zlatiah

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What is the point of the Nicole spam? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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Ice arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests, lawyer says (www.theguardian.com)
 

A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student encampment movement was arrested on Saturday night by federal immigration authorities who claimed they were acting on a state department order to revoke his green card, according to his attorney.

One of the agents told Greer by phone that they were executing a state department order to revoke Khalil’s student visa. Informed by the attorney that Khalil, who graduated last December, was in the United States as a permanent resident with a green card, the agent said they were revoking that too, according to the lawyer.

“Targeting a student activist is an affront to the rights of Mahmoud Khalil and his family. This blatantly unconstitutional act sends a deplorable message that freedom of speech is no longer protected in America. Furthermore, Khalil and all people living in the United States are afforded due process. A green card can only be revoked by an immigration judge, showing once again that the Trump administration is willing to ignore the law in order to instill fear and further its racist agenda,” ...

Realistically, how feasible is it to 100% boycott a massive corporation (such as Amazon) for an extended period of time? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] zlatiah@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

They don't. Let's just say that I chose the closest vet to where I live for convenience & I just needed someone to issue them travel certificates in a few months, but they are themselves a VC-owned nightmare... I'm moving out of the US in a few months and will likely change their diets anyways. I'm trying to find better alternatives as well

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Realistically, how feasible is it to 100% boycott a massive corporation (such as Amazon) for an extended period of time? (lemmy.world)
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The key is 100% boycotting all services provided by a company. Wikipedia's list of Amazon product/services as reference (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Amazon_products_and_services).

Incidentally, I know entire neighborhoods that don't have other grocery stores besides Target/Whole Foods, not to mention that AWS is the cloud computing industry standard... As a personal example, my vet-prescribed cat foods are manufactured by Purina, a subsidary of Nestlé (needless to say, a separate but also extremely evil large corporation)

What's your line of work and how's the pay like? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] zlatiah@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Oh screw me they are definitely paid way more than the postdocs. I'm fairly certain that for biomedical scientists with PhDs, postdocs are the lowest paid profession with this level of qualification...

Like seriously. I think the number that was thrown around for post-PhD scientists in pharma was like $100-150k/yr to begin with. Granted those jobs have their own shortcomings, but still...

What are some of the things someone permanently relocating away from the US should be aware of? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] zlatiah@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

So I have a bit of a unique case... I'm a researcher, and academia is kind-of known for hiring people across the world & are very willing to sponsor visas as long as someone has a PhD. I genuinely wouldn't have been able to find a regular job in EU, and that is not even considering the language barriers... I'd love to know this topic better as well.

What's your line of work and how's the pay like? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] zlatiah@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Biomedical postdoc in the US. Pay is exactly $61,008/yr. Postdoc means a PhD is required, and I work in Chicago, mind you

There's actually a bit of a fun fact in this... Postdocs have historically been chronically underpaid. The NIH actually worked with a consultant a year or so back, who suggested NIH to gradually increase postdoc pay to $70k/yr (80k in urban areas). NIH didn't agree to that, but chose to gradually increase salary over several years

NIH has a recommended minimum salary (https://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/salary-cap-stipends) based on years of experience. In theory institutions can pay more... In practice, a lot of them just stick to the bare minimum, some places even low-ball. This is why my salary is exactly $61,008. Last year it would have been $56.5k so... At least it is an improvement

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What are some of the things someone permanently relocating away from the US should be aware of? (lemmy.world)
 

Assume that this is not a wannabee, but someone who, for example, already has a solid job offer from an EU country, and some cash for the relocation.

What is the most cumbersome device you've ever used? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] zlatiah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

A carpet cleaner. I had to prepare a previous apartment for showing (it's a long story) & there was quite a bit of dust on the carpet

Could just be I'm stupid, but I was not prepared for how involved such a machine is... to be fair it is meant for professional use, so I was probably just not properly trained for it

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Would you prefer to stay at a job you hate for a short period of time (2-3 mo) or be unemployed for the same period of time? (lemmy.world)
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To clarify: I'm obviously going to stay at a job if it pays like 10 times what I normally make. Let's assume the job just pays average, and the position is just particularly awful even compared to similar ones.

Of course I guess "hating" a job can take many forms... Being in a dead-end job, having toxic managers/coworkers, bad location, etc...