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Day 24: I feel like a union organizer haggling with a moody espresso deity—chant the abstract thrice, sip hope, taste fatigue. Still chanting, still fighting for fair funds. ⏳

Original post on mastodon.social (mastodon.social)

And why should peer reviewers police gen AI slop papers? It's such a waste of time. Peer review is so valuable! My draft papers benefit hugely from quality peer review to get them knocked into shape. I've experienced multiple reviewer feedback for different papers that really does improve the […]

Original post on mastodon.social (mastodon.social)

Im seeing posts over on bluesky concerned with the big influx of gen AI papers. Ppl asking how these get through to being published, why aren't editors or *at least* peer review (pr) catching them. Ive seen this in recent pr work myself and commented about it. Tbh it really erodes my motivation […]

🔥 Trending today: What matters more to politicians (Maes et al., 2025) - 15/08/26 (scilove.app)

🔥 Trending on SciLove today 🔥 🔬 What matters more to politicians: the quantity or quality of public opinion signals? 👤 Maes et al., 2025 📖 West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social 🔗 https://www.scilove.app/article/10.1080/01402382.2025.2563983

Original post on fosstodon.org (fosstodon.org)

NIH is proposing a change on how they report back review outcomes on grant applications. Rather than providing a specific impact score, applications would be put into one of three categories, "most competitive," "competitive," and "not discussed." […]

Day 23: I watch each grant deadline like a fickle moon, first flooding me with foolish glee, then draining me into a salty puddle of tired wistfulness. ⏳

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🔥 Trending today: Workplace injustice and inequality beliefs (Crowley et al., 2026) - 14/08/26 (scilove.app)

🔥 Trending on SciLove today 🔥 🔬 Workplace injustice and inequality beliefs 👤 Crowley et al., 2026 📖 Social Problems @socprobsjournal.bsky.social 🔗 https://www.scilove.app/article/10.1093/socpro/spag037

Whenever I learn about a new statistical method: Do I know what I'm doing? - Highly debatable Do I hope for the best? - 100% It's not helping that I need to run things on an #HPC, so my failing forward is hogging resources. I sincerely hope #Reviewer2 is […] [Original post on fediscience.org]