NikaShilobod

NikaShilobod, 2 months ago to history

I just stumbled into this while digging around in some old 1814 newspaper. It's an English Mulan!!! What a life.

The text from the images is in the following comments...

https://newspaperarchive.com/london-st-james-chronicle-and-evening-post-dec-08-1814-p-3/

@histodons #histodons #archaeology #unitedkingdom #militaryhistory #feminism /1

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petergleick, 2 months ago to climate

OMFG. "Exxon CEO blames the public for failure to fix #climate change."

Could there be a more stunning example of hypocrisy?

StillIRise1963, 2 months ago to random

The saddest and dumbest part of this whole situation is that none of this shit has to be going on. EVERYONE is in this position because of racism.

NikaShilobod, 2 months ago to dance

This year's #Dance your #PhD is so good!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoSYO3fApEc

@academicchatter @phdstudents @phdlife #academia #lgbtq

futurebird, 2 months ago to random

What if when making a "fear monster" for you fantasy or sci fi story you didn't base it on a spider, snake, insect, or a slug?

So many creepy things in nature, I'm sick of spider monsters with "glossy chitinous legs" snake-like monsters that "slither sinisterly."

Cut it out.

Base your scary creature on a chinchilla, a capybara, an orchid, a dove, a human.

Leave the arthropods, snakes and invertebrates out of it.

Or if you MUST do an insect do butterflies. THEY can't be trusted.

NikaShilobod, 2 months ago to Archaeology

This is pretty amazing:

Influence of COVID-19 on the emergence of stone-tool use behavior in a population of common long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis fascicularis) in Thailand

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38012960/

#archaeology #anthropology

NikaShilobod, 3 months ago to mastodon

Building on @nino -

A brief guide for finding interesting people on #Mastodon

• https://mastodon.online/@FediFollows

• Follow #introduction #introductions #followfriday

• Trunk — https://communitywiki.org/trunk

• #Fediverse — https://fediverse.info/explore/people

• #Fedi Directory — https://fedi.directory/

• #Academics — https://github.com/nathanlesage/academics-on-mastodon

NikaShilobod, 3 months ago to random

Haha, this is a stones throw down the road!!! I wonder if we're going to hear it or anything. It's HUGE. 🙀🙀🙀

#PlymouthUK bomb weighs 500kg and is 80 inches long

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/plymouth-bomb-weighs-500kg-80-9115533#ICID=Android_PlymouthHeraldNewApp_AppShare

Feels so surreal having grown up in the US.

#ww2

NikaShilobod, 3 months ago to ObsidianMD

Is there a library of general templates for #obsidian #obsidianmd anywhere? Somewhere in the noggin' it rings a bell.

ninokadic, 3 months ago to philosophy

Am I the only one who unequivocally thinks that philosophy has made progress? Perhaps I have a different definition of what progress means, but surely I can't be the only one?

The number of theories and arguments that philosophers uncovered, as well as the clarity and breadth of their analyses, is certainly progress.

#philosophy #academia #academicchatter @philosophy @academicchatter

NikaShilobod, 3 months ago to random

King Kahuna the Tuna Luna on this fine #Caturday

Gogs, 3 months ago to random

I’m not saying traditional folk music has a monopoly, but maybe it’s time for a few more metal tracks about going for a nice walk.

jacqueline, 3 months ago to random

no centralised social network could ever produce "the taliban deleted my account". that's a mastodon special.

NikaShilobod, 3 months ago to random

I've been so afraid of graduating without publications and finally have a few things in the pipeline, ironically all wildly different from each other, I'm quite grateful. 🥹 My CV is going to be full on jack of all trades, master of none though. 😅

lauren, 3 months ago to random

My new policy is to immediately block users who reply to my posts with what I consider to be hyperbolic comments. They are of course free to take their carefully considered missives to other places where I'm sure they'll be welcome, but not on my threads. Thanks for your understanding of this policy.

futurebird, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

I was going for a “fall of Rome” theme for their outworld but I don’t know if it works. Maybe a statue with broken arms? A charred miniature building?

NikaShilobod, 3 months ago to ukteachers

#education #capitalism

"One of our greatest tragedies..."

NikaShilobod, 3 months ago to climate

https://www.vox.com/even-better/24063556/overwhelmed-climate-anxiety-catastrophizing-values-action

What to do when you’re completely overwhelmed by #climate #anxiety

Act local, think global. ;)

StillIRise1963, 3 months ago to random

People want to SKIP to the HISTORICAL analysis part of this situation INSTEAD OF acting in the PRESENT. YOU ARE PART OF THIS SITUATION.

NikaShilobod, 3 months ago to random

"We are indeed fortunate."

https://aboarddignity.com/blog/?p=5896

My long-time partner was in a shipwreck (demasted) in the South Pacific a few years ago. It is such a crazy story... That is the blog his mom wrote after the incident. One day, I hope we can get out to see those islands he stopped at after for repairs; he said the locals were so kind and down to earth. Dreams we have on a rainy, grey day.

jonny, 3 months ago to bluesky

Compare figure 3 here in the #atproto / #bluesky paper
https://bsky.social/about/bluesky-and-the-at-protocol-usable-decentralized-social-media-martin-kleppmann.pdf
To the diagram here:
https://bsky.social/about/blog/5-5-2023-federation-architecture

The paper figure is a lot cuter, but by linearizing it and presenting it as two parallel tracks they have obscured the most salient feature of the network: the big relay in the middle. Beyond "centralization bad," that pins down most of the undesirable and dangerous features of the protocol, and makes it seem like theres a lot more choice than there is.

Since the design purposefully hides the architecture: you dont know where your feed generators are drawing from, or those used by your friends. So you cant know what the effect of choosing a different relay would be, aka the main relay is always indispensable. Importantly the relays subscribe to you, you dont push to the relay, and since you arent really supposed to operate your own data store, you can be dropped from the network without knowing - the relay serves as an unaccountable point of moderation.

NikaShilobod, 3 months ago to academia

I am looking for #academia and #nonfiction #authors and #scicomm people who want to do some AMA-style events on Lemmy. The few I ran on Reddit were fun, and it makes an excellent opportunity for public outreach as people feel comfortable in an informal space, ECRs especially. These are great if you have a paper you want to rizz too. It's a good outreach thing; I always think 1:1 talking to people is the most successful and impactful. @phdstudents @academicchatter

NikaShilobod, 3 months ago to academia

I am looking for #academia that would like to do some AMA-style events on Lemmy. The few I ran on Reddit were fun, and it makes an excellent opportunity for public outreach as people feel comfortable in an informal space. ECRs especially. These are great if you have a paper you want to rizz too. It's a good outreach thing, I always think that 1:1 talking to people is always the most successful and impactful. Please shoot me a DM! @phdstudents