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bookandswordblogStruggling Achaemenid historian Henry P. Colburn got a full-time one-year position (in the weird world of 2020s academia that is a good job) <a href="https://henrycolburn.hcommons.org/2025/07/07/veritatem-dilexi/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://henrycolburn.hcommons.org/2025/07/07/veritatem-dilexi/</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/academicLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academicLife</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#histodons</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/achaemenidEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#achaemenidEmpire</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/academicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academicChatter</a>

Talia Hussainmy god Elsevier is a diabolically shit company. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AcademicChatter</a>

1337 $#!+ I did thatYou cannot, in any kind of good faith, send a child to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Columbia</a> University. If the university bends over, what does that mean for your child's education? Just ask yourself! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academicchatter</a>

NessBeen working on cleaning up and formatting a collab paper to submit for review. I just went to login to submit and now there is text in bright red, bold font saying that they are not currently taking submissions. It's the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, so a federal journal. We can probably assume why. This was a relatively recent change. We were worried about this and checked a few weeks back and were good to go. UGH. What a bummer. <a href="https://counterforce.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academicchatter</a>

the roamerMet my MSc dissertation students this week. All good natured people. But the genAI rot is spreading. About half of them do their work, and ask me questions about the problems they encounter. I advise on possible next steps. We meet again next week. All good.But.The other half, each of them perfectly well meaning, came back to me with questions that had nothing to do with their projects, and proposed solutions that are alien to the framework we are using. After some serious conversations, I found that in each case they had relied on chatGTP answers to their prompts. They had not read the actual papers I had given them. Some had implemented equations that are patently false, not by error (this would be good for learning), but because chatGPT told them so.A significant part our students can't read anymore. They need to interact with genAI, and they think this is research.We are heading for trouble. In higher education, and in society at large.<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/noAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#noAI</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a>

AmyFou 🕊️After a years-old decision by my uni to move faculty and staff emails off of a local custom system to MSOutlook, but student emails to Gmail; they are now requiring students to move to Outlook too.My prediction: students will be even less likely to be reachable via email than they are now.<a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/academicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academicChatter</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#email</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/gross" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gross</a>

Public Knowledge Project📢 We want your feedback! New PKP + SFU open publishing courses coming soon! New courses:* PUB 611: Making Knowledge Public * PUB 603: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JournalManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JournalManagement</a> and Editing * PUB 604: Technologies and Infrastructure for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcademicPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicPublishing</a>If you're interested in the program, we invite you to take this short survey to help us understand global learner needs and motivations.Take the survey until August 8th. <a href="https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/07/07/we-want-your-feedback-new-pkp-sfu-open-publishing-courses-coming-soon/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/07/07/we-want-your-feedback-new-pkp-sfu-open-publishing-courses-coming-soon/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScholComm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenPublishing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScholarlyPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScholarlyPublishing</a>

Mariusz KlimczakGot a manuscript accepted this morning at Optics Express 🤓 It’s the second time here when we got „as is” acceptance which is not really customary with this journal. Admittedly it has been significantly improved and revised since the version available at arxiv though. Still a nice perk during holiday. Am looking forward to pushing the open access charge paperwork at Uni at this holiday time 😜 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academicchatter</a>

Dr Micha CampbellEDIT to the edit: thanks Paul Palmer for sending it through!If anyone has access to this and has 5 minutes to download and email it, I'd appreciate it! Wild that publishers ask for $$ for 60 yr old articles...EDIT: thanks all, it's on sci-hub :) <a href="https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj1963.03615995002700020027x" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj1963.03615995002700020027x</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academia</a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a>

Jan R. BoehnkeFor those for whom the Gillies Report* or the hearings at the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScotGov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScotGov</a> Education, Children and Young People Committee** are too long, this is a really good thematic summary of the findings and evidence.The topics and quotes invite reflection, not only at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DundeeUni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DundeeUni</a>. It is a bit of a questionnaire of "have you seen this happen?", "have you felt or experienced this?"<a href="https://wonkhe.com/blogs/learning-from-dundee-means-solving-the-right-problems/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wonkhe.com/blogs/learning-from-dundee-means-solving-the-right-problems/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorkplaceCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorkplaceCulture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HEI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a>

inquilineAhem... does anyone know of a FLOSS-y suite of tools or website I can use to stand in for the corporate ed tech my school makes us use? I am mainly looking for:- gradebook for me - grade record for students to check their scores/points- space to turn in assignments<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@academicchatter</a> <a href="https://assemblag.es/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a>

Talia HussainReading a paper for peer review and it is a master-class in tedious writing: zombie nouns, passive voice, impenetrable language.... I think there may be some good ideas in here, but the authors are doing their damnedest to disguise them. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AcademicChatter</a>

Mark DingemanseOver the past two weeks I've fielded a bunch of inquiries about these positions. I have now added the most common questions and answers to an FAQ page so that everyone can have the same information position when applying (and so that I can refer to this in my autoreply shield, soon to be activated) <a href="https://markdingemanse.net/futures/news/faq-for-prospective-applicants/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://markdingemanse.net/futures/news/faq-for-prospective-applicants/</a>Application deadline Aug 26, 2025 — if you're a prospective applicant, I'm hoping you'll find plenty of time to think, read and write! <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ScienceJobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScienceJobs</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a>

Tom StaffordGot a couple of spare hours without distractions to finish off a draft of this paper. Writing should be easy, right?<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a>

Dr. Victoria GrinbergAnd we have a newly minted PhD!(And I learned a ton about cross-cultural advising. Ask me offline if you want to know more...)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhD</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astrodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GermanPhDHats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GermanPhDHats</a>

Robert W. GehlPleased to announce that my book, Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media, is now available online, and will be out in print in a couple weeks! <a href="https://moveslowlybuildbridges.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://moveslowlybuildbridges.com</a> That site has more stuff, too -- links to related articles, some notes about how I researched it, and a contact form in case you want to talk about the fediverse with me! (I'd be happy to chat with journalists about it!) <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/academicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academicChatter</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastodon</a>

Simon WaldmanJust used the word "heretofore" in a journal article. Not sure if proud or ashamed.Will probably change it before submission. I'm already chancing it earlier by trying to use "within" and "without" as opposites.<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a>

Peter Cock“… and we have tools such as [leading tool here], which unfortunately is no longer funded, …”Am I just over aware of weaknesses in scientific funding (for tools and resources), or is this a recurrent theme in the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ISMBECCB2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ISMBECCB2025</a> keynotes and track keynotes? <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a>

Ergative AbsolutiveHey, if you know <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sociolinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sociolinguistics</a> and <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a>, there's a beer-money job available at Glasgow University:(don't be fooled by the salary range -- buried in the fine print we see that it's 0.4 FTE). <a href="https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/tutor-slash-lecturer-in-phonetics-and-sociolinguistics-lts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/tutor-slash-lecturer-in-phonetics-and-sociolinguistics-lts</a>This is a reasonable position if ALL of the following are true:1) you do not have a better job and want an affiliation while looking 2) you want an academic career (ugh, why tho?) 3) You ALREADY live nearby.(open to nearly-PhDs, too)<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/academicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academicChatter</a>

Simon Waldman"Churning out more papers faster has got us to this place. Given current incentives, AI will mean churning them out even faster. A paper written by AI, peer-reviewed by AI and read only by AI creates a self-reinforcing loop that holds no real value, erodes trust in science and voids scientific inquiry of meaning."<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/20/scientific-publishing-needs-urgent-reform-to-retain-trust-in-research-process" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/jul/20/scientific-publishing-needs-urgent-reform-to-retain-trust-in-research-process</a><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a>

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