“Algorithms are opinions embedded in code” - Cathy O’Neil #TheSocialDilemma

Tech question: Is there a #speechrecognition software that: 1) works for generating #video captions (I would like to use them for #peertube videos) 2) is trainable 3) is #foss ?

Please bro, just one more task management system bro, if you switch one more time I promise this one will make you happy and productive and not at all overwhelmed by the world and everything bro

A software I have to use doesn’t run on Windows 11. Apparently *this* is the only PC, that is old enough to not having been updated, but good enough to still be around. #sapflow #treehydraulicarchitecture #ibm #thinkpad #windows #windows11 #windowsxp

‘Red Dot - ICE Activity Alerts’ app By and for *immigrant communities* Location never stored or tracked No personal info required or collected 100% anonymous reports Data auto-deletes after 5 hours "Aggregates reports from multiple established ICE monitoring networks AND community members […]

Elsevier "hybrid" journal called _Ecological Modelling_ which charges an APC of USD 3,040 (excluding taxes)... ...publishes THIS abomination as a graphical abstract. 🤣 Source: Zhao et al (2025) Designing Ecological Networks to Foster Regional Economic […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Our paper on using #eDNA from rainwater to study hidden biodiversity in #tropical #forest #canopies is now out in Science Advances ! This method is a major step forward for the study and #conservation of this inaccessible compartiment […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]

Learn about my current project investigating **tree-hydraulic architecture**. Joining the @unigoettingen departments Plant Ecology and Ecosystem Research, Bioclimatology, and Spatial Structures and Digitization of Forests we explore using #Sapflow of a forest […] [Original post on ecoevo.social]

Academics, including myself, should create an equivalent of the arxiv for git. I am not sure how long it will take, but gihub will certainly go the google+ and jamboard way, by discontinuing things that are no longer interesting or profitable to Microsoft (or, even worse, acceptable by whatever […]

Researchers seek to influence peer review with hidden AI prompts https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/06/researchers-seek-to-influence-peer-review-with-hidden-ai-prompts/ Academics may be leaning on a novel strategy to influence peer review of their research papers — adding hidden prompts designed to […]

How do I not give free labor to AI companies by basically labeling their training data when I write #alt-text?#alttext

https://claytonwramsey.com/blog/prompt/ would rather read the prompt…

Die Aneignung von Pflanzen mittels Namen findet Ohiniko Mawussé Toffa, ein Kulturwissenschaftler aus Togo, der für das Zentralarchiv der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin arbeitet, schmerzhaft. Die Menschen in seiner Heimat, die Deutschland von 1894 bis 1914 als „Musterkolonie“ kontrollierte, hätten […]

At the end of the day, the question is what you prefer. Ironically, I hypothesize that this question matches the division of the political landscape astonishingly well.

The more I use python, the more I like R 🤷 #rstats

Turns out Pink Floyd was wrong. We do need education.

I am currently performing a Deming-Regression on two metrics using mcr:: in #rstats . Does anybody have an idea how I can extract the model residuals or compute them myself? (of course the orthogonal ones, not vertical which would be easy) #rhelp #statistics #stats

Thank you to everyone who has already supported our work on open-source spatial analysis resources like Geocomputation with R and Geocomputation with Python! 🙏🌍 If you’ve found our books helpful, consider supporting future updates and free resources […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

@andrewdessler shared how Musk's "upgrade" of his AI tool describes climate change. Spoiler, Grok 3.0 references Bjorn Lomberg.

@mastoblind Any blind folks have experience with Linux desktop environments? I have thoroughly enjoyed Bash over SSH for many years. I want to switch away from Windows entirely, but my experience with screen reader accessibility on Linux desktops has been mixed at best. Any tips or advice? Has […]

‘Researching climate change feels like standing in the path of an approaching train’ https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00487-4 Studying the impacts of extreme weather events can exact a heavy mental toll. Finding your ‘happy place’ is an important coping strategy.

PS: I'm sympathetic to those short on time or caught up in job changes. But those pointing to null results didn't understand the point of #PreRegistration.

The year is 2025 and we still give these publishers our money. If they at least would pull their submission systems out of the 90s... #academicchatter

Also congrats to @beamilz.com for being a 2025 GitHub Star! We're lucky to have her as an editor for @ropensci.org's software peer-review and a leader of our Portuguese-language community. stars.github.com/profiles/bea...

This guy in my office reminds me how I’m supposed to dress as a professor.

Today, my #fanuary shout out is to @sundogplanets. An astronomer and champion of satellite regulation, she’s also sharing her joy in Saskatchewan farm life with goats and a llama. Here’s an interview with her from Physics Magazine last summer: https://physics.aps.org/articles/v17/97 […]

So refreshing to see student homework that is not "optimized" by running through an AI... I'm now totally willing to accept any crazy argument if only it is made in the students' own voice 😭 #academicchatter #chatgpt

@academicchatter #stats #rstats How often do you encounter misinterpretations of p-values or Null-Hypothesis-Significance-Testing in general? Every few days I have the urge to contact authers to tell them, that their p-value being bigger than .05 does NOT mean that there is no effect.

Absolute shots fired. From: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360319924043957 #Science #academia #peerreview #research