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there is barely any piece of media that has changed my brain chemistry the way The Eight Mountains (2022) dir. Felix Van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch has

#watched it a year ago and never since but I think about it almost daily #plus the soundtrack is ethereal #le otto montagne

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You have always wished there would be a dark theme minimalistic academic planner with plasma physics related illustrations for the school year of 23/24? well my friend do I have good news for you.

you can find the planner here on my etsy, if you got the 2022 planner back then and liked it: it is very very similar to this one, a few things are new but it is mostly the same layout :) hope you like it and let me know if you have feedback!!

#studyblr #university #dark academia #digital notability template #digital planner #bullet journal #on my desk #journaling #physicsblr #academic planner

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roughly six days left of this semester and then I am finally free, can't even express how much I am looking forward to feeling like a human being again

#strongly advising against having a legal process and changing housing all while you are trying to finish your degree #studyblr #brown aesthetic #university #dark academia #physicsblr #booklr

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love meetings with my thesis supervisor it is the cringe olympics but only us two are competing 

#did i do a lil wave and say howdy as a greeting no that would be embarassing

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what if we would hold hands 👉👈 in the remote control chat for the radio telescope at 1am

#just wanted to check if the bandwidth setting works for the observation tomorrow and got jump scared by another person just chilling there #think we both panic pressed the exit button

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astrophysics degree all shits and giggles until they ask you to do fluid dynamics and data science

#studyblr #brown aesthetic #university #dark academia #physicsblr #astrophysics

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physicist stop swooping into a new topic, acquiring surface level knowledge after reading some papers, coming to a "trivial" conclusion and screaming it around as the one and only truth challenge: impossible

#this is about the new sabine hossenfelder video #physicsblr

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How to feel like a person?

dont live with your mom

#disclaimer: i love my mom but yeah #makes this even harder sometimes

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The radial magnetic field around NGC 4631 (Golla and Hummel 1994)

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"On I ride. Nice day for a hanging, as folks say." - Barry Sebastian

Recently finished Days Without End and i did not expect it to be such a tender read given the setting. very, very much recommend

#cowboy content #studyblr #brown aesthetic #university #on my desk #bullet journal #journaling #dark academia #booklr #queer literature

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playlists for professional procrastinators 03: mathematical concepts

once again I am bringing gifts in form of bad but oddly specific playlists! Enjoy!

cant fourier transform our way out of this one boys: lofi, instrumentals, mainly for studying 

particle accelerators are out now we are yeeting particles real fast:  very eerie multi layered and dimensional stuff. dark wave? retro synth and other funky acid genres i cant name. Lorn

hyperfinestructure: minimalist, melodic house

gravitational waves: for the fried brain cells. Neurofunk, Neuropunk, whatever just DnB.

entanglement: phonk, good hype playlist to feed the god complex

agns? ah yes enslaved gravity:  soft rock, post punk-ish? idk but it has placebo, nothing but thieves and some molchat doma.

HOMOmorphism: a structure preserving map  between two algebraic structures of the same type: chill synth and retrowave, just vibes

#playlist #song recs

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Have you read any books that you really enjoyed recently?

a few actually! Babel an Arcane History by Kuang, Hitchhikers Guide and On Earth we are briefly gorgeous

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"Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe" - R.F. Kuang, Babel

#i love the way babel depicts rage and anger towards something unjust that keeps happening but you feel powerless against #babel an arcane history #studyblr #brown aesthetic #dark academia #the song of achilles #university #study motivation #on my desk

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They deserve happiness and only happiness your honor

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trying to fully enjoy what is left of summer and not smash my head against a wall because this book makes me so angry

#hanya yanigahara #what the fuck count: 175 #brown aesthetic #dark academia #on my desk #university #studyblr

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moodswings into order absolute banger album

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heyo! this might be an out-of-the-blue request but could you perhaps give to a fellow mediocre student that is going to enroll in their first year of a physics degree (with a focus on Astrophysics and Astronomy) some tips on how to survive university? I am going to be a first-generation student so the advice that has been given to me is rather scarce... Anything from simple tips to your personal view would be appreciated!

oh exciting! Im also a first gen student so I also felt very lost and alone at the beginning.

making friends: socializing and networking specifically at the beginning of the first semester is terrifying but almost everyone feels that way, freshers are desperate to make friends so connecting is easier. Also you will find yourself in situations that are perfect set-ups to start off friendships: group projects, people looking for study groups, freshers events, clubs,... just do yourself the favor to participate here and there! Also dont stress yourself about making these friendships within the first weeks, you meet new people throughout your time at university. Also not sure what your housing situation will be but dorms are also a good place to start connecting with people!

feeling very lonely at first: totally normal but be prepared for it, find hobbies and activities you can do on your own that keep you busy, maybe join a sports club or find weekly community meetups? Maybe regularly call friends or family? I wasnt able to avoid feeling very alone even though I was prepared for it but knowing that the odds are good that it wont be like that forever helps!

physics courses are hard: they are doable but time consuming. Keeping a study routine that is low maintenance but consistent is worth more than doing several insane 16 hours study sessions during exam season. And try to find a study group to go through the materials and for solving practice problems, preferably people that you feel at ease and motivated studying with.

Balance and mental health: please take care of yourself! Dont overwork yourself but also dont slack off because thats a good set up for spiraling; you have to find a system that works for you to balance uni, free time, sleep and maybe work, and dont listen too much to what others do, everyones needs and bodies are different so what works for others might not work for you! Tho whatever you do dont cut back on sleep if you can. Additionally having a safety net can be helpful, universities often offer free (or more affordable) counseling!

Feeling out of place: Especially if one isnt a child of academics it is very easy to feel like you dont belong but thats absolute bs. You have every right to be there. You might have to work harder than others which sucks and is very unfair but you will look back and see how much progress you have made. And something I have experienced is that family is often very discouraging, my parents are repeatedly trying to talk me into getting a job because they dont see the point in going through +5 years of university to end up doing something in physics/astro. So feel free to just trust your own head and gut feeling sometimes. At the end of the day it is your future. And self check for imposter syndrome because that can make your time at uni very very hard. If you talk to people about it I can assure you that 75% will share that feeling, and these conversations often help identifying that it is literally just your silly little brain acting up a bit.

if anyone comes up with anything else feel free to add to this list! And i hope some of these were useful, anon!

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