Tavo @tavoglc@social.cleverlibre.org

The role of masks and mask mandates isn't to single-handedly prevent all #COVID transmission. Mask policies help flatten the curve during surges, and keep essential spaces open and accessible during continued high transmission. They've been very successful at doing that when used.

Did you know that #Germany had its first #black #philosopher in 1727?

Anton Wilhelm Amo was born in 1703 in #Ghana. He came to Germany in 1707 & grew up under the care of a prince.

He studied #philosophy & #law in Halle.

His philosophy thesis was on the mind-body problem (he believed in a strong demarcation of the two), while his law dissertation was on the "Rights of the Moors in Europe".

Halle Uni gives a yearly award for excellence in his name.

#BlackHistoryMonth #blackmastodon

Reddit: "My friend is in university and taking a history class. The professor is using ChatGPT to write essays on the history topics and the students need to mark up its essays and point out where ChatGPT is wrong and correct it."

https://old.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/117gtom/my_friend_is_in_university_and_taking_a_history/

Honestly, this is great! The students learn to check sources, discover that ChatGPT is unreliable, *and* can't use it to generate essay question answers for them, all at the same time!

Research misconduct is a serious issue for the integrity of our scientific record...and journals can be slow to correct or retract papers.

"There is also indications that misconduct in science is increasing"

Would automatic notifications about integrity issues with science papers help dampen the spread of misinformation?

Why everyone should use the @PubPeer browser extension: https://medium.com/@erinnacland/a-science-browser-extension-everyone-should-use-b15ad69ad6de
(authored and art by me)
#Science #AcademicChatter @academicchatter #misinformation

If you tell your friends about Mastodon, you’re technically an ambassador of the federation.

Peer review? Every time I read your research, I am the peer. I read, process, think, evaluate, decide what to do with it. I can choose to ignore it, challenge it, use it, improve upon it, etc. That's the work, no? We each are peer reviewers when we engage with others' work. We don't need journal involvement for peer review to happen. We can't rely on a few random and anonymous reviewers to do our job either. Outsourcing this basic part of research process has only turned us into lazier readers >

Why we need to change our performance metrics in science:

"...swiftly publishing several small but catchy contributions trumps publishing a carefully planned multistudy investigation [...] Performance metrics should be redesigned to [..] understand complex research questions; to test boundary conditions and the generalizability of insights; or to ask research questions that lie off the trodden path of the mainstream."

via https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01508-2
#ScienceReform #AcademicChatter @academicchatter

Dr. Patricia Era Bath, 1981. Inventor of the Laserphaco Probe, used worldwide in eye surgery to remove cataracts. Bath founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness.

She restored sight to millions of people suffering from cataracts. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackMastodon

England #Covid data 16 Feb 2023...
📈As expected, cases and hospitalisations up again on previous 7 days:
🦠📈Number testing positive in the last 7 days (5 Feb - 11 Feb 2023) up 5%.
🏥📈Number of patients admitted in the last 7 days (7 Feb - 13 Feb 2023) up 10.8%.
#CovidIsNotOver

A large black-and-white #cat named Gacek has become the top-rated tourist attraction in the Polish city of Szczecin, with over 1,000 Google reviews giving the animal a near-perfect average rating of 4.9 out of 5 stars!

I wanted to write something like, "oh you don't say" but this is *actually* a brutal read

#science #metrics #evaluation

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/05390184221142218

Each sentence I speak, each word that I write,
Feels like a burden, a battle to fight.

My mind is a prison, my thoughts like chains,
Depression and anxiety, my constant pains.
The weight of my worries, the fear of the unknown,
Makes it hard to see light, and find my way home.

And when that day comes, when my sentence is done,
I'll be free from my demons, and I'll finally have won.

#SmallPoems #Poetry #Sentence #MastoPrompt #PoetryPrompt