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[Shared]A new way to discover history

Explore the past on an interactive map with a timeline. Search for detailed high-resolution scanned maps and see what happened in your chosen place in the past.

welchwrite.com/blog/2025/03/29…

#maps #history #technology #atlas #research #timeline #shared

US ‘deletes #evidence’ of #Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian #children

source: independent.co.uk/news/world/e…

The #Trump #administration cut funding to #Yale #University’s Humanitarian #Research Lab, which was compiling a #database of alleged Russian #war #crimes, including the #abduction of an estimated 35,000 children from occupied areas of #Ukraine, last month.

#politics #warcrime #war #terror #fail #problem #humanrights #usa #news

US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children

Researchers at Yale University had been compiling database of alleged Russian war crimes, including abduction of up to 35,000 children

^{Sam Kiley (The Independent)}

Dutch researchers get questionnaires from the US government about political views – if you are a European scientist who has received such a letter, please DM me.

staff.universiteitleiden.nl/an… #Trump #sciencepolicy #universities #university #research

👆 So geht #UnisInsFediverse! 🙌

Kräftig teilen, nutzen und folgen, damit #Universitäten, #Forschungseinrichtungen und #Wissenschaftler*innen #NeuHier ins #Fediverse kommen und bleiben!

👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g…

#Mastodon #SaveSocial #FollowerPower #WissKomm #WissXit #LeaveX #Science #research

#Gilead: We don't need no stinkin' cancer cures.

#Project2025 #USPol #USPolitics #Science #Research #Medicine #Cancer

kffhealthnews.org/news/article…

The events of the past weeks have again upped the urgency of moving away from the US tech cloud. After forever Google and 18 years GitHub this is hard for me.

I am lucky that @distribits gave me the enthusiasm and the tools to make this happen for me and the #infrastructure of the #research group I am heading.

This is the first post in a series that documents our new #selfhosted setup, starting with the centerpiece forgejo-aneksajo -- #forgejo with #gitAnnex built in.

blog.datalad.org/posts/lab-inf…

Collaborative infrastructure for a lab: Forgejo

The first installment of a mini-series on a self-hosted, collaborative infrastructure: Run Forgejo on a small VPS or NAS as a central collaboration platform for a lab or group.

^{Michael Hanke (To be distributed...)}

#Research finds 12,000 ‘Live’ #API Keys and ßPasswords in #DeepSeek's #Training Data

Source: trufflesecurity.com/blog/resea…

#ai #technology #security #privacy #fail #password #Problem #cybersecurity #news #Software

Research finds 12,000 ‘Live’ API Keys and Passwords in DeepSeek's Training Data ◆ Truffle Security Co.

We scanned Common Crawl - a massive dataset used to train LLMs like DeepSeek - and found ~12,000 hardcoded live API keys and passwords. This highlights a growing issue: LLMs trained on insecure code may inadvertently generate unsafe outputs.

^{trufflesecurity.com}

As #Israel uses US-made #AI models in #war, concerns arise about tech’s role in who lives and who dies

Source: apnews.com/article/israel-pale…

The investigation also revealed new details of how AI systems select targets and ways they can go wrong, including faulty data or flawed #algorithms. It was based on internal documents, data and exclusive interviews with current and former Israeli officials and company employees.

#cyberwar #technology #death #humanity #Military #Research #Problem #news #ethics #humanrights #economy #collateraldamage #algorithm #Software

How US tech giants' AI is changing the face of warfare in Gaza and Lebanon

U.S. tech giants have quietly empowered Israel to track and kill many more alleged militants more quickly in Gaza and Lebanon through a sharp spike in artificial intelligence and computing services.

^{Michael Biesecker (AP News)}

#Trump's #war on #science

source: climate.law.columbia.edu/Silen…

• Nearly $900 Million Cut from the #Education Department’s #Research Arm
• Trump Administration Cuts $4 Billion from #Medical Research Funding
• Weekly CDC Report Resumes without Information on Bird #Flu or #mPox
• Mentions of #Climate Change Removed from Federal Agencies’ Websites
• ...

#usa #government #whitehouse #fail #manipulation #propaganda #orwell #news #fnord #newspeack #reality

This is awesome! My colleagues and friends, Jiří Bruthans and Jakub Mareš, contributed to the discovery of the world's largest underground thermal lake and helped explain the complex water flow within the cave system.

For more details, check out this report: english.radio.cz/czech-scienti…

#academia #academicchatter #geoscience #research #science #speleology #albania

#Germany Rethinks Separation of Civilian and #Military #Research

Source: www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-01/germany-rethinks-separation-of-civilian-and-military-research?srnd=phx-technology&leadSource=uverify

Universities are under pressure to remove civil clauses

The future is #war. 😱

#politics #science #future #weapon #news #ethics #Europe #eu #defense

🚨 URGENT REQUEST - PLEASE BOOST 🚨

I'm looking for names and/or connections of any academics, independent researchers, or prominent figures *anywhere*, but *especially* in #Canada who have at least *some* connection to *any* fields related to:

- #Genocide (in general)
- #Trans Genocide
- #Geopolitics as they relate to trans people

I've been asked to lead a significant and urgent project related to the present crisis, and I've dropped all other tasks to support this. I wish I could provide more details publicly, but these details will have to follow.

- Feel free to either post or DM me names/info or to connect

#academia #research #transgender #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia

Academics and researchers, I'm not joking when I say now is the time to save your work/data in multiple places outside of your institution's server or Google or MS cloud.

A thumb drive. An external drive. Print out the critical documents, e.g., final drafts, copies of publications, approved grants & IRB docs, latest teaching/research statements, student evaluations, syllabi, other tenure packet items, etc.

In other words, save your work like it's 2002.

#science #AI #democracy #research #ethics

Wiz #Research Uncovers Exposed #DeepSeek #Database Leaking Sensitive Information, Including Chat History

source: wiz.io/blog/wiz-research-uncov…

#fail #security #cybersecurity #privacy #ai #technology #software #news #problem #leak

Wiz Research Uncovers Exposed DeepSeek Database Leaking Sensitive Information, Including Chat History

A publicly accessible database belonging to DeepSeek allowed full control over database operations, including the ability to access internal data. The exposure includes over a million lines of log streams with highly sensitive information.

^{Gal Nagli (Wiz.io)}

Also „The University of Oulu leaves X“

👉 oulu.fi/en/news/university-oul…

The #University of #Oulu will discontinue university-level communications in the X. … Some Finnish universities, many public administration organizations, associations, and #companies have made the decision to abandon the channel.
"X's reach has dropped considerably. The platform's nature has become unpredictable and an instrument of a certain kind of policy. As a university, we want to participate in a #democratic and constructive debate that includes appreciating #science and #research. Now #X does not seem to offer such a platform," says Marja Jokinen, Director of Communications at the University of Oulu.

Bravo, UniOulu. Great decision! 🎇
#eXit #Unis4Mastodon

The University of Oulu leaves X - focuses on other social media platforms

The University of Oulu will discontinue university-level communications in the X. The decision concerns the university's main account (@UniOulu).

^www.oulu.fi

Happy New Year 2025!
And good luck to the #Fediverse.

In 4 days our petition to the #universities and the #HRK for the eXit and #Unis4Mastodon 👩‍🎓 🐘 👨‍🎓 will end.
So, please, sign quickly:
👉 openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon

For inspiration, here is a picture of the logos of #research institutes in Europe that have already made the #eXit. Great, and congratulations!
(forgot anyone? → feel free to let us know).
Some of them have already set up #Mastodon channels, see the amazing list by @scammo
mastodon-listen.playground.54g…

Mastodon #research 🚀

I’m working on my master’s thesis at the University of Vienna, and I’d love your input! My research focuses on sustaining long-term user activity on Mastodon, contributing to a more active Fediverse. If you have a few minutes, please take my short survey:
👉 sosci.univie.ac.at/MastodonAct…

Your thoughts will contribute to meaningful research. Feel free to boost this post so we can reach as many users as possible. Thank you so much! 🙌

#Mastodon #Survey #FediverseResearch

European Universities started …
.. leaving X

#Universities in #Amsterdam, #Vienna, #Berlin, #Karlsruhe, #Aachen and other cities in Europe have left microblogging service X during the last week(s).

They justify this step with the systematic lack of moderation on the platform, which has resulted in a flood of hate speech, disinformation and cyberbullying.

Some of them have already started to run channels on Mastodon: @univienna, @tuberlin, @KIT_Karlsruhe, @UniOldenburg @unibremen, @freieuniversitaet, @UniUlm , @HTW_Berlin, @uni_paderborn.

X is not a suitable medium for communication in #research and #education. Help get the other #universities to follow suit and sign the petition
👉 openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon
#unis4mastodon 🌻 👩‍🎓 #eXit

The methods practiced on #X disqualify the network for any sensible communication.
Now it is also making money by spreading #AI-generated #FakeNews and influencing elections in the USA, as the BBC reports:
bbc.com/news/articles/cx2dpj48…

#Universities and other #research and #educational institutions that want to provide fact-based information should switch to the real social media of the #Fediverse 🐿️ like #Mastodon 🐘 as soon as possible.

It is beyond reason that the legitimization of lying networks like X is supported with #taxpayers' money.
Help change this soon and sign the petition 👇
openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon

#Unis4Mastodon #eXit
@maxplanckgesellschaft @fraunhofergesellschaft

How X users earn thousands from US election misinformation and AI images

The accounts are part of pro-Trump and pro-Harris networks sharing each other’s content multiple times a day.

^{Marianna Spring (BBC News)}

📢 We're searching for researchers and academics who are using Open Home technologies in projects or studies to learn about your work!

Check out Annika's post 👇🏼 on LinkedIn for more details. We look forward to connecting with you! linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:l…

#HomeAssistant #Research #Academia #OpenHome #SmartHome

Annika Sabrina Schulz on LinkedIn: ClickUp Forms

🌟 Calling All Researchers and Academics! 📚 🔍 We know that the open-source projects of the Open Home Foundation are being used in exciting ways across…

^{Annika Sabrina Schulz (www.linkedin.com)}