Tristan 'countfingers' Alphey
@seaxeducation
Onomaphile and award-losing historian. 'Enough of all this academic chatter, Back again to devilry!'
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That’s the secret
i can admit this now, because i'm finally past it all, but doing a phd was insanely bad for my mental health
my new rejection letter joining the old ones
If you think research is a 'chore', you shouldn't be doing it
R.I.P Google Scholar. I'm going to share the 10 Perplexity prompts that turn research from a chore into a superpower. Copy & paste these into Perplexity right now:
Approaching 2 years post PhD with no hint of a job prospect. Probably approaching time to give up
PhD in something pointless....?
already have a masters degree, already ran a marathon, have gotten and grown out bangs multiple times, almost moved to a foreign country and then dramatically decided to stay at the last minute…. literally what is left for me to do for attention
Writing update
Me and my ‘output’
thinking about samuel beckett posing with a pile of trash
I find it bleak that ChatGPT now has more users than Wikipedia. Many people would rather be spoon-fed information by a machine than read and research for themselves. Tech isn't just making us dumber. Worse than that: it's killing curiosity itself and the desire to learn.
ChatGPT has hit 800 million weekly active users.
Please submit three letters of recommendation to be barely considered for this role
at long last
"Finally some time to write, my true passion"
and despair, don't forget the despair
I love writing because it combines my two favourite things: sitting and failing to write
I've started a new series on my blog where I retell some of the lesser-known stories from early medieval England. The latest (seaxeducation.substack.com/p/bothelms-bro…) is about a monk, a broken arm, and the powers of divine moss. Do check it out, and maybe one day I can afford my rent!
we should all start texting each other like old timey explorers ‘dearest friend, i have survived another week. the horrors persist.'
If you google 'socio-onomastics' my thesis is the 7th thing to come up - not to brag but I'm famous
In my experience this is the job of EVERYONE in academia who has ever read my writing...
My job in academia is to tell people the things they think are good are actually bad.
Soon to be eclipsed by a far superior Edgar train, no doubt...
Wonderful day at Kingston: the launching of an Æthelstan train, and a brilliant address by @holland_tom @AllSaintsK
Sure, I'll give it a go...
Having presented well over 1,000 episodes of the much-loved BBC Radio 4 series, Melvyn Bragg has made the decision to step down from In Our Time following the series which aired earlier this year Read more ➡️ bbc.in/3K0J2RE
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