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An ocean scientist I know lost her federal government job this week. Canada should be scooping up American scientists left and right, not firing our scientists!! She works on carbon observation in the ocean, which is, you know, really fucking important. Everyone else who works on it on the west coast also got cut
Maybe a good time to reach out to your MPs and ask how the fuck we're supposed to be a world leader or whatever if federal scientists are fired and univerities are all drowning?
crowdsource advice-seeking on latex/markdown
Did I say I was good at latex? HA HA HA I brought this on myself didn't I?
I want to get some writing done but I'm stuck in why-won't-latex-find-my-bibliography purgatory instead
(Not asking advice, it's too specific and I'm probably doing something dumb. Just yelling into the void about latex. Feels very grad-student-y)
crowdsource advice-seeking on latex/markdown
I FIXED IT!! I SAID THE RIGHT INCANTATION!!
crowdsource advice-seeking on latex/markdown
I started writing this book project using zettlr in markdown, because that seemed like the best way to incorporate many citations from a wild variety of journals/books/articles. But I am now having serious problems trying to integrate files.
Latex is hard but I know it quite well, I just don't have a latex editor that I like that's reliable (I'm not doing this on overleaf, it's just me, no sharing needed).
Recs? Advice? I'm running Ubuntu.
crowdsource advice-seeking on latex/markdown
Did I say I was good at latex? HA HA HA I brought this on myself didn't I?
I want to get some writing done but I'm stuck in why-won't-latex-find-my-bibliography purgatory instead
(Not asking advice, it's too specific and I'm probably doing something dumb. Just yelling into the void about latex. Feels very grad-student-y)
The last talk in this week's portion of the #ProfSamLectureTour is at SFU in Burnaby tomorrow. Once again, open to the public if you're in the area! https://www.sfu.ca/physics/news-events/events/2026/jan/Colloquium_Samantha_Lawler.html
Today I'm going to get breakfast with a friend, get a bunch of writing done (probably at the public library), and then bus/ferry/bus/train/bus my way from downtown Victoria to Burnaby.
Today's #ProfSamLectureTour everything-is-connected adventure was visiting a UVic lab where they are testing balloon-borne internet delivery. I have some doubts about whether or not this is actually feasible/safer than satellites, and need to do a lot of reading. But I love seeing some different ideas happening, and what is more solarpunk than high-tech balloons/airships delivering your internet?
I just want to eat ice cream and go to bed but it's almost time for dinner with UVic profs...
Well, that was incredibly pleasant, I had amazing conversations about meteorites, space debris, Indigenous sky knowledge, farming, and mentoring students, AND I got ice cream. Wins all around!
Now time to figure out how I'm getting to SFU tomorrow and then sleep for a really long time. #ProfSamLectureTour
Today's #ProfSamLectureTour everything-is-connected adventure was visiting a UVic lab where they are testing balloon-borne internet delivery. I have some doubts about whether or not this is actually feasible/safer than satellites, and need to do a lot of reading. But I love seeing some different ideas happening, and what is more solarpunk than high-tech balloons/airships delivering your internet?
I just want to eat ice cream and go to bed but it's almost time for dinner with UVic profs...
crowdsource advice-seeking on latex/markdown
I started writing this book project using zettlr in markdown, because that seemed like the best way to incorporate many citations from a wild variety of journals/books/articles. But I am now having serious problems trying to integrate files.
Latex is hard but I know it quite well, I just don't have a latex editor that I like that's reliable (I'm not doing this on overleaf, it's just me, no sharing needed).
Recs? Advice? I'm running Ubuntu.
I was planning to get to UVic early and take a morning Zoom meeting from there, but I just had the realization that it will be 10000x more pleasant to take the zoom call from my incredibly ridiculous hotel room and then take the bus up to UVic.
I guess this is what happens when you get way too nice of a hotel room for the colloquium speaker... (this is undoubtedly the most Ivory Tower thing I've ever written) #ProfSamLectureTour
I have to update the Starlink numbers in my talk. But this time, I last gave my talk TWO DAYS AGO. This is stupid.
There are 27 more Starlinks in orbit today than there were on Monday: there are now 9,526 Starlink satellites orbiting above our heads.
1,458 have already been burned up in the atmosphere (and at least 1 of those made it to the ground in the easiest place in the world to find space debris...) adding many hundreds of tons of weird metals to the stratosphere. #ProfSamLectureTour
Oh fuck, there are 9 more Xingwang megaconstellation satellites in orbit compared to Monday as well. Time to go outside (and not see any stars. I am really tired of cities).
I have to update the Starlink numbers in my talk. But this time, I last gave my talk TWO DAYS AGO. This is stupid.
There are 27 more Starlinks in orbit today than there were on Monday: there are now 9,526 Starlink satellites orbiting above our heads.
1,458 have already been burned up in the atmosphere (and at least 1 of those made it to the ground in the easiest place in the world to find space debris...) adding many hundreds of tons of weird metals to the stratosphere. #ProfSamLectureTour
Prof. Sam Lawler