Thanks! I should’ve done that directly, apologies.

Herring gulls are smart, they know if you are looking at them (and usually avoid stealing your food when you do) ^^ Herring gulls respond to human gaze direction | Biology Letters https://share.google/Sdg1k9aoyRVzoiiSi

Very true! The list of causes to fatigue is long, including matters related to physical and mental health, and it is definitely worth seeing a doctor to check this before relying on walks or hobbies to find more energy (not that these are not great solutions if there’s no health issues but painting does not cure anemia).

There’s a lot of good advice to improve things by changing your behaviour. It is also worth checking your health. I have had similar issues but it got better after I was treated for vitamin B9 deficiency. I was just plain exhausted but after a blood test confirming the issue and a few weeks of supplements prescribed by my doc, things got so much better. Depression and burn out have also been mentioned and it is definitely worth asking for a depression test if you see a doctor. That shit is so exhausting. When I was depressed, I could sleep like 10h a night and I still had zero energy.

Exactly, I didn’t want to amend their paper myself, I just wanted to tell them which parts were inaccurate so they could change it. It blatantly shows that they don’t care about sharing valid information and that they don’t give a shit about our work or the people they “inform”. And I’m talking about massive media’s like the discovery channel for instance. Ironically, one of the few who did a good job was a tiny web journal. They took my feedback into account and it was the best article about my work that was published that year.

I’ve been a researcher for over a decade and I literally started declining all media contacts because of my terrible experience with so-called “journalists”. Most of the journalists I interacted with did clearly not give a single shit about sharing my actual findings. All they want is a cool headline even if it means completely disrespecting years of work as well as their audience. I’ve seen journalists, who committed to take my feedback about whether they reported the theory or findings correctly, publish complete bullshit without checking with me. Others cited my paper while giving a summary of the findings of another paper and some literally and blatantly lied in a documentary. They still publish bullshit but at least they don’t waste my time anymore and I no longer read “scientific” papers available to the general public knowing what’s behind the scene.