Anybody know anyone who controls an endowed guest professorship or annual lecture (series)? One that could be manned with a fun and lively Swedish archaeologist? Please put my name forward! I know French and German.
academia
Deeply disappointed to learn "dark academia" stands for combat training and high school feuds, instead of using forbidden magic to convert your citations into a more arcane format to avoid being cursed by your professor, or finding out Reviewer No. 2 is actually an eldritch being hiding in the basement.
Latest comic on the convenience of making less ethical choices
My new paper got published, about urban civic learning, alternative counter culture spaces and democratic cities. Open Access!
>> Hacker–maker urban spaces as infrastructures of incidental civic learning
Grew up in a lily-white small town surrounded by entitled, mediocre, uneducated men born at their empire's glorious peak. Even as they tumbled out of Reagan's, and Clinton's, shrinking middle class, they were as certain of their destiny as future millionaires as they were certain of their deserving this birthright in their very essence.
I fled.
Made my way to the wicked city and found my tribe, that global cadre of thinkers, of scientists and artists. Those who expect no handouts, who wait for nothing and no one, who create and invent and enrich and ennoble by the sweat of their brow. Passed though the Olympus of Berkeley on the way to the bucolic Ivory Tower.
And had to watch as they settled themselves, with all of their accents and skin tones and creeds, into ignominy and servility as arrogant demagogues for the status quo, as fuck chimps for their billionaire patrons, as apologists for every crime, cosplaying the ruling class and blaming everyone but the ruling class when the ruling class pushed them down an elevator shaft.
For which of these two categories of willful slaves I have more contempt is a question that depends on my mood from moment to moment.
The April issue of e-EPS is out!
Discover winners of EPS awards, interviews, calls for papers, major events, and fresh breakthroughs from across the physics community.
Enjoy your reading👇
https://www.epsmail.org//w/Sopfu7PLBDh8922cTgtF843g
#physics #physik #awards #EmmyNoether #europeanresearch #academia
I was only made aware of this (frankly awesome) case of LLM poisoning today: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y. A researcher made up a disease and published two evidently fake preprints about it (including sentences such as “this entire paper is made up” and “Fifty made-up individuals aged between 20 and 50 years were recruited for the exposure group”), which were almost immediately picked up by LLMs and documented in their output. Worse, actual – supposedly serious – medical papers also started citing the preprints, demonstrating that academics relying on LLMs to do their work is a genuine problem! Not that I had my doubts but, if anyone did, this seems like the perfect demonstration of the problem. Article immediately added to the syllabus of the class I am co-teaching with Iris Ferrazzo on LLMs for Romance Studies/Humanities!
#LLM #GenAI #academia #research #ResearchIntegrity #humanities
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[view on social.lol]Am I Okay? Will I Ever Be?
I'm not going to go over my entire comprehensive medical history in a way that may reveal any sensitive information about me, or go into detail regarding any stressful or other adverse events (if any) that may or may not have happened to me in reality. I would prefer to resolve my own health issues without the interference of those who don't know me very well, and I don't want anyone to think I'm making others do all the hard work for me. This is ultimately […]
https://untilted.weblog.lol/2026/05/am-i-okay-will-i-ever-be
#PersonalBlog #Blog #Weblog #Science #MentalHealth #Academia #mental #physical #health #nervous #system #anecdote #confession #ThisIsNotAWordpressBlog
Creativity is dead! Creativity never existed in the first place because it’s a concept we invented recently! This post has a video based on a seminar I gave last year, along with a comprehensive summary, downloadable audio, & transcript. Tons of production went into this, especially with the caption syncing (& practicing my podcast voice 😎 )
NEW: For decades, oil companies have funded universities’ research into climate change “solutions” that would not require the public to stop using oil and gas.
Carbon capture is one of their favored ideas.
One snag: It won’t fix the climate crisis.
https://projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-capture-cant-solve-climate-change/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Climate #ClimateChange #Oil #Gas #Environment #Research #Science #Academia
I guess you have to go to the likes of Harvard to be spared bad AI takes by poor thinkers at commencement 🙄
Ronny Chieng Tells Harvard to ‘Destroy AI’ as Graduates Cheer
Ronny Chieng Tells Harvard to ‘Destroy AI’ as Graduates Cheer
The comedian and The Daily Show host gave the keynote address for Class Day 2026.#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #AgenticAI #LLMs #Harvard #AIBoosterism #academia #USEducation #USUniversities
Dear researchers,
I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible.
Can you suggest good journals in the following topics / fields (society journals welcome):
1. #microalgae
2. #molecularbiology
3. #crispr
4. #sustainability
#opensource #openaccess #academicresearch #academia
Please #boost so I can reach other academics.
Check out this project friends in the bat world have been working on:
"Bat Literature Project (BatLit)—a freely available, versioned, multilingual, and citable digital archive of bat research and bibliographic metadata...providing stable, open access to over 20,000 publications contributed by the global bat research community.'
I lean more and more toward switching to #Debian or #Ubuntu for my daily driver laptop. I just keep getting smacked with Word incompatibilities.
Re-reading a thesis for someone defending this week. It's a Word doc. I open it in #LibreOffice on #Win11. The images are all gone. Yes, the see images option in options is checked. They're all just invisible. Open the same doc in Word and it's fine.
There's no "open in Word" option on Linux. In #Academia, I find this to be biggest hurdle.
Independent scholar of the #humanities & write #poetry.
I've lived w/ #disability my entire adult life.
I went from community college to grad school at Johns Hopkins as a 1st gen, non-traditional student.
Former Myanmar refugee activist/organizer.
I believe in community intra-#degrowth concerned with #localism, #feminism, #nonviolence #education, #DIY, & #openAccess to liberate #academia.
HCommons.social is a Mastodon server supporting humanities scholars and practitioners around the world.
This server has a post size of up to 1000 characters.
You can find out more at https://hcommons.social/about or contact the admin account @hello
#FeaturedServer #Humanities #Academic #Academia #Scholars #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding.
One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, the so-called “God particle,” explains how the move would’ve stifled that breakthrough.
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-science-grants-russell-vought-omb?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #Science #Physics #Research #Funding #Academia
Free book! The Myths and Legends of the Bantu and Other Africans is now available for download to email subscribers, and will be free until the end of the month.
This is an entertaining book that brings you a wonderful world of legends, folklore, and amazing creatures that will fuel your imagination.
It might be of interest to #academia
Get it here
https://www.ododopress.com/non-fiction/myths-and-legends-of-the-bantu/
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The Fediverse is overflowing with incredible artists, engineers, designers, photographers, and brilliant minds in academia. With the job market on fire globally, let's make a habit of hiring from within our own community, please 🎨📚
Need a designer for a project? A photographer? A researcher? Post your gigs here. Let's create a close-knit support system to help fellow people weather the storm.
If you are hiring: look here first. Post your short-term gigs, full-time roles, and freelance contracts. Give people here a chance.
If you are looking: share your work, follow the hashtags, and connect. Let's take care of each other.
#FediHire #GetFediHired #Academia #MastoArt #art #Photography #Freelance #SoftwareDevelopment #programming #photography
“Looking back, I would encourage my younger self to seek advice more often; mentorship helps you to skip unnecessary steps. (...) I aspire to build a legacy through a meaningful academic career, contribute to the science of learning, and support and inspire students, particularly those who may not see themselves represented in academia.” - Flavia H. Santos
➡️ https://hermathsstory.eu/flavia-h-santos
#Academia #PhD #Neuroscience #Education #MathsAndMusic #RoleModels #WomenInSTEM #WomenInMaths #HerMathsStory
Independent #research in the #humanities. Writing #poetry. I've lived w/ #disability my entire adult life. Went from #poverty to grad school. Former Myanmar refugee activist/organizer.
Hope in #community #degrowth concerned w/ #localism, #equity, #nonviolence, & #openAccess to liberate #academia. Writing on #education reform, #trauma, #ConflictResolution, #sociology, #ViolenceStudies, #ableism & #feminist #theology.
“Once, in a taxi, the driver asked what I studied. I said mathematics, and he genuinely wanted to know what that meant, what I actually do, what I would become. I wish more people were like him. People often assume it means being a human calculator. But mathematics is vast, a language, a science, and an art. More people should know this.” - Gervy Marie Angeles
➡️ https://hermathsstory.eu/gervy-marie-angeles
#Academia #PhD #Mathematics #DifferentialEquations #RoleModels #WomenInSTEM #WomenInMaths #HerMathsStory
Some discussion on Complete Collection of “Trilogy” Visitation
https://www.tilley.blog/some-discussion-on-complete-collection-of-trilogy-visitation/
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@poetry
@writingcommunity
@writingbooks
@bookstodon
#Poetry #DisabledArtist #PoetryCommunity #Poem #WritingCommunity #literature #art #writing #books #humanities #sociology #amwriting #CreativeWriting #ableism #library #theology #ethics #bookstodon #Academia #Awe #Patience #ConflictResolution #Liberation #Conflict #Empathy #greed #HumanRights #SubconsciousSignature #Utopia
Hiiii! After unexpectedly finding myself without a job for the first time in my professional career, I am looking for a new role effective immediately - one where I can do good, period.
🌟 PREFERRED ROLES (non-exhaustive!):
▪️Writer: technical, reports, newsletters, deep dives, articles
▪️Teacher/tutor: #German, #linguistics, language study; data analytics & literacy, #statistics
▪️Coach: #academia to what’s beyond; personal development; organization; task & project management; app setups & ecosystems
▪️Data analyst / data scientist
▪️Researcher / policy #analyst
🏢 PREFERRED INDUSTRIES & AREAS:
▪️Non-profit/not-for-profit & #advocacy. Broadly speaking: more just, sustainable, more good
▪️Tutoring, coaching, education (software, tools, instruction), academia
▪️Civic good, municipal affairs, local journalism, urbanism, environment/ecology
▪️Small tech/tech for good, FOSS/FLOSS, privacy, digital sovereignty
▪️Disaster management/prevention, emergency operations
(I have work, volunteer, and/or education/training experience in all of these categories - happy to share more!)
💪🏼 I’LL BE A FANTASTIC FIT IF:
▪️You suspect there’s a story in a heap of #data, but don’t know what it is - or how to coax it out. I’ll find it for ya.
▪️You need great visuals and tailored communication for any audience: clear academic reports, engaging tech newsletters, gentle introductions to complex topics, keynotes - I love ‘em all.
▪️You need someone to dig deep. I naturally follow up on every “huh, that’s odd - let me see what’s really going on there!”
▪️You want a critical thinker who gives honest advice. You’ll get the real deal.
▪️You like saying what you mean and talking to each other like real people. I can speak corporate, but I’d prefer leaving that seven-layer dip of jargon behind!
▪️Bonus: You suspect corporate AI may soon be unaffordable for most organizations, or the bubble may burst, and need someone who can do excellent work without chatbot crutches if needed.
⛔️ NOT LOOKING FOR:
▪️Roles where I’m expected to rubber-stamp work, go through the motions, or “put the data fries in the bag.”
▪️Cultures where manufactured emergencies are the norm and there’s no time to think, explore, or dig deep.
▪️Jobs where you can’t tell me what good I’ll do or where my positive impact will be.
🖥️ PREFERRED SETTING:
▪️Remote, flexible hours
▪️Contracts/project work; very open to a portfolio-style career
▪️Hybrid or “we get together sometimes” roles in the #Edmonton area
▪️I’m not chasing the corporate ladder; impact matters more. If it’s a good fit, I don’t care whether it comes with a “Senior” label.
#boostOK, and if you do, I’ll send all the good vibes so there may never again be an unexpected item in your bagging area. 💜
Hiring, or know someone who is? Please get in touch!
[Illustration by maarij aulakh on Pixabay]
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“Outreach and supporting networks are an essential part to fight the leaky pipeline, a phenomenon that describes the gradual loss of women at higher stages of the academic career path, particularly in STEM.” - Corinna Perchtold, Postdoctoral researcher
➡️ https://hermathsstory.eu/corinna-perchtold
#A2WiM #Academia #AppliedMathematics #Austria #Postdoc #WomenInMath #HerMathsStory
