We need to teach activism in school

On the night of 2–3 August 1944, nearly 3,000 Roma men, women and children were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Today, on European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, we honour the victims of the Roma genocide and reaffirm our duty to preserve their memory.

I think I caught #shrinkflation mid-production

Every faculty association needs to be prioritizing new collective agreement wording that addresses AI.

James Andrew Smith@drsmith.bsky.social · 2w ago

Peer review. It’s literally called “peer review”. AI is not my peer.

My employer has a software package with the default avatar below 👇 When I inquired about how to change it, the answer was (basically): You can't. But don't worry about it. It doesn't affect anything. It's (perhaps) just a small sign that bias runs deep. #HigherEd

The new 50% tariff threat feels like a “you’re not paying enough attention to me” thing

The workforce is being transformed into people highly skilled at moving data across proprietary commercial software platforms so their employers can save a few more dollars. #HigherEd

Any chance that Sesame Street has a vacant Air BnB for a week?

Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”

#HigherEd workload is out of control. It is time for a sector-wide teaching formula. Currently, we get the same teaching credit for teaching a course of 20 students as we do for teaching a course of 1800. The workload is not the same, and the distribution of course assignments is not equitable.

Apparently, some Americans don’t think that their lives should be affected by the actions of other countries 🙄 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

4 Republicans in U.S. Congress accuse Canada of failing to do enough to prevent wildfires | CBC News

Republican members of U.S. Congress are slamming Canada's federal and provincial governments over what they claim is inaction in preventing the wildfires currently spreading smoke and poor air quality...

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Sus budget word: Aggregate #HigherEd

Just did an interview about air quality — measuring, filtering and controlling — on Radio-Canada.

An article submission always begins with a changing of the password #HigherEd

When are talks at scientific conferences funny? And if we use humour in the service of engaging the audience, who gets to do that, and who should? scientistseessquirre... 🧪

On humour in scientific talks – and how to use your privilege

A few months ago I got to read one of the most entertaining scientific papers I’ve seen in a while.* It’s a study by Stefano Mammola and colleagues that documents patterns in the use of jokes in sc…

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If we are truly committed to changing the research culture, Academic Sniping needs to stop. #HigherEd #WellActually

Boil water advisory for Six Nations of the Grand River

Boil water advisory for Six Nations of the Grand River

People living on Six Nations of the Grand River are under a boil water advisory.

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BTW this reminded me of THE ANTS OF BIMBLEBY HILL which is a very cute story (this is not me editorializing, the editor said it was cute) about a young man and a lost engagement ring and a DEADLINE (and ants 🐜) www.amazon.com/The-Ants-of-...

The Ants of Bimbleby Hill

Amazon.com: The Ants of Bimbleby Hill (Audible Audio Edition): Premee Mohamed, Raphael Corkhill, Audible Originals: Audible Books & Originals

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JL Kaufmann@jlkaufmann.bsky.social · 4w ago

Is this the sort of tale where The Bugge has befriended an ant and she brings all her friends to clear up?

Not good news.

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 4w ago

Video of reported US strikes on targets in the city of Chabahar

🧪 Physiology is a hidden dimension of diversity in the radiation of woodland salamanders | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Physiology is a hidden dimension of diversity in the radiation of woodland salamanders | PNAS

Morphological evolution can be explosive, producing visually spectacular adaptive radiations like Caribbean anoles, Malagasy vangas, and African Ri...

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Maybe we're seeing the death of the academic publishing model, in real time.

Tony S.F.@tonysf.bsky.social · 4w ago

Big lack of qualified reviewers? The cost of generation seems headed to 0 relative to the cost of verification; seems obvious that we must change norms so verification is seen as more of a contribution? What if we require authors to review for some number of conferences before being able to submit?

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Stephen Heard@stephenbheard.bsky.social · last mo.

Author's copies came! Third edition of "The Scientist's Guide to Writing", publishing for real August 4th. One of the best things that's happened in my whole career is that this book has been helpful enough, to enough people, to merit a 3rd edition. 1/2

#HigherEd: "We value transdisciplinary research and teaching." Also #HigherEd: "We can't allow non-disciplinary members on thesis examination committees."

Geico Gecko: That Doesn't Make Any Sense

ALT: Geico Gecko: That Doesn't Make Any Sense

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Sci-fi writers imagine worlds that don't yet exist That makes them climate adaptation thinkers The #ManufacturedEcosystems Sci-Fi Climate Technology Database explores climate technologies Here's what writers have imagined about #WaterRegulation sfmanufacturedecosystems.hcommons.org/water-regula...

Hamilton police search for missing seven-year-old boy

Hamilton police search for missing seven-year-old boy

Nathanael Selambi is described as a black male who is four feet tall with a skinny build and short or shaved hair. He was wearing a white tank top with Thomas the Train Engine pictures on the front, green shorts with a small orange logo above the left knee and green swim goggles.

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Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - Dave Bowman

Alt: Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - Dave Bowman - My god, it's full of stars!

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Karen James@kejames.bsky.social · last mo.

It's full of (in)stars

"Don’t just make your papers exist. Make them fly." - On the scientific literature as a "pull", not a "push", medium, and why a paper existing isn't enough. scientistseessquirre... 🧪

It’s not enough to make a paper exist

There are many things I was wrong about, early in my career. When I posted just recently about my discomfort with “done is better than perfect” advice, it reminded me of one of those things. For at…

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Question: How many species are there on Earth? Answer: More than we think 🧪🪲👇

🍁 Alex Smith 🍁@alexsmithants.bsky.social · last mo.

🧪🧵 🪰 🐜🪲🐞🦗🐛🦋🪳🦟 How many species of insect are there?  A seemingly simple question, but one that has been 'bugging' scientists for years.  Our work out today suggests that there are millions more than we had previously expected.  doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @gdfcf.bsky.social

🧪🧵 🪰 🐜🪲🐞🦗🐛🦋🪳🦟 Highly collaborative work is directly rooted in decades of biodiversity inventory in ACG — the Lep inventory begun by Dan Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs, the work of the #parataxonomists, Malaise trapping, DNA barcoding, and global taxonomic collaborations. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

🧪🧵 🪰 🐜🪲🐞🦗🐛🦋🪳🦟 Using different kinds of sampling,  including parasitoids reared from caterpillars and collected using Malaise traps, we extrapolate to a conservative estimate of how many species of insects exist in ACG, and then, by comparing to other taxa, the world.  doi.org/10.1073/pnas...