mastodon 4.7.2Computer Scientist. Assistant professor interested in counting and reasoning under uncertainty. Feminist. Trekkie. Traveller. LaTeX enthusiast.
"Clearly not very smart" - a former colleague
"Exceptional in every way. 10/10" - one of my former students
I’m on the train, and two women with a baby just got off. Busy train. Baby was very fussy, until… a passenger started distracting the baby with magic tricks 🤯
Sadly I missed the best trick b/c the woman next to me dropped her keys and I helped her search for them, and now the show is over b/c the baby left the train.
Don’t have the self confidence to ask the magician for a private show 🥲
#cardtricks #magician #magic #trains #latourontour #treinleven
1/n Self-care PSA: walks are good for you.
Yesterday I had a headache and didn’t want to go on my evening walk, but I eventually went anyway, and saw many cool things.
1: a cat in deep conversation with a swan.
#Caturday #SilentSunday #catstodon #CatsOfMastodon #MastoCats #Swan
POV: you’re a professor in the Netherlands and you receive a notification that your exams have been printed.
#AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter #ProfessorLife #Bike #bicycling #Netherlands
Somewhat regular reminder that I quoted Sir Terry Pratchett in my dissertation.
https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/handle/1887/3455662
#GNUTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #Bookstodon
The other day I volunteered for ”a little experiment” during a work training. Turned out that the little experiment was about teaching us the value of clear communication. I was given a drawing and told to make the others replicate that drawing without them seeing the drawing or asking me questions, or me telling them what the drawing depicted. The others were instructed to guess what the drawing depicted as soon as they thought they knew.
The trainer was shocked by how accurately the resulting drawings matched the one I was given. Said that they’d never seen something like that before.
I’d love to rub this into the face of my ex, who, during our break-up, told me that I needed to take a course on communication. Sadly we’re no longer on speaking terms, which is why I’m telling you all, instead.
In a rather extreme edition of #LatourDetour, we have now visited Rinku, Izumisano, and Iharanosato, Japan.
At the Vietnam Lindy Exchange I wasn't the only one masking. Hell, I wasn't even the only White girl masking. I have pics and videos of myself dancing with other masked hotties.
Yesterday at a social back in NL, I was immediately interrogated about my mask-wearing, by someone who has known me for a year and a half now and definitely should know better.
I got so grumpy that I just left. Super tired anyway, but ya, that meant that I didn't have the energy to deal with the bs.
#VietnamLindyExchange #VLX #LindyHop #Dancing #MaskUp #CovidIsAirborne #Netherlands
Seated next to a knitting hottie on the train 😊
Me: In the interest of time, I will convince you using a Proof by Intimidation only.
Student: Sure!
Me: *shows slide*
Student, nodding approvingly: That worked :)
1/n Anyway, here are some of the vegan foods I had in Vietnam 😋
#Food #MakanApaToday #VegetarianFood #Vietnam #MiQuang #Springrolls #Soup #Salad #Coconut #Pineapple
Not the most appetizing shot, but I want y'all to know that coconut rice pudding with mango, lime syrup and crushed pink peppercorns is very yummy.
(Context: we had our Easter potluck lunch at work today and I brought rice pudding with various toppings. Other toppings were lemon curd, passion fruit, banana, and powdered sugar. Had intended to also bring the caramelised bananas that I had made, but forgot.)
My uber driver just complimented me on how well I speak Dutch. In Amsterdam.
🫠
@rakyat@hachyderm.io & @irfan@sakurajima.social here are the pics of the cendawan (?) gepuk I made loosely based on this recipe: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PzSolrYy6-I
I don't like fried battered foods, so I just pan-fried the shrooms instead of coating them in flour and deep-frying them. Also I kinda messed up the rice, so I hid it under the cashews. If you have a South East Asian auntie (F/M/X b/c I'm told that "auntie" is a state of mind) willing to yell at me about how to cook rice properly, you have my handle.
I had a craving for lemon grass, so I bought it to experiment with a lemongrass version of the sambal, but then I forgot, so I guess I'll use it for tea.
@aral@mastodon.ar.al @jeromechoo@masto.ai @irfan@sakurajima.social
Had spicy Indomie with leftover crispy tempeh and tahu for lunch yesterday :)
RE: @sundogplanets@mastodon.social
To anyone enjoying the replies to this post: the Global Pillage podcast has a whole quiz round dedicated to idioms from all over the world. Even though the podcast is sadly discontinued, you can still listen to the archive of old episodes: https://globalpillage.net/
BTW: even though Deutsche Bahn cannot reasonably be blamed for the events that resulted in an unexpected and very brief visit to Japan… I had planned to take a train from the airport to the mainland, but that train wasn’t running that morning, so as I entered the replacement bus, it felt like I still got Deutsche Bahned in spirit…
#DeutscheBahn #Trains #Travel #Japan #LatourOnTour #LatourDetour
Woodlands checkpoint is always a nightmare this time on a Sunday, but I’ve never seen it this crowded 😩
They’re definitely taking this “extra security checks” seriously 🥺
@happydisciple@mendeddrum.org Okay so I'm thinking of creating a list of dissertations that quote / reference Terry Pratchett on my website.
If I end up actually doing it...
If yes: 2. Do you want me to link to your dissertation? 3. Is there a personal website / linkedin / mastodon account / ... for you that you would like me to link to? 4. Do you want to add a few words about why you chose this reference or what it means to you or your dissertation.
Had a minor heart attack when I didn’t see any min jiang kueh at the place where I used to buy it, but thankfully they just moved them to a different display. Maybe because they sell more varieties now that they used to? Got peanut, green tea and coconut 😋
#latourontour #makanapatoday #martabakmanis #minjiangkueh #dessert #singapore #food