Talk of the day #TDWG2024, outreach to next generation

Question from Nicole Kearney at #TDWG2024 - why be polite to chat bots?

Maybe #TDWG2024 should recommend that we document carbon costs of AI models that we develop in biodiversity Hugging Face have a nice set of documentation about this huggingface.co/docs/hub/en/mo…

BREAKING: The Internet Archive has lost its appeal in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the long-running, closely watched copyright case over the scanning and lending of print library books. Full story to follow.

It really does not bode well for our society that politicians and corporations keep trying to destroy both entire repositories of knowledge and culture and our access to them while also championing AI tools that consistently plagiarize and provide incorrect information

RT #TDWG2024

My latest post for LSE Impact Blog and one of my last here as I will be elsewhere (see bio for links). If ‘academic X’ is sinking, where are research organisations going? I have compiled a spreadsheet (that can be updated) includes over 250 of them 1/12 blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

JOB ALERT: We’re advertising for 2yr research associate to work on Cambridge University botanical collections at the Fitzwilliam Museum and Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE). Looking for someone who can work across collections, and view science collections through arts and humanities lens: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48187/

Couldn't possibly be that the arts actively discriminate & freeze out working class people therefore becoming less about talent thus becoming narrow & mediocre

📢 The first chapter of the AI snake oil book by me and Sayash Kapoor is now available online. press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove… It is 30 pages long and summarizes the book’s main arguments. If you start reading now, you won't have to wait long for the rest of the book — it is available to

representation is important. thank you unicode team.

JOB ALERT. I’ve have been waiting to offer this for ~10 years. We’re hiring an Expeditionary Botanist to lead our expeditions, enrich our collections, support our conservation collaborations, and inspire through teaching and engagement. Please RT! 1/6 botanic.cam.ac.uk/join-support/j…

Songs as horror comics day four, Talking Heads’ Psycho Killer.

RT The Cider Shed one for Brad

I woke up seeing 60+ people are dead, thinking Valencia will be a turning point, will dominate the news, wake everybody up to climate change. It’s not though is it. The budget is dominating reporting in the UK. Public don’t care. We are determined to send our children over a

⭕️ Registration is now open for a selection of free online workshops and panel discussion, as part of the Research Software Camp: Digital Skills for Research Technical Staff (Tue 19 - Fri 29 Nov). Find out more at software.ac.uk/news/registrat…

in retrospect, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords really might've been a better basis for a system of government.

Given that we know that coercive control is something insidious and manipulative and that people often don’t realise they have been victims until years later, the Assisted Dying Bill is an enormous threat to vulnerable people. There are no adequate safeguards here.

🔴Would you like to help make Collaborations Workshop 2025 (CW25) the best one yet? We are currently looking for volunteers to join our Steering Committee. If you would like to participate or know someone who would, head to our website to find out more: software.ac.uk/news/collabora…

. giffgaff ongoing fault, total loss of service. I'm paying you for a service that I'm not receiving, how will you refund me