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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 10h

I don't need a Halloween costume; I can just print out all the job rejection letters I received this year and glue them to my shirt 👻 🎃

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 13h

Words can't describe how much I enjoy the Beijing-style meatballs

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Seeing people using generative AI for fun is really no fun😩

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Glad to see that this time the Nobel chemistry prize is awarded to chemists rather than biologists or physicists or computer scientists...

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This weather in Beijing is definitely not normal for October. Global warming may kill us all before AI can even try.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Haha, as a person from a developing country, I think it's also necessary to look at the per salary medal counts

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The human society is too fast-paced now. Political leaders need to make drastic changes and allow us to have a slow-paced lifestyle. We need to take care of our health and take care of each other instead of constantly chasing productivity.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Chinese people like to say 'in the next life, I hope I will blah blah blah'. But I don't even want a 'next life' at all. Life is so hard that I don't want to do it over again.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A wave of COVID is coming. The real number of cases should be x10 larger than this one.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There are coughs and sneezes again on public transport. Not sure if it's COVID or flu 😷

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There should be a social app for jobless people. I can't socialise with employed people any more - they always want to meet at expensive places 😬

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Whenever I hear people say they use 'substances' I feel a bit guilty too. I have to take high doses of vitamin D and magnesium to feel okay these days.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lol, a recruiter asked me if I got good grades during my undergraduate study 😅 Bro, are you really recruiting a postdoc?

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There's a friend who said 'Sounds good! It's liberating!' to me when he heard I became jobless. Now he got laid off and is struggling. I kinda want to ask him 'Does it feel liberating?'😅

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Those professors who openly say they want to use AI to replace their PhD students are evil. They forget they are mentors and educators. They're just slave drivers. #AcademicSky

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Some people keep telling me there'd be a war between Russia and NATO countries, but I don't think Russia would do such a national suicide. There'll be a few missiles and drones flying over the borders, but I don't think Russian troops would cross the borders.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Got a job rejection email on Friday evening and then another job rejection email on Saturday morning and then another one early in the morning on Monday. What an unforgettable weekend!🥲

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The frontier molecular orbital theory

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

These days whenever people say 'tech' they mean IT, like other technologies were not tech🙄

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tuition is cheap, but costs of living...

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

But even R&D jobs are scarce these days. The posts I saw on Reddit are mainly from people with PhD who want to work in an R&D lab.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yeah, I've read Reddit posts about how difficult it is for chemists to find a job in Germany. Do you think this situation is caused by the recession, or has AI started to replace labour in the chemical industry?

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Many of us STEM PhDs want a career change but don't know how to do it...

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The more I read posts on Reddit, the more I'm terrified of the job market in any country. These days there's definitely a surplus of STEM PhDs for either academia or industry.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So a recruiter who rejected my application complained that I 'looked surprised' when I heard some of their questions at the interview. I wonder if it's just this recruiter or is it universal that recruiters can reject your applications because of your facial expressions at the interview?

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lol, just saw a postdoc position in Spain that requires applicants to pay a €72.05 application fee😬🙄

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I guess the only thing that can help me get rid of the job hunting burnout is a good job offer. But obviously I can get none.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I've lost count of how many job rejections I've got this year. I only know they're continuing to come to my inbox...😖

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Seeing emails from a predatory journal makes me feel I'm still relevant...

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This looks more like a philosophy paper

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

To be honest, I find it hard to feel optimistic about anything now...

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Seeing this thread on Twitter, I can't stop shuddering. Governments really need to restrict the development of AI now.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yahoo Mail keeps putting important emails into the spam box😬

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Look at all these climate disasters. Do we really have enough renewable energy to support all those AI data centres? 🤔

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

No COVID. Not so many geopolitical conflicts. The economy was okay. The job market was okay.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🥹 I still miss the good old days before 2020...

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Can we smash the current academic publishing system? I hate it when I want to read a paper but it's hidden behind a paywall. Plus Sci-Hub doesn't have recent papers. We jobless people also want to read papers.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I know this. But currently they really don't have any more money to invade NATO.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Why do some European politicians keep saying Russia wants to invade the EU? Are they using this as an excuse to achieve something?

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I've been thinking about making a career change because the job prospects in my field are too bad. But I really don't know which field I should switch to. It seems that every field wants to hire only those who already have experience in their field. It's so frustrating.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Interpersonal skills are so important but I constantly feel I'm not doing well enough in this. Interactions with people have given me so much confusion, distress, and anxiety, and sometimes I feel I'm probably unable to have enough skills to deal with people. 😢

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Funding cuts are everywhere. Job market is disastrous everywhere.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Hahaha, it seems that people really hate the new ACS logo. But I think both the new one and the old one are ugly. ACS really needs a more stylish design.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Sometimes I feel I have lots of friends and can get help easily, but sometimes I feel I have no friends and can get no emotional support from anyone...

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I hate it when people tell me 'You are stronger than that'. No I'm not.

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Lingfeng Ge @lingfengge.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

As long as you get along with your parents, it's a great choice!

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