We are looking for a scientist with a PhD in life sciences, preferably biochemistry or zoology, to co-author a manuscript on semiochemical communication by cats.

While there is no need to lead the (ongoing) project, there is ample opportunity to make a significant contribution (e.g., first authorship). 1/2

#cats #science #zoology #chemistry

❝ But I just use AI for boilerplate!" you whimper, clutching your Co-Pilot subscription. Listen to yourself. If you’re writing the same boilerplate every day like some industrial-age cog monkey, automate it yourself. Write a library. Invent a macro. Reclaim some dignity. If AI’s doing your "boring parts", what exactly is left for you to do? Fidget with sliders? Paint by numbers while the inference works it's magic? ❞

I admit I have better things to do this morning than read this, but it's brilliantly funny and soooooo refreshingly on point: https://deplet.ing/the-copilot-delusion/. #LLM #CoPilot #Programming

Announcing: https://justaqrcode.com.

Tired of "free" QR code generators that are full of ads and trackers, that share your data, and that want to sell you something? Me too. Here's my act of resistance: I made a one-page site that works entirely in your browser to generate a simple QR code. And that's all it does. You can download the HTML page and run it locally, even. Read the source; nothing up my sleeves. Just a QR code.

My offer to you -- I will continue to pay for the domain name and web hosting for it, myself. If you find it valuable, you can pay it back by creating your own useful thing for the world and releasing it for free. Let's take back the friendly web, one vexingly-monetized utility at a time!

#QRcode #Free #FriendlyWeb #Resistance

Efficient, standards-based #bioimaging data management is essential for research and data reuse. Join @nfdi4bioimage's presentation about “A Journey to #FAIR Bioimage Data,” a contribution to @ells_heidelberg's STANDFLOW project webinar series:

🗓️July 2, 2025 | 02:30–03:30 pm | Online & Free

✅ Local data management: #OMERO & beyond
✅ Annotation: metadata, ontologies, REMBI
✅ Linking images with protocols & results
✅ Cloud storage: ome.zarr
✅ Data publication

👉 Register: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/events/journey-fair-bioimage-data/NFDI4B

"How disruptive would it be if GitHub started deleting repositories, or Google Scholar started hiding certain papers in response to U.S. government demands?"

https://www.thetransmitter.org/policy/science-must-step-away-from-nationally-managed-infrastructure/

Most people with some interest have seen precisely this coming for more than a decade. @neuralreckoning is among them. It's great that outlets like @thetransmitter are now also recognizing this problem and are helping to amplify these voices.

#openscience #infrastructure

You know why we Germans are so pedantic about data protection? Someone around 90 years ago went through all records available, selected people with certain criteria, with the help of IBM, and then killed them all.

We don't want to be on any list.

And now the US Gov and Musk are trying to get access to all data they have about every person and put them into a big fat DB and run AI over it.

I am afraid what they will do with that.

Dis mastodon, est ce qu il y a des hydrologues par ici ?
Je cherche des scientifiques spécialistes de l'eau pour un projet autour des méandres

Edit: merci pour vos contacts et ls RP. Pour compléter, il s'agit d'un projet mélant art et sciences autour de la question de l'eau. On part d'un reméandrage et on questionne son sens, son impact (sur l'eau, les faune et flore), son histoire, à travers la pratique artistique.
Les scientifiques sont sollicités pour apporter leur expertise, et éventuellement participer à des balades immersives pour transmettre leurs connaissances.
#agriculture #Science
#eau repouet bienvenu