Noelia IR, PhD

My first publication (& last chapter of my thesis) is now available online in Synthese. In it, I argue for a fiction-based view of scientific counterfactuals which i) enhances their connection to models, and ii) circumvents the vacuity of counterpossibles. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Hoy en día, la forma de trabajo premia lo #performativo y fomenta al empleado que, más que trabajar, quiere ser visto. ethic.es/ser-impostor-c…

Class is often overlooked as a driver of observed career and wealth disparities. This paper is a pretty incredible study into the role of class in the career progression of academia. Class has a substantial impact at nearly every stage of the academic pipeline. Important work. On a personal note, this tracks with my own experience as a first-gen student. In grad school, I was shocked at the number of peers who had academic parents. They arrived on the first day knowing about the journal publishing system, the importance of conferences for networking, etc.

The delicate balance between staying informed and loosing your goddamned mind

IBM Training Manual from 1979.

virginia woolf's 1931 new years resolutions: “to have none. not to be tied. to be free & kindly with myself. sometimes to read, sometimes not to read. to go out, yes—but stay at home in spite of being asked. as for clothes, i think to buy good ones”

📖 ¿Cómo leemos? Manuel Vicent decía que hay dos formas de leer: boca arriba, en busca de placer; y boca abajo, con esfuerzo y rigor. La lectura lúdica nos hace volar. Pero hay textos que exigen disciplina y paciencia @Ismaellg90 blog.funcas.es/la-formacion-e…

Los «viajeros» son, sin quererlo, personajes secundarios convencidos de ser protagonistas, vampiros emocionales de baja intensidad que recorren barrios gentrificados buscando intensidad en geografías agotadas. jotdown.es/2025/12/viajar…

Ever since the Japanese physicist Ukichiro Nakaya produced his seminal catalog of snowflake shapes 77 years ago, researchers have sought to understand the interplay of factors that lead to different shapes. quantamagazine.org/toward-a-grand…

I al vostre caldo? Mandonguilla gegant o pilota?

@miikeessttuuart Congratulations, Mike! Amazing news!

I can't believe it! Super excited to start this project, and very grateful to the ERC for the vote of confidence!

Para los griegos, el #ápeiron no era un simple vacío, ni un espacio sin bordes. Era la sustancia primordial de la que brota y a la que regresa todo lo que existe. ethic.es/apeiron-origen…

La cuenta de TikTok de Duolingo Alemania acaba de publicar un TikTok recreando el vídeo de berghain ❤️

Tributes being paid to Ozzy Osbourne here in Birmingham

Ingredients for brilliance The myth that geniuses are naturally creative leads many to believe creativity is innate. However, understanding what enhances our abilities reveals that achieving flow is accessible to everyone. aeon.co/essays/you-nee… #flow #creativity #philosophy

@vonderleyen @EU_Commission @netanyahu Shame on you, @vonderleyen, not in our name!

Just spoke with Prime Minister @netanyahu. We are following developments in the Middle East with deep concern. I reiterated our commitment to peace, stability, and diplomatic efforts leading to de-escalation. In this context, I underlined that Israel has the right to defend itself. Iran is the main source of regional instability. Europe has always been clear: Iran can never acquire a nuclear weapon. There is an urgent need for a negotiated solution. We have consistently voiced strong concerns about Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs — the same missiles indiscriminately hitting cities not only in Israel, but also in Ukraine. We also discussed Gaza. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is unacceptable. I reiterated our urgent call to allow all humanitarian aid to reach civilians in need immediately. The resumption of the ceasefire and the immediate release of the hostages, so that a permanent end of the hostilities can be finally achieved, is a must.

@som3cat Així com fora de context: per a què li pregunta sobre la sele a un músic?

📣 Albert Pla: “Que creïn places per a tothom” 📝 El músic comenta l’examen de selectivitat d’aquest any. #Col·lapse3Cat 📱ccma.cat/3cat/directes/

@bencoates1 I feel you, especially with the ‘practicing my arguments as if it were a job interview’

Posting this from the doctor’s waiting room, where I am carefully practicing my arguments as if it were a job interview, in a probably futile attempt to get some antibiotics

Dutch antibiotic policy in two graphs:

Most proteins are left-handed, but scientists have found an ancient molecule that works in both mirror-image forms go.nature.com/3Hfax8W

Physicists have, for the first time, seen a matter particle from the proton family behave fundamentally differently to its antimatter twin go.nature.com/3Rla0UA

#memsromànics #pluja