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**Author:** [@rebecca](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/rebecca)\ **Replies:** 0
Anything that doesn’t fit elsewhere. --- ## [Can AI be a real support in research?](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/can-ai-be-a-real-support-in-research/2401)
**Author:** [@na520](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/na520)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/can-ai-be-a-real-support-in-research/2401 "2026-03-04T11:56:14Z")
Hi everyone, I wanted to ask a quick question about using AI in research. Lately, I’ve noticed more people around me are starting to use AI tools to support their academic work. So I decided to try out a few myself li… --- ## [Moving to Indonesia, looking for contacts](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/moving-to-indonesia-looking-for-contacts/2156)
**Author:** [@EnricGTorrents](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/EnricGTorrents)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 8:36am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/moving-to-indonesia-looking-for-contacts/2156 "2024-08-14T08:36:35Z")
Dear all, myself is moving to Indonesia soon, and would love to connect with fellow researchers and professors in the country. If you live there, or know of anyone in the country, please email me at research@enricgarcia.… --- ## [Lifelong Learning Platform: a call for system change](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/lifelong-learning-platform-a-call-for-system-change/2071)
**Author:** [@anon50567069](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/anon50567069)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 8:10am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/lifelong-learning-platform-a-call-for-system-change/2071 "2024-02-19T08:10:46Z")
Hi, For all of you, who are interested in collaborating for the development of the Lifelong Learning’s Platform Annual Position Paper for 2024. This year’s theme is 21st century challenges for the teaching profession; a… --- ## [Do IGDORE or other communities have a presence in India?](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/do-igdore-or-other-communities-have-a-presence-in-india/1990)
**Author:** [@pcb.astro](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/pcb.astro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2023, 10:39am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/do-igdore-or-other-communities-have-a-presence-in-india/1990 "2023-11-02T10:39:22Z")
Hi all, I am Pankaj Bhambhani from India. I recently got interested in being an independent researcher after finishing my MSc in Astrophysics. It has been very exciting to learn about the communities out there (IGDORE, … --- ## [Emails from predatory journals: Let's expose them one by one ;)](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/emails-from-predatory-journals-lets-expose-them-one-by-one/1450)
**Author:** [@Enrico.Fucci](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/Enrico.Fucci)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/emails-from-predatory-journals-lets-expose-them-one-by-one/1450 "2023-09-16T12:11:21Z")
I don’t know if this fits in any category. I am just fed up of receiving emails from predatory journals on my @igdore account (what a contradiction right?!). I will just start to post their emails here. Maybe others will… --- ## [No coffee in Italy](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/no-coffee-in-italy/1927)
**Author:** [@rebecca](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/rebecca)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2023, 7:29am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/no-coffee-in-italy/1927 "2023-06-26T07:29:49Z")
I’m currently at a conference in Italy. They serve coffee once a day, at 11:00. No coffee available before or after that. I don’t know what more to say about this. But let me repeat to make the emergency clearer: They on… --- ## [Colour me better: fixing figures for colour blindness](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/colour-me-better-fixing-figures-for-colour-blindness/1514)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/colour-me-better-fixing-figures-for-colour-blindness/1514 "2022-04-26T05:36:20Z")
Good to keep in mind - I’m guilty of getting a bit carried away with dense colour maps myself! Colour me better: fixing figures for colour blindness Images can be made more accessible by choosing hues, shapes and text… --- ## [Test posts](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/test-posts/1476)
**Author:** [@dbernt](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/dbernt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/test-posts/1476 "2021-08-27T10:42:40Z")
A thread for experimenting with the forum functions without posting junk in real threads. --- ## [Being Productive With Chronic Health Conditions](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/being-productive-with-chronic-health-conditions/950)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/being-productive-with-chronic-health-conditions/950 "2020-11-04T14:00:10Z")
This is a great article - I would have benefited from this advice when I had RSI. I think these ideas may also be helpful for people who are experiencing long-COVID symptoms. When you’re dealing with longer term, ph… --- ## [Free streaming of Nordic films (2020) 23-25th October](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/free-streaming-of-nordic-films-2020-23-25th-october/922)
**Author:** [@rebecca](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/rebecca)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/free-streaming-of-nordic-films-2020-23-25th-october/922 "2020-10-24T10:06:53Z")
Best of Norden 2020, watch online live for free today and tomorrow. --- ## [Jon's funeral](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/jons-funeral/771)
**Author:** [@surya](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/surya)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/jons-funeral/771 "2020-08-03T10:23:47Z")
later today… :frowning: Rebecca Tennant (@Rebeccatennan10) Tweeted: If you would like to attend the funeral of @Protohedgehog on the 3rd August at 11am, either in person or via video link, please let me know. It will be… --- ## [For all non-conformists out there](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/for-all-non-conformists-out-there/756)
**Author:** [@surya](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/surya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/for-all-non-conformists-out-there/756 "2020-07-26T06:41:55Z")
rejoice! non-conformism good, conformism bad. :slight\_smile: http://paulgraham.com/conformism.html --- ## [Why we need the enterpreneurial state ala mazuccato?](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/why-we-need-the-enterpreneurial-state-ala-mazuccato/718)
**Author:** [@surya](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/surya)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/why-we-need-the-enterpreneurial-state-ala-mazuccato/718 "2020-06-30T17:53:11Z")
--- ## [Weapon of self-destruction](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/weapon-of-self-destruction/699)
**Author:** [@surya](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/surya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2020, 10:28am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/weapon-of-self-destruction/699 "2020-06-18T10:28:24Z")
guilt without repentance, that is! :frowning: But police violence, and Trump’s daily assaults on the presidential competence standard, are only part of the disaster. On the other side of the political aisle, among sel… --- ## [Coming and going - a story of serendipity and sorrow](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/coming-and-going-a-story-of-serendipity-and-sorrow/651)
**Author:** [@surya](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/surya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/coming-and-going-a-story-of-serendipity-and-sorrow/651 "2020-04-23T20:58:13Z")
billions of muslims are welcoming ramadan today… including us, here in indonesia… for some reason, i woke up, thinking of the cups song… and outside, kids are hitting makeshift drums, waking people for sahur… for a f… --- ## [Death due to covid-19](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/death-due-to-covid-19/637)
**Author:** [@surya](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/surya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/death-due-to-covid-19/637 "2020-04-16T00:12:40Z")
there was this event several years back in jakarta. many of us from medan, my hometown, were staying at this apartment called ‘menteng prada’. one has passed away, which i recorded in the virus swallowing post. a few … --- ## ["where's the coronavirus? i will swallow it!"](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/wheres-the-coronavirus-i-will-swallow-it/609)
**Author:** [@surya](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/surya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/wheres-the-coronavirus-i-will-swallow-it/609 "2020-04-01T02:27:57Z")
a friend died fighting the virus today. 1 am, at a hospital. his house is close. the hospital is near. he happens to be a public figure. with vip friends. for indonesian speaker or enthusiast, this news, with video, w… --- ## [Altered carbon (Netflix)](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/altered-carbon-netflix/585)
**Author:** [@rebecca](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/rebecca)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/altered-carbon-netflix/585 "2020-02-28T19:16:59Z")
I waited and waited and waited and earlier this week I watched the whole Season 1 over again only to prepare for Season 2 that was launched in Sweden yesterday… They’re destroying it!!! :scream: :sob: :sob: I think I mi… --- ## [Read this if you fly especially in indonesia](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/read-this-if-you-fly-especially-in-indonesia/531)
**Author:** [@surya](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/surya)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/read-this-if-you-fly-especially-in-indonesia/531 "2020-01-12T10:23:41Z")
this is a complete text version of the recent NYT’s magazine report titled ‘What Really Brought Down the Boeing 737 Max?’… it’s long but really worth a read if you fly by airlines of a post-colonial country, especially … --- ## [FYI: The forum is now open access!](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/fyi-the-forum-is-now-open-access/511)
**Author:** [@rebecca](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/rebecca)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/fyi-the-forum-is-now-open-access/511 "2020-01-05T16:36:12Z")
Important information from the forum admins: From now on (Jan 5, 2020), forum.igdore.org is possible to read without being logged in. To write you’ll still need to login. If you’re not logged in and you click “reply”,… --- ## [Wage (or contractual) slavery](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/wage-or-contractual-slavery/438)
**Author:** [@surya](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/surya)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/wage-or-contractual-slavery/438 "2019-11-25T04:05:04Z")
I read Ellerman about a decade ago, and I think he influenced me a lot on my work-related choice. What do you think of this recent piece?: Against the Renting of Persons http://www.thestraddler.com/201715/piece2.php A… --- ## [Pharmaceutical system](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/pharmaceutical-system/434)
**Author:** [@Alexander](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/Alexander)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/pharmaceutical-system/434 "2019-11-23T01:58:38Z")
I apologize for posting this here. Maybe it seems inappropriate on this forum, but, at this point, it’s the most cosmopolitan community I know. The story is that I came across this article https://www.theguardian.com/new… --- ## [\*\*\* Academic Cats \*\*\*](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/academic-cats/66)
**Author:** [@antonio.schettino](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/antonio.schettino)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/academic-cats/66 "2019-11-06T02:15:42Z")
Here is my cat: Borremans De Struise, a.k.a. Borre. He is puzzled. --- ## [Vacation](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/vacation/265)
**Author:** [@rebecca](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/rebecca)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2019, 7:42am UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/vacation/265 "2019-07-19T07:42:54Z")
Watching the view. This might be among the top 5 most stressful things I’ve done this year. After 1 night here I started to pack my things to leave. I have now been here 3 nights and am climbing the walls. Too restless… --- ## [Game Theory in Blockchains](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/game-theory-in-blockchains/126)
**Author:** [@fronk](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/fronk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/game-theory-in-blockchains/126 "2019-03-03T14:12:55Z")
What do members think about crypto-economic networks?