It's remarkable coincidence that blocking is going to be disabled when most of the ads are now endless scams from various legit sounding accounts, typically about how someone earned mega dollars from home.

What next, realising that the "digital music streaming revolution" was the biggest scam forced upon artists ever?

Very proud to announce the collaboration between Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DNA Learning Center with Oxford Nanopore - this builds on our educational work to get sequencing into the hands of students, especially at underresourced institutions. Also see the thread for Beta Nanopore education community! Through an U.S. National Science Foundation

AI is often regarded as autonomous. But even the most advanced AI models rely on data that is labeled and validated by a largely unregulated, exploited global workforce. The Post met with Scale AI's “ghost workers” in the Philippines. Story out today: washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/…

The Executive Council of The Carpentries is planning our transition from fiscal sponsorship to operating as an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organisation. Executive Director Dr. Kari L. Jordan shares these plans and invites you to join us on this journey: carpentries.org/blog/2023/08/C…

📢 Submit Expression of Interest for NZ Carpentries Instructor Training 2023: forms.gle/iMZs2bvfW2Nu4Y… Deadline: Tomorrow, 1 Sept EOD. See more details here: nesi.org.nz/news/2023/08/c…

ICYMI - we’re hiring a #ProjectManager! Do you enjoy working across a diverse team + portfolio of work? Don’t miss this opportunity to join our fully-remote team to improve investment in + adoption of #OpenInfrastructure! Apply by Oct 20 🚀 buff.ly/3TMarY1

Some of our favourites from this week's activities by The Carpentries Core Team: SherAaron Hurt as the GPS (Gentle Push System) at #positconf2023. She presented 'R!, You going?!', encouraging everyone that it's ok to not know where you are going, and it's ok to ask for help...

Rishi Sunak considers "any old shit that'll get in the news"

Rishi Sunak considers "leading global AI governance by having no AI governance"

As part of our transition from fiscal sponsorship to a non-profit organisation, The Carpentries Board seeks to elect four community members to serve a three-year term on the Board beginning February 2024. To nominate yourself or another member, please see: carpentries.org/blog/2023/09/b…

the @nsf has chosen 4 institutions to take over the site of the arecibo telescope Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, UMBC UPR Río Piedras & Univ. del Sagrado Corazón will oversee the transition from a hub of research to an ed center w/ Jason "boundless delight " Williams Ubaldo M. Córdova-Figueroa & others nature.com/articles/d4158…

the lack of self-awareness is stunning

Fs in the chat lol

All grantees will undergo genital checks before recieving their grant letter. Justification of Resources may only include items that are white. Prisms are banned.

🚨 Cool Job Alert! 🚨 The new Stanford OSPO is recruiting for their first hire, a *Technical Community Manager*! What a great chance to jump into the growing ecosystem of academic Open Source Program Offices. careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/technical…

Holy shit Starmer isn't messing about

I don’t blame anyone for feeling overwhelmed by the news and just wanting to switch it off. However, if you can bring yourself to read just one more thing tonight then let it be this insightful and humane piece by Isaac Saul