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  1. I'm looking for a replacement for MS Publisher. It has been my go-to application for anything that needs a detailed layout for printed materials (e.g., #academicPosters, #flyers, table tents, #businessCards). Now that #Microsoft will stop supporting it in October, I need a new idea.

    What is everyone else using for desktop publishing?

    #Canva is great for some projects, but the translation to printed materials has issues (like not being able to set margins). I've also tried #InDesign, but that has a steep learning curve and is overkill for what I need.

    And no Word or PowerPoint. I've tried those too. This is not what they are designed for.

    🖨️ #mspublisher #publisher #desktoppublishing #print #poster #academia #academicmastodon #printlayout #STEM #education #research #foss #newsletter

  2. Over three hours of interviews for Marie Skłodowska-Curie doctoral network positions, one paper review, drafting a review article, and reviewing workshop proposals.

    A busy day, but full of good academic things: interesting people, thoughtful work, and worthwhile projects.

    I just wish there were slightly fewer worthwhile things at once.

    #AcademicMastodon #HigherEd #Research #AcademicLife

  3. Multitasking?
    Of course I can multitask!
    Look at me, waiting for my #rstats code to run and looking for new jobs, because my contract will end in 6 months and there hasn't been a clear commitment to prolong it, and drinking tea all at once!

    #AcademicChatter #AcademicLife #PhDLife #PostDocLife #AcademicMastodon

  4. CW: Bosnian War, war, survivor testimony, trauma

    Trauma-informed archiving asks what responsibility an archive holds toward survivors.

    On April 22 at 10 AM PDT, Dr. Ajnura Akbaš of the War Childhood Museum joins the Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project and UBC's Public Humanities Hub to discuss community-engaged approaches to archiving the 1992–1995 Bosnian War.

    Part of the Archiving with Care Webinar Series. Moderators: Matt Huculak & Olivia Kozlovic (UVic).

    Register: ubc.zoom.us/webinar/register/W

    @Libraries

    #Archives #GLAM #TraumaInformed #PublicHumanities #DigitalHumanities #HumanRights #AcademicMastodon #CdnLib #BosnianWar

  5. Update. For a good history of US efforts to classify support for #Palestinians and criticism of #Israel as #antisemitism, see the Nov 2025 report from the Middle East Studies Association (#MESA) and the American Association of University Professors (#AAUP), "Discriminating Against Dissent: The Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine."
    mesana.org/pdf/Discriminating_

    There's a good (but #paywalled) summary of the report in this week's Chronicle of Higher Education.
    chronicle.com/article/how-civi

    #Academia #AcademicMastodon #Universities #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics

  6. Update. The Trump admin is demanding a list of Jewish faculty, staff, and students at #UPenn.
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j

    Trump's #EEOC asked for the list last July. Penn refused, and the EEOC sued the university in November. What's new is that several groups just filed a motion in federal court to intervene in the lawsuit on the side of the university -- the American Association of University Professors (#AAUP, national and UPenn chapters), the American Academy of Jewish Research, the UPenn Jewish Law Students Association, the UPenn Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty.

    From #StevenWeitzman, UPenn prof of religious studies and past member of its antisemitism taskforce: “Part of what sets off alarm bells for people like me is a history of people using Jewish lists against Jews. The Nazi campaign against Jews depended on institutions like universities handing over information about their Jewish members to the authorities.”

    #Academia #AcademicMastodon #Antisemitism #Trump #Universities #USPol #USPolitics

  7. Ik weet niet waarom ik dit gemist had, maar hier is een open brief aan de Nederlandse Universiteiten en Hogescholen, en hun Colleges van Bestuur, om het onkritisch invoeren van AI technologieën in het onderwijs tegen te gaan.

    openletter.earth/open-letter-s

    Graag ondertekenen!

    #AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter #Academia #GenAI #StochasticParrot #AI #KunstmatigeIntelligentie #Nederland #HogerOnderwijs

  8. Update. Here's the announcement from the American Association of University Professors (#AAUP), a co-plaintiff in the case.
    aaup.org/news/win-aaup-v-trump

    "Friday’s decision orders a stop to the Trump administration’s illegal weaponization of civil rights laws and federal funding to restrict free speech on UC campuses. During the hearing on the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, the court noted the overwhelming evidence plaintiffs provided, which included numerous declarations from UC faculty and staff describing how the administration’s actions have chilled their rights of speech and association."

    #Academia #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics #UCalifornia #Universities

  9. "Federal judge sides with #UCalifornia employees in free speech lawsuit against Trump administration."
    dailycal.org/news/uc/federal-j

    "In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin ordered the federal government to cease threats of withholding federal funding, as well as to 'address Plaintiffs’ irreparable harm and to restore the status quo.' "

    #Academia #AcademicMastodon #AAUP #Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics #Universities

  10. Hey academic Fedi,
    I'm regularly thinking that it would be useful to have a tool that helps me find articles that cite a paper to contradict (or at least "contrast") its result.

    It seems that scite [1] does this but they requires a pretty steep subscription given that I'm not sure how reliable their tool is and that they also advertise a chatbot...

    [1]: scite.ai

    Does anyone know of something similar, or a workaround to achieve something similar using standard scientific search engines?

    If you don't know, boosts are also appreciated to help the person who might know see this post 😉

    #academicChatter #academia #scientificPublication #citations #research #academicMastodon #AcademicFedi #AcademicFediverse

  11. Hey academic Fedi,
    I'm regularly thinking that it would be useful to have a tool that helps me find articles that cite a paper to contradict (or at least "contrast") its result.

    It seems that scite [1] does this but they requires a pretty steep subscription given that I'm not sure how reliable their tool is and that they also advertise a chatbot...

    [1]: scite.ai

    Does anyone know of something similar, or a workaround to achieve something similar using standard scientific search engines?

    If you don't know, boosts are also appreciated to help the person who might know see this post 😉

    #academicChatter #academia #scientificPublication #citations #research #academicMastodon #AcademicFedi #AcademicFediverse

  12. Hey academic Fedi,
    I'm regularly thinking that it would be useful to have a tool that helps me find articles that cite a paper to contradict (or at least "contrast") its result.

    It seems that scite [1] does this but they requires a pretty steep subscription given that I'm not sure how reliable their tool is and that they also advertise a chatbot...

    [1]: scite.ai

    Does anyone know of something similar, or a workaround to achieve something similar using standard scientific search engines?

    If you don't know, boosts are also appreciated to help the person who might know see this post 😉

    #academicChatter #academia #scientificPublication #citations #research #academicMastodon #AcademicFedi #AcademicFediverse

  13. Hey academic Fedi,
    I'm regularly thinking that it would be useful to have a tool that helps me find articles that cite a paper to contradict (or at least "contrast") its result.

    It seems that scite [1] does this but they requires a pretty steep subscription given that I'm not sure how reliable their tool is and that they also advertise a chatbot...

    [1]: scite.ai

    Does anyone know of something similar, or a workaround to achieve something similar using standard scientific search engines?

    If you don't know, boosts are also appreciated to help the person who might know see this post 😉

    #academicChatter #academia #scientificPublication #citations #research #academicMastodon #AcademicFedi #AcademicFediverse

  14. Hey academic Fedi,
    I'm regularly thinking that it would be useful to have a tool that helps me find articles that cite a paper to contradict (or at least "contrast") its result.

    It seems that scite [1] does this but they requires a pretty steep subscription given that I'm not sure how reliable their tool is and that they also advertise a chatbot...

    [1]: scite.ai

    Does anyone know of something similar, or a workaround to achieve something similar using standard scientific search engines?

    If you don't know, boosts are also appreciated to help the person who might know see this post 😉

    #academicChatter #academia #scientificPublication #citations #research #academicMastodon #AcademicFedi #AcademicFediverse

  15. #IF #TheCoolKids want to #GoToMars; they're going to "need" a #LotMore than #SocialMedia to make that #Fantasy a #Reality...

    #SpeakingPersonally, I don't want to #GoToMars...

    Let's send #MattDamon, instead...

    🧙:fediverse:🤖:wolfparty:🤖:fediverse:🧙 | 🪐🦹🚀🦄🚀🦹🪐

    #SearchResults #AcademicMastodon

  16. African Heritage In Europe: Join a special screening of “Dahomey” and “If Objects Could Speak” on 24 July at 19:30, hosted by Kommunales Kino Freiburg (Urachstr. 40, 79102 Freiburg). Both films address the colonial appropriation of African cultural objects and pose vital questions about restitution, identity, and justice.

    Afterwards, Dr. Kokou Azamede (Université Lomé, Togo) and filmmaker Elena Bauer will discuss these issues on a panel moderated by Dr. Richard Legay (ABI). This event is organised by our local partners and we highly recommend attending.

    koki-freiburg.de/dahomey-if-ob

    #colonialism #postcolonial #westafrica #decolonial #globalstudies #empire #histodons #histodon #academicmastodon #empires @empires @unifreiburg @mehlera @ManuelaBoatca @histodons @histodon @dfg_public @politicalscience

  17. Hi everyone,

    I feel like a re-introduction is long overdue!

    My name is Anna, and I'm an assistant professor of Algorithmics at the Delft University of Technology, specialising in combinatorial optimisation, symbolic AI, constraint programming, propositional model counting, operations research and reasoning under uncertainty.

    I'm a nerd, a feminist and a traveller, not always in that order.

    In my spare time I like to hike and go geocaching. I try to go swing dancing a few times a week. I am a Trekkie. I want to learn how to draw. I am an Indomie and Obsidian enthusiast. Based in the Netherlands, I miss Belgium, Canada and Singapore.

    Since a job in academia somehow always is personal, I have chosen to mix professional interactions with the more personal ones on this platform. At least for now. Obviously, my opinions do not necessarily reflect those of my employer yadiyadiyada.

    Hope to keep interacting with you all!

    #Introduction #AcademicMastodon #Algorithmics #SymbolicAI #CombinatorialOptimisation #ConstraintProgramming #ModelCounting #OperationsResearch #ProbabilisticInference #Geocaching #LindyHop #Jazz #SwingDancing #Hiking #Obsidian #StarTrek #Travel #TUDelft #MastoMiGoreng #Indomie #GNUTerryPratchett #Catstodon #Mastocats #Caturday #ExpatLife #MakanApaToda

  18. 🌍🎓 Discover the complex narratives of colonial violence and the quest for postcolonial identity in West Africa! Join us on 🗓 8 July 2025 from 🕕 20:15 to 21:45 in 📍 HS 1228, KG I, for Dr. Kokou Azamede’s thought-provoking talk: “Koloniale Gewalt und postkoloniale Identität: Auf der Suche nach Selbstbestimmung in Westafrika.” Whether you’re attending in person or tuning in via Zoom, this is an opportunity to delve deep into history and its impact on identity.
    🔗 Curious to learn more? Email [email protected] for the Zoom link and visit the event page: t1p.de/23qqm

    #colonialism #postcolonial #westafrica #decolonial #globalstudies #empire #histodons #histodon #academicmastodon #empires @empires @unifreiburg @mehlera @ManuelaBoatca @histodons @histodon @dfg_public @politicalscience

  19. 🌍🎓 We are excited to announce an upcoming lecture in the “De/Coloniality Now” series: “Victimhood Nationalism: History and Memory in a Global Age” by Prof. Jie-Hyun Lim of Sogang University.
    🗓 Date: June 26, 2025 🕕 Time: 6:00 PM 📍 Location: FRIAS, Albertstraße 19, Freiburg
    Hosted by “De/Coloniality Now” in collaboration with @ManuelaBoatca, this event promises insightful discussions on the intersections of nationalism, history, and global memory politics.
    Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of the global dynamics of victimhood nationalism.
    🔗 Connect with us and share your thoughts! @sociology @empires @histodons @histodon @academicchatter
    #sociology #nationalism #memory #globalstudies #histodons #histodon #academicmastodon

  20. Vandaag om 11:30 bij Omroep Delft (radio):

    Gesprek met VSSD bestuurslid Eise de Boer over de TU Delft staking op 24 April. We protesteren tegen de aangekondigde bezuinigingen van 1.2 miljard euro op het hoger onderwijs.

    Luister live mee op omroepdelft.nl/radio

    🟥

    Wil je actief mee helpen met de organisatie van deze staking? Meld je dan aan via fnv.nl/tu-delft

    #WOInActie #DoeHetNiet #Eppocalypse #AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter #HogerOnderwijs #HigherEducation #KabinetSchoof #Bezuinigingen #Eppocalyps #KennisEconomie #TUDelft #OmroepDelft #Radio #Delft

  21. I'm on the TU Eindhoven campus today to present our IJCAI 2023 work at the inaugural symposium of the Special Interest Group for Algorithms in the Netherlands (sigalgo.nl/). Looking forward to a day of networking and learning!

    More info: latower.github.io/posts/2024/1

    #Algorithms #ComputerScience #ArtificialIntelligence #Kenniseconomie #AcademicMastodon #AcademicTwitter #AcademicLife #LifeInAcademia #Symposium #Research #Networking

  22. Ook even in het Nederlands:

    Nog een middag van protesteren tegen de aangekondigde bezuinigingen van 1 miljard euro op het hoger onderwijs in Nederland. Ik kon er zelf helaas niet bij zijn, maar mijn fantastische collega's van de TU Delft deelden wat foto's met me, en gaven me toestemming ze hier weer te delen.

    Foto's van @cynthiacsliem

    #WOinActie #Bezuinigingen #HogerOnderwijs #KabinetSchoof #Kenniseconomie #AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter #Protest #EppoBruins

  23. Eerder vandaag: een last-minute georganiseerd protest op de TU Delft campus tegen de aangekondigde bezuinigingen van 1 miljard op het hoger onderwijs.

    We hadden eigenlijk naar Utrecht gewild, maar dat protest werd afgelast (en later toch weer niet, maar dat hoorden we dus te laat).

    Geen kenniseconomie zonder kennis.

    #WOinActie #HogerOnderwijs #protest #Demonstratie #Utrecht #Delft #KabinetSchoof #Bezuinigingen #Kenniseconomie #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #Universiteit

  24. Every year I have to relearn that my work pace in the summer won't be the same as the school year. I think I'm getting the hang of it this week (half day in the office, half day outside).

    #AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter #SummerWriting #Hiking #WildLife #AcademicSummer #AmWriting #dissertating #phd #Bloomscrolling

  25. Ex academics or those who know about the recent Capita breach - can you help or advise? Im sharing this anonymously, but it concerns someone I know.

    #privacy #data #breach #capita #academicmastodon #academicchatter

  26. @bryanalexandee There used to be far more of a Web ecosystem surrounding podcasts when they were first popular and my journal article in 2005 was one of the first academic and technical analyses of educational podcasting: researchgate.net/publication/2
    The faddish ephemerality is exasperating when there will always be a market for listening, even if limited to drivers, joggers, strap-hanging students and commuters like us in Japan, and so forth. In 2022 I covered some of the changed terrain in researchgate.net/publication/3

    #podcasting #podcasts #listening #technology #education #academia #OnlineLearning #OnlineEducation #EducationalTechnology #EdTech #openedtech #OpenEducation #OpenAccess #OER #HigherEducation #HigherEd #AcademicMastodon #AcademicFedi #Japan

    @edutooter @OnlineEducation

  27. @academicchatter @sociology

    Things I didn't realize about the #AcademicJobMarket

    9) Going back to the #JobTalk, I like Betty Lai's advice emphasizing the need to tell a story with your talk.

    I generally enjoy presenting my research to an audience (mostly as an escape from writing), but the job talk is a completely different genre. Still learning the rules but getting better.

    scholarfoundations.com/blog/po

    #PhdLife #JobMarket #FacultyJobMarket #AcademicMastodon #GradChat #GradSchool #PhD

  28. @academicchatter @sociology

    Things I didn't realize about the #AcademicJobMarket:

    4) There's a stage where you keep having nightmares about your job talk. 😳

    I'm told these will decrease once I've actually finished writing the talk. But feel free to chime in if you disagree (I'm skeptical).

    #PhdChat #GradSchool #JobMarket #AcademicMastodon #PhDLife #Academia #JobTalk #AcademicChatter

  29. @gubi How did this move from #Mendeley to #zotero work for you? I've been using Mendeley since 2012 (so long before it was bought by #elsevier !) but the cloud version and this new Mendeley Cite thing in Word are driving me nuts today. I don't have time to wait for it to constantly think about every reference 😳 #ReferenceManager #academicchatter #academicmastodon #publishing

  30. I’m excited to share with you my new profile as I start my new academic faculty position as Associate Professor in News and Political Communication at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. research.monash.edu/en/persons 🤓 #academicmastodon #potemkinvillage #journalism #propaganda #disinformation #research

  31. Hey hey all you architectural historians and those just interested in architecture! Who's planning on attending SAH's Virtual 2023 in September? I know the conference committee has been working very hard to make an interesting and productive online conference.

    sah.org/2023

    #SocietyOfArchitecturalHistorians #SAH #Architecture #ArchitecturalHistory #Archidon #ArchitecturalHistorian #AcademicMastodon #Momademia #VirtualConference @academicchatter

  32. My instutition is willing to join Mastodon soon. However, one of the reasons holding it back on the bird site is the difficulty of setting up cross-posting now that Musk has closed twitter's API... does anyone have a workaround for this? @wikidata @egonw @academicchatter #AcademicMastodon #mastodon #HowToMastodon #MastodonTip #MastodonTips #FediTip #feditips

  33. Hi everyone! I know there's a lot of new Mastodon accounts out there 👋 so here's another #Introduction post.

    I'm an #ArchitecturalHistorian teaching the history of architecture and art at #CommunityColleges in the San Francisco Bay Area. I'm also very active in the Society of Architectural Historian (I know our members are on here somewhere 😉 ) and love writing about architecture when I have the chance.

    #ArchitecturalHistory #ArtHistory #Architecture #Art #SFBayArea #AcademicMastodon

  34. Hello #ScienceMastodon #AcademicMastodon !

    #introduction: My name is Selene Fernández, an I'm a researcher interested in all things #RNA in particular #lncRNAs and their #evolutionarydynamics. My group, the #RegRNALab focuses on studying #lncRNAs in plants 🌱 and animals (flies, 🦎, humans) using #genomic and #bioinformatic approaches.

    Other interests include promoting #WomenInSTEM , #reading , #dancing , #scuba_diving and #languages (🇫🇷, 🇬🇧, 🇪🇸, 🇵🇹, 🇯🇵)

    Curious to see how this community evolves 😉

  35. Hello #ScienceMastodon #AcademicMastodon !

    #introduction: My name is Selene Fernández an I'm a researcher interested in all things #RNA , in particular #lncRNAs and their #evolutionarydynamics. My group, the #RegRNALab focuses on studying #lncRNAs in plants 🌱 and animals (flies, 🦎, humans) using #genomic and #bioinformatic approaches.

    Other interests include promoting #WomenInSTEM , #reading , #dancing , #scuba_diving and #languages (🇫🇷, 🇬🇧, 🇪🇸, 🇵🇹, 🇯🇵)

    Curious to see how this community evolves 😉