El Duvelle

#Neuroscientist - postdoc - researching how the brain does spatial memory & flexible #Navigation in rats
For Neuroscience-oriented posts, check: [@elduvelle_neuro](https://neuromatch.social/@elduvelle_neuro ) 🧠
For coding, games, academia, nature, polls, random boosts, and importantly, saving the planet 🌍: stick to this account!

Warning: I boost a lot, and I boost *all* rat posts 🐀
feel free to "hide my boosts"

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Posts mostly in EN but sometimes FR

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Neural data visualization code: https://github.com/elduvelle/el_neural_plot
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Twitter archive 2020-2022: https://elduvelle.github.io/
Github: https://github.com/elduvelle
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My Neuro Alt: [@elduvelle_neuro](https://neuromatch.social/@elduvelle_neuro )

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2026-04-12 14:49:56 UTC

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you forgot 7. Trump (threatens to) block the straight of Hormuz, which is illegal as far as maritime law is concerned

2026-04-10 19:16:56 UTC

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oh, the ad-hominem attacks already 👀

2026-04-10 18:09:39 UTC

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I can see that's from a genAI company (Anthropic), so whatever is written there is probably inaccurate - why would I waste my time reading it?
genAI should only be used for "entertainment", as Microsoft admitted about their Copilot. You shouldn't trust anything written via a genAI program - go to the source instead!

2026-04-10 18:01:29 UTC

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Why would it be devastating for us? Instead of wasting money and energy into "AI" we could use all these resources for much more useful things, like actual research, more efficient programming practices, curing cancer etc. We could better communicate to the population that genAI is wasteful, useless and unethical and that people need to keep their skill levels up and their brains engaged. Other countries that don't want to ban it would fall behind and have massive unemployment, so they'd probably eventually follow us.

2026-04-10 17:38:07 UTC

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Hmm.. governments can pass laws about companies without being authoritarian.. they do it all the time 🤔

2026-04-10 17:29:28 UTC

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Or just tell the companies that program them that it's illegal

2026-04-04 13:24:22 UTC

Jonny (good kind) is the new #JohnMastodon!
Since @npub1ljm…w8tm 's [thread on Claude code](https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116324676116121930 ) made the rounds, it leaked out of the Fediverse via different sources (Reddit, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Twitter) and our server is getting a surge of joining requests from people who do not have any idea how Mastodon / Fedi works (they think our server *is* Mastodon) and whose sole purpose is to follow Jonny, who has basically become the embodiment of #Mastodon outside of Mastodon 😂
It's great to see how many "outsiders" are interested in our alternative way of doing social media... but it also means that **we should do much better in advertising the #Fediverse out there**: most people have no idea it exists! and once they realise there is an alternative to the for-profit socials, some of them at least are interested in joining!

2026-04-04 07:54:57 UTC

"Why are flights in the UK so often cheaper than taking the train?"
Some of the reasons are nonsensical:
for trains:
> "The fuel is subject to VAT at 5% on diesel and 20% on electricity.".
this should be the reverse?!?
for planes:
> "Fuel accounts for a much bigger part of airlines’ costs, but they do not have to pay VAT or duty on it.".
whyyyy??
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/nov/19/why-are-flights-in-the-uk-so-often-cheaper-than-taking-the-train
#SaveThePlanet and tax planes in proportion of the damage they do to their environment!

2026-04-03 15:22:17 UTC

Photo of "all of us" from Artemis II by NASA Commander Reid Wiseman...
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/
#ArtemisII #NatureIsBeautiful #NASA
https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/341/442/350/739/814/original/ece110d770ef2482.jpg

2026-03-28 19:59:12 UTC

"No Kings protests across the world: in pictures" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2026/mar/28/no-kings-protests-across-the-world-in-pictures
#TheGuardian #NoKings #NoKings3

2026-03-24 14:53:24 UTC

"US to pay almost $1bn to French energy company to kill wind project plan"
🤢🤢🤢 Disgusting!! #TotalBoycott
This is not how we're going to save the planet..
source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/23/trump-administration-wind-project-plan
#TheGuardian #Trump
other source (in French) #LeMonde
"TotalEnergies et l’administration Trump concluent un accord d’environ 1 milliard de dollars pour annuler des projets éoliens en mer"
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2026/03/23/totalenergies-et-l-administration-trump-concluent-un-accord-d-environ-1-milliard-de-dollars-pour-annuler-des-projets-eoliens-en-mer_6673952_3234.html

2026-03-10 11:52:56 UTC

I've been trying to use #LibreOffice as a replacement for #MSOffice but it's really not the same, lots of small things that do not work in the same way or that do not exist at all, whether in word/ writer or PowerPoint/ pages.
Is there another MSOffice-equivalent out there that is more similar to Office but non-profit?
Like... the Zorin OS of MSOffice?
#ITQuestion

2026-03-04 18:00:22 UTC

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Actually, I know you can't compare #HighlandCows because they're all peak cuteness but I saw this one last weekend (Pollock Country Park, #Glasgow) and I think she might have to go at the top..
#Scotland
https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/172/185/592/532/700/original/8d82f692c40792e0.jpg

2026-02-15 16:37:40 UTC

Quite tempted to swap my beloved cat avatar for this one.. How can #HighlandCows look so stylish?
#Scotland
https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/116/075/612/332/450/207/original/ddec3fa1c2a15077.jpg

2026-01-25 13:59:31 UTC

Interested in moving from #Windows to #Linux but not sure where to start?
This is going to be a 'live-thread' of me trying to install a windows-like distribution of Linux, "ZorinOS", on my 4-years old #Lenovo Windows10 laptop. I will install it as a dual-boot so that I can still access Win if needed.
It's probably not going to go too smoothly but I'll edit this first post when the thread is done!
#DualBoot #Win10eol #Win10ToLinux
1/

2026-01-22 21:59:59 UTC

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nice, thanks for the input! I keep hearing quite a lot of good stuff about Zulip which apparently has some kind of optimized threading system, I guess I should just try it out myself..

2026-01-22 14:33:11 UTC

What instant communication, thread-based platform do you use at least once a month?
Just trying to get an idea of the popularity of different options - multiple choices possible, please boost around!
If you think we should add some choices, please cite them in comment and I'll do a 2nd poll. They would have to be similarly thread / themes / channel - based, with a phone app but also available in the browser (e.g. maybe Matrix? But website-only platforms like Discourse would not work).
#Discord #Teams #MSTeams #Slack #Zulip #AcademicChatter (but not only)

2026-01-20 21:08:56 UTC

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nooo
What can we do to prevent this?

2026-01-18 17:46:05 UTC

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Hi Spencer, coming back to this discussion after a while - are you still happy with your Mattermost forum? Also, are they trying to push genAI stuff into it like Microsoft is doing or does it have an AI-free version?
Also have you ever used Zulip and if so what did you think of it?

2026-01-17 21:45:27 UTC

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hmm, maybe this is the case in the US / Canada?
In Europe / UK we still have relatively good privacy laws (GDPR) and I don't think this is allowed unless the user explicitly opts-in.. I mean I would definitely have stopped using Teams if I learned that they were using my chats to train their LLM

2026-01-17 21:24:24 UTC

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Yep! Especially incredible when it's coming, in my case, from a UK university.. Relying on US tools for work seems really bad on multiple fronts
PS: surely Teams isn't harvesting our chats for its AI, I know Teams sucks but I don't think that would be legal, do you have a source for this?

2026-01-17 21:12:29 UTC

Are you confused in #Teams because sometimes Enter sends message but sometimes it does a line break?
I just realised that when you're in "show formatting options" mode, it is the latter, otherwise the former.
To activate this mode, click on the little A+ pen icon at the bottom of the composing windows.
Of course Teams could just always have Enter do a line break... But that would be too easy and intuitive! ugh
#TeamsSucks #TeamsTip #MSTeams

2026-01-05 16:57:44 UTC

Ah, Google Documents.. So convenient.. But #Google is bad and the current US government is crazy.
What is the *closest existing alternative to GDocs* which is not owned by an american for-profit?
So far, Libre Office docs could be a replacement but there doesn't seem to be an integrated way to do co-editing online with it?
Conditions:<li>I am not interested in Latex</li><li>I want to use it to co-edit documents with other people, having tracked changes and comments is necessary</li><li>I ideally would like to use it with Zotero but it's not essential </li>
#GoogleDocuments #AcademicChatter

2025-12-28 11:23:50 UTC

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Here's a tentative explanation :
(1) Academics are trained to think that publishing our research in certain journals is seen by other academics as "more impactful" and "better". So, when we have some result to publish we tend to submit it to specific, "high reputation" journals.
(2) A lot of these journals (for example: "Nature" or "Cell") belong to for-profit editors like Nature Publishing group, Elsevier etc.
(3) The for-profit editors set up a very profitable system where authors / their university pay to publish AND pay to access the articles, the public also pays to read, while authors provide not only the contents but also the added value of publication - peer-reviewing - for free.
(4) By the way, this has been originally setup by Robert Maxwell, who is, guess what??, the father of Ghislaine Maxwell ([source](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science )]
(5) Many researchers do not seem to realise that this is an exploitative system based on smokes and mirrors (the quality of an article is unrelated to the "reputation" of the journal it's published in, and that "reputation" is not quantifiable anyway) so they keep publishing in these journals and some of them still use the journal names for hiring and promotion.
(6) Some journals are non-profit and propose good alternatives to the for-profit system (e.g. "eLife"); however many researchers avoid publishing there because they think it won't be useful to their CV. Some universities or funding organisations say that they do not care about the reputation system (DORA agreements) but the researchers still seem fixated on it.
(7) Some other journals are also non-profit (society journals like Journal of Neuroscience) but they still somehow make huge profits and their CEO / employees get paid a lot, so they don't actually seem that different to the for-profit..
(8) in summary, researchers want to publish in the for-profit journals because they think that these journals have better reputation and they increase our chances of getting jobs and funding. Many researchers believe in this "reputation" story and are either not aware of the exploitative aspects or do not really care about it. Alternatives are not perfect and have been mostly neglected...
*Disclaimer: this is just my point of view for the field of #Neuroscience*
What to do about it? That's probably for another post.. But personally I try not to publish in for-profit journals, and I prioritize reviewing for non-profit ones.
#AcademicChatter #PublicationEthics #Elsevier #Maxwell

2025-12-27 12:30:26 UTC

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Thank you for answering. It is not so much about disrespect but more about trustworthiness - if you use fake images, without even indicating that they are fake (even if it is obvious), why should we trust that the other images, videos, or text that you post here are not fake? Maybe all of the other videos were fake too?
This is basically about journalistic ethics. But maybe you are not actually journalists?
@npub1hy7…0nqq

2025-12-27 11:56:09 UTC

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sorry to hear that - take care!!

2025-12-27 11:50:33 UTC

@npub1hy7…0nqq [@Free_Press](https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press )
I mean, I dislike AI even more than Photoshop but the point is that a news organisation shouldn't use fake information (whether in text or image form), because if they do then why should we trust them to tell the truth?

2025-11-27 14:40:15 UTC

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oooh what's the 2nd article? 👀
(I know, that's not the point of your post but I'm already convinced that Nature Publishing Group sucks and that #eLife is better :) )

2025-11-26 22:51:09 UTC

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I don't know why people are resurfacing this but it is from 2 years ago. It would be good to check if this is still their current policy - unfortunately I doubt it.

2025-11-26 22:04:08 UTC

Evolution of the trash icon over the years
(just slightly modified from @npub16kg…afn8 's https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/115613773775837129)
#Copilot #genAI
https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/115/618/252/138/470/414/original/9072211b9e5aeb2f.png

2025-11-26 16:42:46 UTC

Edit: that was fast!! I got it now THANK YOU :)
Does anyone have pdf of this article?<li><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pneurobio.2015.04.002" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">A critical appraisal of the what-where-when episodic-like memory test in rodents: Achievements, caveats and future directions</a>? I have access to it through work but the <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/Elsevier" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Elsevier</span></a> website is not working... I found the 'author manuscript' version "somewhere" but it's not convenient to read.</li>
#canihazpdf 🙏

2025-11-05 08:34:48 UTC

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What about the French "cheval"? It seems quite distant from all those ones..

2025-11-01 16:48:20 UTC

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I had not heard of Gentoo before - could you say a hit about why you would recommend it? I'm looking for something that is as similar as Win10 as possible in terms of layout, keyboard shortcuts etc.

2025-10-30 21:02:48 UTC

"75% of scientific researchers in the U.S. are considering leaving the country" - must-watch if you haven't fully grasped yet the attack of Trump on US science.. It's somehow more impactful to see actual testimonies instead of facts and numbers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO070E_dI
The whole #Trump thing is sad but the long-term damage of what he is doing against research and science, not just in the US but worldwide, is horrible. Just like the damage on the planet, it is not too late to resist of and fix it though! Universities should stick together, people should come out in support of scientists, PIs should come out of their silence - as in this video - to alert the public on the ongoing destruction.
Quoting [@Nonya_Bidniss](https://infosec.exchange/@Nonya_Bidniss ):
https://infosec.exchange/@Nonya_Bidniss/115464536239675362
#Science #Academia #AcademicChatter

2025-10-28 22:49:05 UTC

WTF #Firefox ?? Who told you to change my default search engine? And for some #genAI slop machine when it was originally "NO AI Duck-Duck go"?!? Pretty clear that I DO NOT WANT AI
#Perplexity ? Yes, I am Perplexed that you would decide to impose this on me, I was already on the verge of quitting but I guess this will have to be the last straw.
Is it possible to get one's donations back?
Clearly I am not the only one having this problem:
https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/try-out-perplexity-ai-search-in-firefox-139/m-p/98352
https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/115/454/186/741/296/453/original/f6b0a995b53924b4.png

2025-10-27 21:12:00 UTC

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that's the mastodon / Fedi effect 😊

2025-10-27 14:34:37 UTC

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that sounds great! 🙏 And I really hope you are not planning to add any "genAI" or "AI bot" or any other kind of AI in it!

2025-10-27 14:30:07 UTC

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indeed.. @npub1q8h…tyu6 are you not concerned that #OnlyOffice is owned by a Russian company and so we should avoid supporting it, and probably even trusting it, in the current context? (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnlyOffice, Organization tab)
@npub1gdv…h69a @npub1p5x…lh6f

2025-10-27 13:43:37 UTC

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Bonus points for @npub1tgg…qwzh which has an account on here! 🙌

2025-10-27 12:24:03 UTC

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did I? I have never heard of it!
@npub1ugf…2u54

2025-10-27 12:12:41 UTC

Trying to move away from the #Microsoft suite (#Word, #Powerpoint, #Excel), mostly because of their forcing of #Copilot on users.
It seems that the choice is between #LibreOffice or #OpenOffice - which one would you recommend that is most compatible with MS formats, has similar functionalities (but with #NoAI ) and is good for collaboration (e.g. can do tracked changes)?
(Best if it works with #Zotero)

2025-10-19 12:10:59 UTC

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I'm sorry to ask but is there an actual source for this?
It seems too much like shooting himself in the foot, even for Trump. The president is supposed to represent the entire country. If people protest at this scale the president is supposed to listen to them. Are all these principles gone down the toilet too in his mind?...

2025-10-13 09:04:28 UTC

A colleague is asking how many #Neuroscientists are here on Mastodon / Fedi. If you are one, could you make yourself known in this poll? Also, more specific comments about your field welcome! 🧠
*please boost around if you don't mind*
#Neuroscience #Academia #AcademicChatter

2025-10-05 14:03:45 UTC

RE: https://neuromatch.social/@elduvelle/115043592593786470
Two months ago I asked what #Linux distribution new Linux users used and liked, hoping that they would converge to a few, very windows-like distributions... haha 😅
The results are (only focusing on new users):<li>Ubuntu (x2)</li><li>Arch (x3) including forks of Arch like CachyOS, Endeavour with maybe KDE Plasma</li><li>Mint (x2) with maybe Cinnamon - but apparently, Mint is often out of date</li><li>Fedora "Silverblue" or "Linux Workstation"</li><li>Pop OS!</li><li>open SUSE Tumbleweed with KDE Plasma 6</li>
Conclusion: no clear converging! And it is also quite hard to get input from new users, as the experienced users really want to share as well!
#note1ap5…c6ur

2025-09-25 06:09:43 UTC

"I was elected mayor of Istanbul, but I write this from jail: Turkish democracy is under grave threat"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/24/mayor-istanbul-jail-ekrem-imamoglu-turkey-democracy
#Turkey #TurkeyPol

2025-08-30 14:36:52 UTC

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Je suis d'accord sur tout ça.. (sauf que je dirais qu'il y a encore quelques médias qui font toujours plutôt bien leur boulot, par exemple je trouve Le Monde assez rigoureux). Mais justement, si on est d'accord que Mélenchon est diabolisé exprès par les médias, on peut prévoir que si c'était quelqu'un d'autre ils essaieraient de le/la diaboliser aussi. Je le trouve plutôt résistant à la "diabolisation", ce n'est pas dit que le suivant le sera aussi.
Après, encore une fois, il n'est pas parfait et ça m'énerve aussi parfois de voir qu'il ne laisse pas la place à quelqu'un de moins controversé, ou qu'il n'essaie pas d'être plus diplomate pour s'allier avec les autres partis de gauche. C'est comme les écologistes, ils ont plutôt de bonnes idées généralement, mais des fois l'un d'entre eux sort des idées bizarres (généralement non-scientifiques) et ça gâche le tableau. Mais je crois qu'il faut arriver à faire des compromis si on veut avancer.

2025-08-30 13:04:25 UTC

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c'est sûr qu'il a un gros ego et une personnalité très marquée. On aime ou on déteste. Bien sûr, ce qui devrait compter plus que la personnalité, c'est le programme. Je pense que les intentions de vote auxquelles tu fais référence montrent juste que la France tend plus à droite/ extrême droite qu'à gauche. Est-ce qu'un candidat LFI gagnerait contre un candidat FN, même si ce n'était pas Mélenchon? Je pense que non car le centre et la droite voudraient voter contre. Même s'ils sont supposés suivre au contraire le pacte républicain (qui a permis de mettre Macron au pouvoir deux fois).
Je ne suis pas fan de Melenchon mais je pense qu'il est récupérable. Il faudrait juste qu'il s'ajuste sur ces sujets, effectivement la politique extérieure. Mais s'il y a de meilleurs candidat(e)s je ne dirais pas non, mais qui ?

2025-08-30 11:47:30 UTC

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c'est un peu extrême, je dirais plutôt qu'il ferait mieux de changer son avis sur 2-3 sujets, celui-ci y compris apparemment - sur le reste il est plutôt bon. Malheureusement on ne peut pas espérer avoir des hommes ou femmes politiques parfaits donc il faut faire avec ce qu'on a.

2025-08-29 15:13:46 UTC

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il a vraiment dit ça?? que Zelensky est "président de rien" ? J'ai du mal à le croire..
Ah mince il l'a bien dit, j'ai trouvé cette vidéo:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MnxSyS-hgvc
#Mélenchon mais ça va pas bien là??

2025-08-29 14:09:06 UTC

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qu'est-ce qu'il a dit encore (Mélenchon)?

2025-08-17 16:34:40 UTC

Also, these might be my favourite mountains so far: the #ThreeSisters
You can even hike behind them to reach the "Lost Valley"! (Unfortunately, no dinosaurs there...)
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/fortwilliam/lostvalley.shtmla
Found in #Glencoe, #Scotland
https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/115/045/025/870/404/109/original/ae61b0b8ef7ece31.jpeg
https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/115/045/034/302/549/472/original/55c58ef401dc58cc.jpg
https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/115/045/038/898/515/946/original/6e917cf768ba2b22.jpg

2025-08-17 10:18:32 UTC

With the coming end of support of #Windows10 I would like to hear from people who recently (say < 3 years ago) moved from Windows (or MacOS) to Linux:
.1. which Linux distribution did you settle on?
.2. which are the main problems that you had "transitioning"?
.3. are you planning to keep using Linux for now?
.4. What are you missing in Linux that you had with your former OS?
.5. If you tried but did not keep using it - why?
#windows10endofsupport #Linux #ChoiceOfOS #ComputerStuff #MacOS #Windows
And here's a related poll:
**Have you recently moved to Linux from a different OS?** ⬇️

2025-08-12 19:09:45 UTC

This is not a joke... A [press release](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-drought-group-meets-to-address-nationally-significant-water-shortfall ) from the UK government about a meeting of the "national drought group", in order to "save water at home", suggests to:
> "Delete old emails and pictures as data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems"
... while the government also pushes for full-blown investments in, and adoption of, "genAI" (e.g. [here ](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-action-plan/ai-opportunities-action-plan ) ) with absolutely no mention of the environmental costs.. which are surely orders of magnitude worse than whatever a server uses to store old pictures, and for what?! 🤦🤦🤦
#GenAI #SavingThePlanet

2025-08-05 22:03:49 UTC

"Brexit has been a resounding disaster. Starmer must find the courage to change course"
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/05/brexit-disaster-courage-eu-act-starmer
With a quote that many politicians would do well to apply:
> " The way to see off the populist right isn’t to cower in its shadow; it’s to step up and offer a compelling, positive alternative."
#Brexit #UkPol #CancelBrexit

2025-07-30 14:15:29 UTC

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Yep I just realized this today and am reminded of those times where I criticised other countries for giving bonuses to researchers when they publish in high-IF journals.. This is basically the same thing, done in the UK!

2025-07-30 13:24:13 UTC

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ooh.. so there is no actual / official list of criteria that are used by this "REF" panel to categorize the papers?
By metric do you mean like the dreaded impact factor metric?
The number of 3 or 4* papers I get apparently influences my promotion chances, hence my salary. Does this mean I should choose to publish in journals with higher impact factor even if they are for-profit or have expensive publication fees?

2025-07-30 12:49:40 UTC

#UkAcademia question: I see references to the "REF" a lot, including needing to publish papers that get a specific REF "rating" like 3* or 4*. Anyone knows what these stars mean and how do they decide how many stars your papers get?
#Academia

2025-07-24 06:28:31 UTC

"Donald Trump visit to Scotland expected to be met with wave of protest"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/24/donald-trump-scotland-visit-protest
-> info on the 26th July protests: https://stoptrump.org.uk/stop-trump-scotland-protest-details-26-july/
Why are there no protests planned in #Glasgow?
#Trump #Scotland #StopTrump

2025-07-14 18:06:28 UTC

I am not usually patriotic but in the grand scheme of things, I think #France is not doing so bad, as a country. French people do not necessarily realise how advanced we are on social topics and how precious these things are (e.g. education, healthcare, pension system, etc.).
Of course, a lot more could be done for a fairer distribution of wealth and a much stronger approach on ecological topics.
Anyway: Happy #BastilleDay!
-- En Français:
Je ne suis généralement pas patriotique mais, tout bien considéré, la France ne se débrouille pas trop mal, en tant que pays. Les Français ne réalisent pas toujours à quel point on est en avance sur les sujets sociaux, et à quel point ces avancées sont précieuses (e.g. l'éducation, le système de santé, les retraites...).
Bien sûr on pourrait faire bien mieux avec une distributions des richesses plus juste et une approche bien plus efficace sur les sujets écologiques..
Enfin bref: Joyeux 14 Juillet!
#FeteNationale

2025-07-08 10:54:27 UTC

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what does this mean? You'll be blocked for sure if you start allowing ads
Edit: it doesn't seem to be about ads, here is more info directly from @npub1xsv…q6he saying the money will come from "the people" via the "web monetization" platform:
https://mastodon.social/@dansup/114817252944296719
Is this the start of the enshittification of the fediverse? Personally I'd rather keep money out if it altogether

2025-07-06 10:17:24 UTC

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...what's a good Adobe alternative for reading and signing PDFs? 🥹

2025-07-05 12:57:25 UTC

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I guess this assumes that a lot more humans are nice than bad. I would like to believe this, and I think this is how humanity has survived originally - by helping each other, including the weakest members - but I am not fully convinced it is the case.
Or rather, even if there's more nice people overall, they seem to very easily follow dictators, strong-looking leaders that shout loudly but are just really selfish. How do we avoid that from happening in our utopic, border-free world?

2025-07-05 12:36:50 UTC

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I generally think this as well. But then I also think about the large variety of human societies that we have today, and how I would rather live in some (say, France) rather than others (say, the US, or those with no women's rights). If everyone could live everywhere without having to accept the laws of each country because there was no concept of country - wouldn't it end up being about "might makes right"?
Or maybe we can have no borders, no countries, and still somehow all agree to live in harmony, between each other and also between humans and nature? 🤔

2025-06-30 15:49:25 UTC

People who are worried about #ClimateChange:
Do you usually vote for the Green party in your country's elections? If not, why?
#SaveThePlanet #Elections

2025-06-23 19:44:07 UTC

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that one (asking for your social media usernames) is not new though, was the same when I applied 2 years ago..
The thing about setting your privacy to public is definitely new! ( and really bad)

2025-06-22 10:08:24 UTC

Little #MastodonTip : if you ask a question in a post and eventually get a good answer, you can edit your post with the answer added!
That way people who have boosted it will know the answer as well (it should notify them) and people who see it know that there is no need to answer.

2025-04-23 17:45:14 UTC

We are lucky that some people are working to save this data but the fact that they even need to do this is so sad and wasteful...
#BBCNews: [Inside the desperate rush to save decades of US scientific data from deletion](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250422-usa-scientists-race-to-save-climate-data-before-its-deleted-by-the-trump-administration )
#UsPol #Science #DataPreservation

2025-04-06 12:24:55 UTC

That's it, I am reaching my limit with the 'genAI' stuff.
I moved from #Google to #DuckDuckGo years ago to avoid the privacy issues and avoid supporting a giant company that's destroying the planet - now DuckDuckGo keeps force-feeding me 'AI-assisted answers' that I DO NOT WANT.
I've been using #Firefox for at least 15 years, for the same reasons, now I update #Firefox and "what's new with Firefox" you wonder? Well Firefox has a "new sidebar" that lets you "keep your AI assistant handy" - an "AI assistant" that I DO NOT WANT.
Stop force-feeding us useless, invasive, energy-hungry 'AI' that nobody is asking for!
Any suggestions for a No-AI equivalent to Duckduckgo? As for browser, I'm going to move on to #Vivaldi.
#Browsers #NoAI

2025-04-01 13:00:44 UTC

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cool! Do you have a link to share about it?

2025-04-01 12:43:27 UTC

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why this Saturday specifically?

2025-03-26 15:48:13 UTC

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Isn't Flipboard already at @npub13fk…z5hw?

2025-03-19 14:51:42 UTC

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yep getting about 1 DM from "her" every week, each time from a new account 🙄
@npub1zy5…0ctd @npub1p09…m5vl

2025-03-12 10:50:29 UTC

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Yes! Big thanks to @npub1ljm…w8tm in particular for getting this done!!
Here's a post linking to their github issues:
https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/113486088666816575
#FetchAllReplies

2025-03-12 06:42:48 UTC

🤦🤦🤦
"Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit"
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy191rgn1o
#Rainforest #COP30 #BBCNews

2025-03-07 16:53:12 UTC

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this has to be a joke... Right? The website is not official... ?
https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/114/122/182/908/447/506/original/42d5398a2b368071.png

2025-03-06 18:30:09 UTC

Hi all, I know a lot of us would like to show their support for #Science as it is being threatened in the #US with consequences worldwide,
whether we are scientists or not. 🧑‍🔬❤️‍🔥
Those who don't have a "#StandUpForScience" event nearby, or prefer not to go in person, can protest here on the **Friday 7th of March** !
We can do this by posting about the event, using the hashtag, with additional content (or not) of your choice. I know the #Fediverse has a lot of imagination.
Others can of course mute the hashtag ;)
Feel free to boost and let's do this!!
*And if you don't know what I'm talking about.. I'll be surprised but I'll answer any questions!*

2025-03-04 20:08:50 UTC

Who is going to a #StandUpForScience event this **Friday 7th March**?
Support from non-scientists is probably the most important!
#Academia #AcademicChatter #Science

2025-03-03 17:35:15 UTC

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that sounds great, thanks for the detailed answer! I'll share the info on "our" slack (and if you're not already there, let me know if you'd like to join!)

2025-03-03 17:22:39 UTC

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thanks! You did mention this in one of the previous times I asked about this.. Mattermost seems like an interesting option, and if you were open to welcoming more members that would be very interesting. I have a few questions, but feel free to answer in DM or not at all:<li>Do you have a limit on how many people can join? </li><li>Do you have conditions on who can join (like, do they have to be academics or it doesn't matter)?</li><li>Do you mind if I mention your platform in the NeuroMethods slack so people could give it a try?</li><li>Where is the data stored and who has access to it?</li><li>How is the data backed up (say, if the server crashes)?</li><li>do you have limits on number of messages or size of attachments? (We don't usually have attachments but I'm just curious)</li><li>is this free for your users? If so, are you planning to charge users for it at some point in future?</li>
Thanks! 🙏

2025-03-03 09:29:48 UTC

Hi all, the recurrent question of backing up (or not) #NeuroMethods slack is there again.
Lots of people are suggesting backing up the contents onto some #Google product, whether gmail or google docs. I know that gmail is not private (google analyses the contents of the mails) but is Google document private?
Otherwise is there an alternative to google docs that would actually be private? I imagine if it is private then it will not be free..
(Neuromethods is a discussion platform for when you have a problem or question about a #Neuroscience technique. It's on the free #Slack version so the history past 90 days is lost. See the previous time I have asked about this: https://neuromatch.social/@elduvelle/112766589207831557)

2025-02-28 22:20:34 UTC

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I don't think that's what they said. What's the source for this text?

2025-02-15 18:30:42 UTC

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there is a "scientists for science" slack (lmk if you want to join) and it has some useful links. You could also check out what people cite and follow the sources that seem reliable. I don't really know how to decide myself. Reuters maybe?

2025-02-12 22:11:14 UTC

Alain #Souchon est le meilleur chanteur :)
(Concert du 29 Janvier 2025 à Besançon)
#FouleSentimentale
https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/113/993/200/773/769/001/original/0435c198880a4ff5.mp4

2025-02-05 11:00:26 UTC

#UsPol #Musk #Research
Here's a detailed report of how Musk is dismantling the US public research and medical centres ... #NIH, #CDC, #NSF etc. Chilling and horrible for the future of research in the US, which will of course impact the entire world..
[What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF](https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/what-s-happening-inside-nih )
H/T to @npub1yl3…q722 who linked to it here:
https://neuromatch.social/@sls/113948901046858488

2025-01-31 12:30:41 UTC

Do you remember where you first learned about Neurons and that the brain is made of them and that they basically *are* who we are? Was it at school, high school, university? Was it from a parent or a friend? Or maybe from a book?
I'm just curious about everyone's experiences :)
#Neuroscience #Neurons #Brain

2025-01-25 21:07:05 UTC

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Just learned that a #Neuroscience conf that was planned to happen in the US this year was moved to Canada! Yeah! It has already started :)
#NeuroConf #ScientificConferences

2025-01-20 23:46:49 UTC

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I made a poll about this as I was wondering the same, no sign of it happening for now:
https://neuromatch.social/@elduvelle/113862446237847917

2025-01-20 19:57:29 UTC

#UsPol for Facebook users (might not be a lot on here, I know)
If you have a #Facebook account, was it just made to auto-follow #Trump and #Vance (the US vice-president)?
(Please specify if you have a US-based account or not, and feel free to boost!)

2024-12-25 20:03:40 UTC

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Yes! Incredible!!
Here's a video from the paper.. Ants rock!
#ProblemSolving #Ants
https://media.neuromatch.social/media_attachments/files/113/715/237/316/589/420/original/a840dc790af1dc57.mp4

2024-12-22 21:01:36 UTC

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🤔

2024-12-17 12:51:42 UTC

Watching a talk about #Time from philosopher Matt Farr - very interesting! Which leads me to the question:
Do you think that time exists?
#Philosophy

2024-12-14 22:46:24 UTC

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So ... they're basically telling us who's the bad guy of the year? Why not, I guess

2024-12-10 09:55:32 UTC

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<li>more long term positions so that knowledge doesn't have to be recreated from scratch every time a postdoc or PhD student leaves</li><li>more sharing, less competition so each lab doesn't have to re-code their entire analysis pipeline for each project</li><li>more opportunities for idea-sharing instead of fear of being scooped by your peers </li><li>related, stop judging people on where their papers get published and instead judge them (if you have to) on how good of a collaborator they are</li><li>less hierarchy, more agency to each scientist</li><li>better communication with the public so that they don't have knowledge holes that get filled with propaganda</li><li>better publication systems so we don't feel like we're working for free for super rich companies that exploit us and keep our work for themselves</li>
#Academia

2024-12-05 21:37:13 UTC

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they tried the Right + far right and it didn't work (predictably - they all suck) so now they *should* try the Left + Right. Doesn't matter that the far right is against it if the others manage to agree.
The problem is that the left missed its chance the first time because they were too divided... I'm hoping they'll grow up and seize the opportunity this time...

2024-11-25 18:47:48 UTC

US #Academia question:
Is it normal for a PhD student to have a **long CV** (more than 2 pages, say 6 pages)?
What about for an undergraduate student?
I was taught (engineering school in France) that your CV shouldn't be more than 2 pages long, I know it's different in Academia when you go "up the ladder" but 6 pages for these stages seems like a lot.
@npub1vuz…esa4 #AcademicChatter #CV

2024-11-24 09:13:23 UTC

Hi all, please remember to authorise search for your posts, as explained there:
(Unless you want them to fall in the great abyss of forgiveness, which is fine too)
https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/113533100592708635

2024-11-23 23:49:10 UTC

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One type of engagement that I don't see enough here is specific to neuroscience posts. It was great on pre-musk twitter, and as far as I hear it seems pretty good on bluesky, because the Neuro community migrated there, but it's quite small on Mastodon (some of them did try Masto out but at different times so there was never critical mass to keep them around).
I've made my peace with it for now, but I do miss it. Everything else is great here, and much more genuine than it was on twitter.

2024-11-23 23:20:24 UTC

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is there really?
To get a more accurate idea of engagement on other people's posts, make sure to refresh the page once you've opened a post, to be able to see all its replies (only possible on our instance for now thanks to Jonny coding #FetchAllReplies). That shouldn't be a problem for your own posts though.

2024-11-15 11:48:18 UTC

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Yes. They could start by making sure the president cannot influence the Justice system..

2024-11-14 12:42:08 UTC

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the Guardian! https://www.theguardian.com/uk