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richlitt

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Open source, birds and birding, Latin, languages and created languages, hiking and mountaineering, travel and politics.

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mhoye, to random
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Any idea what this is about, plant fans?

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@grimalkina @mhoye Generally looks right to me, but I'm not sure about the Lime leaf.

Definitely a leaf gall.

richlitt, to random
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My current favourite poem is the Ballade des dames du temps jadis, by François Villon.

"Mais où sont les neiges d'antan?" is a beautiful line.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballade_des_dames_du_temps_jadis#Text_of_the_ballade,_with_literal_translation

richlitt, to academia
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Fun question: If I am unaffiliated and I want to do a survey of people's experiences of the eclipse from a birding perspective, what do I do to pass IRB before thinking about publication, or do I just... skip that step?

richlitt,
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@inquiline Right. That's my thinking.

But doesn't that mean that, as an independent researcher, it's possible that my work will be unethical? Am I the only blocker to that work happening, or is the peer review process supposed to catch that or something?

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Don't bother following me, this is just at @josh boost account.

richlitt,
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@josh What if I meant only the ones you wrote yourself? Maybe you're just a cool person who says cool things

jonny, to random
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It will never not be funny to me how academics single approach to all problems is to write about it, and that inability to act forecloses our ability to even imagine anything but the present

We need to do something about journals leveraging their position as information gatekeepers for profit
Ah but what are journals
We need a new system of classifying the types of journals
We need a type of organization for certifying those classifications
Perhaps many such organizations, comprising peers in that field

Surely having an authoritative process for classifying the worthiness of work will save us from our exploitation by an authoritative process for classifying the worthiness of work

Its bozo shit I tell ya

richlitt,
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@jonny How would you like it to look, instead?

Don Norman said something interesting on a talk last week I saw: It's important to go in and out of academia, to learn how to act and to think in different ways. I've been thinking about that a lot recently.

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@jonny Hard to argue with that. Agreed.

Those are good goals; I'm working on the last one, in particular, I think. Always more to do.

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@josh You seen this? https://buttondown.email/edyong209/archive/the-eds-up-birding-for-long-haulers/

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@josh When did you become a birder? It seems much more pronounced than before.

richlitt, to random
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Submitted PhD application. Haven't been able to say that in 10 years - here's hoping this one works out.

roaldarboel, to random
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Starting to write my PhD thesis (biology). What do people think is better for a thesis: Active vs. passive voice, “I” or “we”, other tups and tricks that makes for a pleasant, professional reading experience?

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@roaldarboel I would avoid thinking about active vs passive. It doesn't hold up as a meaningful distinction, from a linguistic perspective. For more, skim this long but incredibly fun and insightful paper on that: http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~gpullum/passive_loathing.pdf

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@jonny @roaldarboel Geoff wrote the Cambridge book on English Syntax. He really doesn't like S&W, no.

I think the issue is less about "passive vs active" and more about learning what those terms mean. Most of the time, "be clearer" is a more precise rubric to use for better writing.

Personally, I prefer the parlor sort of writing.

danilo, to random
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This seems like serious trouble for the UK in light of Brexit

Now they have to absorb a shock to their agricultural production despite much higher practical and economic frictions for importing food

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/23/farms-flooding-rainfall-winter-nfu-conference

richlitt,
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@danilo Ugh. Not ideal.

Happening here, too. too warm today.

senanthic, to photography
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I want to hear you.

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@senanthic beep beep beep beep beep beep huge breath beep beep beep beep.

Love these little beeps.

richlitt, to random
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Writing an academic CV for a PhD application. I'm already at six pages, and I don't have relevant work experience in it.

What should go in an academic CV, anyway? Publications, talks? Anyone have any good suggestions?

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An immature Silver Gull, which was incessantly gnawing away at the wind of the world.

Island Bay, Wellington.

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@richlitt oh, and I forgot to say! On your point about how the internet is not inhabited space and thus "homesteading" is not relevant!

I would say it is. The internet (to the extent it is useful) fills our attention, our relationships, the data exhaust of our lives, our public discourse, etc. So while it seems to be "a land without people" it actually always is a means of colonizing existing people and commons through commodification and surveillance.

richlitt,
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@ntnsndr I hear that! The difference is the lack of the original custodians of the land.

I agree that, as another way of demanding attention, it continues to be a tool of colonialization. I just argue that it is another tool itself, not an incursion on native land.

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"Governable spaces must calibrate what they expect of people to a condition of metagovernance, of traversing multiple, plural governance environments in a way that is sustainable, tolerable, and comprehensible."

I think this requires higher policy changes between platforms, depending on the space. I think we've seen this sort of result come from cultural movements. CoCs spring to mind.

@ntnsndr

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Has anyone here read https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545662/context-changes-everything/?

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@ntnsndr You mention other books are better introductions for online governance. What are they for someone at my level, esp. regarding OSS?

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@ntnsndr Can I post quotes and screenshots from within the book?

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Very much enjoying diving into Governable Spaces by @ntnsndr this evening. Already underlined and learned a few things, and I'm only four pages in.

danilo, to random
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You start each day with a nice warm shower, you can set a great floor on your mental health

I’m not saying a morning shower will make you happy, but I’m pretty sure it will always take the edge off of misery, and that’s a lot of power for something the government doesn’t regulate

richlitt,
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@danilo I find the opposite - start the day with a cold shower, you reset your dopamine levels and learn that pain doesn't mean suffering.

richlitt, to random
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Started a new podcast today. Emailing potential guests about it.

https://ossforclimate.sustainoss.org/

If you're interested in OSS for climate change, I think this could be interesting for you. Curious what people think.

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