Dave T-W @davoloid@qoto.org

@sellathechemist Thanks, am already home for kiddo collection, I'm afraid.

@jon That appears to be a swing bridge:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/dQeFp1qFBh6KXwnb6

@jon Or get Keanu Reeves to drive the train across the gap.

@sellathechemist Thanks, will do!

@sellathechemist It's next on my project list, a method for keeping track of our room and desk allocations within/across buildings and groups. Telemetry is definitely a problem - we've had card swiping data for a while but it needs some work to be able to get some useful information on what days/times are busy in which buildings. Also want to avoid "Big Brother" tendencies.

Archvied here:
https://archive.org/details/cu31924032565990/mode/2up
Appears to be a comedic rant about capitalism and industrialisation, with some excellent engravings throughout (yes, it's *that* Eric Gill).

"Yes, until after men had toiled through collisions, accidents and confusions they did not learn that regulation was necessary ; even now the regulations they have reached are not uniform ! It is impossible to estimate the number of lives which would have been saved, and the trouble which would have been avoided, had the rulers arrived at a theoretical system to be enforced early enough."

This sounds very familiar!

Spotted this in a bookstore. The age old struggle, @pluralistic,
Control Vs Service.

@tferrer
Es una pena, ya que el estilo brutalista se puede renovar y modernizar. Pero definitivamente necesita algo para audiencias televisivas más amplias y transmisiones modernas. Hay un error famoso de un comentarista: "Para aquellos que miran en blanco y negro, el rosa está al lado del verde".

@sellathechemist Estate management continues to be a challenge, especially for large Departments. Over the past decade or so we've become more and more fragmented, now in about 9 buildings.

@m0xEE I mean I remember reading in 2012 that girls were getting turned off science and maths by about 10 years old. So if initiatives targeted post-16, undergraduates or those entering employment, that's going to be a very slow improvement.

@m0xEE Yeah, I'd say the landscape of "Women in tech" has changed in the last decade or so. Programmes that were novel and vital should have become embedded in diversity and inclusion initiatives. And there is still a huge gender imbalance in many industries, so orgs do have to analyse what's happened in that time.

@m0xEE Disappointing. The comments have some interesting points about the organisation, as well as the expected sweeping negative ones about these sorts of ventures.

Congrats to the @uclcs #AthenaSwan team who have received Gold Award for the 2024 submission!

So good to see! I was on the assessment team from 2012-2020 (through Bronze and Silver) and since then EDI initiatives have branched out into other areas where we're underrepresented.

@pluralistic I've been seeing many responses to this in my feed and must admit I was like "Wait, what?" with your opening statement. That's definitely had its day as a useful maxim.