The Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00 is everything I've dreamed of. It's nuts that I can go home and not think about work. And, I earn money. Enough to save a good amount. What is this baffling reality I've entered. So bizarre. I'm freeeeeee. #adulting

Pro tip for moving: use a pair of gardening gloves, to protect your hands when moving lots of boxes.

Nothing nicer than laying to rest impending tasks that have been haunting you for weeks. Slain at my feet, you foul spectres! Nyehehehehe

Turns out that temp agencies are the way to go when trying to get your foot through the door. Found a temp job. Buys me time and some much needed income. Hopefully next will be a permanent role, and then... saving enough for a mortgage? I so got this. Someone give me a sticker! #adulting

Status: Graduated.

Had an interview yesterday. Afterwards felt the usual rigamarole of nerves, anticipation, and the vulnerability of hope. Listening to some heavy metal/punk rock music helped burn off the excess adrenaline. All hail Last Resort by Papa Roach, a classic.

A gift from a friend! Made from air dry clay, acrylic paint, matt varnish, and an awesome creative mind. Gonna name the frog Lily. Felt appropriately themed.

"Theories can make more or less correct assumptions and can provide a more or less complete description of a phenomenon. [...] as scientists, our concern should not be whether or not we are under illusion, but to what extent our beliefs mismatch reality." Very interesting and concise pre-print!

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"No theory provides a perfect account of the world, so the only way to avoid the illusion of knowledge is to avoid theory. However, a lack of theory leads to a lack of explanations that is disorienting and stifles progress." By Stefan, Pirrone, & @nathanjevans.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...

Job hunting mood of today: at peace with myself and the universe. I got a plan for what to do if I don't find a full-time job in Glasgow by July, so failure is not so scary anymore. Begone, Sword of Damocles! Now, unto seducing an organisation with a defined pension scheme into hiring me ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

Behold, my work companion; the seagull nesting on the mossy roof my window looks out into.

We also argue that treating Open Science as merely one more “content area” to squeeze into graduate curricula is a category mistake. Transparency is to science what food safety is to culinary training: foundational hygiene, not an elective specialization. 5/8

Just voted 🤘

As someone who did several courses and a dissertation on Psychometrics, there is a dry irony to having to sit through aptitude and reasoning tests, as well as gamified assessments during job hunting. So here I am reading the scientific article on a gamified assessment for a grad scheme 😂

Decided to make a "Job Applications Counter" with milestones set at 10, 15, 20, 30, etc. as a way of reframing things like farming quest points in a game. I'm making progress, regardless of whatever the outcome is. Whatever happens, this is proof of my fighting spirit.

I speak to a lot of undergraduate students who are interested in postgraduate study but don’t know where to start. This reminds me of myself & so I wanted to write “something” that would give people an idea of things to ask. Hope it helps: philmcaleer.github.io/thinkingmast... #EduSky #HigherEd

And that's me done with my degree. Final assignment submitted.

In other news, I'm enjoying how muscular my body is slowly becoming. Nice to see indisputable results of my efforts, unlike the other nebulous aspects of my life.

Job hunting mood of today: we keep on persisting!

I took a lunch break and stumbled across a TwoSet Violin opera video that introduced me to this gem (Queen of the Night aria): youtu.be/YuBeBjqKSGQ?... I'd heard clips of this before, but hadn't seen the entire aria on its own. Dear heavens, Diana Damrau. You icon! My goodness, indeed 👏👏👏👏

The Magic Flute – Queen of the Night aria (Mozart; Diana Damrau, The Royal Opera)

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Job hunting mood of today: cautiously optimistic.

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Running is such a nice way to give your demons a tangible form that you can physically work through. It's a concrete reminder, every time, that I AM persistent, I CAN do this; I HAVE, I AM, and WILL do this. I'm finding genuine peace with myself, and a growing trust in my ability and capacity.

Job hunting is like fishing. You throw bait out there and hope something bites. And you keep trying to make your bait (CV and personal statement) as appealing as possible. If something bites, you hold your breath as you try to reel it in very carefully, very aware of previous close misses.

A montage of me applying for jobs as my undergraduate degree finishes and my bank account looks at me expectantly whilst holding our metaphorical wailing infant in its arms.

Nothing like a nice track session with #GlasgowFrontrunners to lift the mood. The birds are chirping, the sky is still light, and I'm on a runner's high. Life is good!

I love stumbling across #murals in #Glasgow. Makes the place feel like a secret adventure. Makes me want to whimsically explore. I wonder if the city ever fixes some of the murals that have been graffitied over. Happened to the poor old Kingfisher mural by the canals.

𝗔𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 | 𝟮𝟬–𝟯𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 | 𝟮 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘀 #psychology #openscience #UofG How Common Empathy Questionnaires Define and Operationalise Empathy 𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: osf.io/3zyd6/overview 𝗪𝗵𝗼? • UK‐based university student • Aged 18 or over • Native- or bilingual‐level English speaker

First visit to By Chance! Excited to try out the different flavours 😆 The shop is so pretty!

'Tis a week of major deadlines 🫠 Now would be a good time for a fae entity to kidnap me and keep me as an ambassador for humans.

I read Volpato et al. (2025; doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...) for an assignment, and out of curiosity I looked up the author. Turns out they're from my University, which is a fun coincidence. Then I find my dissertation supervisor (Prof DeBruine) listed as an author too! What a small world 😂

Sighthill Park and Cemetery are so pretty~