Does this make me think twice whenever I want to ask a Q in subsequent talks? Yes. Does it make me a worse Q asker? Probably. Is it a sign that I’m too weak? Who knows.

#EPSA

So, as it turns out, I still see things others don’t see. And I will have to very begrudgingly tell others about it. For me. For others whom I don’t see either. It sucks. I’m doing my part. I don’t enjoy it at all. But I’m doing my part. So I’m on Bluesky now. 4/4

I also finally revisited the assumption that the reason people who (1) have read my work, and (2) are working on the exact same topic, but (3) don’t cite me, is perhaps not because I wrote poorly and no one understood. It took me 4 or 5 instances to entertain this idea but I got there eventually. 3/

I thought my days of seeing others don’t see have passed. There’s no good reason to think this but I did. I was proven wrong.
Today I was the proud recipient of the only “please wrap up your question” from the chair of a session, where at least 5 other people asked questions of the same length. 2/