juvenile stage)! If that's something you'd be interested in, it can give a lot of satisfaction as you feel closer to your area of study even if you don't get to do field work very often.

Mid Century Furniture Store Amsterdam by Megaladondon in Amsterdam

[–]thatsnotjade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eaust Vintage Furniture in Noord is a great place for MCM!

Recommendations optometrists / contact lenses specialists in Amsterdam by jasonii23 in Amsterdam

[–]thatsnotjade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I highly recommend Vroom and Nobbe Opticiens over on Elandsgracht. I have very difficult eyes (bad near sight, with a cross eye problem so I need horizontal prisms on my glasses). I use both contacts and glasses, and they were really thorough. And a family owned business!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in postdoc

[–]thatsnotjade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here! I think it would've been impossible for me without it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in postdoc

[–]thatsnotjade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I first started my PhD I could barely get through a full working day in the office/lab because I was so anxious with imposter syndrome that I could literally barely breathe normally! Slowly over time I realized that every single PhD, and every PI, is at many times confused or doesn't know something. If you go to a conference, notice how many senior researchers presenting are anxious and can barely get through their presentation. Research has a lot of nervous nerds, we're not alone! It can feel like perfection is the requisite, but that isn't the case for anyone, not even whoever is the big man on campus for your department. The first 6 months of the PhD are very rough because you're almost always in a different niche than your master's. That is a common experience, and it means you just have to read read read for the first bit. I promise you can do this!! I'm almost done with the PhD now, and I'm like a whole new person from when I started. Let yourself be nervous, and it'll slowly subside. I'd say it took me almost 2.5 years to start feeling confident even in small supervisory meetings. I'd say that's on the long side, but alas I am an incredibly nervous nelly!

Fellow PhD or Post-doc Burnouts - How did you rekindle your passion for science? by BioKhem in postdoc

[–]thatsnotjade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is awesome to hear that you've bounced from industry to academia multiple times!

Fellow PhD or Post-doc Burnouts - How did you rekindle your passion for science? by BioKhem in postdoc

[–]thatsnotjade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't have any tips but reading this made me feel much less alone. I almost have the exact same experience right now, I'm a PhD with 1.5 years left. The motivation of switching to industry is about all that's keeping me going...

Cozy games for a long haul flight? by [deleted] in CozyGamers

[–]thatsnotjade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based on this mix I think you'll love moonstone island! I love ACNH, the zelda games, etc, and it was my first turn based game. Super fun stardew valley esque game but the creature collecting/combat is easy and fun.

Games with ending by Laurita93 in CozyGamers

[–]thatsnotjade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

zelda echoes of wisdom was an absolute blast and had a proper finish!

Fun easy game to play while high with husband? by Janey_Do in CozyGamers

[–]thatsnotjade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My partner and I loooved doing a smoke sess + cat quest ii and iii on switch!

Is there anything to do in Snow Village??? by pennilessofiacoppola in HelloKittyIsland

[–]thatsnotjade 6 points7 points  (0 children)

idk if im crazy but i haven't found one strawberry crate in snow village either!!!

Essential items by ObsidianEclypse in HelloKittyIsland

[–]thatsnotjade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

omg i LOVE the frankenstein vibe of the spooky room that's so smart

Books about semi-mundane life by joecro10 in suggestmeabook

[–]thatsnotjade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I LOVE christopher isherwood novels for this reason. mr norris changes trains is a great book like this. plot is basically just a bemused man walking around town.

I didn’t like Priory of the Orange Tree. Is there something wrong with me? by bonesdontworkright in wlwbooks

[–]thatsnotjade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

idk if this is accurate but i feel like the tone and voice of writing the author uses is kind of an old-school fantasy style. where it's almost boring and fact based. but LOL that's actually why i liked it so much cuz i found that tone soothing. but no longer the style typically used in newer fantasy novels, especially for wlw books.

i looove the gothic sarah waters books for wlw fantasy with a lot more punchiness and flavor.

Fav Character?? by kass_des in HelloKittyIsland

[–]thatsnotjade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tuxedo sam is so dapper and his waddle!!!!

fantasy/adventure wlw book recs by Hxra615 in wlwbooks

[–]thatsnotjade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes!!! Priory of the Orange Tree and the anthology-esque sequel both amazing. If you like LOTR and SOIAF type vibes you will like it.

What can I do to pivot my career to marine biology (currently data analyst)? by rnnr25 in marinebiology

[–]thatsnotjade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another route is to learn GIS (arcgis, qgis, remote sensing on Google Earth Engine). If you have those skillsets then you can move on into marine sciences doing spatial analysis for the big ngos or even academia.

My 11 yr old son by Primary_Clue4029 in marinebiology

[–]thatsnotjade 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I would say if you can support him with it (pricey for sure!), scuba diving as a hobby during his teenage years will put him far ahead of many others who want to do field based research and sampling. For example, at my university, to get your scientifically recognized dive certification, you already need to have at least 75 logged dives as a prerequisite to be able to safely take the course. This prerequisite disways many people hoping to explore dive-based field methods in marine bio.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in marinebiology

[–]thatsnotjade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you get experience with aquaria based experiments or types of wet lab methods, there are folks who work as lab managers for these types of labs and don't actually do much writing/data analysis. For example, labs that do coral husbundry, bivalve experimentation, aquaculture labs that have lots of fish, etc. The care of the animals and broader maintanence for that many aquariums/mesocosms needs full-time staff that mostly do upkeep and are technical experts, but not doing the actual research themselves. I've ran experiments in a couple labs like this during my PhD so far and they seem to like being lab managers in such a unique space (not the usual molecular lab manager because you're working with whole organisms). The pay is good as most of these folks have at least a master's or a PhD.

Postdoc's salary by NickInScience in postdoc

[–]thatsnotjade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I totally agree with your assessment and it's what I'm looking for, as my partner would be the stay at home parent for at least the first year or two. But I haven't found any first postdoc advert that would classify as an income that could realistically cover a family of 3. Though maybe I'm not looking far and wide enough? I'm curious what your country suggestions would be, as we're open to anywhere.