In about two hours (12:30 UTC) I'll be hosting a hackathon where we'll work on a checklist for generating research collaboration statements. Register for free and join us in the brainstorming: bigteamscience.github.io #bigteamscience #bigteamscience2025 #bts2025 #OpenScience #authorship […]

#fensterfreitag #universitedetoulouse (zoom in for Han Solo)

We often assume that perceived risk determines compliance with protective measures. But both factors may vary over time, and what happens at one point may influence what happens at a later point. In a registered report that reached stage 2 approval this week (https://osf.io/jehm7), our team led […]

Stille før stormen. The quiet before the storm. #Bergen #skyscape #skyline

In the least surprising news ever: Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flocks-gunshot-detection-microphones-will-start-listening-human-voices #surveillance #featurecreep #masssurveillance

We bought this used 1,500 piece jigsaw puzzle at a flea market this weekend. It's got a fair bit of boring brown and yellow background that will be challenging, but the kids were looking forward to seeing the tiger emerge! But after working on it for a while […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

We bought this used 1,500 piece jigsaw puzzle at a flea market this weekend. It's got a fair bit of boring brown and yellow background that will be challenging, but the kids were looking forward to seeing the tiger emerge! But after working on it for a while […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

If your institution requires you to use Blackboard for teaching (like me), be aware its parent company is broke and it's getting new private equity owners whose plans for the platform, and how they'll capitalize on it, remain unknown (bet it includes "AI") onedtech.philhillaa.com/p/anthology-...

Today I found this gift of #stroopwafel in my office from my recently completed PhD candidate, and then I learn that it is #worldstroopwafelday? Talk about #jungiansynchronicity!

Earlier this summer I received a warning from Meta Quest that my 19 year old account was being used by a child.* They wanted me to confirm my age by sending them a photo of a government ID or credit card, which I was reluctant to do. Hence they suspended my Facebook, Instagram and Messenger […]

Eg har satt saman "Veslebror", ei nynorsk fanomsetjing av Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic ) sin "Little Brother", ein roman om å slå tilbake mot overvakingsveldet, og ikkje stole på nokon over 25 år. Som sitt opphav er den i #CreativeCommons […] [Original post on tutoteket.no]

As a Norwegian, I will never stop smiling whenever KLM says it is time for "instappen".

I've really enjoyed my short research visit to #toulouse so far.

Found some serious looking #mosstodon under some arches by the river #tarn in #albi.

It is WILD that we now live in a time where my job as an astrophysics professor has gone from "learn cool things about space" to "try to get someone to hold billionaires accountable for dropping shit on us from orbit"

I'm on a research visit to the Université de Toulouse this week. First impressions: Students seem to read more books and smoke more cigarettes! #toulouse #UniversitédeToulouse #researchvisit #sabbatical #blacksabbatical

We’re taking another step in building a sustainable financial base as a non-profit. Today, we’re announcing new hosting and support offerings, tailored for larger organisations and public institutions. These enable organisations to own their social identities, on their own infrastructure […]

Floris van den Oever will hold his trial lecture and PhD dissertation defense this Friday 09:15 CET, on the topic #AugmentedReality for maritime collaboration. As one of the supervisors, I'm very much looking forward to it, and I'm sure he will do a great […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

– Hei, er i Oslo i helgen, har dere noen tips til ting å se? – Det er et jævlig svært amerikansk hangarskip der nå – Men doktor, jeg ER det jævlig svære amerikanske hangarskipet

There are five ladies on street cafe table next to me having a reunion for their high-school graduation in 1966. They are reminiscing about their plans and dreams, sweethearts and trauma, drugs and delinquency stories from back in the day. They just asked me to take their picture, referring to […]

IMPORTANT STUDY: “On average, the implementation of 30 km/h speed limits in European cities demonstrated a 23%, 37% & 38% reduction in road crashes, fatalities & injuries respectively. Lower speed limits also yielded environmental benefits.” www.nrso.ntua.gr/review-of-ci...

We're working on a tool for standardizing hypothesis formulation. We've put together a bibliography of previous work on the topic. Are we missing any important papers? Feel free to edit or comment […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

A small but big thing: every profile UX on the open social web should copy #threads: Show the full handle w/ domain plus a “Copy” button in account details. None do now—Mastodon, Bluesky, PixelFed, etc. Only Threads does, and it’s a must-have.

Takk til @3rik, som held i sida. Sjekk ut https://gjer.no for allheimske events, frie for Facebook sine arrangementsbur. Ein kan følgje brukarane herfrå, men om ein vil legge ut arrangement sjølv – eventuelt importere dei frå andre sider – må ein lage ein Mobilizon-brukar (til dømes på gjer.no).

This should have been big news! Ten funding agencies from eight European countries have pledged to support a public infrastructure that is poised to replace academic journals: FWF 🇦🇹 RCN 🇳🇴 Forte 🇸🇪 ARIS 🇸🇮 SRC 🇸🇪 FCT 🇵🇹 CSIC 🇪🇸 DFG 🇩🇪 Formas 🇸🇪 ANR 🇫🇷 Only two of them issued press releases in […]

#arbeidendekapital #formuesskatt #Norsktut https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/115130558379887333

TIRED: Going into another room to pick something up, and then forgetting why you're there. WIRED: Switching to your browser to look something up, and then getting distracted by the already open browser tabs.

Hvorfor er det ringeklokker på sparkesykler, når de egentlig skal ta hensyn til fotgjengere og ikke skal kjøre fortere enn dem? Den brukes jo stort sett bare til å skremme fotgjengere til å hoppe ut av veien (fortauet) når sparkesykkelen har lyst til å suse forbi. Og hvor godt er disse […]

Ordering a return trip from Bergen to Toulouse in a couple of weeks, I notice that the featured picture that KLM uses to illustrate #Bergen shows my home.

Well-connected person whom I trust was just telling me that he’s personally talked to 4 Canadians who in recent weeks have had US CBP demand to look through their phones and on that basis been turned back and handed 5-year entry bans. Three of the 4 were at Vancouver airport. These people are […]

I'm putting together a short bibliography of recent papers about #BigTeamScience, with emphasis on challenges and solutions for large social science projects. Am I missing any important papers? I'm in particular looking for any tools or checklists to use when […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

Nice tour over Vidden yesterday, starting with a tour up to Ulriken by cable car. #norway #bergen #ulriken #fairphone5

Every once in a while, someone says something like: “I do this, and that makes me safe from Facebook’s prying eyes!” It’s all complete nonsense. If you use our Meta products or services in any manner, we know who you are, where you are, what you’re doing, who your friends are, and so much […]

I've read an anecdote about somebody as a child mishearing "Francis Bacon" as "France is bacon". They then went on for a considerable portion of their life before being corrected, believing that this was not the name of a historical person you are quoting, but an expression about the absurdity […]

I've taken the bus out to our nearby cabin, pulled a deckchair onto the pier, and am working on some manuscripts. Here's hoping there won't be a gust of wind blowing all my manuscript pages onto the lake, and I'll have to wade in to rescue them, etc. #academicchatter #sabbatical #professorthoughts

I'm on #sabbatical for the upcoming academic year. Today I stopped by the administration to ask how many students had been accepted for the master's program starting next week. "Oh, has nobody informed you yet?" they answer, as if about to tell me about the death of a friend... #academicchatter

Study of discourse in the German parliament suggests something similar to the dynamic of online discussion triggered by entry of AfD (far-right party) into the conversation -> "Our findings suggest that in times of rising polarisation, the incentives to control the stage may outweigh […]

Dear EU commission, as you may have noticed bowing to Trump didn't work and instead emboldened him to double-down on his bullying. We thought that you would have learned this particular lesson after years of trying to appease Putin, but no, you still haven't. Dear EU commission, it's about time […]

Australian government: We want to ban anyone under the age of 16 accessing social media. Google, Meta, etc: You can't do this to us... Errr... Our customers! This is big government interfering in the free market! We believe in freedom! Government does best when it does least! Australian […]

I drove past this sign for a swimming area yesterday, which I imagine may sound ominous for an English speaker. #lostintranslation

"I often feel like a resident of Pompeii who has been asked for some humorous comments on lava." Tom Lehrer (1928-2025), on why he lost interest in satire. #rip #tomlehrer

My mother's cabin has knitted covers for the toilet rolls. I have questions.

#silentsunday #cabinlife

That is correct, Mr. AI Overview.

#photography #abstract #urban

Vi skrur av tenningen i fergekøer, ikke sant? #Norsktut