C'est de l'eau qui est utilisée pour le refroidissement des serveurs non ? Donc je suppose que c'est de l'eau du robinet et qu'une grande partie se vaporise ?

A little thread on how the crisis around GenAI in academia is also a crisis of confidence, and it makes me quite sad. [1/n]

It's kind of amazing that we showed we could cut child poverty in half for roughly 100 billion/year (absolute peanuts in a 7 trillion dollar budget), did it for a year, and then just stopped doing it.

Hello hive mind, based on my post yesterday about LLMs, what do we all know about the statement « AI consumes 1.5L of water for a simple yes or no »? Where does the water come from and where does it go?

Ah yes the woke agenda *checks notes* inviting women to review because they're experts in their field.

Ok specialists what is the best alternative to chatGPT-and name your criteria!

Universities must cut ties with OpenAI. And no, "cocaine is available on the streets, there's no reason we shouldn't dispense it in the dorms" is not a good argument. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...

I think we can safely refer to it as 💩 index.

www.nature.com/articles/d41... look at the subtitle: which researchers welcome the effort?? Let’s just kill collaboration shall we? Let’s just make sure every paper is a battle. This is not going on the right direction

Soupçonnée d’avoir menti sous serment sur ses liens avec une lobbyiste des crèches privées, Aurore Bergé à été placée sous le statut de témoin assisté. C'était prévisible mais ça n'a pas empêché qu'elle soit renommée ministre, comme Dati. La macronie, ça ose tout. www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...

Preliminary findings: 🚫TikTok & Meta failed to grant researchers adequate access to public data. 🚫Meta failed to provide simple ways to notify illegal content and to allow users to challenge moderation decisions. This is a duty, not a choice. link.europa.eu/JYQrBX

It’s #BlackHistoryMonth in the UK, so please afford me this statement: It’s apparently unprofessional to not wear *smart* clothes to a conference…but it’s completely professional to use the word “coloured” when referring to Black and brown people…

Je regarde la carte et jaune veut dire “Au moins un polluant quantifié sans dépassement des limites de qualité” alors que vert veut dire aucun polluant quantifié. Vert ne veut pas dire qu’ils ne sont pas là mais

Very important and uplifting perspective on REF

There's been lots on this already. I think it would work in some circumstances but the submitting units that would be most disadvantaged would be the smaller, generally less well-funded. Panel members can spot hidden gems in a way AI wouldn't, I suspect. Might as well go back to JIFs!

I have been thinking that a AI model should be able to predict REF outcomes and I believe that whatever papers are chosen for a submission outcomes won’t change much… anyone prepared to run an experiment?

If these headlines don’t reek of personality cult and dictatorship I don’t know what does. Didn’t realise he was 79, are the US going to get a big Jubilee next year?

💯 Academic social media was a game changer for scholars from traditionally less well-connected places.

Pretty happy in terms of the #chemsky content. Sure there’s heaps less signal than #chemtwitter at its peak but also vastly less noise. And people don’t shout at me for my non-chem opinions and musical tastes so that’s pretty nice.

I haven’t posted here in many months but LinkedIn is so depressing. Elon truly won, we had a space where we could talk without “keeping up appearances” now academics migrated to LinkedIn and it’s all polished edulcorated saccharine. Everyone back in the box. How is everyone getting on here?

At least 798 people have died while seeking food at distribution points run by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation simce late May, according to the UN. The GHF has faced criticism for breaching humanitarian impartiality and possible involvement in war crimes. #DontForgetGaza

Too much international women in engineering day on LinkedIn so here I am. I applaud my (often junior) colleagues in engineering who patiently fill out form with their profile for their institution to boast about them on #IWED and then deny the existence of their struggles the rest of the year.

Very very stingy grant rejection today. With a strong feeling that 1) the panel re-reviewed the grant and 2) misunderstood the call… it’s heartbreaking.

The increase use of LinkedIn by Academics has seen these LinkedInese influencers pop up everywhere- giving hot takes on PhD and academia… a little cringey. It seems the 140/280 characters and dynamic interactions had protected us from our own pontificating!!

Session 3 of ##EnvChem2025 is From Source to Policy: Characterising and Responding to Environmental Pollution, chaired by @drcgl119.bsky.social .

Looking forward to meeting everyone at #EnvChem2025 tomorrow! If you're already in Portsmouth, come join us tonight at 7 PM for an informal meetup: 📍 The Old Customs House Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth PO1 3TY See you there! 👋🍻

At #EnvChem2025 learning how wood preservation from the Mary Rose is undertaken and monitoring using XRF and FT-IR analyses with Interdisciplinary @rsc.org Award Winner, Dr Eleanor Schofield.

📣 Deadline extended! We are calling for members of the public in Scotland to participate in a new and inclusive panel to help SCAF define its activities - with a broader goal of transforming and accelerating research & impact in and around food 💡 ⏰ Deadline to apply: Friday 6 June 👉 bit.ly/4jYFsoj

Kicking off the DiveIn Co³ Academy with our Gather to Spark workshop💥🎓 @drcgl119.bsky.social welcomed supervisors to the launch of our new programme. It’s all about coming together to share ideas, shape the future of research, and build a more inclusive research culture 💡 Excited for what’s ahead!🌱

We need codified legal abortion yesterday.

Brits, this is what people mean when they say it's coming for us too!!! What the FUCK?! Did you know abortion isn't 'legal' here, just 'decriminalised' as long as you follow a set procedure to receive one? I think it's time we FINALLY started pushing for it to be made fully legal!

Does that not make the case of the robustness of preprint vs published papers… the case for reinventing publication from scratch has been clear for a while- it’s incomprehensible that we choose to still be dependent on the current one

Is there something more British than to do VE Day 80th anniversary celebration on a holiday that is already a modified workers’ rights holiday set on a day that suits bankers? WW2 seems to take a place in British Society that all of us in Europe don’t quite grasp. Still won’t get its own holiday!

We can upload 3 minute videos now. YOU KNOW THE RULE

French researcher, going to a conference in Houston, was forbidden entry to US; his work and personal electronics were both confiscated. Why? Because a “random search” of his cell phone revealed a negative personal opinion on Trump and the Trump administration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

J’ai toujours pensé que Besnehard était un misogyne patenté… au moins j’avais raison.

Today I read on all my social media that almost 50% of Brittons and 56% of men believe that « gender equality has gone too far ». Can someone explain what is the point when we have too much equality ??? #IWD2025

RTL a mis 9 ans à se séparer de Zemmour en 2019 alors que celui-ci avait été condamné en 2011 pour ces mots à la télé :"la plupart des trafiquants sont noirs et arabes Jean-Michel Aphatie rappelle de simples faits historiques, RTL le met en retrait le jour-même www.arretsurimages.net/articles/aph...

Why OpenAI when there is now European competitors, is it wise to trust this very company just now with something so important?

Oxford University has announced plans to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) offering and capabilities with OpenAI. Students and faculty staff will have access to research grant funding and cutting-edge AI tools that will enhance teaching, learning, and research.

Remember, EuropePMC is actually better than #PubMed because it includes ALL preprints in search results, not just those including NIH-funded research. europepmc.org

👩‍🔬 #EllesFontPSL : À l'occasion du 11 février, Journée Internationale des Femmes et des Filles de Science et du 8 mars, Journée Internationale des Droits des Femmes, découvrez les initiatives qui contribuent à valoriser les travaux des femmes de science de PSL 👉 psl.eu/actualites/e... #WomenInScience

Elon Musk’s DOGE just posted classified U.S. intelligence data on its website, and officials are scrambling, HuffPost reports.

Alors j’avais pas eu une console depuis 25 ans mais j’en ai demandé une pour mon anniversaire pour pouvoir jouer en famille. Je joue aussi en ligne à des trucs. Professeure de génie de l’environnement et demeurée

Better than expelling him would be to see him quit because @royalsociety.org went hard on EDI policies. For instance, the Fellowship could easily decide to only appoint female new fellows until there is gender balance.

IA : Après le DATA MINING, le DATA PURGE! Le début d'un autoadafé numérique ? @olivetree33.bsky.social @juliengossa.cpesr.fr www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

I don’t think it’s good enough for the Royal Society to keep pushing the line that “issues raised about individual fellows are dealt with in confidence”, because Musk’s problematic actions are a matter of public record. So please keep signing & sharing the letter: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/

Et puisque @franceinter.fr n'a pas jugé utile de publier l'extrait de cette intervention (pourtant déterminante) du juge administratif, la voici : (Vidéo calée à 12'09 & jusqu'à 14'20) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bQg...

This is a really important statement from the UK scientific community. Please sign and share.