Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Free book!

I haven't read this (yet) -- it has just been published -- but the topic is compelling at first glance it certainly seems worth a look. Also it is Open Access, so why not check it out?

”The Predator Effect: Understanding the Past, Present and Future of Deceptive Academic Journals"

by Simon Linacre.

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #journals #academic #academia #science #AcademicPublishing #replication #psychology

https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/1j92gb03n

#introduction Well hello Mastodon! Having a look around, very nice, very nice. I very much like the ‘Toot!’ button 😄

Bookmarked: List of hundreds of journalists to follow on Mastodon (maintained by @tchambers )

#twittermigration

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/edit#gid=1320898902

@zleap I use overleaf a good deal... gonna check this out.

@lucifargundam @zleap my point being that starting your own company is always an option. I recommend setting up a consultancy (sole trader) company (I still have one). It also makes it easy for you to work for companies with minimal commitment and more control, and test the 'fit' for your ethics. I think it also impresses a prospective business customer with your organisation. If you find a company you're happy to work for, you can become an employee if you (and they) prefer.

@zleap @lightweight most companies are more worried about the more money in = more money out shareholder grind than ... anything really.

@silentbaz Gillette lab soccer. Just showed cracking shot from Oxlade Chamberlain (just went wide)

@lucifargundam @zleap not sure. I worked as a research scientist for 5 years after finishing my MSc in engineering. Got frustrated with the organisation's poor management and their use of MS WIndows, so I quit and started my own company at age 29. I was able to avoid anyone else's incompetence other than my own. Worked out quite well. Now working for a charitable foundation, which is making the world a better place.

We just submitted an application for a stand at #FOSDEM 2023.

Fingers crossed we'll get a stand.
cc: @mcnalu
@ken_fallon

I'm not a football fan, but I am a bit of a Welsh Nationalist.

But I'm so happy Wales made it to the World Cup. As of now.

My 7yr old daughter has been learning about it in school, including learning some songs.

I walked upstairs to read her bedtime story, and she was belting out Yma o Hyd

Brought a tear to my eye

Nice, @Raspberry_Pi set up their own instance 👍

@aral @stephenfry @gretathunberg We came to more or less this conclusion as well, and spent yesterday spinning up a single user instance for @Raspberry_Pi. With the added benefit that we ended up running it on a #RaspberryPi. https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/an-escape-pod-was-jettisoned-during-the-fighting/

Why don't more moms talk about the sobby drive home from the first day of school?

Every. Single. Year.

#momlife #momsOfMastodon #mom

@angel_undercover Hello! I'm a gay South Asian (Indian) scientist in Newcastle in the UK. I study insect cognition and bunch of other things. I also write and do improv.

RT @DavidHarrisNY: #OTD in 1938, German & Austrian Nazis unleashed #Kristallnacht.

Jews were attacked, imprisoned, killed. Synagogues were burned.
Jewish-owned shops were ransacked.

Recalling the tragedy is vital but insufficient.

Combatting today’s #antisemitism is the real test of remembrance.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/lukasmandl/status/1590347147362603009