I survived my incredibly long day at Simon Fraser University, and had a lot of super interesting conversations (molecular motors whaaaattt?!) Also SFU is a wildly weird and beautiful campus
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@sundogplanets Both signs might be for international students who aren't used to bears or snow. I've seen someone cluelessly approach a bear before.
@Hicsumus @sundogplanets right around the university is basically forest, so I wouldn't be surprised if a bear had made it onto campus. (Because of all the rain, you can get pretty much anywhere on campus without going outside, and I doubt the snow clearance is much good.)
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SFU likes over-the-top caution signs
@sundogplanets it doesn't matter how often I remind myself that you're somewhere called SFU. Whenever I see it in your toots I hear you screaming SHUT THE FUCK UP in my head
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SFU likes over-the-top caution signs
@sundogplanets I saw a pigeon once; I survived.
Did I get lucky?
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I survived my incredibly long day at Simon Fraser University, and had a lot of super interesting conversations (molecular motors whaaaattt?!) Also SFU is a wildly weird and beautiful campus
@sundogplanets 1960s university architecture still looks futuristic today. I think they've filmed some sci-fi there.
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@sundogplanets 1960s university architecture still looks futuristic today. I think they've filmed some sci-fi there.
@sundogplanets oh they've filmed lots of things there... https://604now.com/simon-fraser-university-movies-filmed-at-sfu-hollywood/ I taught a workshop there 15 years ago, love the place.
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I survived my incredibly long day at Simon Fraser University, and had a lot of super interesting conversations (molecular motors whaaaattt?!) Also SFU is a wildly weird and beautiful campus
@sundogplanets they do not like trees though, do they? A bit too much concrete for my taste
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SFU likes over-the-top caution signs
@sundogplanets the wildlife, being urbanized according to several cultural anthropology studies, would like a word
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@sundogplanets they do not like trees though, do they? A bit too much concrete for my taste
All you have to do is turn around and look away from the campus.
It’s all trees, down the mountain via a winding road, to the suburbs.The original complex is effectively a single large building with plazas and breezeways. There were even internal corridors and stairways that led to nowhere in the 1960s, ready for further expansion as the university grew.
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@sundogplanets It would probably cost a lot less than millions. You could even get a traditional dome building if you build your obsy at the top of a decommissioned silo.
@giltay Yes, but hiring and paying staff to run it (because there's absolutely no way I can do that on top of all my teaching and research and service) could cost millions
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@giltay Yes, but hiring and paying staff to run it (because there's absolutely no way I can do that on top of all my teaching and research and service) could cost millions
@sundogplanets I was being a little facetious. I know the cost of actually operating an observatory is why we nearly lost the David Dunlop here in Ontario.
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