📢 Save The Date - Notre prochain webinaire : "Données de la recherche et IA générative, pour le meilleur ou pour le pire ?"

📆 Vendredi 3 avril 2026
🕙 10h-12h
🎙️ Intervenants: @rougier, Clément Dussarp et Élodie Vaugier (Université de Bordeaux) et Ophélie Fraisier-Vannier (Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse)

Depuis l’arrivée des IA génératives à usage du grand public, les opérations de désinformation semblent prendre une ampleur inégalée. La science n’est pas épargnée par le phénomène, avec la multiplication de méconduites toujours plus facilitées par ces outils. Pourtant, l’IA générative est aussi porteuse de promesses, grâce à des capacités d’analyse inégalées et de nouveaux champs à explorer. Quels impacts de l’IA générative sur les données de la recherche ? Va-t-elle permettre de décupler les possibilités de découvertes scientifiques en accélérant le traitement des données, ou bien risque-t-elle plutôt de fragiliser la confiance en la science ? Nos trois intervenants exploreront les champs des possibles sous l’angle de leur discipline.

➡️ Le programme détaillé et le lien d'inscription seront publiés prochainement

Welp, new album by KMFDM just dropped and Sasha's getting angry and political again, in a good way!

Better late than never, dude. But stop the gaslighting. The Norwegian PM finally says the obvious: we need an independent investigation of the Epstein network that reports to parliament.

Statsminister Støre åpner for ...

NBC’s muting of boos for JD Vance at the Olympics felt like reality distortion https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/07/jd-vance-boos-winter-olympics

what's shocking me the most is that images with a lot of blues in it still work really well, despite only having 2 bits of blue (so 0, 85, 170, and 255)

ok i found this utility by @Mattias_G https://mattiasgustavsson.itch.io/crtview and i'm going to take a shortcut

expect some more pretty images shortly >_>

You hone this skill and ability by getting lost in a good book, by truly getting emotional when looking at art, by being absorbed in music, by forgetting the world around you when watching a movie, by being delighted when you see a child laugh, by being in the zone when playing a game, by becoming selfless when having sex, when grieving a loss, when being sad about the world.

Don’t let them take this from you.

Could Apple really press pause on new features in iOS 27? [Poll] https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/09/could-apple-really-press-pause-on-new-features-in-ios-27-poll/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

@randahl Fascist regime has declared war on citizens. Republicans abandon USA constitution by enabling dictator.

📊 Open Science in Action: the Université de Lorraine Shifts to #OpenAlex for Bibliometric Reports!

The Bibliometrics team at the Université de Lorraine has taken a major step in its open science commitment by using OpenAlex for the first time in the annual bibliometric report for the A2F (Agronomy, Agri-Food, Forestry) research hub.

https://factuel.univ-lorraine.fr/article/un-premier-rapport-bibliometrique-base-sur-des-donnees-ouvertes-pour-le-pole-a2f/

🔹 Why the Change?
In line with the @BarcelonaDORI signed by the university, we replaced the Web of Science (a proprietary tool) with OpenAlex, an open database offering broader coverage of publications and diverse indicators.

🔹 Challenges Overcome
- Complete rewrite of the R code for data analysis.
- Quality control of affiliations in OpenAlex (an ongoing effort to correct misattributions).
Result: A far more comprehensive representation of A2F’s publications!

🔹 A Strategic Tool: The A²F Atlas with Eric Gelhaye
These data feed into the A²F Atlas, an internal tool mapping research collaborations, themes, and funding. Using VOSviewer, teams can dynamically visualize co-author networks, helping refine scientific strategies.

💡 Why It Matters
Transparency: Accessible, reproducible data.
Collaboration: Better visibility of interactions between research units.
Strategy: A foundation for self-assessment and scientific planning.

👉 Want to learn more about our bibliometric services?
Explore our offerings on the Open Science page of the University of Lorraine:
🔗 https://scienceouverte.univ-lorraine.fr/en/bibliometrics/services-offer/

#WritersCoffeeClub 10: How do you steer a reader’s emotional journey?

I mean, I sort of...don't? Or at least, that's not what I'm thinking when I'm writing. I'm following the story's emotional journey, the character's emotional journey. I'm feeling out the scenes and the beats for when it's time for something brighter, darker, calmer, or more exciting.

I steer the story, not the reader. But hopefully the reader goes on the same journey I do, or close to it!

Updated every month: Access the raw datasets behind every #dataviz we've ever released online. The IIB Data Room. 500+ sheets, 1200+ datasets. Continually updated.
https://informationisbeautiful.net/data/

"Disappointed" 'cause I"m rewriting the testing framework -- which was a mess due goalpost changing in the initial year -- and now I want to test the feature, but none of the cases have it enabled (and I'm not sure that, if the feature fails, it was due my rewrite being wrong or the test not supporting the feature).

Dame Karen Elizabeth Pierce was the US Ambassador before #Mandelson

She didn't resign or retire, leave because of illness, was dismissed because of misdemeanour or indiscretion

No

She was asked to step aside because they wanted their chum Mandy to do that job

#Cronyism

Stinks

@TheBreadmonkey Now I understand why I might need a CW.

@sinituulia

It is Extremely Funny to me that being an anti-woke American patriot now boils down to boycotting the.....*checks notes*.....Super Bowl, and watching instead.......*checks notes again*.......a badly-organised paedophile lip synching

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/turning-point-usa-all-american-halftime-show-review

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