Yahoo Mail keeps putting important emails into the spam box😬
Lingfeng Ge
@lingfengge.bsky.social
Physical chemist. Researcher. Non-religious. Not affiliated with any political parties. Sometimes oversharing. She/her
Look at all these climate disasters. Do we really have enough renewable energy to support all those AI data centres? 🤔
Can we smash the current academic publishing system? I hate it when I want to read a paper but it's hidden behind a paywall. Plus Sci-Hub doesn't have recent papers. We jobless people also want to read papers.
Why do some European politicians keep saying Russia wants to invade the EU? Are they using this as an excuse to achieve something?
I've been thinking about making a career change because the job prospects in my field are too bad. But I really don't know which field I should switch to. It seems that every field wants to hire only those who already have experience in their field. It's so frustrating.
Interpersonal skills are so important but I constantly feel I'm not doing well enough in this. Interactions with people have given me so much confusion, distress, and anxiety, and sometimes I feel I'm probably unable to have enough skills to deal with people. 😢
Hahaha, it seems that people really hate the new ACS logo. But I think both the new one and the old one are ugly. ACS really needs a more stylish design.
Steve Cohen@drstevecohen.bsky.social · 4w agoApparently the new ACS logo has received a LOT of pushback (I wonder why 🧐), based on today’s email. I don’t see the option “redo it” in the last sentence, though. #ChemSky #Chemistry #Chemchat 🧪
Sometimes I feel I have lots of friends and can get help easily, but sometimes I feel I have no friends and can get no emotional support from anyone...
I hate it when people tell me 'You are stronger than that'. No I'm not.
Opened Instagram and saw this. The algorithm knows my struggles. Both the job market and the rental market are shit this year. Probably the only way for us jobless people to survive is to live with the parents.
Governments seem to have no idea how to prevent AI from stealing humans' jobs🤷♀️
No matter which social event I went to during the past month and no matter how small the gathering was, I could always meet at least one jobless person there 😧 Do jobless people naturally find each other?
Being jobless, it's so easy to get emotional. Anything could trigger me.
I was scared to see raw chicken hearts, but after a friend cooked them for me, yum yum!
Met with a few other jobless PhD holders again today. Some of them have a stronger CV than me and applied for more positions than I did, but they still haven't got an offer 😢 Maybe I need to try even harder...
Watching the videos of the recent storms and floods in China is like watching horror movies 😰
Over the past few days I've seen lots of chatter about the recent research funding cuts in the UK. It seems that it affects UK chemists in my field a lot. Also, it seems that my field is dying in every country these years because of the funding cuts. What a time I'm living in!☹️
It turns out some of my friends are jealous of my unemployment 😅 They think I have enough time to do whatever I want 😅 But actually I don't - I spend all my time on the job search
I can't believe a deadly tornado happened in central China recently 😱 This is definitely not normal
It's crazy how the US-Iran war resumed😰 What a world we are living in!
Ah I wish I never had to struggle with the grass pollen 🤧
As a job seeker, every weekend I wonder if I should rest or continue to make job applications 😮💨
Talked to a recent master's graduate today. When I told her that I'm not just applying for PhD-level jobs but also applying for jobs that don't require a PhD, she looked scared and said 'If PhDs are competing for jobs with me, I will never have a chance.' 😟
I'm shocked to learn that some postdoc positions in Italy require applicants to pay an application fee (€30) 😬👎
I'm surprised to hear that many people have been killed by the current heatwave in Europe. The system fails so hard.
Had a meetup today with a few other jobless people who were scientists. None of us feels hopeful. No one has any good strategies to deal with this shitty job market any more. 😩
I clicked on the link, and wow, that's an interesting project and I feel so tempted 🫣 Someone needs to stop me 😭
Lingfeng Ge@lingfengge.bsky.social · 3mo agoLol, a former colleague sent me a message 'Hey, I've just seen a PhD position in our field - do you want to do another PhD if you still can't find a job?' 😅