Friends. I’m honored to be part of a team who is archiving data being targeted by fascists: science, health, DEI, climate…all of it.

It’s exhausting, mentally psychologically. But totally worth it.

What @lavaeolus began is now a thriving group effort. There’s a core group of us working feverishly, but anyone is welcome to join us.

Learn how you can get involved:
https://safeguarding-research.discourse.group/t/how-to-contribute/308

#Resist #Resistance #Fascism #Data #Archive #Science #Research #Climate #Development #Activism

"The whole #NIH system has gone down repeatedly. I assume someone is messing with the backend.

This threat is coming from the inside."
-CO Bueno

"PubMed is down

It's run by the NIH & the main way to search for academic papers.

If this isn't a temp. thing, & is a #TrumpMusk doing, academics around the world are royally screwed right now."
-N Stone

"As the NIH-run lifeline for accessing academic #research, this isn’t just an inconvenience—it’s a crisis for researchers worldwide."
-GP
#USPol

A blog post today on the Seelengärtlein (Hortulus animae), one of the hugely popular prayerbooks of the 16th century. Both a bit about how to find copies and a bit about indexing the thing. I love me a good spreadsheet! Oh, and there are woodcuts. But the Hellmouth is from a different print...

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

#blog #research #prayerbook #16thc #incunabula #AcademicChatter

"The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)... has run continuously since 1988 and covers everything from the particulars of newborn health and morbidity to issues like post-partum depression in mothers...

the #Trump #CDC has shuttered the program as part of its general clampdown on medical #research and public #health information."
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-shutters-prams-program-on-maternal-and-infant-health

As @GottaLaff would say #ProLifeMyAss

#GOP #Republicans #Politics #USPol #Healthcare #Women #Children #News #USNews

Today's blog post is on musical humor in the context of pandemics, and looks at "The Flu Pandemic Song" by the Flying Fish Sailors, with its focus on the flu pandemic of 1918-1919. How is it that we can cheerily sing along with lyrics like "and they died, died, died"? It's humor, but maybe it's something more.

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

#blog #research #PandemicMusic #1919Flu #Influenza #MusicalHumor #Music #AcademicChatter #Musicology

The Key to COMpromise, Writing to the Registry (again), Part 4

In joined research between cirosec and Neodyme several vulnerabilities were found in Antivirus (AV) and Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) products that could, in theory, allow privilege escalation to SYSTEM on millions of devices, assuming initial access was gained.

In this final part of our series on COM hijacking, we will examine a custom-named pipe IPC protocol implemented by Bitdefender Total Security and detail our approach to reverse engineering it. We will explore how we could use COM hijacking and this custom communication to gain SYSTEM privileges (CVE-2023-6154). Additionally, we will examine how to mitigate the vulnerabilities discussed throughout this series of blog posts. Lastly, we will demonstrate how COM hijacking can be exploited to perform a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack on security products.

Find out more on our website at https://cirosec.de/en/news/the-key-to-compromise-part-4/.

#ITSecurity #cybersecurity #ITSicherheit #research #blog #vulnerabilities

Have you recently seen fake news (articles, photos or videos) generated by AI on Facebook, Instagram or TikTok?
Share those with me in response to this post!
#Research #Education #IA #Disinformation #FakeNews #Media #SocialNetworks #Information

🚀 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: Our #CallForPapers is open for 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵!

📗 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹: Remote Sensing (MDPI)
💡 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲: Machine Learning for Applications in Agriculture and Vegetation Using Remote Sensing

Submit by 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱!

📌 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼: https://www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/en/latest-news/news-overview/news/call-for-papers-for-a-special-issue-of-the-journal-remote-sensing.html

🔗 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/YE9FBM53BM

#science #cfp #research #sustainability #climatechange #munich #press #remotesensing #geo #news #lmu

https://www.europesays.com/1872072/ Building Britain’s National Data Library #blog #GreatBritain #research #TBI #TonyBlair #UnitedKingdom

#News: 🌍 #research finds 90% of wild animal #extinction caused by habitat loss mainly for #agriculture: #beef #palmoil, #timber, soy and cocoa. Reduce demand when you shop and fight back! Be #Vegan 🥦🍅 and #BoycottPalmOil 🔥🌴🙊⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/14/richest-nations-exporting-extinction-with-demand-for-beef-palm-oil-and-timber-aoe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

A blog post on historical architecture in the context of soundsheds -- at Chaco Canyon and, by extension, in Medieval Vorarlberg

#Research #blog #AmWriting #Soundscape #Soundshed #Histodons #Medieval #churches

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

Help. My AI scientist just plagiarised my research

#AI #Research #Science #MachineLearning #Google #CoScientist #Writing #Blog

https://newslttrs.com/help-my-ai-scientist-just-plagiarised-my-research/

Very proud of our chapter, 'Access/Use' co-authored w Prof. Usha Raman in, 'Children, Media, & Technology: Access, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion' edited by Prof. Erica Scharrer w fantastic scholars!

Ch: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003453123-3/access-use-devina-sarwatay-usha-raman

Bk: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003453123

This is an essential text for students of Media & Communication Studies & disciplines including children & childhood studies.
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#access #use #children #media #technology #equity #diversity #inclusion #research #book #textbook #publishing

Blog post: today it's on ideas of sound as mediator between individual and environment, drawing on Stratoudakis and Papadimitriou (2007), and looking at that 1614 Thalbach snowball fight as an example

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/

#blog #Nuntastic #Soundscape #SnowballFight #Memory #SoundAsMediator #17thc #AmWriting #Research #AcademicChatter

There’s no federal methodology for studying complications that arise during a pregnancy loss. To understand how Texas’ abortion ban is impacting maternal health, we consulted with researchers to craft one.

Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and analyzed the outcomes before and after the ban.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-maternal-mortality-analysis-methodology?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Data #Research #Texas #Abortion #Health

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #Abortion #Data #Research #Women #Health

February 26 is the deadline to submit your abstract to Goldschmidt 2025.

Your #CriticalZone research will fit nicely in one of the 14 themes of the conference.

📝🔗: https://bit.ly/4gFfT9q

#research #science #ClimateChange

blogged today, on a convent sister at Thalbach who becomes Maisterin. She kept a diary, much of which was incorporated into the Convent Chronicle -- and she gives us a lot of details about the world around her. Have a read if you like!

#nuntastic #MonasticChronicle #histodons #blog #AmWriting #17thC #comet #Comet1618 #HistoricalWeather #SnowballFight #AcademicChatter #Research

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

https://www.europesays.com/1857233/ Accelerating UK Science in the Age of AI #blog #GreatBritain #research #TBI #TonyBlair #UnitedKingdom

Accelerating UK Science in the Age of AI https://www.byteseu.com/757616/ #blog #GreatBritain #Research #TBI #TonyBlair #UnitedKingdom

🗳️ Soziale Netzwerke beeinflussen, welche Inhalte Nutzer:innen sehen – doch was bedeutet das für Wahlen? Das neue Forschungsprojekt „Dein Feed, Deine Wahl“ untersucht, wie politische Inhalte auf TikTok auftauchen. Mehr Infos und das Interview mit Lion Wedel: https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/welchen-einfluss-haben-digitale-plattformen-auf-meinungsbildung-und-wahlentscheidungen/

#research #socialscience #socialmedia #tiktok @tuberlin @FOKUSpublic @WZB_Berlin @br_data @uzh

X challenges German court decision that forces it to share election data https://www.politico.eu/article/x-challenges-german-court-decision-that-would-force-it-to-share-data-with-researchers/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #DigitalServicesAct #Contentmoderation #Onlineadvertising #Electionsecurity #ConsumerPolicy #Dataprotection #Transparency #SocialMedia #Algorithms #Regulation #Technology #Democracy #Elections #Platforms #Research #Services #Courts #Media #Data

✏️The Wall Project is part of a series of projects that staff and students are running at the London College of Communication (LCC).

In this case, course staff, LCC Changemakers and students are working on methods to #decolonise higher education curricula.

🌐The second-year students of BA Media Communications are free to participate in the Wall Project by choosing to center their assignment for the Global Media Business, Practices and Culture Unit among social justice themes.

The areas they are asked to choose from are:
- #NewsStorytelling
- #Disability in #Media
- The #Impact of #Technology on #Social and #RacialJustice.

Students' research will be displayed on the wall of the college, replacing posters that aren't relevant anymore.

How does this help decolonise higher education?

Through:
- encouraging students to engage in self-directed #research on #socialjustice,
- #reclaiming university spaces for students' expression
- underlining the importance of #peerfeedback.

Why are Canadian radio station audience data a state secret? : 2000 : BBM Canada

Letters to the Editors, Marketing Magazine, Toronto

Dear Sirs
I am a radio programming consultant based in Toronto with twenty years’ experience in the industry. My work has created successful commercial radio stations in the UK, Russia, Hungary, Latvia, Czech Republic...
[continues]#GrantGoddard #radio #Canada #radiostation #research #ratings #media #broadcast #audience #listener
https://peoplelikeyoudontworkinradio.blogspot.com/2025/02/why-are-canadian-radio-station-audience.html

Today's blog post is on using Transkribus (AI) to self-train in reading 18th-century Kurrentschrift, a handwriting which makes doctor's scrawls look positively legible by comparison.

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com

#histodons #AI #Transkribus #blog #AmWriting #AcademicChatter #research #process #ScholarlyPractices

https://www.europesays.com/1851619/ What are the Main Factions? #blog #Conflicts #research #Syria #TBI #TonyBlair

United against the attack on research and higher ed.

“These cuts should be a rallying cry for higher education to come together to make the case for the American system of research and teaching. Leaders have an opportunity to step forward and marshal their campuses”

#research #science #highered

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adw6467

I am taking a deep dive into the Philippine stories about Maria Cacao. A goddess / fairy / mythical figure who grows cocoa and transports it to America on a golden ship. Fascinating stuff 😄

#folklore #mythology #Philippines #research

USAID funding freeze halts food security and ag research at Midwest university labs
#KOSU #USAID #FoodSecurity #Research #Farmers
https://www.kosu.org/2025-02-13/usaid-funding-freeze-halts-research

Looks like a Workshop that would be of interest for many people in #highereducation and #research in Europe.
Wouldn't it be possible to repeat it online?

https://www.europesays.com/1843262/ The Price of Peace in Ukraine and Europe #blog #europe #research #TBI #TonyBlair

22 states sue to block Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments.

“This agency action will result in layoffs, suspension of clinical trials, disruption of ongoing research programs, and laboratory programs.”​ https://shorturl.at/AFdWF #press #research

Is the NIH move to cap funding for indirect costs related to research at universities legal?

Lawyers: What are your thoughts?

#NIH #education #academia #science #education #research #funding #grants #USA #law #legal #LegalNews #LawFedi

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02/08/nih-cuts-billions-dollars-biomedical-funding-effective-immediately/
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Reference for the Bill listed above:
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-75

The BBC asked minority groups what they thought of the BBC:

"Participants...viewed journalism as a form of oppression that had the same impact on their lives as the police. Journalism in general, and the BBC in particular, they said, felt like an arm of the state."

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/the-bbc-asked-marginalized-groups-how-it-could-do-better-they-didnt-hold-back/

#journalism #BBC #news #research #MainstreamMedia

"Elessi and Abuzerr are among more than ten scientists who spoke to Nature for this article. These scholars managed to continue their research, and some even published their results, despite facing homelessness, recurrent displacement and a dearth of food and basic necessities"

#Gaza #Science #Research
These Gaza scientists are keeping research alive amid war, destruction and uncertainty
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00160-w

My little science game released today! This is a small contribution to making what we do in pharma & biotech seem less foreign and more fun, in a time when making life-saving drugs is increasingly maligned in the public square.

Give it a download if you can - I appreciate the support :)

iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/research-rush/id6741133912
Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.TerraPrime.ResearchRush

#science #pharma #biotech #research #iOS #android #gaming #gamedev #unity #solodev