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Alexlee, 4 days ago to academicchatter

Nobody told me about the snakes! #phdlife #phd @academicchatter

skykiss, 5 days ago to random

Dear Citizens,

Christofascist are clowns maybe that is why many overlook them but they have already seized our #scotus and #MagaMike Johnson is flying the overthrow the government flag.

Please read this important thread. The NAR, a dominionist (Mike Johnson, Alito, MTG &fellow fascist) movement, took credit for swaying the 2000 presidential election. Former Florida SOS Katherine Harris, who prematurely certified Bush as the “winner,” later called NAR leaders Dutch Sheets & Cindy Jacobs her “godly mentors.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1678825546568851457.html

#scotus #fascism

These are the insane fascist. The christofascist and NAR, dominionist plan to take over America and they already have the #scotus and MagaMike Johnson in Congress

skykiss, 10 days ago to random

Putin and the russian fascist Kremlin are greatly pleased by the fruits of their subversive labor.

They work to destroy America.

#ArrestPutin #russianfasism #RussianAggression
#RussiaIsATerroristState

Nazi propagandist:

fkamiah17, 15 days ago to random

WEEK 33: Full on dystopia at the University of North Carolina's commencement ceremony yesterday.

#FreePalestine

knutson_brain, 17 days ago to random

Finally saw "Contagion" last night -- now views more like a documentary than a disaster thriller.
How can we do better next time? (#covid19)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c72Pt575fnA

skykiss, 1 month ago to ukrainian

A brave #Ukrainian girl cuddles and consoles her #cat Kasper during a missile attack by genocidal russians. She tells her cat, "Don't be afraid, I'll protect you."

Russians launch dozens of missiles, bombs and drones upon civilians every day, typically while they are sleeping but also during the day.
This genocidal terror kills thousands and takes a huge psychological toll.

When will the democratic world stop endless Russian horror?

#RussiaIsATerroristState #WarCrimes #arrestputin #genocide

A brave #Ukrainian girl consoles her #cat Kasper during a missile attack by genocidal russians. She tells her cat, "Don't be afraid, I'll protect you" The young girl holds and cuddles her cat.

18+ ai6yr, 1 month ago to random

😬 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kristi-noem-shoots-puppy-she-hated-book-1235011230/

Skepticat, 1 month ago to random

Arizona GOP Chair Kelli Ward said, "I want to see arrests. I want to see perp walks. I want to see people in jail. . ." in January of 2022.

Kelli Ward was just indicted in Arizona.

NicoleCRust, 1 month ago to random

Sometimes I think that maybe (just maybe) I write well ...

Then I encounter someone who writes REALLY well (sometimes a revising my own text).

Sigh ... focusing on the delta can be hard. But inspiring and motivating too.

The deeper I get into it, the more I realize: writing (compelling nonfiction) is an art form.

skykiss, 1 month ago to DaftPunk

The #house republicans blocking aid to #Ukraine will be known in history as traitors. They chose our enemy and left our ally on the front lines, keeping the terrorist russians out of free Europe, to fight alone.

"Propaganda and disinformation is directly coming from Russia" Republican chair of the house intel committee complains his colleagues are repeating Russian #propaganda GOP Mike Turner: Russian propaganda is 'being uttered on the House floor' by traitor republicans.

☎️ Call 202-224-3121
✍️ To Sign #HRes1016
❗ If already signed - Ask them to reach out colleagues to encourage them to sign.

✅Rep☎️http://bit.ly/discharge815 Please boost

#SlavaUkraini #natsec

Republican admits that "Propaganda and disinformation is directly coming from Russia" Republican chair of the house intel committee complains his colleagues are repeating Russian #propaganda GOP Mike Turner: Russian propaganda is 'being uttered on the House floor' by traitor republicans.

adredish, 1 month ago to random

It's really unfortunate that reviews are seen as competitive and confrontational. I want my reviews to be suggestions to help the authors.

Because of that, I don't want the reviews I write made public. Reviews are for the editor to assess the author's work and for the author to make the work better. They are not commentary for the public to understand the work.

Fixing the paper is the author's job. Not mine. I want to be able to say "There was a paper a long time ago by someone like XYZ who you should go read." Or "There's a whole literature here by people like ABC to go engage with." Finding that literature is the author's job. Not mine. I want to be able to say "what if X is not linear?" or "what if Y happens?". I don't want to have to work out the math myself. That's the author's job. Not mine. None of this should be public.

Moreover, I need a process to say "I have the following concerns with my own review. I have this knowledge and not that. So you can trust me here, but not there." (Which deanonymizes the review, BTW.) I need a process where I can say to the editor, I'm concerned about A, but it's not my knowledge-base, or I think they should fix B, but it's not that important if they don't. Deciding what of that to communicate to the authors is the editor's job. Not mine.

Given the current ecosystem of publishing reviews and of preventing me from providing context to the editors separate from information sent to the authors, I am very seriously considering turning down all review requests from now on. (But it seems unfair to add publications to the ecosystem while not doing my part to review them.)

😠​ Frustrated.

lakens, 1 month ago to random

First time I am hearing of the idea of a Research Guarantor - the author who takes responsibility for the integrity of entire project. Seems like a very useful thing to require upon submission, but seems to be underused.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1751157716302504

JorisMeys, 2 months ago to academia

I said it before and I'll say it again: scientific journals have hardly any relevance any more, except for academic careers.

AI is just speeding up this evolution. We urgently need to rethink scientific communication!

@academicchatter #academia #ugent #Science #academicchatter
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-exponential-enshittification

skykiss, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

National Security Threat

Experts Said for Weeks That Trump Might Get Bonded By Kremlin Allies. Now It’s Happening— National Security Threat—So Why Is Media So Silent About the Greenberg Family?

The adjudicated rapist & adjudicated fraud somehow got a bond, and he is a significant national security risk, and we should know who he’s beholden to. Donald has no unencumbered assets, everything has debt and loans. And who owns the criminal?

#judgements #crime #rape #defamation #natsec #NationalSecurity

dangillmor, 2 months ago to random

The best news I've seen about "AI" lately: People have wisely concluded that these systems are untrustworthy.

https://www.axios.com/2024/03/05/ai-trust-problem-edelman

knutson_brain, 2 months ago to random

Outstanding conversation with @ct_bergstrom on challenges of #misinformation and potential responses :

https://unswcentreforideas.com/article/art-scepticism-data-driven-world

knutson_brain, 2 months ago to random

"It struck me, here was a Russia who had been absent from public view for two years; a Russia which does not support Vladimir Putin, or the war in Ukraine, and wants to be a democratic country."
--Steve Rosenberg

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68457743

skykiss, 2 months ago to random

Russia has become such a dark, dark place. Desparately hope that we do not let it happen here.

#russiaIsATerroristState #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

video/mp4

tantramar, 3 months ago to random

people keep mispronouncing “nazi sympathizer”

“sympathizer” is silent

w7voa, 3 months ago to random

No American should consider going to Russia under any circumstances. -- State Dept. spokesman Matthew Miller

UlrikeHahn, 3 months ago to LLMs

I can't help but wonder whether the real implication of #ratgate is the realisation of how much the model of #OpenScience people have been working toward is threatened by the advent of #LLMs -
full #OpenAccess suddenly means not just access for people, but also training machines, and the more those can generate content (including online post-peer review comments!) and flood the ecosystem, the more gate keeping will be required

it feels to me like the implications are profound

@open_science

knutson_brain, 3 months ago to random

Having encountered nary a #spam, I am forced to conclude that the administrators of #sfba.social continue to be awesome stewards of the digital domain...

skykiss, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

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