Author: Estere Seinkmane
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The thing in France
Previous post for context: An interdisciplinary science school in the Pyrenees So INTS – or “the thing in France”, as I tended to refer to it to my friends – has happened. I still don’t know what to call it really: INTS was supposed to be standing for interdisciplinary school, which was my attempt to…
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10 weeks of madness in 10 songs and 10 photos
Spotify playlist here In June, in my notes I started writing a post with a provisional title “From Eden to Land of Confusion”. It was originally continuing my “self-discovery journey”, building on the previous posts about starting a new job, and mental health in Hi Esther and Who’s they anyway. Week 1 (w/c May 19th)…
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Israel-Palestine: between Russian intelligentsia and British socialists
If a black man is racist, is it okay? / If it’s the white man’s racism that made him that way / Because the bully’s the victim they say / By some sense they’re all the same. Katie Melua – Spider’s Web (Official Video) Am I about to be disowned by my family? Or be…
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Best place on Earth
I’m very privileged to have experienced several unique and inspiring places. Cambridge is certainly one of them, and there are others I’ve visited or lived in briefly, from Ariège to San Diego to Oaxaca to Chiang Mai. However, to me, the best place on Earth is in the middle of nowhere in Latvia. It has…
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Give peas (and cultivated meat) a chance, aka public engagement in cell ag
June has been an intense month for me for many reasons, but let me focus on one here: at Cell Ag UK, I’ve been working on launching our outreach and public engagement programme, and the first couple of events have now taken place. I’m very excited about this work and have been sharing some stuff…
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Who’s they anyway
NB: writing this post has spurred a new tag on this blog – “discovering the obvious” – which of course is applicable to some of the previous posts too Wait, was that allowed? I referenced this phrase in one of the previous posts. It’s a Russian-speaking meme that in the original reads as А чё,…
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Town vs Gown & 7-year anniversary
Both of these were originally posted, separately, on my socials Town vs Gown: on Experience Cambridge LinkedIn post 🏠 vs 🧑🎓 : on Experience Cambridge CICAs many of my connections here, I’ve studied at University of Cambridge, enjoyed exclusive access to college gardens and formal dinners at Christ’s College Cambridge, and worked at Cambridge Biomedical…
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