It's really a shame just how many anti-capitalists are out there spending their time and their voice trying to predict just how soon #capitalism will fail. It's already failed! I am more anti-capitalist than most, but I do not see capitalism going anywhere anytime soon. There is nothing wrong with being a realist.
I come across so many articles online where the pipe dreams of anti-capitalists are really no different than all the tone deaf articles that #capitalism will save the world. There is so much bad writing online. It is my belief that is why #academics need to worry less about publications and see blogging as a public service.
With Google search results having been awful for some time now, I have to assume that Google Scholar results are also less satisfactory.
While I'm old enough to have been in undergrad before the WWW, I wasn't in grad school before the 21st c. For those of you old enough, how were you doing literature review of journal articles back in ye olde days? @academicchatter#Science#AcademicChatter#Library
Our faculty slack has a 'kudos' channel to announce good news, like awards, publicity, new grants, etc.
We recently added a 'soduk' (kudos backwards) channel where people can announce and commiserate over rejected papers, bad proposal reviews, etc.
I really like this setup, it both encourages people to announce and take pride in the things that go well, and provides a space where's it's encouraged to discuss the fact that things often don't go well, that all of us deal with rejection, and that this is okay.
Totally busy finalising both my thesis and a future book, but still delighted to receive an invitation for a #CorpusLinguistics book review in a very relevant journal. Will post when published, promise 😃 #academicchatter @phdlife @corpuslinguistics
I have a perversion to disclose here.
Please don't judge me.
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I love editing stuff, both my stuff and my students and collaborators's stuff.
So at present I can edit via overleaf about 4 papers in progress by my students, 1 master thesis, 1 paper of mine under review and another in preparation.
Tomorrow I'll set off on my first conference travel since 2019 to Switzerland.
In the 2010s I went to 3-4 conferences a year (and greatly enjoyed it) then the pandemic and #LongCovid put things to a grinding halt.
Hoping my energy management and pacing regime will work but also excited to see old conference buddies again and learn about new research.
Also excited about the train journey (including the scenic Gotthard route) #AcademicChatter#ConferenceTravel
My university, UCL is now supporting train journeys for #ConferenceTravel over plane tickets due to the #ClimateEmergency but it still takes so much dedication to actually do it as it's more complicated to key together journeys. I've got tickets from three different rail companies on various platforms / apps. #AcademicChatter
A turbulent start to day 2 of my #ConferenceTravel as the direct train from Basel was cancelled due to engineering works. Took a slightly earlier one and need to interchange in Olten.
Organised impeccably at Basel - as you'd expect from Swiss trains #AcademicChatter
The Treno Gottardo was every bit as scenic as promised!
Gorgeous views of snow capped mountains, villages dotted in the hills, rivers and alpine lakes #AcademicChatter#ConferenceTravel
Has anyone figured out a good way to inform Zoom speakers of how they're doing on time at conferences? Interrupting them seems to be the only method that works, but that's also ... Sub ideal... #AcademicChatter
My small poll has ended https://mastodon.social/
and I suspect I might have found a tiny effect, which I sort of expected (at least because it's in me):
maybe scientists care a bit less about "coherence" of views, when they debate important things in life/society/politics, compared to people with a different background.
It's not super striking, but coherence is very much important for 64% of scientist, but to 77% of non-scientists.
Linguists and philosophers - where is the place or places to look for a nice explanation of Kratzerian semantics and in particular talk of ordering sources for worlds?
(Something fitting for an audience of beginning grad students in philosophy!)
imagine you strongly debate with someone else about "important stuff" in life (involving morality, crucial political standings, war & peace choices etc).
How much do feel important to test the other person's "coherence" on that matter, and expose any incoherence?
Wanna help a master student to accomplish her thesis about the embodiment of emotions?
You can do by answering this survey!
It should not take you more than 5 or 10 min and you don't need to be familiar with robots or AI to answer.
Bad weather- classes suck.
Good weather- classes suck.
56 F/13 C and overcast with mist but not actual rain - classes are great (but if you miss this window you’re screwed). #academia#academicchatter#academicmastodon
"Fewer U.S. scientists are pursuing postdoc positions, new data show" 📉
"The trend underscores concerns that the academic community is facing a postdoc shortage and that early-career scientists are increasingly favoring higher paid positions outside academia."
“It’s not a situation that’s good for the country.”
Equinox is making it easier for me to choose to which journal I want to submit my next paper: "Equinox does not accept manuscripts that have already been submitted to preprint repositories, such as SSRN. However, an author may deposit their accepted postprint manuscript in their Institutional Repository (only), with due acknowledgement to Equinox Publishing and an embargo period of 24 months." #OpenScience#AcademicChatter#AcademicPublishing
For every day I spend systematically answering e-mails, I leave dozens of books unread.
I already have an email policy in my syllabus, which says that I prefer to answer questions in class, since we see each other several days a week.
What other tips do you have that have worked for you?
Yes, I have what are considered "diverse" interests for academia. My web page, scholarly profiles, and CV all reflect this. I do not fit nicely into a single field. I create bridges. I work across and with different disciplines. When is that going to stop hurting me?