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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2026

😍 A good bye present from one of the folks I manage. This and hugs. It makes me sooo happy and sooo teary-eyed 🥹

A giant bottle of real Canadian maple syrup ajd a thank you card.

Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

Cooked by partner, so not really #ViciCooks, but still... Poached cod in a coconut lime sauce: ▶️ hermanathome.com/coconut-lime-poach… Soooo yummy and seemed not tok complex to make, can 100% recommend, will be added to recipe lost and made again.

A dark blueish-green bowl with fish bits in a coconut sauce, with some red chilies visible and with rice to the side, topped with thinly sliced scallions.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

Saturday breakfast: Homemade, still warm bagel chips. Brie. Pear. Black tea. #viciCooks #breakfast #frühstück

The things listed in the post, nicely but realistically arranged on a placemat.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

🥰 Wenn man einen anstrengenden Tag hat, dann aber plötzlich erzählt bekommt, dass es so aussieht, also ob die erste Auflage deines Buches bald ganz ausverkauft werden würde. Danke an euch alle, Leute 💚💚💚

Cover meines Buchs: "Schwarze Löcher: Schwere Kost, leicht verdaulich."

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Huh - negative contrail? First time I'm consciously seeing one.

Slightly cloudy with a more clear blue line above a Dutch suburb.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Went to Museum Boerhaave in Leiden today: seen an interview with @SylviaFysica in the special exhibition on Truth and the book by @ionica in the museum shop. Had all the fediverse feels about this!

Museum screen showing an interview with a woman in a blue jacket, next to her a black swan.

A pile of Dutch books "De auto, de geit en de wiskunde"

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Morning coffee in Alicante. Direct ink drawing + simple watercolour wash. Wonky lines and weird placement and perspective without a pencil sketch first. But the end result caught the right atmosphere, so I'm happy with this one. I doubted the idea of a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Wonky black ink & watercolor sketch of a cup of coffee next to a autumn themed flowers in a vase, some sugar and a menu with scrawled notes about the coffee on the side.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Stomach full of Spanish food, brain full of science ideas (I think we plotted the direction for at least three papers today!), heart full of lovely time with my amazing, inspiring (science) friends, phone full of lovely sunset photos. This was a good day.

Beach at sunset, beautiful clouds at different height in the sky. On the beach a row of beach umbrellas, forming a line.

Sunset at the beach, the upper layer of whispy clouds is all pink.

Sunset at the bitch, the fluffu clouds are light pink and violet.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

I really like Alicante 😍 (And I have amazing collaborators here, so looking forward to two days of science after a great breakfast!)

A cup of coffee with milk with a heart in the foam next to a pretty fall winter decoration.

Eggs benedics with serrano ham on a lovely piece of bread.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

A very fast sketch and a reminder that this is about leaning in, not perfection. I need to work on sketchy trees. Possibly a whole page of trees and stuff some day when I have more than half an hour. Entry 11 in #52ArtWeeks. #VicisArt #aquarelle […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Loose sketch of a house at sunset, below two garages above two windows and a lot of ivy. Green shadows.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

If you allow me to sray at your place while travelling, there is a good chance I'll make you a meal of blini-pancakes. This particular batch was somewhat special: soy milk and buckwheat flour instead of cow milk and wheat flour. #ViciCooks #pancakes #food #essen #kochen #cooking

A stack of thin crepe-like but smaller pancakes on a wood table outside.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Cool stuff when visiting colleagues: this is one of the cutouts from the production of the Integral/IBIS coded mask 🤩 Tungsten, so super heavy. ESA's Integral telescope was the telescope that enabled me to do my PhD (the funding was based on Integral […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

My hand holding a square bit of metal with a hole in it and slightly rounded corners.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Walking through work is currently very fun. (Hint: it's not the pokémon I work for 😂) #esa #astrodon #pokemon

A big exhibition board showong pokémon and European Space Agency logos, a text in Dutch and English, a pikachu in a space suit and a view of Earth from space.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Hire Italian postdocs, they'll make Tiramisu! (French folks did make and bring crepes... So hire French postdocs, too!)

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

The world is what it is, so I went bouldering to focus on my body and the bathroom of my bouldering gym had a good reminder..

Poster saying "the best climber is the one with the biggest smile"

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

One more sketchbook experiment, also started in Cefalu weeks ago and finished now. Entry 10 in #52ArtWeeks. #VicisArt #mastoart #aquarelle #watercolor #watercolour

Sketchbook page filled with different geometric shape in different but harmonious colours and filled with patterns in black and white as well as writing dyaing "If ut makes you happy, it is not a waste of time".

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Remember that page in my #sketchbook that I started while at the conference in Cefalu? I finally finished it. Pretty happy with how it turned out - far from perfect, but I learned quiet a bjt while working on it. And now that it's done, it's the entry 9 in […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Ink and watercolour sketch of a clothes line in front of two windows witj green striped curtains and two external parts of air-conditioning units on the wall to the aide of the windows.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

In better news: amazing PhD defence, possibly a new collaboration, medovnik cake and Georgian lemonade. I love Prague 😍

A plate with multi-layered cake on a plate decorated with flowers and a glas of a very green lemonade.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Went to Leiden Kunstroute and art market. Bought art. My and partner's tastes don't often overlap, but they did here. I've seen the artist last year but did not buy, since partner wasn't around. Now he was. And we immediately agreed on which artwork will go home with us. #mastoart #AbstractArt

Green lines on black paper. I have no idea how to better describe it.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

@bewitchedmind a few that I liked: "Volcanoes" by Francis & Oppenheimer - geology; is a university textbook but reads super smoothly "An Immense World" by Yong - biology of the senses across different lifefoms "Bitch" by Cooke - biology of "female" across […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The first four books mentioned in the post on the floor.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Panner with bell peppers and tomatoes. Following this recipe here regarding the spices, but with more veg &, because I am lazy, without deseeding the tomatoes, turning this more into a stew-like dish […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Low dark green bowl with a dish of red bell peppers and tomatoes with some paneer topped with cilantro.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Acutely aware today that I can't repair the world. But at least I can mend t-shirts. #VisibleMending #repair #mending

A black and white striped t-shirts with multiple mends in bright red.

Close up of two of the red mends close to the colar.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Oven-roasted figs with goat cheese, thyme and honey with a side of arugula. Yay for fig season! Also, have been missing veggie/fruit dominated meals through the conference week in Italy. #ViciCooks #vegetarian #vegetarisch

Yellow plate with figs cut up ib flower shape with doll lips of goat cheeae in the middle and with arugula and some slices of bread on the side.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Quick thank you card for my landlady in Cefalu. If the online translator was wrong about the Italian sentence, please don't tell me, I really don't want to know 😂 (Entry 8 in #52ArtWeeks)

Black lines & aquarelle abstract flower card with a thank you in Italian.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

This one solely exists because @fergus inspired me to overcome my inertia and use the time I had between end of talks and dinner to draw (and actually use this sketchbook that I shlep around unused). Let's see what it looks with color since I want to try […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Ink drawing over pencil outlines of a clothesline with towels and pants in front of two windows with ACs on the way all to the side of the windows.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Many sad and powerful slides and references in Sara Bonito's talk on Gender Inequality in Astronomy - this one did in particular hit home. #astrodon #science #AcademicChatter

Slide titlea "why? It starts in childhood" discussing several studies on gender bias being introduced in education and school.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Well, hello Cefalù. Let's try again. Last year I got covid on the first day of the conference and did not manage to see or photograph you at all, not to mention all the amazing science I missed.

Duomo di Cefalù, a beautiful very old stone church in the orange light of sunset.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

#ReadingOnTrains - this time on the regional train from Palermo Airport to Cefalu.

The book "The Vanished Birds" by Simon Jimenez

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Flower flood - because we need a reminder of beauty sometimes. Dahliatuin 2026 @ Kasteel Keukenhof 11/16 #florespondence #bloomscrolling #photography

Orange dahlias with brighter petals ends.

Light yellow and link punk dahlias with scruffy looking petals.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Flower flood - because we need a reminder of beauty sometimes. Dahliatuin 2026 @ Kasteel Keukenhof 10/16 #florespondence #bloomscrolling #photography

Pink & purple dahlias, with darker petal ents and tube shapes petals.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Flower flood - because we need a reminder of beauty sometimes. Dahliatuin 2026 @ Kasteel Keukenhof 9/16 #florespondence #bloomscrolling #photography

A pink dahlia with a yellow hearts and whitish inner petals.

A white and punk dahlia with a bumblebee sitting on its yelllow heart.

White and red dahlias next to a purely bright red dahlia.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Today in The Hague. A good reminder of a wonderful poem. #poetry #rilke

Dutch translation of Rilke's "Autumn Day" poem, written on a wall.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Flower flood - because we need a reminder of beauty sometimes. Dahliatuin 2026 @ Kasteel Keukenhof 8/16 #florespondence #bloomscrolling #photography

Yellow-pink dahlias with two-coloured petals

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Flower flood - because we need a reminder of beauty sometimes. Dahliatuin 2026 @ Kasteel Keukenhof 7/16 #florespondence #bloomscrolling #photography

Salmon colored dahlias with dark red stripes.

Salmom colored dahlias with red stripes and water droplets.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Flower flood - because we need a reminder of beauty sometimes. Dahliatuin 2026 @ Kasteel Keukenhof 6/16 #florespondence #bloomscrolling #photography

Dark red star shaped dahlia with a yellow heart.

Pink dahlia with dark pink inner parts of the petals.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Flower flood - because we need a reminder of beauty sometimes. Dahliatuin 2026 @ Kasteel Keukenhof 5/16 #florespondence #bloomscrolling #photography

Yellow dahlia with red pattern on the petals.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Flower flood - because we need a reminder of beauty sometimes. Dahliatuin 2026 @ Kasteel Keukenhof 4/16 #florespondence #bloomscrolling #photography

Yellow dahlia with spiky petals that are dark orange at the tips.

Pink dahlia with a bumblebee just taking flight from its heart.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Flower flood - because we need a reminder of beauty sometimes. Dahliatuin 2026 @ Kasteel Keukenhof 3/16 #florespondence #bloomscrolling #photography

A very pink ball shaped dahlia with a bumblebee crawling out from the middle.

Unopened bulbs of very dark pink or light purple dahlia, with large greenish-yellow hearts.

Red round dahlia with a slice of it having white petals.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Flower flood - because we need a reminder of beauty sometimes. Dahliatuin 2026 @ Kasteel Keukenhof 2/16 #florespondence #bloomscrolling #photography

Dark red dahlia with open petals, yellow heard and short white petals in the heart, also some small insect on the yellow.

Rose-colored dahlia with patterned petals with darked red patterns.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Flower flood - because we need a reminder of beauty sometimes. Dahliatuin 2026 @ Kasteel Keukenhof 1/16 #florespondence #bloomscrolling #photography

Big pink dahlia flowwr with a bumblebee on it.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

Some things are hard today (& so will be the next few days), but my belly is full, the next two days' lunch is taken care of & my kitchen is full of the wonderful smell of spinach & cheese strata by the amazing Deb Perelmann: ▶️ […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Four plastic lunch containers with pig pieces of a spinachy bread pudding

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Yesterday dinner - the easiest and most amazing fish recipe ala Uri Buri: ▶️ koechlkocht.com/rezept/fischfilets-… (sad that this amazing blog seems dead) With a side of Yotan Ottolenghi's bulgur from the chermoula aubergines (minus the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A red plate with wish in a red sauce topped with cilantro, next to it Bulgur with herbs, olives and raisins.

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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Not quite some #VisibleMending, but definitely #mending: my olive linen pants definitely would not have survived more than another wear, so I added some thin, soft denim-like material and fixes it with Sashiko-like (I know, not real Sashiko) stitches. One […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Inner legs of a pair or olive linen pants covered in stitches holding blue material that shines through the threadbare material of the pants.

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