Arindam Basu @arinbasu@qoto.org
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Professor, Epidemiologist. Doctor (ENT specialist). Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
Interests: lego MOCs, wood carving, mountain biking, tramping.
Joined Apr 2022
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https://martinfowler.com/articles/your-org-run-mastodon.html but, no one wants to run their own server https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html. Discuss!
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My colleague Julien Deswaef explains why organizations should run their own Mastodon server, so that they can control their own channel of communication
https://martinfowler.com/articles/your-org-run-mastodon.html
A nice post on assessing #climatechange at household level. Interesting tools.
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If you're wondering/worrying about Mastodon's sustainability have a look at a recent paper I co-wrote on the sustainability of open source projects. We described 3 types of OS sustainability (resource-based, interactional & infrastructural), and Mastodon's recent massive surge would appear to tick all 3 boxes! https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0960085X.2022.2046516
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Hi, this is Greta. You are welcome to follow me here, if you prefer planet earth to planet mars.
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It's actually pretty amazing that a open source product developed by a tiny non-profit, running on a network of servers self-funded by volunteer administrator and moderators has managed to absorb some portion of one of the world's largest for-profit social networks.
It's a miracle the whole thing didn't collapse or catch fire.
Great job everyone.
Also, blog or Medium replacement
Write Freely: https://writefreely.org/
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This one is for all the new people on #Mastodon: did you know that the #fediverse has more than just a microblogging replacement? And that they can all interoperate with your Mastodon account?
Check them out!
Facebook replacement: Friendica
Instagram replacement: Pixelfed
YouTube replacement: PeerTube
Spotify replacement: Funkwhale
MeetUp replacement: Mobilizon
Reddit replacement: Lemmy
Podcasting replacement: Castopod
GoodReads replacement: BookWyrm
@albertcardona @mariawimber @AllenNeuroLab @eLife @biorxivpreprint @freemo
Yes absolutely, it is a people's problem. To that end, if peer review process were to be situated where people _are_, that might be useful. At the moment, we have email requests, then a web form, and a submission process. How can we streamline it using federated media. I mean say the entire preprint paper is federated and peer reviewed and editors get the advantage of many eyes marking a paper. It's possible now with an open, widely embraced federated media.
@sflorg
@papers_blogs
Paper not to be missed
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First ever clinical trial underway of laboratory grown red blood cells being transfused into another person
If proved safe and effective, manufactured #blood #cells could in time revolutionize treatments for people with blood disorders such as sickle cell and rare blood types.
#Biology #SickleCell #Medical #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2022/11/bio11072201.html
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I've been on Mastodon since early last year, though not too active, and it's great to see the new influx and interest.
Thought I'd mention this essay from @mmasnick from 2019, which was one of the things that got me interested in the #fediverse. "Protocols not Platforms" is one of the best essays on #technology and #freespeech that I've ever read. It doesn't even mention #mastodon, but it groks the essence of the internet as it was and again could be.
https://knightcolumbia.org/content/protocols-not-platforms-a-technological-approach-to-free-speech
I am keen to learn more
@medrxivpreprint
@papers_blogs
Fascinating paper. Must read.
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Exploring of a novel monitoring tool for injury risk when sidestepping: Using unsupervised learning to characterize movement patterns https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.06.22281978
@albertcardona @mariawimber @AllenNeuroLab @eLife @biorxivpreprint
I have been thinking about it. Using a Mastodon instance like qoto.org can address this pain point.
@freemo what do you think?
Qoto.org allows a complete ecosystem of scientific publishing to be built within #fediverse. This is incredible. Sourcing peer reviewers on a platform like this would be easy IMHO.
Great to see you here, Michael, Welcome!
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📣 Today is the last day to apply to our Champions Program! #RStats
📑 Info for Champions: https://ropensci.org/blog/2022/09/22/launch-champions-program/
✍️ Info for Mentors: https://ropensci.org/blog/2022/10/20/mentors-champions-program/
What do you get to see on your timeline, h/t
in his blog post
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Hey, so, we've hit 1,028,362 monthly active users across the network today. 1,124 new Mastodon servers since Oct 27, and 489,003 new users. That's pretty cool.
- Orcid Profile
- https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2326-2292
- Images (pixelfed)
- https://pixelfed.social/i/web/profile/424715601356972526
- Join me in Matrix Chat
- https://matrix.to/#/@arinbasu:qoto.org
Professor, Epidemiologist. Doctor (ENT specialist). Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
Interests: lego MOCs, wood carving, mountain biking, tramping.
Joined Apr 2022
