NicoleCRust

NicoleCRust, 23 days ago to random

Summer reading recs?!

I’m looking to compile a big pile of IRL books for summer beach reading.

Big fan of scifi, specfic, murder mysteries. Strong female characters = bonus points. Can’t deal with darkness. Nothing high brow or tedious. Nonfiction lover but that list is already bursting at the seams.

I also love long series - 3 body problem, wheel of time, foundation … those waves all have good memories attached.

If that brings anything to mind, please send the rec!!

davidtoddmccarty, 25 days ago to random

FOLLOW ME: You might not like everything I have to say but I’ll make you think. Of course, that might include thinking I’m an idiot. I write about politics, culture, writing, and quite a lot of random shit, but it’s almost always my original thoughts and insights. Funny, apoplectic, or morose. But honest.

Maybe I could ask you to boost so I may continue my effort to conquer the world.

#Follow #Writer #OldPeopleOfMastodon

elduvelle_neuro, 27 days ago to random

The last #HyperDriveI’ll be building here in the US!
(I’m leaving my current postdoc in 6 weeks to go on holidays and then maybe another postdoc in Glasgow!)
#PostDocLife

NicoleCRust, 28 days ago to random

Sometimes I think that maybe (just maybe) I write well ...

Then I encounter someone who writes REALLY well (sometimes a revising my own text).

Sigh ... focusing on the delta can be hard. But inspiring and motivating too.

The deeper I get into it, the more I realize: writing (compelling nonfiction) is an art form.

NicoleCRust, 1 month ago to random

I’m sad that NPR is turning into silly. Where are y’all getting your (audio) news?

https://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/

brianvastag, 1 month ago to random

My lunch is rice cakes with NuttZo Seven Nut Butter from Costco and you can't stop me.

BayesForDays, 1 month ago to random

so I think I need a moleskine that's like, 14 x 10 or something. I've got an 8.5 x 11 and it's not ENOUGH

Sheril, 1 month ago to random

Welp, it’s official. The dissertation is accepted. 🎉

APBBlue, 1 month ago to random

Someone at my new office was wearing JEANS today!

(I probably won't, but still ... JEANS!)

tdverstynen, 1 month ago to random

It begins!

I, for one, welcome our future robot overlords.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/boston-dynamics-debuts-humanoid-robot-destined-for-commercialization/

jonny, 1 month ago to random

Got a gel manicure bc I am on vacation and if I talk with my hands normally, we now have like second and third subvoice bc I just love seeing my lil sparklies fly around

grimalkina, 1 month ago to random

"Unfortunately we were unable to find any qualified reviewers for your work" --> the soundtrack of my life 😩 we persevere but we are TIRED

cyrilpedia, 1 month ago to random

"Compared to 2021, we now have almost seven times as many editors in Latin America and more than five times as many in Africa. Specifically, while Latin American and African editors combined made up less than 1% of our editorial board in our last report, currently 7% of eLife editors are based in Latin America and 3% are based in Africa (Figure 1). The number of eLife editors in Asia has also grown, at the moment constituting 14% of our editorial board compared to 11% in 2021."

https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/e3b5c5c9/elife-latest-2024-update-on-the-diversity-of-our-editorial-community

NicoleCRust, 1 month ago to random

Big news! A townhall will follow the #ccn2024 talk unpacked in the post below. A chance for you to chime in.

The topic of the townhall: The GrandPlan for brain & mind research. What are the challenges? And opportunities? Particularly with regard to the research arc that culminates in new treatments for brain & mental dysfunction. What do we need to know and how will we figure it out?

Leading the discussion: @ivanoransky, Editor in Chief of @thetransmitter, medical doctor, researcher, journalist & founder of @retractionwatch.

With that CV 🤩, Ivan is (somewhat uniquely) perfect to lead this.

https://neuromatch.social/@NicoleCRust/112060313599258663

NicoleCRust, 1 month ago to random

Brainstorming corrections for scientific myopia

I’m convinced that we’ve inadvertently created a scientific culture that disproportionately dissuades high-level, big-picture thinking. How do we rectify that?

A few venues I know. Please add to this list!

We write at a high-level. Venues: perspective pieces of journals, thetransmitter.org, aeon.org, etc

We hold workshops to discuss things, at a high-level. Venues like https://www.tfi.ucsb.edu/ & https://esforum.de/ have interesting models.

We devote some time to this at conferences (I’ll be trying that here: https://2024.ccneuro.org/; let’s see how it goes). Know any other examples?

We write, read and discuss books.

I understand astrophysics does something organized (given shared resources): everyone is polled; plans are discussed; reports are written.