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mrbig

@mrbig@masto.pt

🧑🏻‍🔬 PhD, researcher, zoologist
🌷 Leader of the Setúbal district branch of the political party LIVRE

🐘 Follow me for toots about:
🦔 Science: wildlife conservation, behavioral ecology, small mammals, internet of animals
🍁 Left/green politics: environmental and social justice, sustainability, science and democracy, free and open-source software
🇵🇹 Awesome facts about Portugal

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mrbig, to random Portuguese
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Olá, faltam 3 semanas para as Jornadas Pela Democracia Energética nos dias 11 e 12 de maio em Lisboa no Liceu Camões.

Toda a informação necessária está em https://democracia-energetica.pt/

  • Inscrições (se tencionas participar, inscreve-te para prepararmos o evento da melhor forma)

  • Programa provisório das sessoes

Neste momento precisamos de muito apoio para garantir o evento e podes faze-lo através do crowdfunding no PPL

https://ppl.pt/causas/jdenergetica

mrbig, to random Portuguese
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Reflexão do dia. Se soubessem que as vossas crianças andavam a ingerir plástico durante as refeições escolares, pensavam duas vezes da próxima vez que tirarem um saco de plástico no supermercado para levar as frutas e legumes? :blobcatthink:

https://www.wilder.pt/historias/mais-de-90-das-crias-desta-ave-tem-plasticos-no-estomago-mesmo-antes-de-sairem-dos-ninhos/

pjw, to philosophy
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An ex-philosopher friend remarked to me yesterday that academics judging prestige and success by citation metrics incentivizes the same thing in slow-motion as social media algorithms judging success of content creators by engagement metrics, and it has thrown me into an existential crisis.

@academicchatter

mrbig,
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@StephanieMoore «It’s more like “engagement,” which is a really terrible construct that means nothing because it means anything»

This is the heart of the citation problem. Look no further than the current crisis in taxonomy. It's one of the most important fields of conservation biology. Yet, people rarely cite taxonomic papers. Consequently, the field is now suffering from lack of funding because describing new species is not a worthwhile topic for the body of a paper.

@pjw @academicchatter

aspiringcat, to academicchatter

Every couple of months I get slightly annoyed by Zotero and look for other reference managers and come to the conclusion that others are far more buggy!

Why don’t we have a reference manager that’s more — modern? Why can’t I take notes like I would in a good text editor? The way to add notes is clunky, I can’t easily see what papers have cited the current paper? Generating notes from my annotations is always not intuitive? Am I missing something here?

@academicchatter

mrbig,
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@aspiringcat @academicchatter The best method to solve that, I found, is to synchronize Zotero with a note-taking app (LogSeq, Obsidian or Zettlr). Use Zotero as a reference manager and another app to take notes that point to your Zotero files. Zotero 6 improved this cross-platform note-taking task thanks to the PDF viewer. It's still a little clunky, but it's better than the current integranted note-taking system.

mrbig,
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@independentpen @aspiringcat @academicchatter They are all excellent and serve different purposes. @zettlr is the best one if you're only interested in academic work. If you prefer to work with an outliner or journal-style notes, @logseq is the best one. They are both open-source. @obsidian is better if you're interested in a more flexible and interlinked note-taking system. This is the one I use. All three apps use local markdown files to keep your notes. Hope that was helpful :ablobsmile:

petersuber, to academia
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New study: "Our results show that Chinese PhD student significant pressures to publish in order to obtain their degree, with papers indexed in the Science Citation Index [] often a mandatory requirement for students to obtain their degree. Moreover, it is found that first authorship is also mandatory."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-023-04854-8


@academicchatter

mrbig,
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@Thcoudreau @wolfgangcramer @petersuber @academicchatter I can confirm that in Portugal things have NOT changed for biologists. PhD students are mandated to have at least one scientific article published. Most supervisors enforce this rule. And even if they don't, the student is penalized when defending its thesis, regardless of the work or content of the thesis.

Catarina, to random
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Pancho :dogroll: stepped on chewing gum
Cons: sticky front paws
Pros: he smells of berries

mrbig,
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@Catarina Free perfume for your house? :blobcatgiggle:

TheEuropeanNetwork, to Europe

Europe's Green Deal initiative is stalling.

Many of the European Union's heads of state and government leaders have called for a 'regulatory pause' on climate and environmental issues. They are concerned about the consequences of measures designed to lead the EU-27 to carbon neutrality.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/10/02/europe-s-green-deal-machine-is-stalling_6142509_4.html

mrbig,
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@TheEuropeanNetwork Yes, of course, it makes perfect sense for our political leaders to pause the development of green policies at a time when heat records are being broken everywhere... :nyancat:

mrbig, to Lisboa Portuguese
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Amanhã (sexta-feira) vou estar presente no Museu de História Natural de Lisboa, no âmbito da Noite Europeia dos Investigadores, a falar do bem-estar animal dos animais usados em experimentação animal (um tópico extremamente controverso, eu sei). Se quiserem saber os cuidados que tomamos, apareçam lá a partir das 17:00 🐭

obsidian, to random
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Obsidian Properties. A simple way to add structured data to your notes: dates, tags, checkboxes, lists, even links. You can also search notes by property and value.

✨ Now available to all with Obsidian 1.4. As always, your data is stored durably and privately on your device.

Release notes:
https://obsidian.md/changelog/2023-08-31-desktop-v1.4.5/

video/mp4

mrbig,
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@obsidian Excellent, I've been eagerly awaiting for this feature to be available on the public version :ablobcatrave:

RadicalGraffiti, to random
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“Even before the pope came, I already prayed for a room here”
Painted on a Lisbon apartment block during the Pope's visit, then after it was quicky painted over, new graffiti appeared on the same wall that said:
“Those 4.800 sexual abuses (by the church) are not that easy to erase”

“Those 4.800 sexual abuses (by the church) are not that easy to erase”

mrbig,
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@RadicalGraffiti Brilliant :ablobcool:

EU_Commission, to climate
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We are one in fighting climate change.

Our latest special Eurobarometer survey shows it:

  • 93% believe climate change is a serious problem facing the world.

  • 93% of Europeans have already taken individual climate actions and made sustainable choices.

  • 87% think it is important that we set ambitious targets to increase renewable energy.

Our is all about it.

Let's build this future together.

Discover all the results: https://europa.eu/!GCRF7d

A visual with a key figure from the latest special Eurobarometer on climate change. In the bottom-right corner, the photo of a radiator knob. On the rest of the visual, the text: “93% are already taking individual climate actions and consciously making sustainable choices.”
A visual with a key figure from the latest special Eurobarometer on climate change. In the top-right corner, the photo of a person wearing a helmet at a photovoltaic power station. In the bottom-left corner, the image of a person from a climate demonstration. On the rest of the visual, the text: “88% of European agree that greenhouse gas emission should be reduced to a minimum.”
A visual with a key figure from the latest special Eurobarometer on climate change. In the top-right corner, the photo of a man and a woman wearing a helmet at a photovoltaic power station. On the rest of the visual, the text: “87% of Europeans think it’s important that the EU sets ambitious targets to increase renewable energy use.”

mrbig,
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@EU_Commission It's great to see that people are taking individual action against climate change. But I would rather see corporate action too featured in your message. Because these have a considerably larger carbon footprint and can make impactful changes that outweigh hundreds of individual actions.

pvonhellermannn, to random
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Saturday morning I was wondering whether people I know in real life even see these kinds of graphs. I decided to find out by sharing it in WhatsApp groups I am in (not all but was quite brave - included colleagues, family, etc) posting it with this message.

Entirely unscientific, badly worded etc, but I am so glad I did! I learned a number of interesting things:

  1. In every group, 70-90 % of people had never seen this graph and do not normally see these graphs. 1/x
mrbig,
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@NatureMC @SeaMonster @bmaxv @pvonhellermannn That article still remains, to me, one of the best examples of excellent scientific communication and visualization that I've ever seen. Certainly on my top10. Whoever put in the time and effort to design and write that article should be prized.

rafa_font, to ChatGPT
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ChatGPT will answer when you call 112 (in Portugal, from 2025)

Why?

  • To avoid having to wait 5-6 minutes to have an answer in peak periods.

  • To filter out pranks, which account for 60% of the currrent traffic.

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

Source: TheMayor.EU https://www.themayor.eu/en/a/view/chat-gpt-will-answer-when-you-call-112-in-portugal-from-2025-11918

mrbig,
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@rafa_font Really? There are that many people trolling the emergency service? :blobfearful:

mrbig, to Portugal
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🚄 Petition to connect all major European cities by a -speed network ✍️

Please share this widely!

Fun fact, is currently in third place in number of signers :acongasonic:

https://europa.eu/citizens-initiative/select-language?destination=/initiatives/details/2023/000004

fonecokid, to random
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Let's talk about Trump refusing the debates....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIn4zvtmtEI

mrbig,
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@zleap @RenewedRebecca Hello!

Compared with other countries in the EU, CHEGA has little support in Portugal. But, it has been steadily growing ever since being created in 2018 (if memory serves me right [pun not intended]). I think it's a matter of time until they reach the EU average, but we'll see.

robparsons, to linux
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I'm really not looking forward to being forced on to Windows 11, so I'm thinking of getting a laptop.

Any recommendations? Advice? Things to consider?

mrbig,
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@j3j5 @robparsons @slimbook Same here, I bought an EXECUTIVE in 2021 and am super happy with the purchase. They are light and resistant, and have an amazing performance. The new models even have better battery life now. Give them a try!

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