🌿Plants | 🌤️ Atmosphere | 🧪 Chemistry Stresses plants for science, then makes art about ithttps://bsky.app/profile/chemj.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/chemj.bsky.social/post/3lh3eiwxgt22bThis week has been a doozy, so I'll jump in and thank my advisor @chemdelphine.bsky.social and my colleagues for hearing me out and helping me up. Accountability all the way! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Feb 2025 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:qtdrqom2ksfb3arotnn6fvwo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh3eiwxgt22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/chemj.bsky.social/post/3lh2hrfraf22qIn case anyone's wondering what it's like to be an #NSF postdoc today. Like most people, we need to pay for rent, insurance, and groceries. Many of us also have student loans, phone bills, and car payments. At this point, we don't know when we will get our paychecks.31 Jan 2025 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:qtdrqom2ksfb3arotnn6fvwo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2hrfraf22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/chemj.bsky.social/post/3lgz5jbians2eThis week, my science pen-pal opened my letter answering her questions- how much do I get paid, how did I get funded (#NSF), what it looks like to be a scientist. I didn't think that three weeks after writing my response, those answers may no longer be valid. [Sketch of a scientist in the field]31 Jan 2025 04:20 +0000at://did:plc:qtdrqom2ksfb3arotnn6fvwo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgz5jbians2e