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Ko-Fan Chen 陳克帆<p>Hello <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biology</span></a> and <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/Neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neuroscience</span></a> Mastodon, does anyone has recent successful case for host MCSA postdoc fellowship?</p><p><a href="https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">marie-sklodowska-curie-actions</span><span class="invisible">.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships</span></a></p><p>if you do, would you be happy to share any parts of application? if so, please PM or email me to kc280@leicester.ac.uk</p><p>many thanks<br><a href="https://biologists.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhD</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/postdoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postdoc</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/MCSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MCSA</span></a> <a href="https://biologists.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Anna Pryslopska<p>Yesterday, I explained to my students that yes, their <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> copy-and-paste skills are poor and how to use AI tools for the better. I showed them these two slides, contrasting human and human-like language. The students were adamant that one cannot tell the difference. Can you?</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a></p>
Tom Stafford<p>I have shortcut keys to both search google scholar and to search google maps, which means I occasionally try and find out the number of citations to my local coffee shop, or the opening hours for classic works in cognitive science</p><p>Could be worse</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a></p>
Dr Pen<p>Woke up the PC, get this. Again. Third or fourth time. Can't stop it, just 'remind me later'.</p><p>In the past this would have been considered malware. If this is always legally now permitted, soon it will be full screen ads, that you cannot disable unless you pay premium 'non-ad' OS fees. Apple too, don't think you'll escape using their shitty OS. </p><p>We are totally up the shittified creek.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a></p>
Daniel Bellingradt<p>There are three types of library users: the absent-minded dreamer (1), the busy and silent reader (2), and the one looking at the other two types (3). Which one are you? </p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/bookhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookhistory</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a></p>
Tom Stafford<p>Just need to resubmit this paper </p><p>↘️ just need to deal with this last reviewer query</p><p>➡️ ↘️ just need to rerun this analysis</p><p>➡️ ➡️ ↘️ just need to remember which code did that</p><p>➡️ ➡️ ➡️ ↘️ just need to install this library on my new machine</p><p>➡️ ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ ↘️ just need to solve this dependency</p><p>➡️➡️ ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ ↘️ SHARKS </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://xkcd.com/349/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">xkcd.com/349/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Leah Price<p>Received reader’s report whose language/structure show chatbot participation, but not what extent/stage: reviewer could have fed in my draft; or could have read it themselves before feeding their notes into LLM to phrase report; or something somewhere between those poles. Like most reader's reports by humans, this one combines some helpful suggestions with some unhelpful tangents. A. Should I care? B. Should I use the same method to respond to reader’s report? <a href="https://historians.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Reviewer1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reviewer1</span></a></p>
Ergative Absolutive<p>Friends, I have just come across the phrase 'odious tittle-tattle' to describe the intellectual atmosphere of mid 20th century Oxford, and I am transformed and converted.</p><p>'Ugh, another department meeting. What a wasted afternoon of odious tittle-tattle.'</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/academicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicChatter</span></a></p>
Arbella Bet-Shlimon<p>Israeli scholars publish a paper featuring at least one apparently <a href="https://spore.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>-generated citation of a nonexistent article by a Palestinian scholar <a href="https://spore.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a></p>
Dr. Divya 🍉 offline<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> can someone help this medical student <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freefree.ps/@Abdullahawwad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Abdullahawwad</span></a></span> find a program in <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> ?</p>
Dr. Everything’ll be Alright<p>Writing ethical statement for academic papers in 2025 be like:</p><p>This study was approved by the institutional review board for the University of North Carolina. All participants completed a modified online consent with the option to exit the study at any time. Data were fully de-identified and anonymous. No type of generative artificial intelligence was used for the writing of this manuscript, nor for the creation of images, graphics, tables, or their corresponding captions.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/academicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicChatter</span></a></p>
Alistair K<p>Aside from all the fuss about AI-generated academic papers, and AI-generated feedback to students, has there been much concern yet about AI-generated peer reviews?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a></p>
Bjørn Sætrevik<p>Buying tickets for British rail travel makes it all worth it. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrainTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrainTravel</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/togferie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>togferie</span></a></p>
Dr Pen<p>Essential reading on the massive scale commercial con of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turnitin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turnitin</span></a> (and the new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> detection con). Ive railed about the Turnitin con for years. Somehow, as the saying goes: 'I told you so' doesn't really cover it. Im proud to say I have NEVER used Turnitin in any of my lectures, either the earlier period 2007-2015 or 2017/20 and then in Malta in 2022/23. The last 2 periods Turnitin was meant to be mandatory. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2025/06/ai-detector/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">calmatters.org/education/highe</span><span class="invisible">r-education/2025/06/ai-detector/</span></a></p>
Richard<p>In which the authors argue "Culture is not ecology" - I disagree and there are many scholars far smarter than I am who also disagree, but it is worth reading their argument, if only it was <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a>, but of course it is not. It is should be, "Culture has a place in ecology" <br>(see: <a href="https://berggruen.org/news/repairing-relationships-through-ecological-restoration-and-restorative-justice" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">berggruen.org/news/repairing-r</span><span class="invisible">elationships-through-ecological-restoration-and-restorative-justice</span></a> <br>and my pitch: <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/@richard/114721474866729391" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">allmyneighbors.earth/@richard/</span><span class="invisible">114721474866729391</span></a>)</p><p>Article:<br><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513825000662" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedirect.com/science/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle/abs/pii/S1090513825000662</span></a></p><p>PDF received: THANK YOU</p><p><a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/progressiveGeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressiveGeography</span></a> <a href="https://allmyneighbors.earth/tags/SpaceAndPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceAndPlace</span></a></p>
Starbeamrainbowlabs<p>I don't know how to word it, but mental health issues in academia are frighteningly common, and often are caused by the system. More scary still is the culture of normalisation around this.</p><p>It's okay to be not okay, but this *has* to change somehow.</p><p>I don't have any answers, but surely if we can change the world with new discoveries in research we can deal with the threats to our own minds and the minds of the people around us.</p><p>I'm probably not explaining this very well, but this has just been on my mind a lot in the last few months.</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/MentalHealthInAcademia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealthInAcademia</span></a></p>
Dr. Or M. Bialik<p>My fellow <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a>, I'd just like to remind you that the Cherechter Map (or Gucharmap, or KCharSelect, depending on your OS), exists. <br>You do not have to add an equation every time you want to use a Greek letter, or a bunch of other <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/logograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logograph</span></a> you might seek that is part of the ASCII code.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AcademicWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a></p>
pjw<p>Hi, academics, <br>I have a question that is somewhat important for understanding the treatment of some untenured folks at a university. </p><p>This question is specifically aimed for academics who are working in a country where they are not citizens: How much, if any, assistance did/does your university provide with your necessary visa requirements? (I was going to do a poll but its probably too fine-grained of answers.)</p><p>Please share if relevant!</p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a></p>
Christian Meesters<p>PS Dear academic world,</p><p>please stop revolving for 3 weeks.</p><p>Thank you for your consideration.</p><p>Yours sincerely,<br>...</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academicchatter</span></a></p>
Ruth Mottram<p>Took a day off work to get ready for holiday tomorrow. Predictably I have spent the whole day working. 🙄<br>Must get on actually packing, cleaning, and other essentials now... <br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a></p>