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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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!

josh, to SciComm

Excited to see @opencontext in the Fediverse!

Follow them for primary and in

https://hcommons.social/@opencontext

cc @anthropology

OPEN . CONTEXT H Open Context @opencontext Open Context (opencontext.org) reviews, edits, annotates, publishes and archives research data and digital documentation for archaeology and related fields. Through advocacy, education, research, and wider collaborations we work to promote ethical data management in support of teaching and understanding. This account is managed by multiple colleagues at our organization (see: alexandriaarchive.org/about/pe...) JOINED Aug 14, 2023 SERVICES scholarly communications DISCIPLINE archaeology CONTENT open data COMMUNITY digital humanities

josh, to random

Today's example of why I don't fear AI or Internet-driven cheating in my classes.

https://www.google.com/search?q=country+in+africa+that+starts+with+the+letter+k

josh, to academicchatter

Advice needed:

Help me figure out how to replace a laptop cart for technology-enabled active learning classes. Details in image. Thanks!

@academicchatter

josh, to Archaeology

Some important contributions to scientific rigor in by @KCNolanINDelCo and colleagues refuting Hopewell comet destruction hypothesis.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-39866-0.epdf

josh, to random

Intriguing piece by @TeamMidwest A Green New Deal for Archives

cc @ekansa @ethan @aejolene @electricarchaeo @scott_bot @marshdrifter

h/t @bkeegan

https://www.clir.org/2023/07/new-publication-proposes-green-and-sustainable-future-for-archives/

josh, to random

When life hands you eggs, make quiche

josh, (edited ) to Archaeology

Sharing syllabus for summer asynchronous online class: intro to human

CC-BY-SA-4, comments or emails welcome

Readings course (incl books by @jenniferraff @annaleen). Felt experimental for freshman but very successful. Students pull individual takes on sources but pushed toward shared goals by prompts and scaffolds. Feels more rewarding than exams. Students can see others' work for all but book reports

cc @anthropology

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EOxhhDuzUMCd6eXzHcGxj9x7jzC-AhLJBOlEAEy0tWA/edit?usp=sharing

josh, to random

It’s hot

what temperature is an average infrared sauna? between 120°F and 140°F An infrared sauna can operate at a lower temperature (usually between 120°F and 140°F) than a traditional sauna, which is typically between 150°F and 180°F. May 29, 2018

josh, to random

It seems like an Xtra special day to share my "Mastodon Teaching Packet" of the materials I used to teach social informatics students how to explore and assess Mastodon this past spring. In previous years it was a Twitter Xercise.

CC-BY-SA, have fun. If you do find this helpful a brief email (on doc footer) or reply here is always welcome for the annual report :-)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QbBqWYBDBnAIxl3_leQYf5xZb9ep2CgcXcu_dfp1sPo/edit

josh, to random

I really don't care about the Twitter change to X, but I will offer two hot takes:

  1. Changing the bird logo to "X" while keeping everything the same looks cheap and half-assed, which I guess is on-brand for the world's foremost developer of exploding transportation

  2. That stylized "X" looks like a porn logo, is that going to attract general purpose advertisers?

josh, to random

My uni is now 18mo into complete Microsoft office management ecosystem. I might be the only person on campus who understands the functional differences and overlaps in user behaviors between Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint. File organization, sharing are now Lovecraftian nightmares of non-Euclidean chthonic geometries, with multiple local administrative and departmental jargons to describe ritual practices. My concerns voiced to admins treated like gibbering madness

josh, to Anthropology

Powerful stuff

Agustín Fuentes ,Systemic racism in science: Reactions matter.Science381,eadj7675(2023).
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adj7675

josh, to random

Yesterday morning, appreciating early modern conservation heritage. This morning, experiencing late stage capitalism to enhance yesterday’s appreciation.

Bearded man with sunglasses in green shirt standing in front of a sign reading “Wall Drug”

josh, (edited ) to Anthropology

Hello Mastodon World ! I'm Josh, a Prof of Anthropology & Social Informatics at Indiana University South Bend, principal investigator w/Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA). I work at intersections of people, heritage, tech, & research, love to help folks use data systems more humanely, openly, & equitably

josh, to random

This is just so sad on several levels

josh, to random

A really nice summary by @Gargron of the current compatibility and potential community overlaps between Meta and the Mastodon server network

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads/

josh, to Birds

Copypasta from USFWS on bird site ... there is a feather atlas that exists

"Hey, what feather is this? Sometimes it's necessary to know what feather belongs to what bird in order to solve a wildlife crime. Our law enforcement personnell use the Feather Atlas, and you can too:"

https://fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/

josh, to random

Log into M this morning, see nice discussions of art, tech, science, politics, history.

Log into T, see scientist reporting death threats that moderators there don’t care about, other folks complaining (rightfully) that timelines are now enshittified by mgmt.

Share @spreadmastodon with your followers and enable change

https://spreadmastodon.org

josh, to science

Evergreen by @jenniferraff ... Adding this to syllabus for next semester.

Raff, Jennifer. 2016. “How to Read and Understand a Scientific Paper: A Guide for Non-Scientists.” Impact of Social Sciences (blog). May 9, 2016. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/05/09/how-to-read-and-understand-a-scientific-paper-a-guide-for-non-scientists/.

josh, to random

Tell me you’re a bot farm without telling me … I got followed by this account targeting nothing but “Josh” people from a sketchy domain … it felt slightly weird at first blocking whole domains on Mastodon, but I’ve done it a couple of times now and have realized how important it is for both a personal and ecosystem experience.

3. Main page for truth social.co.in posts show basically nothing but the admin
2. Inspection of original truthsocial.co.in profile following nothing but accounts named Josh
4. Blocking the entire domain truth social.co.in

josh, to random

May 25: Replace human emergency workers with chatbot rather than pay humans what they're worth - https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7ezkm/eating-disorder-helpline-fires-staff-transitions-to-chatbot-after-unionization

May 30: Shut down chatbot because it actively hurts people in emergencies - https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvk97/eating-disorder-helpline-disables-chatbot-for-harmful-responses-after-firing-human-staff

[MOTHERBOARD TECHBY VICE Eating Disorder Helpline Disables Chatbot for 'Harmful' Responses After Firing Human Staff “Every single thing Tessa suggested were things that led to the development of my eating disorder.” e By Chloe Xiang May 30,2023, 5:42pm fJ Share M Tweet g Snap

josh, to random

Oh, King, eh, very nice. And how do you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers! By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.

josh, to random

Gordon Lightfoot died today, which is also Great Lakes Awareness Day 2023. Fitting, since his music in no small part probably helped many people know the Great Lakes, to understand their importance and natural power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjd9rKZ9Crk

josh, to random

I was yesterday years old when I learned that a recently hatched echidna is called a puggle. Puggles!

A puggle growing small spines seated on a fluffy towel
A puggle resting in human hands like a lounge chair

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