Ppl of Mastodon. Please help educate the normies about independent, small tech and self hosting. Not only fancy stuff like docker/VS etc and home servers, but cheap shared webspace online, small CMS, wikis, favourite federated or OS apps, (mine are Masto, Lemmy, Grav, Jekyll, Ghost and others). Introduce them to what is actually out here. Try not to expect total purity! They want to be free, not join a cult 😎😇

#smalltech #smolweb #selfhosting #freeweb #academia #academicchatter

```
flaky tests (allowed to fail)
continue-on-error: true
run: |
poetry run pytest tests/tests.py -sv --tb=short --disable-warnings -m "flaky" --reruns 3
```

Yeah!

#CI #thingslearned #academicchatter

This article is a good example of why I’m fed up with the “if used responsibly” argument:

https://thejournal.com/articles/2025/08/07/the-brain-drain-how-overreliance-on-ai-may-erode-creativity-and-critical-thinking.aspx

Alright, so #GenAI “holds tremendous promise if integrated wisely.” Thus we must not “resist AI but to direct its use thoughtfully.” I agree that the question is not whether AI will enter the classroom, it already has, so yes, “The real challenge is how to harness it in ways that enhance critical thinking rather than diminish it.”

#AcademicChatter

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If you're aware of​ digital pedagogy, you may be familiar with Jon Dron. Here's his article on why genai is not a tool.
https://jondron.ca/just-a-metatool-some-thoughts-why-generative-ais-are-not-tools/

#ai #genai #edtech #digitallearning #academia #academicchatter

"Please note that ‘dL’ (decilitres) is not an SI unit, and should not be used, use mL or L instead."

This sent me to a rabbit hole where I learned that litre itself is not an SI unit. So therefore mL or L should also not be used. 😅 Maybe we should go for the cubic centimeters?

#AcademicChatter #writing #scientificWriting #volume #units

🌏 🧑‍🏫 Syllabus Bank for learning about climate politics.

Climate Solutions Lab. https://climate.watson.brown.edu/syllabus-bank

#ClimateChange #Sustainability #AcademicChatter

Well friends, I'm now starting quantum field theory in two weeks. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I have the impression of it being one for the most difficult classes in any academic department.

I think I'm ready, though. Any advice?

#physics #AcademicChatter #academia