josh

@josh@fediscience.org

Prof of Anthropology & Social Informatics at Indiana University South Bend. PI of Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA). #anthropology #archaeology #citizensci #civictech #culturalheritage #cyborganthropology #digiarch #digitalarchaeology #digitalhumanities #dh #digitalrights #FOSS #GIS #informatics #openScience #openData #openGov #STS

Also #biketowork #canoeing #cooking #HoosierMast #running #SciFi

All communications here are mine, do not reflect my organizations.

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danhon, to random
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computer on every desk and in every home
computer in every pocket
computer in every pocket and on every wrist
computer in every pocket, every wrist, and in every ear-hole
computer in every pocket, wrist, ear-hole, and on every face

josh,

@danhon @ernie computer on every chicken in every network enabled instantpot knockoff
https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/review-writer-finds-the-humanity-in-high-tech-of-the-future

zak, to privacy

is not “I want to be invisible on the internet.” That’s anonymity. Privacy is control over what others can do with your data. Your rights, your choices, your data ownership.

josh,

@zak If you have cancer you want your medical professionals to share your health data rapidly and completely to get you the care you need. You want caregivers to share enough data with insurance to get benefits, but not so much you potentially get profiled. You want friends and family to know your status to get love and support, but not employers who might fire you for being a burden. Trade-offs are between info and abuses. Human rights are or are not. We can't hide in tech from social ills.

miriamkp, to random

I generally have a pretty short attention span, but when I’m doing (esp primary-source) research I can go for hours and hours while forgetting to eat or drink. One of the very few things I find fully absorbing. Unfortunately, writing is…not like that. 😬

josh,

@miriamkp @cpgsaw
I've often described my job as a place where I get paid to go find out cool and important stuff and tell other people about it.

Also I continually do multidimensional assessments, send emails asking people to check boxes in secret web forms, and explain to my supervisors the functional relationships between SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams

maitxinha, to linguistics

Just read that animals use icons and signs to communicate but not symbols. I guess the first question would be whether ‘use’ also implies ‘understanding’, but, aren’t the words we use for commands symbols? I am not saying animals use ‘language’ but I wouldn’t say they don’t use any symbols…heeelp!! @linguistics @anthropology

josh,

@maitxinha
Agreed. Not sure what you’re reading but I’d start with questioning the scope of the author’s concept of “animals” … genus Pan, humans, humpback whales, mollusks, tardigrades??!

fedwards9965, to random
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I just don't engage with them period. My time, effort and breath are better served doing things worthwhile in comparison, like counting rocks.

josh,

@fedwards9965
As an archaeologist I can tell you that counting rocks is vital science and contributes to a broader appreciation of humanity

josh,

@fedwards9965

thekitmalone, to Indiana
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!

Our little-instance-that-could turns 1 today!

We couldn't have done it without the community -- @brian and I hope be good stewards as we grow this space in 2024.

If you are from and are looking for a forever home on the Fediverse, you could do worse than joining us at @hoosiersocial.

PLUS! Don't miss our Virtual - today at at 4:30pm. It's an open house, so join this evening when you have time and say hi! Details below!

Cartoonish glittery animated rainbow birthday cake!

josh,

@thekitmalone @brian @hoosiersocial
Congratulations to all of you, and thanks for being an exemplary model for expanding reach of quality social media in Indiana!

evacide, to random
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There are days when I would like to be less good at OSINT.

josh,

@evacide
I’m screenshotting this on a tee shirt

josh, to tech

New Torment Nexus just dropped

https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7eky8/pentagon-scientists-discuss-cybernetic-super-soldiers-that-feel-nothing-while-killing-in-dystopian-presentation

josh,

@Nonya_Bidniss Fueling armies with methamphetamines and liquor still works unfortunately.

josh, to random

I was just testing a Zoom room for a meeting. Is Zoom bombing even a thing any more? I really doubt it was ever a thing. In all the video conferences I've been in since 2020, I only ever saw one get hit in late spring 2020 and it was just loud music. I don't think meeting organizers are using security settings with any more regularity than back then.

josh,

@museumphile of course

tkinias, to random
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BTW, I can really recommend reflection essays as a final assignment in history classes. Final grading can be frustrating sometimes, but there’s nothing better than finishing up by reading a bunch of essays where students say “wow, I learned so much! I had no idea about X, Y, and Z...”

josh,

@tkinias
I’ve toyed with the idea of doing a final reflection essay as a post-test. Have them write some essay in week 1 about how they see the subject, then compare their outlook at the end.

josh, to random

Why do the best rubber bands come with asparagus? It’s an odd win-win dinner-organization scenario.

josh, to random

Holiday jams
https://youtu.be/EsragcIiWPI?feature=shared

josh, to mst3k

Just finished watching this documentary on asteroid missions in space exploration leading up the the Lucy mission. The doc itself ended with the phrase, “a not too distant future …” spoken over an image of an asteroid with some sort of deep tunnel mined into it connected to a spaceship (of love?)

https://youtu.be/-8-HMAw7bHM

josh, to random

If somebody in 1994 watched a rerun of the last season of Leave it to Beaver, that was the same year Friends premiered, and those points were as far apart in time as you are streaming the first episode of Friends today

josh, to random

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/30/edith-pritchett-cartoon-british-museum-elgin-marbles/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzAxNDA2ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzAyNzg5MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MDE0MDY4MDAsImp0aSI6ImRhYTUxYzhkLTA5ZDAtNDY0Ny1hNTM5LWVmOWJiNmJmM2NmYSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9vcGluaW9ucy8yMDIzLzExLzMwL2VkaXRoLXByaXRjaGV0dC1jYXJ0b29uLWJyaXRpc2gtbXVzZXVtLWVsZ2luLW1hcmJsZXMvIn0.Yv6dNiExfU1hZhrTxCJMwzji6u7H-F5xrXwT5WPuK14&s=09

josh, to random

“EFF urged the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the highest court in that state, to affirm that a witness who has no knowledge of the proprietary algorithm used in black box technology is not qualified to testify to its reliability … At issue is the iPhone’s “frequent location history” (FLH) … Generally, for information generated by a new technology to be used as evidence in a case, there must be a finding that the technology is sufficiently reliable.”

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/government-shouldnt-prosecute-people-unreliable-black-box-technology

josh, to random

Hello darkness, my old friend. Malort six packs from Jeppson.

Six pack of Malort mini bottles in a human hand

josh, to random

Lunch at the top-rated restaurant in Minooka, Illinois was fantastic.

josh, to random

Happy Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice
https://youtu.be/LxpTSWkZau8?feature=shared

josh, to random

There must be a mathematical, temporal function of age and Internet growth which describes the decreasing amount of paper I pack for winter holiday. In graduate school it was a box of books. Now it’s just two books.

josh, to random

[insert statement], then Tesla stepped up to the karaoke machine …

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=_vCr1XFe0EE

josh, to Anthropology

“All the hominins made tools. A study of associations between stone tool evidence and fossil hominin remains shows that a wide range of species made stone artifacts … humans are far from unique in our use of technology. Our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, are technical species that use a wide array of tools, mostly made from organic and perishable materials ...“

https://johnhawks.net/weblog/all-the-hominins-made-tools/

josh, to random

Ask not for whom Large Marge sends. She sends for thee.

https://youtu.be/Jv08vnIlnIw?si=96mcWdaQqFE5VF5h

josh, to random

Ordinal reactions to shoveling snow after each storm of the season:

1st, ha ha see my fitness and form, if there were a Hellenic ideal of a snow shoveler it would be me

2nd, look at the money I’m saving without a snowblower, so responsible, such efficient use of calories

+3rd, I can’t believe snow blowers cost so much, maybe I’ll buy one in May when they’re cheap off season

May, what do I need a snow blower for? I have two arms and I’m not going to add to global warming with this awful thing

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