Léo Varnet @leovarnet@qoto.org

Quelle belle journée, quelle belle manif !

On se retrouve en manifestation ! #greve19janvier #reformedesretraites

Pour trouver votre rassemblement 👉https://basta.media/reforme-des-retraites-l-appel-de-l-intersyndicale-a-une-journee-de-mobilisation-19-janvier

Very cool: The #University of #Antwerp will prohibit its staff from #flying to destinations that can be reached by #train in less than 8h. Staff who attend conferences in most of the #EU will be obliged to travel by train. @academicchatter
https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/352003/belgian-university-bans-staff-from-short-flights

I’ve recently moved to a new department in a different building. The change in spatial layout and resulting feelings of belonging, experience of hierarchy, and opportunities for social interaction and collaboration are striking. (Something for @kerstinsailer) #spatial #space #interaction #spacesyntax #architecture #building #behaviour #social #office #academia 1/3

Petit guide contre les bobards de la réforme des retraites

https://france.attac.org/IMG/pdf/petit_guide_retraite_bat_04_page_a_page.pdf

[#OuvrezLesGuillemets] Usul. Retraites: la bagarre monte en régime

La première ministre va présenter sa réforme des #retraites. C’est l’occasion de revenir sur l’esprit de ce texte et de se demander si les jeunes, qui semblent plus préoccupés par le climat que par leurs hypothétiques futures pensions, se joindront à la bataille.

› https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/politique/090123/usul-retraites-la-bagarre-monte-en-regime

My homage to Douglas Hofstadter's image, featured on the front cover of some editions of his book Gödel, Escher, Bach. He calls this a "triplet" sculpture, I believe because there are "trip" (three) "let" (letters).

Instead of the letters "G", "E", and "B", I used "3", "D", and "P", for "3D printing". #3DPrinting #Shadow #Art

On démarre bien la journée en faisant grimper le compteur. Ça donne de la force pour mettre tout le monde dans la rue #greve19janvier
https://www.change.org/p/retraites-non-%C3%A0-cette-r%C3%A9forme-injuste-et-brutale
L'intersyndicale nationale CFDT, CFTC, CGC, CGT, FO, FSU, Solidaires et UNSA contre la réforme des #retraites lance une pétition large contre la réforme et de soutien à la mobilisation

Been away for a while, much depressing disease around me (on top of world climate in more than one sense)…
Now built a new (of sorts) angle #illusion, strifing for the simplest arrangement showing the illusion: https://michaelbach.de/ot/ang-obliqueSimple/

Academics' time:

“When asked about time off, Jordan replied: What do you mean? I work every weekend.”

https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X221144136

Few quotes follow: 🧵👉

#HigherEducation
#HigherEd
#EducationalResearch
#EDI
@edutooters
#AcademicChatter
@academicchatter
@academicsunite
#PhdLife
@phdstudents

This #ReceptioGate article is interesting because it considers wider issues for scholars, research, and academia: https://thecritic.co.uk/receptiogate-and-the-absolute-state-of-academia/

#phdchat does anyone have advice or resources on starting the introduction for the PhD? I'm doing it by publication, so I need a normal intro literatuatue review chapter & a second part to tie it all up. Feels like a mammoth task and my blank page is looking extremely daunting and empty 🤣. #academicchatter #phd #writing