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Millennial Sisyphus keeps entering all the information from his resume into the web form, only for it to delete everything when he tries to move to the next page. He just goes back and types it all up again, over and over again, forever, and he never gets a job.

Hijab friendly academia lookbook prt 2

Prt 1

at some point when i’m less out of it i’m gonna make a longer post about how eastern european farm workers are mysteriously omitted from talks about essential workers during the pandemic despite propping up western europe’s food industry literally at the cost of their lives. like i wanna be super crystal clear here: if you’ve eaten fresh produce or meat products in, or imported from, germany, uk, the netherlands, italy or spain this year (maybe thinking you’re doing your part in supporting the economy by buying locally even) - eastern europeans have gotten sick and died so you could do that. yet somehow, for some reason, they are not essential workers.

‘but this kind of thing doesn’t make it to the news! how could i have known about it?’ fine. ok. here’s what 15 minutes of googling will get you:

‘forced to sign contracts in german, dutch, or other languages they don’t read, [workers] often find out upon arrival that their working hours are longer, their salaries much smaller than promised and their living conditions abysmal, with housing and living with little protection against covid-19’

romanian farm worker nicolae bahan got infected with covid-19 while working on an asparagus farm in germany. according to several fellow workers the farm owners refused to provide healthcare and a space to safely quarantine and instead locked him inside a container out in the field where he died shortly. 

another romanian worker on the same farm talks about how until the end of march they were not provided soap in the bathrooms and risked having their hours cut if they stopped to have a drink of water while out in the field.

germany flies in thousands of romanian workers at the height of the pandemic. farm owners claim they can’t hire domestically because ‘most germans are not used to working stooped in the fields for hours on end. they complain about backache. romanians and poles are stronger and they work weekends and public holidays.’

despite a severe workforce shortage many brits refuse to take on farm work, citing contract length, location and family duties. meanwhile romanians (who are regularly underpaid and abused by employees) are now lauded as ‘key skilled workers’ during the shortage (but no mention is made of adjusting their salaries to reflect either their skill or the fact that they are in high demand)

over 1500 east european workers at german meat processing plant tönnies tested positive for covid-19. 

former romanian employee at tönnies talks about poor working conditions and workplace abuse. employees were forced to work overtime without pay and told not to take sick leave. 

romanian and bulgarian workers infected with covid-19 while working in other german meat processing plants. employers pay by the hour and don’t check working conditions.

bulgarian workers in italy have rocks thrown at them by angry crowd while protesting the lockdown that will likely cost them their jobs.

if you didn’t know before, you know now. and if you can be outraged at injustices and abuse happening on another continent you can be outraged at injustices and abuse happening the next town over that make it possible for you to get your reasonably priced five-a-day. not just this year, in the middle of a pandemic, but for well over a decade.

“hi, I’m not from the US” ask set

given how Americanized this site is, it’s important to celebrate all our countries and nationalities - with all their quirks and vices and ridiculousness, and all that might seem strange to outsiders.

1. favourite place in your country?

2. do you prefer spending your holidays in your country or travel abroad?

3. does your country have access to sea?

4. favourite dish specific for your country?

5. favourite song in your native language?

6. most hated song in your native language?

7. three words from your native language that you like the most?

8. do you get confused with other nationalities? if so, which ones and by whom?

9. which of your neighbouring countries would you like to visit most/know best?

10. most enjoyable swear word in your native language?

11. favourite native writer/poet?

12. what do you think about English translations of your favourite native prose/poem?

13. does your country (or family) have any specific superstitions or traditions that might seem strange to outsiders?

14. do you enjoy your country’s cinema and/or TV?

15. a saying, joke, or hermetic meme that only people from your country will get?

16. which stereotype about your country you hate the most and which one you somewhat agree with?

17. are you interested in your country’s history?

18. do you speak with a dialect of your native language?

19. do you like your country’s flag and/or emblem? what about the national anthem?

20. which sport is The Sport in your country?

21. if you could send two things from your country into space, what would they be?

22. what makes you proud about your country? what makes you ashamed?

23. which alcoholic beverage is the favoured one in your country?

24. what other nation is joked about most often in your country?

25. would you like to come from another place, be born in another country?

26. does your nationality get portrayed in Hollywood/American media? what do you think about the portrayal?

27. favourite national celebrity?

28. does your country have a lot of lakes, mountains, rivers? do you have favourites?

29. does your region/city have a beef with another place in your country?

30. do you have people of different nationalities in your family?

Astronomical photographs, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, 1890-1920

Our Amazing Solar System

2.12.17 Genetics is life - literally. Currently v stressed because the upcoming exam on Thursday is on 13(!!!!!!!) chapters of material, but life must go on ☕️📚

Lowkey freaking out because my master’s programme starts in 2 days… So I’m planning away my anxiety! 

i went to my first physics lecture this quarter and the professor literally told us “i wrote the textbook for this course but i’m going to pirate it for you guys because i hate my publishers”

going to be posting my tips on poetry annotation soon after my poetry oral exam tomorrow, thanks for the lovely feedback on my recent post! 😚

180819 // productive morning

I feel like the section of Robert Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy where he warns about melancholy from ‘overmuch study’ is the 17th c equivalent of that post that’s like “why are we here? just to suffer? everyday I get emails”

Loving this color scheme and simple weekly layout 😍

What my morning has been looking like. Starting to feel unprepared for this exam ahhh. 

8/21/19

Started classes Monday and I’m already trying to get ahead in what I can with homework and readings. Hope that this semester will turn out better than the others and same goes to all that are about to start classes!!!

September 14, 2019 // week 2 wrapped up

Wörter, die wir meiner Meinung nach viel häufiger benutzen sollten

zornig

entzückend

lästig

schreiten

nirgends

närrisch/Narr

Gauner

enorm

liebenswert

feel free to add on

02.08.19 || study session in the library 📚📚

09.09.19 // this semester just might be the death of me

Cottage garden by  Georgianna Lane

Flexible Time Blocking: A More Breathable Way to Get Things Done

I’ve met a lot of people who struggle with sticking to a schedule - myself included - so here’s one way you can get things done without restricting your spontaneity.

Linked: The ABCDE Method: Accomplish Tasks More Efficiently

Hope this helps!

I don’t understand.

(Exclusive from Tapas)

3 september tuesday

/tap for hq/

To younger uni students

So we all probably saw those "how to get a 4.0 GPA " posts and I want to add something, especially for ppl who don't go to a college in the USA:

I don't have a GPA since I'm from Germany but if we want to use this grading system : my GPA is 2.3.

And I'm quite proud since it's a good average at my uni for a engineering major. We have more than 1k engineering students and only 10% are able to reach a 3.0 GPA or better. Around 30% up to 50% fail an exam because our grades are made like this. A 'good' amount has to fail and the rest of the marks a scaled to a Gaussian Distribution !

Sometimes you only need 20% to pass, sometimes 51%. Sometimee you need 70% for an A ( or in Germany 1.0 ) and sometimes it's 95% depending on how good your fellow students did in the exam.

Be happy for your studyblr friends that worked hard for their 4.0 GPA but don't compare yourself and feel bad about it! We can't all have that 1.0 / A+ since the university makes sure only a small amount get's such a high grade.

28/01/2019 he “helps” me with studying

12.01.19 - saturday morning, chai tea and the spanish civil war🌤

Das mikroskop. Theorie, gebrauch, geschichte und gegenwärtiger zustand desselben  (1859)

27.08.2019 | enjoying the last august days ☼