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Richard LittauerI made an Alfred Workflow that automatically captures the title of a webpage for me. I keep needing this when I edit <a href="https://wikis.world/@wikipedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wikipedia</a> or when I am referencing a webpage using BibTeX. <a href="https://www.burntfen.com/2025-05-11/automatically-grab-the-title-of-a-web-page" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.burntfen.com/2025-05-11/automatically-grab-the-title-of-a-web-page</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#productivity</a>

Andy BakerCome and join me and work in beautiful <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sydney</a>. We have a new 3-yr research manager <a href="https://aus.social/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#job</a> the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UNSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UNSW</a> Micardas radiocarbon lab. Open to Australian citizens only. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Geochronology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geochronology</a> experience recommended.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a><a href="https://external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/en/job/532080/research-manager-ncris-radiocarbon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/en/job/532080/research-manager-ncris-radiocarbon</a>

Badass Britt :mastodon_lgbt:Hey - this one is for folks in the academic and education space… do you have any tips for note taking when your only sources are a textbook and written lectures from your prof? No journal articles or PDFs. I’m finding it a bit challenging. I’m looking to design a note template for my eink tablet to create better organized written notes. I am familiar with the typical formats like Cornell, Outline, Mind Maps, etc. I’m curious to know what works for you and why? Tell me about the layout you use. Tell me how you revise and dial into your studying/learning from your notes. How do you use written notes for recall? I’ll take all the help I can get :) <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academicchatter</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#school</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#learning</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/eink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eink</a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/notes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notes</a>

PatriziaToday I read my first paper that I suspect might have been made using generative AI.At first I thought it might have just been an awkward translation (most of the authors are employed in a country whose native language is not English) but there were other issues: typographical problems, redefinitions of acronyms, and ultimately a lack of actual content or contribution.The authors wrote a GUI that used the API of a generative AI company, and provided selections for tone and length of response. A lot of space was taken up discussing tangential matters. The journal claims to be peer reviewed, but having read this paper I find that hard to believe.What is the most appropriate way to handle this - ignore and move on? Report to the journal? (What if it is just a review mill? What are the potential consequences?).<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Academia</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@academicchatter</a>

Adam SteerA few examples of impractical useless things university educated people do... A deck I planned, had approved, built. With many thousands of screws and lot of hand mixed concrete. I'm still super happy about the floating design. Most of my PhD writing was done in that upstairs room.Also some garden retaining walls from pine trees felled on site and chainsaw ripped (by me).Because of precarity, had to let this place go a decade ago. Never made it back into the market.<a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://mapstodon.space/tags/memories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memories</a>

Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋**Narcissism and Affective Polarization**“_We argue that the personality trait of narcissism (entitled self-importance) is an important correlate of affective polarization. We test this claim in Britain using nationally representative survey data, examining both long-standing party identities and new Brexit identities. Our findings reveal that narcissism, and particularly the ‘rivalry’ aspect of narcissism, is associated with both positive and negative partisanship._”Tilley, J., Hobolt, S. Narcissism and Affective Polarization. Polit Behav 47, 599–618 (2025). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-024-09963-5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-024-09963-5</a>. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAccess</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OA</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/DOI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOI</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Polarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polarization</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Partisanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Partisanship</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Identity</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Narcissism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Narcissism</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Academia</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Academics</a>

Albert Cardona<a href="https://qoto.org/@bibliolater" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bibliolater</a> <a href="https://mastodon.well.com/@ianb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ianb</a> “It's not just that students aren't attempting to write their own work, what we're also starting to find is that students aren't even attempting to read the work."There are students only interested in the credentials. Others care about learning. Looks like soon the two types will stop sharing educational paths. Their present entanglement serves the current university financing system via common fees. The disruption of this arrangement will reshape universities.<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEducation</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a>

Dr PenI posted this on FB to reach some of the other academics in my network. No one says anything. I get the feeling the wilful dismantling of human flourishing L&T practice is totally ignored, or in denial in order to comply with policy. It's almost criminal negligence.I'm so tired of how extractive <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> sucks all the air from academic discourse and practice. (also posted to blsky)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academicchatter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/edtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#edtech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a>

Dr. Victoria GrinbergI'm very excited to have contributed to defacing (or rather: rightfully correcting, once the actual thing happened) this particular announcement 😆Seriously, being on the PhD defense committee is one of the favorite things for me in scienceb💚<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a>

A. Rivera> AI use damages professional reputation, study suggests <a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/ai-use-damages-professional-reputation-study-suggests/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/ai-use-damages-professional-reputation-study-suggests/</a>FTA: "New Duke study says workers judge others for AI use—and hide its use, fearing stigma." LMAO, not here. Over here they embrace and worship at the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AISlop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AISlop</a> altar. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#work</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEd</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a>

petersuberThe high stakes of driving non-US students away from US doctoral programs, whether by govt action or by fear and deterrence:"Of the 57,862 doctorate recipients in 2023, 35,566 (61%) were U.S. citizens and permanent residents; 19,393 (34%) were temporary visa holders; and 2,903 (5%) did not report citizenship." <a href="https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf25336" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf25336</a><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Academia</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TrumpVResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpVResearch</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Universities</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@academicchatter</a>

Martin RundkvistAnybody know anyone who controls an endowed guest professorship or annual lecture (series)? One that could be manned with a fun and lively Swedish archaeologist? Please put my name forward! I know French and German.<a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/getfedihired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#getfedihired</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archaeology</a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanities</a>

Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪Why should scientists choose Germany? (wrong answers only)Toot inspired by @doctunder 😉 <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/IchBinHanna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IchBinHanna</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/WissZeitVG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WissZeitVG</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a>

Virgile Andreani ⏚I am writing a scientific article where I would like to reference an open-source software package published on GitHub. The editor says that the URL of the repository is not enough and they need a DOI. Any idea if there is a canonical/usual way to do that?<a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenScience</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarvardUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HarvardUniversity</a> became the leader of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a>’s resistance to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin—& soaked in acclaim from the White House’s critics—when it refused a roster of intrusive demands & took the govt to court last month.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Legal</a> experts saw a strong case, built by a team of elite conservative lawyers, to win back billions of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> dollars that the govt had stripped away. Supporters cheered on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harvard</a>’s unusually sharp public tone.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicFreedom</a>

Scott Campbell"Roughly 80 pro-Palestine protesters were arrested on Wednesday night after occupying a library on Columbia University’s campus."Demonstrators rushed through Butler Library’s security gate at about 3:00 p.m., hanging banners, tagging shelves with graffiti, chanting pro-Palestine slogans, and renaming it the 'Basel Al-Araj Popular University,' a reference to the Palestinian writer who was killed by the Israeli army in 2017."<a href="https://mondoweiss.net/2025/05/nypd-arrests-dozens-of-pro-palestine-protesters-after-columbia-library-occupation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mondoweiss.net/2025/05/nypd-arrests-dozens-of-pro-palestine-protesters-after-columbia-library-occupation/</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@palestine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NYC</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Columbia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a>

Dr Keith Wilson 💭43% of registered <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HigherEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HigherEducation</a> institutions in England are expected to be in deficit within 2 months despite job losses, course closures and selling off assets. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8dgdlrdnrgo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8dgdlrdnrgo</a>

MöphHörempfehlung des Tages:Alles Chlor!: How-To: Gute wissenschaftliche Praxis <a href="https://podcast.jcf.io/podcast/how-to-gute-wissenschaftliche-praxis/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://podcast.jcf.io/podcast/how-to-gute-wissenschaftliche-praxis/</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academicchatter</a>

Nino KadicDo you think that Mastodon has managed to capture a critical mass of academics? Threads and Twitter feel empty, ignoring all other issues, and Bluesky seems promising. Any thoughts on this? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academia</a>

petersuberExcellent: "More than 100 institutions and funders worldwide have confirmed that research published in <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/eLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eLife</a> continues to be considered in hiring, promotion, and funding decisions, following the journal’s bold move to forgo its Journal Impact Factor." <a href="https://elifesciences.org/for-the-press/bf74b86e/more-than-100-institutions-and-funders-confirm-recognition-of-elife-papers-signalling-support-for-open-science" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://elifesciences.org/for-the-press/bf74b86e/more-than-100-institutions-and-funders-confirm-recognition-of-elife-papers-signalling-support-for-open-science</a>PS: This is not just a step to support eLife, but a step to break the stranglehold of bad metrics in research assessment. For the same reason, it's a step toward more honest and less simplistic assessment.<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Academia</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Assessment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Assessment</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/JIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JIF</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Metrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Metrics</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Universities</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@academicchatter</a>

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