Thijs
@thijsvv.bsky.social
Academic Publishing, parkrun and Sci-Fi / fantasy with a spinkling of symphonic epic powermetal
Science is being politicised, defunded & drowned in disinformation. Citizen science is one of our strongest defences — keeping knowledge in public hands. Our paper is out today: 10 recommendations to strengthen it. doi.org/10.1371/jour... #CitizenScience #Science
Nothing can be seen… then I remember that I have three small kids
Some mornings I feel like I live in a haunted house. In the shower I hear high pitched screams, then silence, banging on the door, then silence, quick movements on the door handle, then silence and then a voice softly saying under the door…: “Open door”… then again silence. When I open the door…
Trump is trying to pull a fast one on us because he knows we do not like to working weekends - another 10% tariff to be paid by US importers
My most recent triathlon turned itself into a run-bike-run… how often does that actually happen? It is the second time in happened to me in a year. Next triathlon… this Sunday 👍🏻
Followed it up with ‘the forever war’ by Joe Haldeman. Another fantastic book that combines the time dilation effects of near light speed travel with everyday human life
Finished it, an excellent read! Gives off a very futuristic vibe without being outside of the realm of what I would consider possible
Thijs@thijsvv.bsky.social · 2y agoJust ordered ‘Old Man’s War’ by @scalzi.com - published 20 years ago this year, looking forward to it a lot
My parkrun branded and highly colorful Brooks Ghost shoes are about to be retired… they were great!!!
Weird or not… when I go to a restaurant multiple times, I tend to order the same thing - if it was good then, it will be good again. I might be missing out, but I like the predictability
Some more artwork for sale… this one is called ‘Flower blooming after Volcano eruption’ - will accept any reasonable offers
All credit to @pauls-h.bsky.social and parkrun for making a ‘run around a park’ into a global, free, accessible and totally enjoyable community with over 2300 events every Saturday morning. I’m getting close to 250 parkruns, I’m hooked
Just ordered ‘Old Man’s War’ by @scalzi.com - published 20 years ago this year, looking forward to it a lot
Powerful message from the ABCT (Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies) on their role in the dissemination of papers on ‘conversion therapy’ - www.abct.org/abct-board-s...
ABCT Apology for Behavior Therapy’s Contribution to the Development and Practice of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression Change Efforts - Board Statement - ABCT - Association for Beha...
The ABCT Board of Directors and past leadership have released an apology for behavior therapy’s contributions to the development and practice of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression c...
abct.org
A lot of work to do on this, but the first steps have been made www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Publisher reviews national IQ research by British ‘race scientist’ Richard Lynn
Elsevier investigates journals by scientist who created discredited rankings of countries’ intelligence
theguardian.com
Reading ‘The Andromeda Evolution’. I’m not sure about this one, but will reserve judgement until I reach the end, it is any easy read though
New masterpiece: ‘a contrast between red and green’ in watercolors
Stuff like this should be possible to detect with a piece of software, one would think and be flagged upon submission. Having done Western blots myself, I would think that if you want to be dishonest, this is the worst way to do it…
Shout-out to the location of my first parkrun - Westerfolds parkrun near Melbourne in Australia - www.parkrun.com.au/westerfolds/ - a great course with a nasty hill and always the chance to see some kangoeroes
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Another object d’art: Tortuous Threnody (loosely based on the song of the same name by After Forever - youtu.be/um0HEFnROz8?...)
Highly recommended - Speaker for the dead by Orson Scott Card. Great insight into cultural differences against a backdrop of some pretty spectacular Sci-Fi concepts (like the relativistic time effects of space travel)
I am being accused (by no-one) of using AI to write my Bluesky posts - who knew AI would be used to complain about the use of AI
STARDIT - the first open access web-based data-sharing system which standardises the way that information about initiatives is reported across diverse fields and disciplines, including information about which tasks were done by which stakeholders researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Standardised data on initiatives—STARDIT: Beta version - Research Involvement and Engagement
Background and objective There is currently no standardised way to share information across disciplines about initiatives, including fields such as health, environment, basic science, manufacturing, m...
researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com
@jacknunn.bsky.social I believe you need to post something 😊… anything will do… 😁
Ok, yes… I like the Reacher books by Lee Child, I like the recent series with Alan Ritchson (a lot) and I even kinda like the movie with Tom Cruise (but not so much as the series), glad I got that out of the way
Highly rated: The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass - you will need to read the first three books in the series first though
