Ag Terrane @agterrane@social.cleverlibre.org

WIRED just published my beginner's guide to Mastodon! Thank you to the 100+ people who responded to my request for tips and advice for understanding the culture here. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-started-use-mastodon/

That’s more or less exactly what a large language model like this does.

It is trained to produce text it seems like it was written by a competent person. In this case #galactica also uses a technical vocabulary, frequent citation, structured argumentation, numbers, etc. to create a veneer of legitimacy—all tools frequently employed in the sort of new-school bullshit that we treat in our book.

it doesn’t care about facts. It has no representation of them beyond their semantic relations.

Our piece on how science education needs to adapt for the misinformation age is now out in Scientific American.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/to-fight-misinformation-we-need-to-teach-that-science-is-dynamic/

Bonjour mes amis, Irna Osmanovich (@irna) a traduit en français mon essai critiquant "Ancient Apocalypse" sur Netflix. #archaeology #history #archéologie #histoire

On peut lire ici:
https://irna.fr/Ancient-Apocalypse-un-fil.html

Imagine you’re packing for a 12 day long international trip that includes a dress up event, a conference, a field excursion, sight seeing, beach going, cycling (both bike and motor) and jungle tromping. The temperatures will vary between 45 - 80+ F. You get one suitcase and a carry-on (weight limited) and your carry-on must include a computer.

What do you pack?

My life has become a math problem. 😳

#introduction Second time lucky!

I'm a lecturer in the fields of #digital media & cultural #heritage (what a mix) at University of East Anglia, #Norwich, UK.

My area of expertise is around online communities of practice, the notion of expertise itself in digital media, and digital public #archaeology. I work on digital ethnographies & qualitative data drawn from the fields of #archaeology and #CulturalHeritage, as well as expert patient fora.

I love #dogs truly, madly, deeply. Send pics.

Hello there! I’m James, an exploration #geologist and researcher based between Ireland and Greenland. Professionally very much at home in a geochemical dataset, on the side of a mountain collecting samples, compiling a model or bouncing around exploration ideas. Very much in the early stages of figuring this site out. Pleased to meet you all. #firstpost

To this extent I'm really interested to know how the age breakdown of people on the #Fediverse. On one hand it would seem to make sense to me that most people here remember the "old internet" before the centralization and they're here to rekindle that flame of independence. On the other hand the youths are generally pretty up on this whole technology thing. I grew up on the internet and since then smartphones have become even more ubiquitous.

(Please boost for reach)

So curious.. 😅

🎥 KBC

How deep does the melting that produces massive continental flood basalts occur? A new study indicates that the normal proxy for melting depth (which indicates shallow melting) breaks down at the high melt volumes and fractions flood basalts need. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/971049

Please share this #archaeology thread critiquing #AncientApocalypse hosted by Graham Hancock

The start of the thread is here (re-toots appreciated):

https://archaeo.social/web/@FlintDibble/109342014346807613

Banksy’s powerful new works in Ukraine

Here’s my favourite photo of the Australian night sky. The #Australian #indigenous peoples identified the “constellation” of “The Emu” - an outline formed not of stars but from the dark clouds of dust that obscure the Milky Way. You can clearly see the image of the emu in this one, with the head at the top right. This was taken in 2020 from Ebor Falls in New England, NSW #nightscapes #photography #astronomy

#BronzeAge ruins of #Mycenae looking down from the palace complex to the cluster of homes and workshops below. It’s easy to imagine a thriving city

We don’t know much about Mycenaean #astronomy but there are indications that the #Pleiades were important for seafaring and they adopted the #Mesopotamian important agricultural constellations of #Aquarius for the rainy season and Field/Furrow (#Virgo ) for sowing & reaping
(Authors photo, July 2021)
#archaeology
#archaeoastronomy

Earthquakes in India and nearby countries are very common, and are the result of India slamming in to Eurasia. (This is also what is creating the Himalayan Mountains.)

#India #Himalayas #earthquakes

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/earthquake-tremors-felt-in-delhi-neighbouring-areas-3514800