Neurofrontiers @neurofrontiers@qoto.org

If you haven't seen it before, this video does a wonderful job of tearing apart Musk's Loop/Boring company idea: https://youtu.be/4dn6ZVpJLxs

A few #dataviz design guidelines to improve accessibility for neurodiverse readers. #a11y

Read my full article here: https://nightingaledvs.com/designing-for-neurodivergent-audiences/

Find more resources here: https://github.com/dataviza11y/resources

Hello! I have been permanently suspended from Twitter for this:

If you're still on #Twitter, please include a link to your #Mastodon or other #Fediverse accounts in your profile 👍 Or post and pin it.

This would make it easier for people to find you here.

#introduction hi all 👋 I'm a neuroscientist turned full time science writer who's always been interested in animal communication. Studied songbirds in undergrad + grad school 🐦, now focused on relaying science in interesting and accessible ways as a PIO at Duke/the Institute for Brain Sciences 🧠

Word nerd in my rapidly diminishing spare time -- NYT x-word (Sun - Thurs), devout Susie Dent fan, wannabe professional Scrabbler.

Mastodon reminds me of why I used to like social media back in my early blogging days on the ScienceBlogs network.

Forums weren't intended to inspire outrage or spread disinformation.

We jumped in because we were genuinely excited to share things we were passionate about, build community & share ideas.

I'm super excited that, so far, #Mastodon has a similar feel of goodwill & enthusiasm. #TwitterMigration

I feel an exceptional sense of imposter syndrome when I start reading through some of the intros by contributors on this qoto server lol.

I promise, at worst, I'll offer images of my dog as currency to keep up with everyone.

I’m a #climate optimist. And our numbers are growing.

Doomism is popular in the media & on the birdsite bc stoking fear & panic generates shares, clicks, RTs & follows.

I’m pleased the model at #mastodon is different & not about making impressions but finding community. I’m excited to continue the climate conversation here w reasons for hope. #twittermigration

Here’s my perspective https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/no-climate-change-will-not-end-the-world-in-12-years/

new blog post -- hypothesis testing by example #rstats #statistics #statsed

if you teach stats, i highly recommend giving this problem in intro stats course! it's also fun to try on your own 🤔 😊!

https://www.alexpghayes.com/post/2022-11-02-hypothesis-testing-by-example/

Hello! Is there madness in your methods? :)

https://yohanjohn.com/neurologism/pentagon-of-neuro/

Mastodon friends, I wrote a thread on Twitter that asks for commitments to three behaviors to maximize the chances for a successful transition of the community discussion to this platform. Please have a look and retweet it if you are willing to commit to the behaviors for November:

https://twitter.com/BrianNosek/status/1587078444252274688

I've been thinking about how we can use what we learned about remote work & virtual meetings from the pandemic. It would be great if we didn't have to release lots of carbon to meet, and could live wherever we wanted. But, there are downsides to virtual everything, particularly with our current tech & practices.

Should we really be trying to go back to how things were? Can we learn from our pandemic experience? What are the best practices & tech for setting up virtual and hybrid meetings? Do we really need VR and avatars for virtual/hybrid to work? Are there advantages, for certain kinds of people, of virtual platforms?

This is likely a personal preference: I think virtual works as well as in-person when communication is mostly one-directional, e.g. prepared talks and, to some extent, poster sessions. If conferences are mainly talks and posters, I think they should be virtual.

I am hoping that n-way virtual communication could be better with better organization and technology. Places like CERN have been doing hybrid & virtual meetings for a long time. Can we learn from them? https://qz.com/1832018/how-physicists-solved-your-zoom-video-conferencing-problems

Now to be a bit cynical -- I think those in charge are those that did/do well in our old/current system, but that system is not great for everyone. Again, this is personal, but I'm better at expressing myself in writing. I'm more likely to ask a question at a conference if I can enter a virtual queue. God I dread mixing at conferences. This one time there was "science speed dating" at a conference. It was torture. Maybe for some people sometimes virtual can be better?

Anyways, I thought I'd use this virtual platform to bring up these ideas! I know many disagree on this and are happy to get back to conferences. I'd also like to mention that for people who continue to be concerned about COVID, going back to normal is not yet possible (will it ever be??). For me, this article rings true: "For those still trying to duck covid, the isolation is worse than ever" https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/10/26/covid-pandemic-still-isolating/

#moa