Sparrow
@haussperling.bsky.social
I used to be BayesianGaussian on the thing that used to be twitter. I'm a Glaswegian scientist who lives in Switzerland
Oh for a toddler that would have eaten a sandwich, like a real person
February 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Oh for a toddler that would have eaten a sandwich, like a real person
Same here (although we've now moved to Switzerland anyway). I've basically given up on my hope that Germany will do what is needed to allow mothers to fully participate economically in the society in the next decade, downgraded my hopes to staving off an AFD government.
February 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Same here (although we've now moved to Switzerland anyway). I've basically given up on my hope that Germany will do what is needed to allow mothers to fully participate economically in the society in the next decade, downgraded my hopes to staving off an AFD government.
Scary remnants of the DDR?
February 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Scary remnants of the DDR?
As a British in Germany there are a whole bunch of issues I would like to raise in the company of all the British and German people I know who all insist "well that's just the way you do it" while doing it two completely different ways
February 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
As a British in Germany there are a whole bunch of issues I would like to raise in the company of all the British and German people I know who all insist "well that's just the way you do it" while doing it two completely different ways
Oh, just realised - SSW is not BSW!
February 7, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Oh, just realised - SSW is not BSW!
Oh my kids were doing this yesterday! I get Green then SSW - which I was surprised by because I put yes for support to Ukraine
February 7, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Oh my kids were doing this yesterday! I get Green then SSW - which I was surprised by because I put yes for support to Ukraine
Like mate, they learn to walk and eat by themselves. That's it. Pretty much everything else they do, there was a nice lady teaching them how to do it.
February 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Like mate, they learn to walk and eat by themselves. That's it. Pretty much everything else they do, there was a nice lady teaching them how to do it.
That bit about pencil baby bootcamps, as though learning to write with a pencil was something that just happened to kids naturally in the good old days, and wasn't a result of your mum and your teachers sitting with you doing drawing and colouring in
February 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
That bit about pencil baby bootcamps, as though learning to write with a pencil was something that just happened to kids naturally in the good old days, and wasn't a result of your mum and your teachers sitting with you doing drawing and colouring in
I saw that - then"25% of kids not toilet trained" was the only example I could see where they actually quantified the issue. The rest of it was all "x% of teachers observed this in at least 1 child" which feels a little bit misleading to me
February 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I saw that - then"25% of kids not toilet trained" was the only example I could see where they actually quantified the issue. The rest of it was all "x% of teachers observed this in at least 1 child" which feels a little bit misleading to me
The basket will be full again the next time you look at it
February 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The basket will be full again the next time you look at it
Because Brexit made things even worse, so now people are even more likely to want to stick two fingers up at politicians. This is how populism works - each iteration makes populist-tending voters poorer & more cynical about politicians and therefore more likely to vote for the "fuck you" party
February 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Because Brexit made things even worse, so now people are even more likely to want to stick two fingers up at politicians. This is how populism works - each iteration makes populist-tending voters poorer & more cynical about politicians and therefore more likely to vote for the "fuck you" party
Ah good news! It's a very pretty trip back from Interlaken to Bern but I guess he would have done it in the dark sadly.
February 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Ah good news! It's a very pretty trip back from Interlaken to Bern but I guess he would have done it in the dark sadly.
Germany, where the only bacon is crispy bacon
February 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Germany, where the only bacon is crispy bacon
I think the train back to Bern from Interlaken is only about half an hour?
February 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I think the train back to Bern from Interlaken is only about half an hour?
My train is about to arrive in Liestal! (Coming the other way) - we've not been delayed at all
February 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
My train is about to arrive in Liestal! (Coming the other way) - we've not been delayed at all
No adjoining rooms, or adjoining rooms but you can't book them in advance. Makes travelling with young kids a nightmare - you end up all sleeping in the one room but as they go to sleep at like 8pm you then spend the rest of the evening scrolling your phone in the dark in silence
January 30, 2025 at 5:45 AM
No adjoining rooms, or adjoining rooms but you can't book them in advance. Makes travelling with young kids a nightmare - you end up all sleeping in the one room but as they go to sleep at like 8pm you then spend the rest of the evening scrolling your phone in the dark in silence
Sausage roll, slice of Tottenham cake and then to be healthy make that a diet irn bru
January 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Sausage roll, slice of Tottenham cake and then to be healthy make that a diet irn bru
On the other hand, I still remember the Sharpless oxidation conditions are butoo and tiyoprey thanks to my then boyfriend reading them over my shoulder when we were studying for finals 30 years ago
January 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
On the other hand, I still remember the Sharpless oxidation conditions are butoo and tiyoprey thanks to my then boyfriend reading them over my shoulder when we were studying for finals 30 years ago
Slowly I am getting completely burned out, working full time all week and then doing 2 half days of tutoring on the weekends, it is very tough on all of us.
January 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Slowly I am getting completely burned out, working full time all week and then doing 2 half days of tutoring on the weekends, it is very tough on all of us.
Mine are also in BW and also going through the G8 - they're only in 7kl and have half day school, this is our problem for now, time in the week they have, but teaching time (=money) is not available. We spent the last 3 weekends doing >10h on GFS, then mathe, then bio arbeit
January 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Mine are also in BW and also going through the G8 - they're only in 7kl and have half day school, this is our problem for now, time in the week they have, but teaching time (=money) is not available. We spent the last 3 weekends doing >10h on GFS, then mathe, then bio arbeit
See I was fine at 17, but I did chemistry, so no sort of emotional maturity needed for the subject - big undergraduate labs were hard tho. As a PhD student I supervised those labs in turn, and was struck by how much better the occasional (older) German student communicated and handled the pressure
January 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
See I was fine at 17, but I did chemistry, so no sort of emotional maturity needed for the subject - big undergraduate labs were hard tho. As a PhD student I supervised those labs in turn, and was struck by how much better the occasional (older) German student communicated and handled the pressure