josh

josh, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Where tomorrow are we flying our Lear Jets to see the total eclipse of the sun?
#eclipse #eclipse2024

josh, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

What are we expecting for Monday's eclipse?
#eclipse #eclipse2024

josh, 1 month ago to Anthropology

Book Question for #humanevolution #anthropology #paleoanthropology #bioanthropology #highered peeps:

I want a more current book on human evolution for freshman/sophomore college students to read that has the sensibilities of Chris Stringer's Lone Survivors: How We Came to Be the Only Humans on Earth

Suggestions? Thanks!

LGT publisher page for Stringer book that I've been using ...
https://academic.macmillan.com/academictrade/9781250023308/lonesurvivors

josh, 1 month ago to random

#ThrowbackThursday to last year when my favorite local Chinese takeout bought cases of remaindered #FTX fortune cookies. I'm still seeing them a year later.

josh, 2 months ago to random

Hi @Lotje I'm Josh, a PI with the Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA). We use archaeological site numbers as key identifiers to link site records, lit, & collections for pubsci. I'm writing a brief history of Smithsonian Trinomial system +its influence and found your great blog from 2014. I fail to find your email but fortunately the fediverse is here for us!

Could we talk/email/msg about your archival work? I'd love to reference you.

https://nmnh.typepad.com/rogers_archaeology_lab/2014/09/rbsshapedhistoricalarchaeology.html

josh, 2 months ago to Anthropology

Nice piece by @parismarx about the importance of physical media. and the right to control, for equitable access. The cloud is by definition somebody else’s property and this has real repercussions beyond mere entertainment. Too many in #heritage #opengov and lots of other sectors think that putting something online alone makes it findable and reusable.

https://disconnect.blog/why-is-it-so-hard-to-buy-a-blu-ray/

#anthropology #archaeology #informatics

josh, 2 months ago to Anthropology

Living history piece by @Mer__edith

“The blueprint for modern digital computing was codesigned by Charles Babbage, a vocal champion for the … industrial capitalist class who condemned organized workers and viewed democracy and capitalism as incompatible … His influential theories on how “enterprising capitalists” could best subjugate workers are well documented in conventional labor scholarship.”

https://logicmag.io/supa-dupa-skies/origin-stories-plantations-computers-and-industrial-control/

#anthropology #dh #history #informatics #sociology

josh, 2 months ago to random

Before lunch I ran 5K and had a call with a global publishing outfit that is very excited by my work. I should probably go back to bed right now.

josh, 3 months ago to random

I'm updating a little instruction set for students to broadly search for civic technology and open government posts on the Mastodon network.

Any suggestions for hashtags to add to my list at the bottom of this post?

Or suggestions for active accounts to use to prime a list? Pic includes current list members and some instructions.

#CivicTech ALSO #GovTech
#OpenGov ALSO #OpenGovernment
#OpenData ALSO #OpenGovernmentData

Help???: @allafarce @digiphile @cydharrell @danhon @krusynth

josh, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to Archaeology

This is not a problem for folks in #archaeology.

josh, 4 months ago to Archaeology

New #openaccess article out today describes how the Digital Index of North American Archaeology's (DINAA) strategies can help everybody connect heritage data better. Check out the whole open theme issue from @aap_saaorg

Neller, A., J. Heckman, E. Bollwerk, K. Myers, and J. Wells. "Making Archaeological Collections More Findable and Accessible through Increased Coordination." Advances in Archaeological Practice, 2024, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2023.31

#archaeology #curation #dh #oa #opendata

josh, 5 months ago 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, 5 months ago 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, 5 months ago to tech

New Torment Nexus just dropped

#TormentNexus #DontCreateTheTormentNexus #STS #tech

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

josh, 5 months ago to random

16% of my students this semester have had covid … and we still have two weeks left

josh, 5 months ago to RaspberryPi

Advice Needed: Looking to get a @Raspberry_Pi starter kit for a 15yo. Suggestions for most enjoyable and/or successful setups welcome. Thanks! #RaspberryPi

josh, 6 months ago to Birds

I spent the evening with about 8000 sandhill cranes in the Kankakee Marsh. Here’s a few of them (sound up!) #birds #birdsofmastodon #birding

https://youtu.be/adkF6Ohk0Kg?si=tFRkNfdsxhdqMvgp

josh, 6 months ago to random

“Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI). The order includes many principles that the Center for American Progress has been calling for since April, including an all-of-government approach to AI that encompasses the framework of the 2022 AI Bill of Rights. Alondra Nelson, senior fellow at CAP who previously played a leading role in developing the AI Bill of Rights, issued the following statement:”

https://www.americanprogress.org/press/statement-caps-alondra-nelson-praises-executive-order-on-artificial-intelligence/

josh, 6 months ago to random

Well this was a surprise transition from the credits of Pride and Prejudice

josh, 7 months ago to random

Just saw this #QGIS plugin for ChatGPT control of the GUI interface. I don't have time to mess with this right now. Has anybody tried this yet? #GIS #GISChat #Geospatial

https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/qgpt_agent_release/

https://github.com/momaabna/QGPTAgent

josh, 7 months ago to random

Chimichurri steak night.

A plate with a sliced steak with chimichurri sauce on top, a small dab of aioli to the side, and some romaine lettuce with tomatoes and cucumbers in the background.

josh, 7 months ago to Archaeology

220(!) authors work together to LIDAR the Amazonian rain forest and develop a predictive model for presence of earthworks. Astounding.

#archaeology #anthropology

Peripato et al., "More than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks are still hidden throughout Amazonia." Science382,103-109(2023).

https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.ade2541

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josh, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

I find my best mobile Mastodon experience is in a mobile browser (usually Firefox). I find it just as easy to navigate as any app and I also have access to all my lists and settings. I just reloaded the apps this evening to see if I felt improvement (I did not).

What’s your preferred mode of mobile Mastodon? Feel free to add details in the replies.

josh, 7 months ago to random

This is an incredibly damning piece about administrative failures in academia and the persistent brilliance of Nobel Prize winner Katalin Kariko. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mrna-coronavirus-vaccine-pfizer-biontech

josh, 7 months ago to Archaeology

Rome, meh. How often do you think about Cahokia?

#archaeology #anthropology #history

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia