Markus P. Eichhorn

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 1d

After this weekend I'll be happy to never see another unicorn for as long as I live.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 3d

I'd be glad to never hear all the other stories told again. They were such a fixture of meetings and conferences for so many years that I'd prefer we found someone better to talk about.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 3d

This is literally the only Jim Watson Story I've heard that wasn't lewd, drunken or shockingly offensive. Probably because he's hardly in it.

James McInerney @jomcinerney.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t have a particularly good James Watson story, but I found it amusing at the time. He visited the Irish National Diagnostics Centre, where I worked in 1995. The centre prepared a visitors book at the entrance and after giving a lecture in the university, Watson came to the research centre 1/2

James McInerney @jomcinerney.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t have a particularly good James Watson story, but I found it amusing at the time. He visited the Irish National Diagnostics Centre, where I worked in 1995. The centre prepared a visitors book at the entrance and after giving a lecture in the university, Watson came to the research centre 1/2

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 3d

This isn't a partisan point either. It's that the political system doesn't allow a shutdown to happen. The civil service just carries on until government decides how it should change.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 3d

Amid any talk of US exceptionalism we should include that government shutdowns don't happen in other countries. Political parties don't crash their societies to make a point.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 3d

It's as if we learnt nothing from the 90s.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations, but as your bio points out, you've been a college prof for 30 years. Junior colleagues aren't playing the same game that we were.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 4d

Ant people are fun people. Is that Yvette? I'm very jealous.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 4d

Why does this keep happening to me.

Headshots from Squid Game. Top panel, happy and optimistic: "We invite you to submit a revised version of your manuscript". Lower panel, drawn and jaded: "Your manuscript has been rejected by a new set of reviewers."

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 4d

Things I wish I'd known as a junior academic #37

Meme based on split scene from one of the Star Wars films. I don't know which one. Top panel: "If I'm a great teacher I'll be sure to land a faculty position". Lower panel "That's not how higher education works".

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 4d

I always love it in a talk when someone says "I didn't know the answer to this so I asked ChatGPT" because it means I can take a nap.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 4d

How does not teaching languages help students develop a 'global mindset' as set out in @uniofnottingham.bsky.social's Global Engagement strategy?

Home - The University of Nottingham

www.nottingham.ac.uk

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 4d

Only a few years ago @uniofnottingham.bsky.social liked to call themselves "Britain's global university". What kind of global institution stops teaching languages?

Dan Elphick @danelphick.bsky.social · 4d

Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'

Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.

Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham

In a statement the institution also says it is

www.bbc.co.uk

LofturS @lofturs.bsky.social · 4d

In Icelandic we have 'Ókind' for monster. But the translation is un-sheep. So everything not a sheep is dangerous.

Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 4d

Academics set their metrics and incentives. And that defines everything. Including the future of scientific publishing.

And if at any point, one feels that incentives are being defined from outside, that's what needs to be fought against.

But the power of change lies within.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 4d

Got a bit stuck writing a proposal so I went for a walk outside to clear my head and came back with a pile of fresh ideas that are entirely irrelevant to this proposal. Does anyone else want them?

Dan Elphick @danelphick.bsky.social · 4d

Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'

Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.

Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham

In a statement the institution also says it is

www.bbc.co.uk

Sven Rufus @svenrufus.bsky.social · 5d

I have no idea who to credit for this, apologies. But fuck, that's so accurate based on recent workplace conversations I've overheard.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 6d

At last they'll be able to keep up with the latest news from Rathbarry, including the ever-mysterious opening times of The Fish Basket on Long Strand.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 6d

A huge boost for the United States to receive a direct cable link to West Cork. #SpeirGorm

Amazon launches 'Fastnet' underwater cable connecting Cork and the US

Transatlantic subsea fibre optic cable will be operational by 2028

www.irishexaminer.com

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 6d

Just don't let them near any white clothing, or anything else that might stain.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 6d

Once again the LRB leads the way in its penetrating analysis of literary culture.

LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 6d

did the sitwells sit well? an investigation

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 6d

This is a brilliant panel and will be well worth listening to.

Animal Behaviour Live @animalbehaviour.live · 19d

Science isn't done until it's shared! 🔬🌍 Make your research matter beyond the lab & join our outreach workshop at 12:00GMT, 13 Nov at #ABL2025

With: Fran Sconce (@royentsoc.bsky.social) Dr Andy Howe (Insect Investigators) Dr @ellenrotheray.bsky.social (BuzzClub)
Register➡️ ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org

LRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 6d

did the sitwells sit well? an investigation

🦣 ViaCampesinaBE :mastodon: @viacampesinabe.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

COP 30: La Via Campesina’s Manifesto – Land and Rights for Those Who Cool the Planet!
https://viacampesina.org/en/2025/10/cop-30-la-via-campesinas-manifesto-land-and-rights-for-those-who-cool-the-planet

This manifesto is our roadmap at this decisive moment […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 9d

Academia or horror film plot? "Your monomaniacal focus and overweening perfectionism push you to the brink of delusional madness and self-harm. The more self-destructive your habits and the deeper your obsession, the more you are applauded by those around you."

Critically Acclaimed Horror Film of the 2010s or Your PhD Program?

1. You encounter a strange, cult-like group that lives in almost total isolation from the outside world. They jealously guard their arcane knowledg...

www.mcsweeneys.net

Jeff Atkins @atkinsjeff.bsky.social · 10d

It's great to see the kids so excited and R and coding.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 10d

For the avoidance of doubt, this is a joke based on the Saga comic book series, not a comment on the veracity of the actual observation of a leucistic Iberian lynx.

Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 10d

They found the real Lying Cat! www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...

Leucistic Iberian lynx caught on camera by Ángel Hidalgo

Lying Cat from the Saga comic book series

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