My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

@jni The Fediverse is more like medieval feudalism than like modern democracy. Defederation is a way of handling conflicts between lords, which individually may or may not care about their vassals.

Compared to the empires of centralized networks, that's progress, but there remains a lot of room for improvement. One promising ideas is running instances as cooperatives, as e.g. https://social.coop/. A federation of cooperations only could probably handle conflicts in a much better way.

Re: #LLM #AI in scientific products. The jinni is out of the bottle, as people will be using these tools at an increasing rate to automate tasks in science. Asking them to go back to 2019 is simply NOT going to happen. But we should maximize transparency & #scienceedu by not only asking them to declare the use, but also show HOW these products were used. In a sense #LLMs have/will become "materials and methods" and we should treat them and their output as such.

New blog post: "Why we should review research software"

https://blog.khinsen.net/posts/2025/04/11/reviewing-software.html

It's #WorldBookDay (in the UK and Ireland, at least) 📚

Love the smell of new or old books? Here's the chemical explanation for what you're smelling!

https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/01/newoldbooksmell/

Una jornada intergeneracional de dona i ciència El PRBB celebra l’èxit de la Viquimarató i les xerrades “Què és la ciència?” realitzades enguany amb motiu del Dia Internacional de la Dona i la Nena en la Ciència. https://ellipse.prbb.org/ca/una-jornada-intergeneracional-de-dona-i-ciencia/

El company @Artur ens representarà en el XX Seminari de Qualitat Lingüística als Mitjans de Comunicació, organitzat pel Gabinet d’Assessorament Lingüístic als Mitjans de Comunicació de la Universitat de les Illes Balears.

Serà en línia el dijous 27 de febrer. Tens més informació ací 👇🏻

Guide: Switching from Conda/Mamba to Pixi. Near instant environments, better HPC compatibility and reproducibility. But really, it's the speed!

https://josephguhlin.com/pixi-uv-bioinformatics-powerhouse/

#bioinformatics #genomics #python

How does the hype surrounding #deepseek reflect the AI industry, national strategies, and hidden human costs? In our new DiPLab policy memo, we offer tools for navigating inflated claims from tech giants, unaccountable governments, and ambitious startups. The document, co-authored by Yours Truly, @TLeBonniec, and @JulianPosada includes background, analysis of the documentation made accessible by the company, and policy recommendations. https://diplab.eu/diplab-releases-first-policy-memo-the-human-cost-of-deepseek/

Calling all bioinformatics enthusiasts! Join a global network of #Nextflow ninjas for the @nf_core hackathon from March 24-26, 2025 🎉

Collaborate remotely or at one of the 36+ local sites worldwide (🇦🇷🇦🇺🇧🇪🇧🇷🇨🇦🇨🇴🇨🇿🇩🇰🇪🇹🇫🇷🇩🇪🇬🇭🇬🇷🇮🇳🇮🇹🇳🇱🇳🇿🇵🇰🇵🇱🇿🇦🇪🇸🇸🇪🇨🇭🇹🇷🇬🇧🇺🇸).

Registration is now open! 🎟

https://nf-co.re/events/2025/hackathon-march-2025

El problema no es l'#algorisme que et reordena o et destaca el contingut. El problema és la intencionalitat que té.
I si en comptes d'intentar que quedessin enganxats el màxim temps possible, et proposes contingut que et connectes amb gent d'interessos similars, resolent problemes o senzillament divertir-te una estona mentre esperes el bus.

En aquesta xerrada de demà del #FOSDEM sembla que en parlaran.

"Build your own #timeline #algorithm" from @mala

https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5601-build-your-own-timeline-algorithm/

Al final me ha dado por mirar lo del AT protocol de BlueSky para entender las diferencias, la problemática y sobre todo, porqué ese grupúsculo que promociona #FreeOurFeeds necesita 30 millones de dólares.

Voy a ver si soy capaz de explicarlo con un ejemplo sencillo... o me lio y acabo pareciendo una alucinación de ChatGPT.

ActivityPub, el protocolo que usa Mastodon o Pixelfed está pensado para conectar "edificios".

I'm starting a set of blog posts focused on #selfhosting adventure. It's focused on #onsite hosting and will recommend #EU based providers/services.
I'm based in #Spain, so some providers are from here.
The first post is just an overview and focuses on #internet connection and #port #forwarding.
Later I'll focus on #domain setup, #hardware and finally on @yunohost apps and services :)
Happy to get feedback!
https://wasi.ovh/yachay/posts/2025/hosting_connection/

Microsoft announces Xbox Copilot. This new AI gaming companion will play and enjoy video games for you, freeing you up to focus on work and chores.

💌 You're invited: Nextcloud Hub 10 launch registrations open now!

We're revealing a special new chapter for Nextcloud Hub with new special features, performance improvements and more — We've been busy this year!

Join us for the launch: register below!

https://nextcloud.com/hub10/